io.github.octoryn/octopus-blackboard

NPM · OCTOPUS-BLACKBOARD · SCANNED AUG 3

Shared memory & coordination for AI coding agents — a blackboard, not an orchestrator.

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+32 this week 76 76 Trust /100

Trust breakdown (6 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 →

Supply Chain Security87

No malware found by supply-chain analysis.Pass
Only part of the dependency tree could be resolved (144 of 148), so this covers what we could see, not the whole tree.Partial
No install/post-install scripts declared.Pass
Only part of the dependency tree could be resolved (144 of 148), so this covers what we could see, not the whole tree. View diagnostics → Partial

Provenance & Transparency97

Source repository is publicly reachable at the declared URL. View diagnostics → Pass
Cryptographically verified build provenance (signed, bound to octoryn/octopus-blackboard). View diagnostics → Pass
Clear OSI-approved license (Apache-2.0).Pass
Actively maintained (last published 30 days ago).Pass
Disclosure check failed: no security disclosure policy was found in the source repository. See how to fix → Fail

Schema Quality & AI Usability67

AI-judged instruction clarity (good).Pass
Tool/resource definitions use about 2255 tokens (~59/item across 38 items; 38 tools + 0 resources), lean.Pass
Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples. See how to fix → Fail

Stability & Change Management23

Stability observed for 7 of 30 days with no destabilising changes; credit accrues until the full window elapses.Partial

Tool Coverage82

100% of tools have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the tool's name).Pass
47% of tool parameters carry a description.Partial

Capabilities100

Implements a supported MCP spec version (2025-11-25); the latest is 2026-07-28.Pass

Install

Add this component to your MCP client. Where a client-specific snippet is available, pick your client below and copy it straight into your config; otherwise use the connection detail shown.

npm · octopus-blackboard

Claude Codex opencode OpenClaw Hermes Other

# add to Claude Code

claude mcp add octoryn-octopus-blackboard -- npx -y octopus-blackboard

# add to Codex CLI

codex mcp add octoryn-octopus-blackboard -- npx -y octopus-blackboard

// opencode.json

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

# add to OpenClaw

openclaw mcp add octoryn-octopus-blackboard --command npx --arg -y --arg octopus-blackboard

# ~/.hermes/config.yaml

mcp_servers:
  octoryn-octopus-blackboard:
    command: "npx"
    args: ["-y", "octopus-blackboard"]

// mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "octoryn-octopus-blackboard": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "octopus-blackboard"
      ]
    }
  }
}

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.

3 Aug 26 +1

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 20 to 23. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 6 days of observed history at the previous scan, 7 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.
2 Aug 26 +56
- Provenance: unverified → pass ▲ security
- Known CVEs: unverified → partial ▲ security
- Install scripts: unverified → pass ▲ security
- Malware scan: unverified → pass ▲ security
- The attested source repository moved: octoryn/octopus-blackboard security
- Tool coverage: 100 → unverified ▼ functional
- License: unverified → pass ▲ functional
- Dependency health: unverified → partial ▲ functional
- Stability: unverified → 0.20 ▲ functional
- Maintenance: unverified → pass ▲ functional
- MCP protocol: unverified → pass ▲ functional
- Schema quality: unverified → good ▲ functional
- Licence: Apache-2.0 functional
1 Aug 26 +14
- Tool coverage: unverified → 100 ▲ functional
31 Jul 26 −19
- We updated how we score, so this day's move reflects our rubric, not a change to the server See what changed → functional
30 Jul 26 −20
- Tool coverage: 100 → unverified ▼ functional
- First check of Schema quality: unverified functional
27 Jul 26 44

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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 3 Aug 2026 · Analysed npm/[email protected]

Provenance verified

Ecosystem: npm · Outcome: verified

Reason: verified

Source repo:: octoryn/octopus-blackboard
Certificate issuer:: https://token.actions.githubusercontent.com
Certificate SAN:: https://github.com/octoryn/octopus-blackboard/.github/workflows/release.yml@refs/tags/v0.3.1
Rekor log index:: 2059599747
Predicate type:: https://slsa.dev/provenance/v1
Subject digest:: sha512:ccdac79b4a94ff783f4304f0a403589794fdcbc90638fa1d83f979b88284fe6818e33faec7fb29ef001a7df1aa4d545aba5d6a07daa58e535312a6198
Discovery method:: attestation_endpoint

Dependencies 144 packages

144 packages in the resolved dependency tree · 144 deprecated · 53 stale.

The dependency tree was only partially resolved, so these counts may be incomplete.

MCP tools — 38 exposed · ~2,255 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.

Tool Tokens

board_assign ~101

Assign a task to an agent and notify them — records the assignee AND leaves a 'please look at task #N' message in that agent's inbox. Passive: the board records the ask; the agent reads its inbox and decides to act. Never launches the agent.

Input Output Examples

Name	Type	Req	Description
agent	string	—	acting agent identity (defaults to OCTOBOARD_AGENT)
ref	string	yes	task key or number
to	string	yes	agent to notify

No output schema declared.

No examples provided.

board_attribute ~71

Record a single attribution (commit + optional file) to a human or AI actor.

Input Output Examples

Name	Type	Req	Description
actorType	string	—	—
agent	string	—	acting agent identity (defaults to OCTOBOARD_AGENT)
file	string	—	—
name	string	—	—
rev	string	yes	—

No output schema declared.

No examples provided.

board_blame ~53

Blame → narrative: trace a file line back to the session that introduced it and surface that session's other work, decisions, and handoffs.

Input Output Examples

Name	Type	Req	Description
file	string	yes	—
line	number	yes	—

No output schema declared.

No examples provided.

board_check ~119

Governance gate: assert policy over commits and report pass/fail plus violations. Read-only — reports, does not block. Use in CI to keep unreviewed AI work off a branch.

Input Output Examples

Name	Type	Req	Description
range	string	—	commit range, e.g. main..HEAD (default: all attributed commits)
requireAttribution	boolean	—	fail if a scoped commit has no attribution
requireHumanReview	boolean	—	fail if an AI commit lacks a human review
verifyChain	boolean	—	fail if the timeline hash chain is broken

No output schema declared.

No examples provided.

board_claim ~83

Claim a task by key so other agents know you own it. If another agent already holds it, the response reports the conflict (the board records but does not block).

Input Output Examples

Name	Type	Req	Description
agent	string	—	acting agent identity (defaults to OCTOBOARD_AGENT)
key	string	yes	task key, e.g. trust-layer-policy-schema
title	string	—	—

No output schema declared.

No examples provided.

board_decision ~56

Record a decision and its rationale so other agents see what was decided and why.

Input Output Examples

Name	Type	Req	Description
agent	string	—	acting agent identity (defaults to OCTOBOARD_AGENT)
rationale	string	—	—
title	string	yes	—

No output schema declared.

No examples provided.

board_evidence ~76

Attach evidence (file path, URL, log, test run) supporting some work.

Input Output Examples

Name	Type	Req	Description
agent	string	—	acting agent identity (defaults to OCTOBOARD_AGENT)
note	string	—	—
ref	string	yes	—
target	string	—	what it supports, e.g. task:auth-mw

No output schema declared.

No examples provided.

board_explain ~33

Explain a commit: its AI attribution, reviews, and related decisions.

Input Output Examples

Name	Type	Req	Description
rev	string	—	defaults to HEAD

No output schema declared.

No examples provided.

board_export ~56

Export a portable attribution bundle (attributions, reviews, sessions, decisions) for a commit range, so attribution survives push/PR into a team board or CI.

Input Output Examples

Name	Type	Req	Description
range	string	—	commit range (default: all attributed commits)

No output schema declared.

No examples provided.

board_file_changed ~77

Record that you touched a file. If a task key is given, the response reports files other agents already changed for that task (conflict awareness).

Input Output Examples

Name	Type	Req	Description
agent	string	—	acting agent identity (defaults to OCTOBOARD_AGENT)
change	string	—	—
path	string	yes	—
task	string	—	—

No output schema declared.

No examples provided.

board_handoff ~86

Hand off work to another agent with a summary of the state at handoff.

Input Output Examples

Name	Type	Req	Description
agent	string	—	acting agent identity (defaults to OCTOBOARD_AGENT)
context	string	—	—
openQuestions	array	—	—
relatedFiles	array	—	—
summary	string	yes	—
task	string	—	—
to	string	yes	—

No output schema declared.

No examples provided.

board_handoffs ~48

Handoffs left FOR you — the work another agent passed to you, with context and open questions.

Input Output Examples

Name	Type	Req	Description
agent	string	—	acting agent identity (defaults to OCTOBOARD_AGENT)

No output schema declared.

No examples provided.

board_heartbeat ~47

Stamp the active session as alive (real-time liveness, so other agents can tell active from stale).

Input Output Examples

Name	Type	Req	Description
agent	string	—	acting agent identity (defaults to OCTOBOARD_AGENT)

No output schema declared.

No examples provided.

board_import ~40

Import an attribution bundle (as produced by board_export) into this board. Idempotent.

Input Output Examples

Name	Type	Req	Description
bundle	object	yes	the bundle object from board_export

No output schema declared.

No examples provided.

board_inbox ~54

Read what's waiting for you: messages (addressed or broadcast) and handoffs left for you.

Input Output Examples

Name	Type	Req	Description
agent	string	—	acting agent identity (defaults to OCTOBOARD_AGENT)
includeRead	boolean	—	—

No output schema declared.

No examples provided.

board_ingest ~78

Ingest a CLI transcript's content into the active session (file edits, decisions, notes). Format is one of: generic, claude-code, codex, gemini, grok. Use 'generic' with our normalized event schema for any CLI.

Input Output Examples

Name	Type	Req	Description
content	string	yes	raw transcript content
format	string	—	—

No output schema declared.

No examples provided.

board_link ~98

Attribute a Git commit's files to the current session (who actually produced the code). Reads Git; never rewrites history. Optionally writes an additive git note.

Input Output Examples

Name	Type	Req	Description
actorType	string	—	—
agent	string	—	acting agent identity (defaults to OCTOBOARD_AGENT)
name	string	—	explicit actor name
rev	string	—	commit/revision, defaults to HEAD
writeNote	boolean	—	—

No output schema declared.

No examples provided.

board_message ~60

Leave a message for another agent (or broadcast with to='all').

Input Output Examples

Name	Type	Req	Description
agent	string	—	acting agent identity (defaults to OCTOBOARD_AGENT)
body	string	yes	—
to	string	yes	recipient agent name, or 'all'

No output schema declared.

No examples provided.

board_note ~42

Broadcast a free-form status note to the board.

Input Output Examples

Name	Type	Req	Description
agent	string	—	acting agent identity (defaults to OCTOBOARD_AGENT)
text	string	yes	—

No output schema declared.

No examples provided.

board_progress ~83

Report task progress 0–100 (moves it to in-progress, or done at 100). Use this from an agent as it works a task so the kanban shows a live progress bar.

Input Output Examples

Name	Type	Req	Description
agent	string	—	acting agent identity (defaults to OCTOBOARD_AGENT)
percent	number	yes	—
ref	string	yes	task key or number

No output schema declared.

No examples provided.

board_prune ~42

Retention: delete messages/evidence/file-change rows created before an ISO time. The audit timeline is never pruned.

Input Output Examples

Name	Type	Req	Description
before	string	yes	ISO timestamp

No output schema declared.

No examples provided.

board_redact ~48

Hide a timeline entry's content at the read layer (the hash chain stays valid — this is not cryptographic erasure).

Input Output Examples

Name	Type	Req	Description
reason	string	—	—
seq	number	yes	—

No output schema declared.

No examples provided.

board_report ~29

Accountability scorecard: review coverage, AI/human ratio, per-agent breakdown, session and risk counts.

Input Output Examples

Input schema present but exposes no named parameters.

No output schema declared.

No examples provided.

board_review ~75

Record who reviewed a commit and the outcome (human or AI reviewer).

Input Output Examples

Name	Type	Req	Description
agent	string	—	acting agent identity (defaults to OCTOBOARD_AGENT)
name	string	—	—
note	string	—	—
outcome	string	—	—
rev	string	yes	—
reviewerType	string	—	—

No output schema declared.

No examples provided.

board_risk ~52

Flag an open risk the next agent should know before acting.

Input Output Examples

Name	Type	Req	Description
agent	string	—	acting agent identity (defaults to OCTOBOARD_AGENT)
severity	string	—	—
title	string	yes	—

No output schema declared.

No examples provided.

board_sign ~46

Sign the current timeline head with the active session's key (attests board state through the head seq).

Input Output Examples

Name	Type	Req	Description
agent	string	—	acting agent identity (defaults to OCTOBOARD_AGENT)

No output schema declared.

No examples provided.

board_since ~82

Subscribe primitive: poll for timeline events after a given seq. Returns the new head seq and events (optionally filtered to those relevant to an agent). Call board_status first to get a starting seq.

Input Output Examples

Name	Type	Req	Description
afterSeq	number	yes	return events with seq greater than this
forAgent	string	—	filter to messages/handoffs/conflicts for this agent

No output schema declared.

No examples provided.

board_status ~61

Read the board: active agents, open tasks and who holds them, unread messages, open risks, recent history. Call this before starting work to see what other agents are doing.

Input Output Examples

Name	Type	Req	Description
agent	string	—	acting agent identity (defaults to OCTOBOARD_AGENT)

No output schema declared.

No examples provided.

board_task ~53

Get a task's full kanban card (status, progress, assignees, active-agent count, impacted files, linked risks) by key or number (#145).

Input Output Examples

Name	Type	Req	Description
ref	string	yes	task key or number

No output schema declared.

No examples provided.

board_task_define ~106

Create or update a task's kanban fields: title, description (what it is), project, impact (change surface), and risk level. New keys get a stable task number.

Input Output Examples

Name	Type	Req	Description
agent	string	—	acting agent identity (defaults to OCTOBOARD_AGENT)
description	string	—	—
impact	string	—	—
key	string	yes	—
project	string	—	—
riskLevel	string	—	—
title	string	—	—

No output schema declared.

No examples provided.

board_tasks ~24

List all tasks as kanban cards (for a board/kanban view).

Input Output Examples

Input schema present but exposes no named parameters.

No output schema declared.

No examples provided.

board_timeline ~33

Read the append-only, hash-chained history of everything that happened on the board.

Input Output Examples

Name	Type	Req	Description
limit	number	—	—

No output schema declared.

No examples provided.

board_trailers ~36

Git trailer lines encoding a commit's attribution, for embedding in a commit message.

Input Output Examples

Name	Type	Req	Description
rev	string	—	defaults to HEAD

No output schema declared.

No examples provided.

board_trust ~29

Show signature trust: which sessions have signed the timeline and whether each signature is valid and still current.

Input Output Examples

Input schema present but exposes no named parameters.

No output schema declared.

No examples provided.

board_unreviewed ~23

List AI-produced commits that have never been reviewed by a human.

Input Output Examples

Input schema present but exposes no named parameters.

No output schema declared.

No examples provided.

board_who ~54

Who changed a file: Git authors, AI sessions that touched it, and commit attributions. Pass a line number to trace which session introduced that line.

Input Output Examples

Name	Type	Req	Description
file	string	yes	—
line	number	—	—

No output schema declared.

No examples provided.

session_start ~59

Start an execution session. Subsequent writes and links attribute to it. Captures machine, working directory, git branch, and repository.

Input Output Examples

Name	Type	Req	Description
agent	string	—	acting agent identity (defaults to OCTOBOARD_AGENT)
label	string	—	—

No output schema declared.

No examples provided.

session_stop ~42

Close the active session (or a specific one).

Input Output Examples

Name	Type	Req	Description
agent	string	—	acting agent identity (defaults to OCTOBOARD_AGENT)
session	string	—	—

No output schema declared.

No examples provided.

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Scoring key

80+ high trust
60–79 medium
below 60 low

How we score

Score history · last 30 days

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