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io.github.GoatInAHat/toolfactory

OCI · GHCR.IO/GOATINAHAT/TOOLFACTORY:0.3.1 · 2 COMPONENTS · SCANNED SEP 21

Build an agent tool once; ship it as Agent Skills, MCP servers, Agent Plugins / Claude / Codex

38 Trust /100
Trust breakdown (7 categories)

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. How we score → Why this is hard to score →

Supply Chain Security0
  • Malware scan not yet available for this package.Unverified
  • Known CVEs could not be checked: this artifact ships no SBOM, so there is no dependency list to read. Publishing one would let us assess it.Unverified
  • Install-script risk not yet assessed.Unverified
  • Dependency health could not be checked: this artifact ships no SBOM, so there is no dependency list to read. Publishing one would let us assess it.Unverified
Provenance & Transparency32
Schema Quality & AI Usability78
  • AI-judged instruction clarity (excellent).Pass
  • Tool/resource definitions use about 1485 tokens (~87/item across 17 items; 17 tools + 0 resources), lean.Pass
  • Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples. See how to fix → Fail
Stability & Change Management0
  • Stability not yet verified: not enough scan history yet (needs a 30-day window).Unverified
Tool Coverage99
  • 100% of tools have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the tool's name).Pass
  • 98% of tool parameters carry a description.Partial
  • Structured output schemas are declared (100% of tools); any adoption earns full credit.Pass
Tool Safety100
  • No prompt-injection markers were found in the server instructions, tool names or descriptions we captured.Pass
  • We read all 17 captured tool definition(s), and no name or description among them implies an irreversible operation.Pass
  • An AI judge read all 17 captured unit(s) of tool text and found none that tries to manipulate the model reading it.Pass
Capabilities100
  • Implements a supported MCP spec version (2025-11-25); the latest is 2026-07-28.Pass

Unverified: 2 categories

Categories scored 0 because we could not verify them: 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 io.github.GoatInAHat/toolfactory MCP server?

io.github.GoatInAHat/toolfactory runs locally as a container image, launched with docker run --rm -i ghcr.io/goatinahat/toolfactory:0.3.1. Ready-made configuration for Claude, Cursor, VS Code, Codex and 3 more is on this page, copied from each client's own documentation.

oci · ghcr.io/goatinahat/toolfactory:0.3.1

# add to Claude Code
claude mcp add goatinahat-toolfactory -- docker run --rm -i ghcr.io/goatinahat/toolfactory:0.3.1
// .cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "goatinahat-toolfactory": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "--rm",
        "-i",
        "ghcr.io/goatinahat/toolfactory:0.3.1"
      ]
    }
  }
}
// .vscode/mcp.json
{
  "servers": {
    "goatinahat-toolfactory": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "--rm",
        "-i",
        "ghcr.io/goatinahat/toolfactory:0.3.1"
      ]
    }
  }
}
# add to Codex CLI
codex mcp add goatinahat-toolfactory -- docker run --rm -i ghcr.io/goatinahat/toolfactory:0.3.1
// opencode.json
{
  "$schema": "https://opencode.ai/config.json",
  "mcp": {
    "goatinahat-toolfactory": {
      "type": "local",
      "command": [
        "docker",
        "run",
        "--rm",
        "-i",
        "ghcr.io/goatinahat/toolfactory:0.3.1"
      ],
      "enabled": true
    }
  }
}
# ~/.hermes/config.yaml
mcp_servers:
  goatinahat-toolfactory:
    command: "docker"
    args: ["run", "--rm", "-i", "ghcr.io/goatinahat/toolfactory:0.3.1"]
// ~/.netclaw/config/netclaw.json
{
  "McpServers": {
    "goatinahat-toolfactory": {
      "Transport": "stdio",
      "Command": "docker",
      "Arguments": [
        "run",
        "--rm",
        "-i",
        "ghcr.io/goatinahat/toolfactory:0.3.1"
      ]
    }
  }
}
// mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "goatinahat-toolfactory": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "--rm",
        "-i",
        "ghcr.io/goatinahat/toolfactory:0.3.1"
      ]
    }
  }
}
Changelog

Every change we have recorded for this component, newest first. Security-relevant changes are always shown. ▲ marks a change for the better, ▼ a change for the worse; unmarked changes are neutral.

  • 17 Sept 26 38

    First indexed and scored.

Diagnostics

Diagnostic detail from the automated scan of this channel: what the scanner observed at each step, so you can see exactly where a check passed or failed. It is informational only and never changes the trust score.

Captured 21 Sept 2026 · Analysed oci/ghcr.io/goatinahat/toolfactory:0.3.1

Provenance No attestation

The registry publishes no build provenance for this version, so there is nothing to verify.

Result No attestation
Ecosystem oci
Reason No attestation published

Background: How many MCP packages publish verified provenance →

MCP tools · 17 exposed · ~1,485 tokens

The tools this component advertises to a client, with an estimated token cost for each. Expand a tool to see its parameters and schema. The per-tool counts are indicative and are not scored directly; the schema's total context footprint is one signal in Schema Quality & AI Usability. A tool's description is untrusted text the model reads on every call, which is what makes this list a security surface and not just an inventory: how tool poisoning works →

Tool Tokens
adopt ~56

Stop regenerating one file; it becomes the author's (recorded as manual in the lock).

NameTypeReqDescription
pathstringyesRepo-relative path of a generated file
rootstringProject root (directory containing dev.toolfactory/)
NameTypeReqDescription
adoptedstringyes

No examples provided.

bootstrap-repo ~125

Prepare the GitHub repository from the local .env: the `live-tests` environment with its required reviewers and the sensitive config keys inside it, the release registries' tokens at repository scope, GitHub Pages with source = Actions, and npm's trusted publisher. Values go to `gh` on stdin and are never returned.

NameTypeReqDescription
dryRunbooleanPrint the gh invocations instead of running them
reviewersarrayGitHub logins that must approve a live run
rootstringProject root (directory containing dev.toolfactory/)
NameTypeReqDescription
commandsarrayyes
dryRunbooleanyes
environmentstringyes
manualarrayyesThe one-time human steps no API can do
missingarrayyesDeclared names the local .env has no value for
repositorystringyes
reviewersarrayyes
secretsarrayyesNames written, never values

No examples provided.

build ~43

Generate every selected surface in-tree from the identity file and the operation snapshot, and refresh the lock.

NameTypeReqDescription
rootstringProject root (directory containing dev.toolfactory/)
NameTypeReqDescription
deletedarrayyes
manualarrayyes
nudgestringOne line when a surface that published somewhere was deselected since the last tag, pointing at `unpublish`.
strippedarrayyesRegion files whose generated regions were emptied because their surface is no longer selected; the authored remainder stays.
unchangedarrayyes
writtenarrayyes

No examples provided.

check ~43

Fail if the operation snapshot or any generated file drifted from the code (the CI drift gate).

NameTypeReqDescription
rootstringProject root (directory containing dev.toolfactory/)
NameTypeReqDescription
okbooleanyes

No examples provided.

coverage ~43

The operation × surface verdict matrix: native, bridged, degraded, or excluded, with reasons.

NameTypeReqDescription
rootstringProject root (directory containing dev.toolfactory/)
NameTypeReqDescription
rowsarrayyes
surfacesarrayyes

No examples provided.

doctor ~50

Report which upstream CLIs this machine can delegate to (git, gh, npm, uv, claude, openclaw, clawhub, hermes, uvx, agentskills, MCP Inspector, docker).

Input schema present but exposes no named parameters.

NameTypeReqDescription
nodestringyes
toolfactorystringyes
toolsobjectyes

No examples provided.

eject ~45

Adopt every file a surface owns, so the author takes it over entirely.

NameTypeReqDescription
rootstringProject root (directory containing dev.toolfactory/)
surfacestringyes
NameTypeReqDescription
adoptedarrayyes

No examples provided.

gate ~80

Run the gate here, in order: build, the drift check, every selected surface's upstream validator, the author's checks and tests, and the credential-free host end-to-end. The same step list the generated ci.yml renders, so a project with no CI has the identical gate.

NameTypeReqDescription
rootstringProject root (directory containing dev.toolfactory/)
NameTypeReqDescription
stepsarrayyes

No examples provided.

init ~363

Create a new tool: dev.toolfactory/tool.json, the authored identity file, the kernel scaffold for the chosen language, and the first build of every selected surface.

NameTypeReqDescription
authorstringAuthor name
bindingstringyesLanguage of the core logic: typescript or python
descriptionstringOne-line description
dryRunbooleanPrint the gh invocations instead of running them
gitbooleangit init when the directory is not a repository yet, and make the first commit
keywordsarrayActivation triggers for hosts that key off them (Kiro Powers, Agent Plugins); defaults to [name]
licensestringSPDX license identifier
namestringyesTool name: lowercase letters, digits, hyphens, dots (Agent Plugins rule)
publicbooleanCreate that repository public, not private
repostringowner/name of a GitHub repository to create with gh and push to
repositorystringSource repository URL (GitHub URL enables the MCP Registry name)
reviewersarrayGitHub logins that must approve a live run, when the repository gets a live tier
rootstringProject root (directory containing dev.toolfactory/)
runtimestring`none` creates an instruction-only skill/Codex plugin with no executable payload
setupbooleanRun .agents/setup: render the harness adapters, install the git hooks, install dependencies
surfacesarraySurfaces to generate. Default: the skills-first minimum — skill, agent-plugins, mcp, cli and the binding's package registry; every host-specific plugin is opt-in.
NameTypeReqDescription
agentConfigobjectyes
nextStepsarrayyes
repositoryobject
writtenarrayyes

No examples provided.

introspect ~46

Spawn the kernel MCP server, list its tools, and snapshot them to dev.toolfactory/ops.json.

NameTypeReqDescription
rootstringProject root (directory containing dev.toolfactory/)
NameTypeReqDescription
changedbooleanyes
operationsnumberyes
pathstringyes

No examples provided.

package ~74

Build every release asset into dist/release/ — npm tarball, Python distributions, OpenClaw plugin tarball, plugin bundle zip, web build, coverage — by the same steps the release workflow's package job runs. Publishing stays a CI concern.

NameTypeReqDescription
rootstringProject root (directory containing dev.toolfactory/)
NameTypeReqDescription
stepsarrayyes

No examples provided.

review-prompt ~99

Evaluate a prompt draft against the codex-prompt-standard rubric: anatomy sections, convention checks, and concrete directives. Draft, run this, fix what it flags, and re-run until it passes.

NameTypeReqDescription
promptstringyesThe prompt draft to evaluate
referencestringThe closest reference prompt's full text, fetched per the standard (an OpenAI Codex core prompt); sections it has that the draft lacks become the bar
NameTypeReqDescription
checksarrayyes
directivesarrayyes
referenceobject
sectionsobjectyes
verdictstringyes

No examples provided.

secrets-usage ~109

Every credential this project's surfaces need — the tool's own sensitive config keys and the release registries' tokens — with where each one is set, whether it is present locally and on GitHub, and (check) whether the registry accepts it. Never a value.

NameTypeReqDescription
actionstringstatus: the inventory. check: run each registry's own credential probe.
keystringOnly this secret
rootstringProject root (directory containing dev.toolfactory/)
NameTypeReqDescription
manualarrayyes
secretsarrayyes

No examples provided.

unadopt ~50

Return an adopted file to toolfactory and regenerate it.

NameTypeReqDescription
pathstringyesRepo-relative path of an adopted file
rootstringProject root (directory containing dev.toolfactory/)
NameTypeReqDescription
regeneratedstringyes

No examples provided.

unpublish ~155

Retract what a deselected surface used to publish. Git is the ledger: the previous tag's dev.toolfactory/tool.json says what was selected then, and every registry row that lost its surface is checked for the version that tag published and then retracted with the registry's own CLI — or reported with the exact page, where there is no API.

NameTypeReqDescription
dryRunbooleanList the retractions instead of running them
hardbooleanUse the destructive retraction where one exists (npm unpublish --force)
refstringDiff against the tag before this ref (the release passes the tag being cut)
rootstringProject root (directory containing dev.toolfactory/)
NameTypeReqDescription
droppedarrayyes
fromstring
ranarray
stepsarrayyes

No examples provided.

validate ~66

Run each selected surface's own upstream validator (agentskills, claude plugin validate, MCP Inspector, openclaw, hermes, npm pack, uv build).

NameTypeReqDescription
rootstringProject root (directory containing dev.toolfactory/)
surfacestringOnly this surface
NameTypeReqDescription
outcomesarrayyes

No examples provided.

web ~38

Open this tool's web app: serves the operations page and the MCP endpoint on a free local port, opens a browser there, and returns the URL.

Input schema present but exposes no named parameters.

NameTypeReqDescription
urlstringyes

No examples provided.

Common questions

What is the io.github.GoatInAHat/toolfactory MCP server?

io.github.GoatInAHat/toolfactory is an MCP server listed in the public MCP registry as io.github.GoatInAHat/toolfactory. Build an agent tool once; ship it as Agent Skills, MCP servers, Agent Plugins / Claude / Codex. This page covers its container image (ghcr.io/goatinahat/toolfactory:0.3.1).

Is the io.github.GoatInAHat/toolfactory MCP server safe to use?

io.github.GoatInAHat/toolfactory scores 38 out of 100 on VerifyMCP. 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 io.github.GoatInAHat/toolfactory MCP server expose?

io.github.GoatInAHat/toolfactory exposes 17 tools: init, introspect, build, check, validate, and 12 more. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 1,485 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.

Is the io.github.GoatInAHat/toolfactory MCP server still maintained?

io.github.GoatInAHat/toolfactory is still listed as active in the MCP registry. We last reached this channel on 21 September 2026. Those dates come from our own scans of the registry and the channel itself, not from anything the publisher announced.