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Project Status

NPM · @OPENLY-USEFUL/PROJECT-STATUS-MCP · SCANNED SEP 21

Read-only project readiness, dependency, evidence, and bounded local activity views.

+3 this week 86 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 Security100
  • 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
  • 0 of 3 dependencies flagged as unhealthy. View diagnostics → Pass
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 (Apache-2.0).Pass
  • Actively maintained (last published 28 days ago).Pass
  • Publishes a security disclosure policy (SECURITY.md).Pass
Schema Quality & AI Usability86
  • 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 634 tokens (~63/item across 10 items; 8 tools + 2 resources), lean.Pass
  • Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples. See how to fix → Fail
Stability & Change Management97
  • Stability observed for 29 of 30 days with no destabilising changes; credit accrues until the full window elapses.Partial
Tool Coverage96
  • 100% of tools have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the tool's name).Pass
  • 86% of tool parameters carry a description.Partial
  • Structured output schemas are declared (100% of tools); any adoption earns full credit.Pass
Tool Safety100
  • No prompt-injection markers were found in the server instructions, tool names or descriptions we captured.Pass
  • We read all 8 captured tool definition(s), and no name or description among them implies an irreversible operation.Pass
  • An AI judge read all 10 captured unit(s) of tool text and found none that tries to manipulate the model reading it.Pass
Capabilities100
  • Implements a current MCP spec version (2026-07-28).Pass
Install

How do I install the Project Status MCP server?

Project Status runs locally as an npm package, launched with npx -y @openly-useful/project-status-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 · @openly-useful/project-status-mcp

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

  • 20 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.

  • 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.

  • 15 Sept 26 +1

    No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 73 to 77. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 22 days of observed history at the previous scan, 23 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

  • 13 Sept 26 +1

    No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 67 to 70. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 20 days of observed history at the previous scan, 21 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

  • 11 Sept 26 +1

    No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 60 to 63. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 18 days of observed history at the previous scan, 19 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

  • 9 Sept 26 +1

    No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 53 to 57. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 16 days of observed history at the previous scan, 17 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes. Other categories moved too: Schema Quality & AI Usability fell 1.

  • 6 Sept 26 +1

    No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 43 to 47. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 13 days of observed history at the previous scan, 14 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

  • 4 Sept 26 +1

    No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 37 to 40. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 11 days of observed history at the previous scan, 12 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 21 Sept 2026 · Analysed npm/@openly-useful/project-status-mcp@1.2.1

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 3 packages
Packages resolved 3
Tree resolution Complete

Background: SBOMs and build attestations, explained →

MCP tools · 8 exposed · ~505 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
project_status_get_activity ~51

Read the optional local activity snapshot and return its thread state, progress, live counts, usage truth classes, lock, freshness, capabilities, and bounded last verification receipt. No readiness value is calculated or changed.

Input schema present but exposes no named parameters.

NameTypeReqDescription
capabilitiesobjectyes
countsobjectyes
freshnessobjectyes
generatedAtstringyes
lastReceiptyes
lockobjectyes
okbooleanyes
progressobjectyes
schemaVersionintegeryes
sessionIdyes
threadobjectyes
usageobjectyes

No examples provided.

project_status_get_dependencies ~87

Read blocking and informing relationships from the validated task DAG. Optionally focus upstream or downstream of one task and paginate the result.

NameTypeReqDescription
directionstringRelationship direction relative to task_id.
limitinteger
offsetinteger
task_idstringOptional task identifier to focus on.
typestringOptional dependency type filter.
NameTypeReqDescription
countnumberyes
dependenciesarrayyes
hasMorebooleanyes
nextOffsetyes
offsetnumberyes
okbooleanyes
taskIdyes
totalnumberyes

No examples provided.

project_status_get_locks ~33

Read the bounded, redacted local thread-lock observation. A stale or unknown observation is not reported as unlocked.

Input schema present but exposes no named parameters.

NameTypeReqDescription
countintegeryes
generatedAtstringyes
locksarrayyes
okbooleanyes

No examples provided.

project_status_get_summary ~46

Read the validated manifest and return its weighted readiness, task totals, audit freshness, gates, time ranges, and critical-path summary. This tool never modifies files or executes monitoring probes.

Input schema present but exposes no named parameters.

NameTypeReqDescription
asOfstringyes
auditobjectyes
criticalPathobjectyes
gatesobjectyes
initiativeobjectyes
okbooleanyes
scoreobjectyes
tasksobjectyes
timeobjectyes

No examples provided.

project_status_get_usage ~48

Read context, provider-quota, and task-budget remaining percentages from the optional activity snapshot. Each metric preserves exact, derived, estimated, or unknown truth and never substitutes zero for unavailable data.

Input schema present but exposes no named parameters.

NameTypeReqDescription
generatedAtstringyes
okbooleanyes
usageobjectyes

No examples provided.

project_status_list_active_work ~121

List bounded, redacted workflow, skill, agent, thread, and tool activity. Defaults to active work; scope can include finished work. Supports exact kind/state filters and offset pagination.

NameTypeReqDescription
kindstringOptional exact activity entity kind filter.
limitintegerMaximum work items to return (1-100).
offsetintegerNumber of matching work items to skip.
scopestringSelect currently active work, terminal finished work, or both.
statestringOptional exact lifecycle state filter.
NameTypeReqDescription
countintegeryes
hasMorebooleanyes
nextOffsetyes
offsetintegeryes
okbooleanyes
scopestringyes
totalintegeryes
workarrayyes

No examples provided.

project_status_list_tasks ~87

List validated manifest tasks with optional status and phase filters plus bounded offset pagination. Returns public task details and no local evidence locators.

NameTypeReqDescription
limitintegerMaximum tasks to return (1-100).
offsetintegerNumber of matching tasks to skip.
phase_idstringOptional exact phase identifier.
statusstringOptional task status filter.
NameTypeReqDescription
countnumberyes
hasMorebooleanyes
nextOffsetyes
offsetnumberyes
okbooleanyes
tasksarrayyes
totalnumberyes

No examples provided.

project_status_validate_manifest ~32

Read and validate the configured manifest against the canonical core contract. Returns bounded field-level errors without changing the manifest.

Input schema present but exposes no named parameters.

NameTypeReqDescription
errorCountintegeryes
errorsarrayyes
okbooleanyes
truncatedbooleanyes
validbooleanyes

No examples provided.

Common questions

What is the Project Status MCP server?

Project Status is an MCP server listed in the public MCP registry as org.openlyuseful/project-status. Read-only project readiness, dependency, evidence, and bounded local activity views. This page covers its npm package (@openly-useful/project-status-mcp).

Is the Project Status MCP server safe to use?

Project Status scores 86 out of 100 on VerifyMCP. We found no known CVEs affecting it as of 21 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 Project Status MCP server expose?

Project Status exposes 8 tools: project_status_get_summary, project_status_validate_manifest, project_status_list_tasks, project_status_get_dependencies, project_status_get_activity, and 3 more. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 505 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.

Is the Project Status MCP server still maintained?

Project Status is still listed as active in the MCP registry. We last reached this channel on 21 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 Project Status MCP server under?

Project Status declares the Apache-2.0 licence, which is OSI-approved. That covers the source only, and says nothing about the cost of any service it calls.