# KIP MCP Server (npm · kip-mcp-server)

Reads a boat's Signal K data and helps an AI assistant design and install KIP dashboards.

- Trust score: 79/100 (medium)
- Change this week: +55
- Registry status: active
- Liveness: live
- Owner verified: no
- Last scored: 2026-08-03

## Components

- npm · `kip-mcp-server`: 79/100 (this document), [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/dillan-kip-mcp-server/kip-mcp-server.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/dillan-kip-mcp-server/kip-mcp-server)

## Channel facts

- Registry: `npm`
- Package: `kip-mcp-server`
- Version: `1.12.0`
- 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 2026-08-03.

- **Supply Chain Security**: 87/100
  - No malware found by supply-chain analysis.
  - Only part of the dependency tree could be resolved (97 of 101), so this covers what we could see, not the whole tree.
  - No install/post-install scripts declared.
  - Only part of the dependency tree could be resolved (97 of 101), so this covers what we could see, not the whole tree.
- **Provenance & Transparency**: 97/100
  - Source repository is publicly reachable at the declared URL.
  - Cryptographically verified build provenance (signed, bound to dillan/kip-mcp-server).
  - Clear OSI-approved license (MIT).
  - Actively maintained (last published 39 days ago).
  - Disclosure check failed: no security disclosure policy was found in the source repository.
- **Schema Quality & AI Usability**: 78/100
  - 100% of prompts and resources have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the item's name).
  - AI-judged instruction clarity (good).
  - Tool/resource definitions use about 2437 tokens (~39/item across 61 items; 21 tools + 40 resources), lean.
  - Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples.
- **Stability & Change Management**: 27/100
  - Stability observed for 8 of 30 days with no destabilising changes; credit accrues until the full window elapses.
- **Tool Coverage**: 90/100
  - 100% of tools have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the tool's name).
  - 64% of tool parameters carry a description.
  - Structured output schemas are declared (100% of tools); any adoption earns full credit.
- **Capabilities**: 100/100
  - Implements a supported MCP spec version (2025-11-25); the latest is 2026-07-28.

## Install

### Claude

```bash
claude mcp add dillan-kip-mcp-server -- npx -y kip-mcp-server
```

### Codex

```bash
codex mcp add dillan-kip-mcp-server -- npx -y kip-mcp-server
```

### opencode

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

### OpenClaw

```bash
openclaw mcp add dillan-kip-mcp-server --command npx --arg -y --arg kip-mcp-server
```

### Hermes

```yaml
mcp_servers:
  dillan-kip-mcp-server:
    command: "npx"
    args: ["-y", "kip-mcp-server"]
```

### Other

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "dillan-kip-mcp-server": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "kip-mcp-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.

### 2026-08-02 (score 79, +54)

- [security improvement] Install scripts: unverified → pass
- [security improvement] Known CVEs: unverified → partial
- [security improvement] Provenance: unverified → pass
- [security improvement] Malware scan: unverified → pass
- [security] The attested source repository moved: dillan/kip-mcp-server
- [functional improvement] Schema quality: unverified → good
- [functional improvement] Stability: unverified → 0.23
- [functional improvement] MCP protocol: unverified → pass
- [functional improvement] Maintenance: unverified → pass
- [functional improvement] Dependency health: unverified → partial
- [functional improvement] License: unverified → pass
- [functional] Licence: MIT

### 2026-08-01 (score 25, −8)

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

### 2026-07-31 (score 33, −18)

- [security regression] Malware scan: pass → unverified

### 2026-07-30 (score 51, +24)

- [functional regression] Dependency health: partial → unverified
- [functional improvement] Schema quality: unverified → 100
- [functional improvement] Tool coverage: unverified → 100
- [functional] First check of Tool coverage: 100
- [functional] First check of Schema quality: unverified
- [functional] First check of Schema quality: pass
- [functional] First check of Tool coverage: 64
- [functional] First check of Schema quality: fail

### 2026-07-28 (score 27, +3)

- [functional improvement] Dependency health: unverified → partial

### 2026-07-27 (score 24)

First indexed and scored.

## MCP tools (21)

### `get_kip_initial_context` (~32 tokens)

KIP initial context

Start here. Explains how to design KIP dashboards and summarises the available widgets and design system.

Output parameters:

- `categories` (array)
- `colorTokens` (array)
- `grid` (object)
- `kipVersion` (string)
- `overview` (string)
- `widgetCount` (number)

### `list_kip_widgets` (~61 tokens)

List KIP widgets

List KIP's widget catalog, optionally filtered by category or to widgets that need no plugins.

Input parameters:

- `category` (string): Only list widgets in this category.
- `requiresNoPlugins` (boolean): Only list widgets that work with no Signal K plugins.

Output parameters:

- `widgets` (array)

### `get_widget_schema` (~39 tokens)

Get widget schema

Get one widget's default config, binding kind and data path slots.

Input parameters:

- `selector` (string, required): Widget selector, e.g. widget-numeric.

Output parameters:

- `widget` (object)

### `get_design_system` (~30 tokens)

Get design system

Get KIP's design system: grid, colour tokens, theme names, dashboard icons and unit groups.

Output parameters:

- `colors` (array)
- `grid` (object)
- `icons` (array)
- `themeNames` (array)
- `unitGroups` (array)

### `get_unit_options` (~55 tokens)

Get unit options

For a Signal K base unit (e.g. rad, m/s, K, Pa), list the KIP unit group and convertible measures.

Input parameters:

- `skUnit` (string, required): Signal K base unit, e.g. rad.

Output parameters:

- `found` (boolean)
- `group` (string)
- `measures` (array)
- `note` (string)
- `skUnit` (string)

### `validate_kip_config` (~62 tokens)

Validate KIP dashboard

Validate a KIP dashboard object: structure, the widget-host2 invariants (id===uuid, known widget types), grid bounds, overlaps, and colour/icon/unit sanity. Returns errors and warnings.

Input parameters:

- `dashboard` (object, required): A KIP dashboard object.

Output parameters:

- `errors` (array)
- `ok` (boolean)
- `warnings` (array)

### `export_kip_config` (~91 tokens)

Export KipConfig.json

Build a complete KipConfig.json from dashboards that a user can import via KIP Settings. Works on any Signal K server (no write to the server). Returns the file contents.

Input parameters:

- `dashboards` (array, required): Dashboards to include.
- `theme` (string): Theme name (default '').
- `units` (object): Unit-default overrides, e.g. { Speed: "kph" }.

Output parameters:

- `filename` (string)
- `json` (string)

### `analyze_signalk_data` (~83 tokens)

Analyse Signal K data

Analyse the boat's Signal K data: the available paths with units, the vessel capabilities, and installed plugins. Use this before recommending dashboards.

Input parameters:

- `cursor` (string): Opaque token from a previous response, to fetch the next page.
- `limit` (integer): Maximum paths to return. Omit to return all; with it, page using nextCursor.

Output parameters:

- `capabilities` (object)
- `nextCursor` (string)
- `pathCount` (number)
- `paths` (array)
- `plugins` (array)
- `server` (object)

### `list_available_paths` (~84 tokens)

List available paths

List the Signal K data paths available on the boat, optionally filtered by prefix.

Input parameters:

- `cursor` (string): Opaque token from a previous response, to fetch the next page.
- `limit` (integer): Maximum paths to return. Omit to return all; with it, page using nextCursor.
- `prefix` (string): Only list paths starting with this prefix.

Output parameters:

- `nextCursor` (string)
- `paths` (array)

### `get_path_meta` (~37 tokens)

Get path metadata

Get metadata (units, description, value type, zones) for specific Signal K paths.

Input parameters:

- `paths` (array, required): Paths to describe.

Output parameters:

- `meta` (array)

### `get_path_sources` (~44 tokens)

Get path sources

List the data sources reporting each Signal K path, and which source the server currently serves as the active one.

Input parameters:

- `paths` (array, required): Paths to list the sources for.

Output parameters:

- `sources` (array)

### `get_server_info` (~18 tokens)

Get Signal K server info

Get the Signal K server version and id.

Output parameters:

- `serverId` (string)
- `version` (string)

### `list_installed_plugins` (~22 tokens)

List installed plugins

List the Signal K server plugins and whether each is enabled.

Output parameters:

- `plugins` (array)

### `compose_dashboard` (~123 tokens)

Compose a dashboard

Design one KIP dashboard for an intent by binding widgets to the boat's data. Returns the dashboard, an ASCII preview, and what was left out. Does not write anything.

Input parameters:

- `icon` (string): Override the dashboard icon.
- `intent` (string, required): Which dashboard to design.
- `name` (string): Override the dashboard name.
- `sources` (object): Pick a non-default Signal K source per path: map a path (e.g. "navigation.speedOverGround") to a source id from get_path_sources. Paths not listed use the server default.

Output parameters:

- `dashboard` (object)
- `dropped` (array)
- `notes` (array)
- `preview` (string)

### `recommend_dashboard_set` (~57 tokens)

Recommend a dashboard set

Recommend a set of KIP dashboards for this boat: the use-case dashboards its data supports, each with a preview. Does not write anything.

Input parameters:

- `intents` (array): Limit to these intents (default: all that the boat supports).

Output parameters:

- `dashboards` (array)
- `unsupported` (array)

### `preview_dashboard` (~69 tokens)

Preview a dashboard

Render a preview of a dashboard object (as returned by compose_dashboard): a text grid (ascii, the default) or an SVG picture (svg).

Input parameters:

- `dashboard` (object, required): A KIP dashboard object.
- `format` (string): Preview format: "ascii" (default) or "svg".

Output parameters:

- `ascii` (string)
- `svg` (string)

### `validate_against_signalk` (~69 tokens)

Validate against Signal K

Check a KIP dashboard against the live boat: that every bound data path exists, the widgets' required plugins are installed and enabled, and the units match. The live counterpart of validate_kip_config (which only checks structure).

Input parameters:

- `dashboard` (object, required): A KIP dashboard object.

Output parameters:

- `checkedPaths` (number)
- `missingPaths` (array)
- `ok` (boolean)
- `pluginIssues` (array)
- `unitMismatches` (array)
- `warnings` (array)

### `read_kip_config` (~52 tokens)

Read KIP config

Read the KIP config stored on the Signal K server, and list the available config names.

Input parameters:

- `configName` (string)
- `fileVersion` (number)
- `scope` (string)

Output parameters:

- `config`
- `exists` (boolean)
- `listing` (array)

### `backup_kip_config` (~51 tokens)

Back up KIP config

Return the current stored KIP config so it can be kept as a backup before changes.

Input parameters:

- `configName` (string)
- `fileVersion` (number)
- `scope` (string)

Output parameters:

- `backup`
- `exists` (boolean)

### `apply_kip_config` (~108 tokens)

Apply KIP config

Write dashboards to the KIP config on the Signal K server. Dry run by default — it shows what it would do; pass dryRun:false and confirm:true to actually write. Falls back to a file export on old servers.

Input parameters:

- `configName` (string)
- `confirm` (boolean)
- `dashboards` (array, required)
- `dryRun` (boolean)
- `fileVersion` (number)
- `mode` (string)
- `scope` (string)

Output parameters:

- `applied` (boolean)
- `dryRun` (boolean)
- `errors` (array)
- `note` (string)
- `ok` (boolean)
- `reason` (string)
- `refused` (boolean)
- `suggestion` (string)
- `warnings` (array)
- `wouldWrite` (array)
- `wrote` (array)

### `check_connection` (~70 tokens)

Check connection

Run connection diagnostics against the live Signal K server and KIP install: server reachable, version supports the applicationData write store (>= 1.27), the KIP schema asset is served live, and authentication works when credentials are set. Reports each check as pass, warn or fail with plain-language guidance.

Output parameters:

- `checks` (array)
- `ok` (boolean)
- `summary` (string)

## Diagnostics

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

## Score history

- 2026-08-03: 79
- 2026-08-02: 79
- 2026-08-01: 25
- 2026-07-31: 33
- 2026-07-30: 51
- 2026-07-28: 27
- 2026-07-27: 24

## Links

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