# io.github.mcfredrick/tenkai-mcp (npm · tenkai-mcp)

Search Tenkai Daily AI news for open-source releases, papers, and tools. Updated daily.

- Trust score: 68/100 (medium)
- Change this week: +22
- Registry status: active
- Liveness: live
- Owner verified: no
- Last scored: 2026-08-03

## Components

- npm · `tenkai-mcp`: 68/100 (this document), [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/mcfredrick-tenkai-mcp/tenkai-mcp.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/mcfredrick-tenkai-mcp/tenkai-mcp)

## Channel facts

- Registry: `npm`
- Package: `tenkai-mcp`
- Version: `1.0.2`
- 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 (95 of 99), 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 (95 of 99), so this covers what we could see, not the whole tree.
- **Provenance & Transparency**: 45/100
  - Source repository is publicly reachable at the declared URL.
  - Provenance check failed: no build-provenance attestation is published.
  - Clear OSI-approved license (MIT).
  - Actively maintained (last published 136 days ago).
  - Disclosure check failed: no security disclosure policy was found in the source repository.
- **Schema Quality & AI Usability**: 71/100
  - AI-judged instruction clarity (good).
  - Tool/resource definitions use about 151 tokens (~50/item across 3 items; 3 tools + 0 resources), lean.
  - Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples.
- **Stability & Change Management**: 23/100
  - Stability observed for 7 of 30 days with no destabilising changes; credit accrues until the full window elapses.
- **Tool Coverage**: 100/100
  - 100% of tools have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the tool's name).
  - 100% of tool parameters carry a description.
- **Capabilities**: 100/100
  - Implements a supported MCP spec version (2025-11-25); the latest is 2026-07-28.

## Install

### Claude

```bash
claude mcp add mcfredrick-tenkai-mcp -- npx -y tenkai-mcp
```

### Codex

```bash
codex mcp add mcfredrick-tenkai-mcp -- npx -y tenkai-mcp
```

### opencode

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

### OpenClaw

```bash
openclaw mcp add mcfredrick-tenkai-mcp --command npx --arg -y --arg tenkai-mcp
```

### Hermes

```yaml
mcp_servers:
  mcfredrick-tenkai-mcp:
    command: "npx"
    args: ["-y", "tenkai-mcp"]
```

### Other

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcfredrick-tenkai-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "tenkai-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

## 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.

### 2026-08-03 (score 68, +4)

- [functional improvement] Stability: unverified → 0.23

### 2026-08-02 (score 64, +12)

- [security regression] Known CVEs: partial → unverified
- [security improvement] Malware scan: unverified → pass
- [security] Stability: Stability not yet verified: we do not have a sandbox capture of the MCP schema this version of the package serves yet.
- [functional regression] Dependency health: partial → unverified
- [functional regression] Capabilities: pass → unverified
- [functional regression] Tool coverage: 100 → unverified

### 2026-08-01 (score 52, +31)

- [security regression] Provenance: unverified → fail
- [security improvement] Install scripts: unverified → pass
- [security improvement] Known CVEs: unverified → partial
- [security] Stability: Stability not yet verified: not enough scan history yet (needs a 30-day window).
- [functional improvement] MCP protocol: unverified → pass
- [functional improvement] License: unverified → pass
- [functional improvement] Dependency health: unverified → partial
- [functional improvement] Maintenance: unverified → pass
- [functional improvement] Schema quality: unverified → good
- [functional] Licence: MIT

### 2026-07-31 (score 21, +15)

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

### 2026-07-30 (score 6, −40)

- [security regression] Malware scan: pass → unverified
- [functional regression] Tool coverage: 100 → unverified
- [functional] First check of Schema quality: unverified

### 2026-07-27 (score 46)

First indexed and scored.

## MCP tools (3)

### `search_posts` (~76 tokens)

Search Tenkai Daily AI news for open-source releases, papers, tools, and tutorials. Returns matching posts with descriptions and links.

Input parameters:

- `limit` (integer): Max results to return (default 5)
- `query` (string, required): Keywords to search for (e.g. "RAG vector database", "fine-tuning llama")

### `get_recent_posts` (~45 tokens)

Get the most recent Tenkai Daily posts to see what AI tools and releases came out lately.

Input parameters:

- `limit` (integer): Number of posts to return (default 5)

### `list_tags` (~30 tokens)

List all topic tags available in the Tenkai Daily index. Useful for discovering what subject areas are covered.

## Diagnostics

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

## Score history

- 2026-08-03: 68
- 2026-08-02: 64
- 2026-08-01: 52
- 2026-07-31: 21
- 2026-07-30: 6
- 2026-07-28: 46
- 2026-07-27: 46

## Links

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