# io.github.ModelBound/modelbound-mcp (npm · modelbound-mcp)

Local-first MCP server for agent skills. Validate, lint, diff, and convert across IDEs.

- Trust score: 65/100 (medium)
- Change this week: +41
- Registry status: active
- Liveness: live
- Owner verified: no
- Last scored: 2026-08-03

## Components

- npm · `modelbound-mcp`: 65/100 (this document), [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/modelbound-modelbound-mcp/modelbound-mcp.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/modelbound-modelbound-mcp/modelbound-mcp)

## Channel facts

- Registry: `npm`
- Package: `modelbound-mcp`
- Version: `0.1.2`
- 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 (105 of 109), 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 (105 of 109), 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 43 days ago).
  - Disclosure check failed: no security disclosure policy was found in the source repository.
- **Schema Quality & AI Usability**: 64/100
  - AI-judged instruction clarity (good).
  - Tool/resource definitions use about 587 tokens (~41/item across 14 items; 14 tools + 0 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**: 77/100
  - 100% of tools have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the tool's name).
  - 32% 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 modelbound-modelbound-mcp -- npx -y modelbound-mcp
```

### Codex

```bash
codex mcp add modelbound-modelbound-mcp -- npx -y modelbound-mcp
```

### opencode

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

### OpenClaw

```bash
openclaw mcp add modelbound-modelbound-mcp --command npx --arg -y --arg modelbound-mcp
```

### Hermes

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

### Other

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "modelbound-modelbound-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "modelbound-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 65, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 23 to 27. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 7 days of observed history at the previous scan, 8 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-08-02 (score 64, +33)

- [security regression] Provenance: unverified → fail
- [security improvement] Known CVEs: unverified → partial
- [security improvement] Install scripts: unverified → pass
- [security improvement] Malware scan: unverified → pass
- [functional improvement] Maintenance: unverified → pass
- [functional improvement] Dependency health: unverified → partial
- [functional improvement] License: unverified → pass
- [functional improvement] Stability: unverified → 0.23
- [functional] Licence: MIT

### 2026-07-31 (score 31, +12)

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

### 2026-07-30 (score 19, −54)

- [security regression] Known CVEs: partial → unverified
- [security regression] Malware scan: pass → unverified
- [functional regression] Tool coverage: 100 → unverified

### 2026-07-29 (score 73, +47)

- [security regression] Provenance: unverified → fail
- [security improvement] Install scripts: unverified → pass
- [security improvement] Known CVEs: unverified → partial
- [functional regression] Security disclosure: unverified → fail
- [functional improvement] Maintenance: unverified → pass
- [functional improvement] License: unverified → pass
- [functional improvement] Tool coverage: unverified → 100
- [functional] First check of Schema quality: good
- [functional] First check of Schema quality: pass
- [functional] First check of Tool coverage: 32
- [functional] First check of Schema quality: fail
- [functional] Licence: MIT

### 2026-07-28 (score 26, +2)

- [functional improvement] Dependency health: unverified → partial

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

First indexed and scored.

## MCP tools (14)

### `detect_ide_layout` (~48 tokens)

Detect which IDE skill/rule layouts exist in the current working directory. Returns the list of matching adapters (e.g. cursor, claude, kiro). Local-only, no network.

### `list_local_skills` (~42 tokens)

List all skill / rule files found in the detected IDE directories under the current working directory.

Input parameters:

- `adapter` (string): Optional adapter id to scope the listing.

### `read_local_skill` (~34 tokens)

Read a local skill file (raw contents). Path must be inside the current working directory.

Input parameters:

- `path` (string, required)

### `write_local_skill` (~42 tokens)

Write a local skill file. Creates parent directories. Path must be inside the current working directory.

Input parameters:

- `contents` (string, required)
- `path` (string, required)

### `lint_skill` (~45 tokens)

Lint a skill file: front-matter, token count, broken links, TODO markers. Local-only.

Input parameters:

- `maxTokens` (number)
- `path` (string, required)

### `validate_skill_format` (~27 tokens)

Validate a skill file against the agentskills.io standard.

Input parameters:

- `path` (string, required)

### `convert_skill` (~100 tokens)

Convert a skill file from one IDE format to another (e.g. cursor → claude). Round-trips through a canonical {frontmatter, body} representation.

Input parameters:

- `from` (string, required): Source adapter id (e.g. cursor)
- `outPath` (string): Optional output path. If omitted, returns the converted body without writing.
- `path` (string, required)
- `to` (string, required): Target adapter id (e.g. claude)

### `diff_skill` (~60 tokens)

Diff a local skill file against its cloud counterpart by slug. Local-side diff is computed here; the cloud half requires MODELBOUND_API_KEY.

Input parameters:

- `path` (string, required): Local skill file path.
- `slug` (string, required): Cloud skill slug to compare against.

### `pull_skill` (~31 tokens)

Pull a skill from the ModelBound cloud library. Requires MODELBOUND_API_KEY.

Input parameters:

- `slug` (string, required)

### `push_skill` (~46 tokens)

Create or update a skill in the cloud library. Requires MODELBOUND_API_KEY.

Input parameters:

- `body_md` (string, required)
- `slug` (string, required)
- `title` (string)

### `list_cloud_skills` (~23 tokens)

List skills in the cloud library. Requires MODELBOUND_API_KEY.

### `search_cloud` (~29 tokens)

Full-text search across all cloud content. Requires MODELBOUND_API_KEY.

Input parameters:

- `q` (string, required)

### `install_marketplace_skill` (~32 tokens)

Install a public marketplace skill into your library. Requires MODELBOUND_API_KEY.

Input parameters:

- `slug` (string, required)

### `get_context_health` (~28 tokens)

Get token health scores and staleness for your context library. Requires MODELBOUND_API_KEY.

## Diagnostics

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

## Score history

- 2026-08-03: 65
- 2026-08-02: 64
- 2026-08-01: 31
- 2026-07-31: 31
- 2026-07-30: 19
- 2026-07-29: 73
- 2026-07-28: 26
- 2026-07-27: 24

## Links

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