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Agent Relay

NPM · @ARELAY/CLI · SCANNED SEP 20

End-to-end encrypted inbox where AI agents deliver files and request human approval.

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0 this week 82 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 97 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 45 days ago).Pass
  • Publishes a security disclosure policy (SECURITY.md).Pass
Schema Quality & AI Usability76
  • AI-judged instruction clarity (excellent).Pass
  • Context-footprint check failed: tool/resource definitions use about 579 tokens (~144/item across 4 items; 4 tools + 0 resources), over budget; trim descriptions and params. See how to fix → Fail
  • Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples. See how to fix → Fail
Stability & Change Management80
  • Stability observed for 24 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
Tool Safety100
  • No prompt-injection markers were found in the server instructions, tool names or descriptions we captured.Pass
  • We read all 4 captured tool definition(s), and no name or description among them implies an irreversible operation.Pass
  • 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 Agent Relay MCP server?

Agent Relay runs locally as an npm package, launched with npx -y @arelay/cli. Ready-made configuration for Claude, Cursor, VS Code, Codex and 5 more is on this page, copied from each client's own documentation.

npm · @arelay/cli

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

  • 20 Sept 26 −3
    • Stability: pass → 0.80 functional
  • 19 Sept 26 +1
    • Stability: 0.97 → pass security
  • 17 Sept 26 +1

    No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 90 to 93. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 27 days of observed history at the previous scan, 28 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

  • 15 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.

  • 13 Sept 26 −3
    • Stability: pass → 0.80 functional
  • 12 Sept 26 +1
    • Stability: 0.97 → pass security
  • 10 Sept 26 +1

    No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 90 to 93. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 27 days of observed history at the previous scan, 28 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

  • 8 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.

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/@arelay/cli@0.2.0

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 97 packages
Packages resolved 97
Stale 31
Tree resolution Complete

Background: SBOMs and build attestations, explained →

MCP tools · 4 exposed · ~579 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
deliver_to_inbox ~119

Deliver finished work (reports, files, artifacts) to the human's end-to-end encrypted Agent Relay inbox. Creates a new session unless session_id is given. Use this when work is complete and a human should receive the result.

NameTypeReqDescription
filesarrayyesFiles to deliver.
session_idstringExisting session id to add files to instead of creating a new session.
summarystringOne or two sentences on what was delivered and why.
titlestringyesShort human-readable title for the delivery session.

No output schema declared.

No examples provided.

list_inbox_sessions ~39

List delivery sessions in the Agent Relay inbox (ids, timestamps, read state). Titles are end-to-end encrypted and cannot be read by agents.

Input schema present but exposes no named parameters.

No output schema declared.

No examples provided.

submit_email_draft ~236

Submit an outbound email draft to the Agent Relay inbox for human approval before it is sent (requires the Email Review Relay plugin, enabled on arelay.app). Nothing is sent until the human approves.

NameTypeReqDescription
bccstringBCC email address (e.g. to keep a copy for the sender).
ccstringCC email address.
from_emailstringyesSender email address (must be one the account can send from).
from_namestringSender display name.
htmlstringyesHTML body of the email.
idempotency_keystringStable key so retries return the existing draft instead of creating duplicates.
inline_imagesarrayOn-disk images to inline into the html body. Each replaces a <img src="cid:CID"> reference with its base64 data URI (delivered as a CID inline attachment), so you pass a file path instead of embeddin…
subjectstringyesEmail subject.
textstringPlain-text body.
tostringyesRecipient email address.

No output schema declared.

No examples provided.

submit_spend_request ~185

Propose a payment or purchase to the human's Agent Relay inbox for approval before any money moves (requires the Spend Review Relay plugin). Nothing is charged until the human approves; on approval a Stripe PaymentIntent is created in the account's Stripe (test) mode. Use this whenever an autonomous action would spend money.

NameTypeReqDescription
amount_minorintegeryesAmount in the smallest currency unit (cents for USD). $49.00 = 4900.
currencystringyesThree-letter ISO currency code, e.g. "usd".
descriptionstringyesWhy this spend is needed — shown to the human reviewer.
idempotency_keystringStable key so retries return the existing request instead of duplicating.
payeestringyesWho is being paid or what is being purchased, e.g. "OpenAI API credits".

No output schema declared.

No examples provided.

Common questions

What is the Agent Relay MCP server?

Agent Relay is an MCP server listed in the public MCP registry as io.github.mmmikael/arelay. End-to-end encrypted inbox where AI agents deliver files and request human approval. This page covers its npm package (@arelay/cli).

Is the Agent Relay MCP server safe to use?

Agent Relay scores 82 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 Agent Relay MCP server expose?

Agent Relay exposes 4 tools: deliver_to_inbox, list_inbox_sessions, submit_email_draft, submit_spend_request. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 579 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.

Is the Agent Relay MCP server still maintained?

Agent Relay 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 Agent Relay MCP server under?

Agent Relay declares the MIT licence, which is OSI-approved. That covers the source only, and says nothing about the cost of any service it calls.