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io.github.Lykhoyda/ask-claude

NPM · @ASK-LLM/CLAUDE-MCP · SCANNED SEP 20

Bridge Codex and other MCP clients with Anthropic Claude Code CLI for read-only second opinions

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npm · @ask-llm/claude-mcp 84
0 this week 84 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 Security98
  • No malware found by supply-chain analysis.Pass
  • No known CVEs affecting this package version or its production dependencies.Pass
  • No install/post-install scripts declared.Pass
  • 31 of 95 dependencies flagged as unhealthy. View diagnostics → Partial
Provenance & Transparency48
  • Source repository is publicly reachable at the declared URL. View diagnostics → Pass
  • Provenance check failed: no build-provenance attestation is published. See how to fix → View diagnostics → Fail
  • Clear OSI-approved license (MIT).Pass
  • Actively maintained (last published 8 days ago).Pass
  • Publishes a security disclosure policy (SECURITY.md).Pass
Schema Quality & AI Usability88
  • 100% of prompts and resources have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the item's name).Pass
  • AI-judged instruction clarity (excellent).Pass
  • Tool/resource definitions use about 357 tokens (~89/item across 4 items; 3 tools + 1 resources), lean.Pass
  • Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples. See how to fix → Fail
Stability & Change Management93
  • Stability observed for 28 of 30 days with no destabilising changes; credit accrues until the full window elapses.Partial
Tool Coverage100
  • 100% of tools have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the tool's name).Pass
  • 100% of tool parameters carry a description.Pass
  • Structured output schemas are declared (67% of tools); any adoption earns full credit.Pass
Tool Safety75
  • No prompt-injection markers were found in the server instructions, tool names or descriptions we captured.Pass
  • 0 of 1 tool(s) whose name or description implies an irreversible operation declare an MCP destructiveHint annotation; "ask-claude" implies "send" and declares readOnlyHint instead, contradicting what its own name says it does. See how to fix → Fail
  • An AI judge read all 4 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
Install

How do I install the io.github.Lykhoyda/ask-claude MCP server?

io.github.Lykhoyda/ask-claude runs locally as an npm package, launched with npx -y @ask-llm/claude-mcp. Ready-made configuration for Claude, Cursor, VS Code, Codex and 5 more is on this page, copied from each client's own documentation.

npm · @ask-llm/claude-mcp

# add to Claude Code
claude mcp add lykhoyda-ask-claude -- npx -y @ask-llm/claude-mcp
// .cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "lykhoyda-ask-claude": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@ask-llm/claude-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}
// .vscode/mcp.json
{
  "servers": {
    "lykhoyda-ask-claude": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@ask-llm/claude-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}
# add to Codex CLI
codex mcp add lykhoyda-ask-claude -- npx -y @ask-llm/claude-mcp
// opencode.json
{
  "$schema": "https://opencode.ai/config.json",
  "mcp": {
    "lykhoyda-ask-claude": {
      "type": "local",
      "command": [
        "npx",
        "-y",
        "@ask-llm/claude-mcp"
      ],
      "enabled": true
    }
  }
}
# add to OpenClaw
openclaw mcp add lykhoyda-ask-claude --command npx --arg -y --arg @ask-llm/claude-mcp
# ~/.hermes/config.yaml
mcp_servers:
  lykhoyda-ask-claude:
    command: "npx"
    args: ["-y", "@ask-llm/claude-mcp"]
// ~/.netclaw/config/netclaw.json
{
  "McpServers": {
    "lykhoyda-ask-claude": {
      "Transport": "stdio",
      "Command": "npx",
      "Arguments": [
        "-y",
        "@ask-llm/claude-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}
# add to Vellum
assistant mcp add lykhoyda-ask-claude -t stdio -c npx -a -y @ask-llm/claude-mcp
// mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "lykhoyda-ask-claude": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@ask-llm/claude-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}
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.

  • 18 Sept 26 +1

    No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 83 to 87. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 25 days of observed history at the previous scan, 26 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

  • 16 Sept 26 −2
    • Stability: pass → 0.80 functional
  • 15 Sept 26 0
    • Stability: 0.97 → pass security
  • 14 Sept 26 +1

    No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 93 to 97. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 28 days of observed history at the previous scan, 29 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

  • 12 Sept 26 +26
    • Malware scan: unverified → pass ▲ security
    • Known CVEs: unverified → pass ▲ security
    • Dependency health: unverified → 0.84 ▲ functional
  • 11 Sept 26 −25
    • Known CVEs: pass → unverified ▼ security
    • Malware scan: pass → unverified ▼ security
    • Stability: 0.83 → unverified ▼ security
    • Tool safety: pass → unverified ▼ security
    • Dependency health: 0.84 → unverified ▼ functional
    • Capabilities: pass → unverified ▼ functional
    • Tool coverage: 100 → unverified ▼ functional
    • Schema quality: 100 → unverified ▼ functional
    • Package version: 0.1.5 → 0.1.10 functional
    • Package version: 0.1.5 → 0.1.9 functional
  • 9 Sept 26 −2
    • Stability: pass → 0.80 functional
  • 8 Sept 26 0
    • Stability: 0.97 → pass security
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 20 Sept 2026 · Analysed npm/@ask-llm/claude-mcp@0.1.10

Provenance No attestation

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

Result No attestation
Ecosystem npm

Background: How many MCP packages publish verified provenance →

Dependencies 95 packages
Packages resolved 95
Stale 31
Tree resolution Complete

Background: SBOMs and build attestations, explained →

MCP tools · 3 exposed · ~326 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
ask-claude ~205

Send a prompt to Anthropic Claude Code CLI for an independent second opinion, code review, or architecture critique. Defaults to opus with sonnet fallback. Claude runs in safe mode with only Read, Glob, and Grep tools, so it can inspect context but cannot edit files or execute commands. Supports native sessions via sessionId and returns a structured AskResponse.

NameTypeReqDescription
includeDirsarray–Additional relative directories Claude may read alongside the working directory. Claude remains restricted to Read, Glob, and Grep tools.
modelstring–Do not set this parameter unless the user explicitly requests a Claude model. Defaults to opus, with sonnet as the CLI fallback.
promptstringyesThe question, code review request, or analysis task to send to Anthropic Claude Code CLI
sessionIdstring–Optional Claude conversation ID to resume. Pass the [Session ID: ...] value from a previous response to continue with native Claude session context.
NameTypeReqDescription
harnessstring––
modelstringyes–
providerstringyes–
reportedModelstring––
responsestringyes–
sessionIdstring––
usageobject––

No examples provided.

get-usage-stats ~81

Get the current MCP server's session usage stats: total LLM calls, token totals (input/output/thinking/cached), wall time, and breakdowns per provider and per model. No data leaves your machine — counts are tracked in-memory for the lifetime of the server process. Returns both human-readable markdown and a structured JSON snapshot via outputSchema.

Input schema present but exposes no named parameters.

NameTypeReqDescription
byModelobjectyes–
byProviderobjectyes–
fallbackCountnumberyes–
totalCachedTokensnumberyes–
totalCallsnumberyes–
totalDurationMsnumberyes–
totalInputTokensnumberyes–
totalOutputTokensnumberyes–
totalThinkingTokensnumberyes–

No examples provided.

ping ~40

Test connectivity with the Claude MCP server and check whether Claude Code CLI is installed

NameTypeReqDescription
messagestring–A message to echo back while testing Claude CLI availability

No output schema declared.

No examples provided.

Common questions

What is the io.github.Lykhoyda/ask-claude MCP server?

io.github.Lykhoyda/ask-claude is an MCP server listed in the public MCP registry as io.github.Lykhoyda/ask-claude. Bridge Codex and other MCP clients with Anthropic Claude Code CLI for read-only second opinions. This page covers its npm package (@ask-llm/claude-mcp).

Is the io.github.Lykhoyda/ask-claude MCP server safe to use?

io.github.Lykhoyda/ask-claude scores 84 out of 100 on VerifyMCP. We found no known CVEs affecting it as of 20 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 io.github.Lykhoyda/ask-claude MCP server expose?

io.github.Lykhoyda/ask-claude exposes 3 tools: ask-claude, ping, get-usage-stats. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 326 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.

Is the io.github.Lykhoyda/ask-claude MCP server still maintained?

io.github.Lykhoyda/ask-claude is still listed as active in the MCP registry. We last reached this channel on 20 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 io.github.Lykhoyda/ask-claude MCP server under?

io.github.Lykhoyda/ask-claude declares the MIT licence, which is OSI-approved. That covers the source only, and says nothing about the cost of any service it calls.