# Verimand MCP Authority Server (npm · @verimand/mcp-authority-server)

Agent-native access to verifiable VAGP authority.

- Trust score: 65/100 (medium)
- Registry status: active
- Liveness: live
- Owner verified: no
- Last scored: 2026-09-26

## Components

- npm · `@verimand/mcp-authority-server`: 65/100 (this document), [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/dev-verimand-mcp-authority-server/verimand-mcp-authority-server.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/dev-verimand-mcp-authority-server/verimand-mcp-authority-server)

## Channel facts

- Registry: `npm`
- Package: `@verimand/mcp-authority-server`
- Version: `0.1.0`
- Transport: `stdio`

## Trust breakdown

How this component scores in each security and reliability category. Every signal is checked automatically from public evidence about the published package, including repeated runs of it in an isolated sandbox, and we only credit what we can confirm. Scores are 0–100 per category. Scoring method: https://verifymcp.io/docs/scoring (what has changed: https://verifymcp.io/docs/scoring/changelog)

Scored 2026-09-26.

- **Supply Chain Security**: 100/100
  - No malware found by supply-chain analysis.
  - No known CVEs affecting this package version or its production dependencies.
  - No install/post-install scripts declared.
  - 0 of 3 dependencies flagged as unhealthy.
- **Provenance & Transparency**: 48/100
  - Source repository is publicly reachable at the declared URL.
  - Provenance check failed: no build-provenance attestation is published.
  - Clear OSI-approved license (Apache-2.0).
  - Actively maintained (last published 5 days ago).
  - Publishes a security disclosure policy (SECURITY.md).
- **Schema Quality & AI Usability**: 54/100
  - AI-judged instruction clarity (fair).
  - Tool/resource definitions use about 343 tokens (~57/item across 6 items; 6 tools + 0 resources), lean.
  - Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples.
- **Stability & Change Management**: 0/100
  - Stability not yet verified: not enough scan history yet (needs a 30-day window).
- **Tool Coverage**: 67/100
  - 100% of tools have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the tool's name).
  - 0% of tool parameters carry a description.
- **Tool Safety**: 100/100
  - No prompt-injection markers were found in the server instructions, tool names or descriptions we captured.
  - We read all 6 captured tool definition(s), and no name or description among them implies an irreversible operation.
  - An AI judge read all 7 captured unit(s) of tool text and found none that tries to manipulate the model reading it.
- **Capabilities**: 100/100
  - Implements a current MCP spec version (2026-07-28).

**Unverified: 1 category.** A category scored 0 because we could not verify it: a data source with nothing on this package, evidence we could not reach, or a check we could not run. We only credit what we can confirm.

## Install

### How do I install the Verimand MCP Authority Server server?

Verimand MCP Authority Server runs locally as an npm package, launched with npx -y @verimand/mcp-authority-server. Ready-made configuration for Claude, Cursor, VS Code, Codex and 5 more is on this page, copied from each client's own documentation.

### Claude

```bash
claude mcp add dev-verimand-mcp-authority-server -- npx -y @verimand/mcp-authority-server
```

### Cursor

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "dev-verimand-mcp-authority-server": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@verimand/mcp-authority-server"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

### VS Code

```json
{
  "servers": {
    "dev-verimand-mcp-authority-server": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@verimand/mcp-authority-server"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

### Codex

```bash
codex mcp add dev-verimand-mcp-authority-server -- npx -y @verimand/mcp-authority-server
```

### opencode

```json
{
  "$schema": "https://opencode.ai/config.json",
  "mcp": {
    "dev-verimand-mcp-authority-server": {
      "type": "local",
      "command": [
        "npx",
        "-y",
        "@verimand/mcp-authority-server"
      ],
      "enabled": true
    }
  }
}
```

### OpenClaw

```bash
openclaw mcp add dev-verimand-mcp-authority-server --command npx --arg -y --arg @verimand/mcp-authority-server
```

### Hermes

```yaml
mcp_servers:
  dev-verimand-mcp-authority-server:
    command: "npx"
    args: ["-y", "@verimand/mcp-authority-server"]
```

### Netclaw

```json
{
  "McpServers": {
    "dev-verimand-mcp-authority-server": {
      "Transport": "stdio",
      "Command": "npx",
      "Arguments": [
        "-y",
        "@verimand/mcp-authority-server"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

### Vellum

```bash
assistant mcp add dev-verimand-mcp-authority-server -t stdio -c npx -a -y @verimand/mcp-authority-server
```

### Other

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "dev-verimand-mcp-authority-server": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@verimand/mcp-authority-server"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

## Changelog

Every change recorded for this component, newest first. Days that predate change tracking, or that we cannot explain, say so: "we were watching and nothing happened" and "we were not watching" are different claims.

### 2026-09-25 (score 65, 0)

- [functional] We updated how we score, so this day's move reflects our rubric, not a change to the server

### 2026-09-21 (score 65)

First indexed and scored.

## MCP tools (6)

### `verimand.resolve` (~79 tokens)

Resolve VAGP authority

Determine whether a trusted registered agent is currently authorized for a specific action. Calling this tool does not execute the protected action.

Input parameters:

- `action` (string, required)
- `agentId` (string, required)
- `evaluationTime` (string)
- `parametersDigest`
- `requestId` (string)
- `resourceId` (string, required)

### `verimand.explain` (~47 tokens)

Explain VAGP decision

Explain a deterministic VAGP authority decision or permit. Informational only; it cannot create or modify authority.

Input parameters:

- `decision` (object)
- `permit` (object)

### `verimand.get_authority` (~58 tokens)

Get bounded authority

Return current bounded authority relevant to a trusted registered agent/action. Read-only.

Input parameters:

- `action` (string)
- `agentId` (string, required)
- `evaluationTime` (string)
- `resourceId` (string)

### `verimand.get_mandate` (~39 tokens)

Get mandate

Retrieve server-side trusted mandate information. Read-only.

Input parameters:

- `agentId` (string)
- `mandateId` (string)

### `verimand.get_agent_dna` (~38 tokens)

Get trusted Agent DNA

Return trusted Agent DNA state and fingerprint information from server-side trusted state. Read-only.

Input parameters:

- `agentId` (string, required)

### `verimand.verify_permit` (~56 tokens)

Verify VAGP execution permit

Verify an existing VAGP execution permit against current authority evidence. Does not execute protected actions.

Input parameters:

- `evaluationTime` (string)
- `idempotencyKey` (string)
- `permit` (object, required)

## Diagnostics

Captured diagnostic sections: Provenance, Dependencies. The full working is on the page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/dev-verimand-mcp-authority-server/verimand-mcp-authority-server#diagnostics

## Score history

- 2026-09-26: 65
- 2026-09-25: 65
- 2026-09-24: 65
- 2026-09-23: 65
- 2026-09-22: 65
- 2026-09-21: 65

## Common questions

### What is the Verimand MCP Authority Server server?

Verimand MCP Authority Server is listed in the public MCP registry as dev.verimand/mcp-authority-server. Agent-native access to verifiable VAGP authority. This page covers its npm package (@verimand/mcp-authority-server).

### Is the Verimand MCP Authority Server server safe to use?

Verimand MCP Authority Server scores 65 out of 100 on VerifyMCP. We found no known CVEs affecting it as of 26 September 2026. It declares no install or post-install scripts. That is a record of what we were able to check automatically, not an endorsement. The category breakdown on this page shows every signal behind the number, including the ones we could not confirm.

### What tools does the Verimand MCP Authority Server server expose?

Verimand MCP Authority Server exposes 6 tools: verimand.resolve, verimand.explain, verimand.get_authority, verimand.get_mandate, verimand.get_agent_dna, verimand.verify_permit. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 317 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.

### Is the Verimand MCP Authority Server server still maintained?

Verimand MCP Authority Server is still listed as active in the MCP registry. We last reached this channel on 26 September 2026. Those dates come from our own scans of the registry and the channel itself, not from anything the publisher announced.

### What licence is the Verimand MCP Authority Server server under?

Verimand MCP Authority Server declares the Apache-2.0 licence, which is OSI-approved. That covers the source only, and says nothing about the cost of any service it calls.

## Links

- npm package: https://www.npmjs.com/package/@verimand/mcp-authority-server
- Socket report: https://socket.dev/npm/package/@verimand/mcp-authority-server
- Repository: https://github.com/verimand/mcp-authority-server
- Website: https://verimand.dev/protocol
- Changelog RSS feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/dev-verimand-mcp-authority-server/verimand-mcp-authority-server.xml
- Changelog JSON feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/dev-verimand-mcp-authority-server/verimand-mcp-authority-server.json
- HTML version of this page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/dev-verimand-mcp-authority-server/verimand-mcp-authority-server