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LicenseGuard

REMOTE · LICENSE-GUARD.RCC-AOKI.WORKERS.DEV · 2 COMPONENTS · SCANNED SEP 20

Check if a dependency's license obligates you, based on how you ship. npm, PyPI, Go.

+3 this week 83 Trust /100
Trust breakdown (7 categories)

How this component scores in each security and reliability category. Every signal is checked automatically against the live server, and we only credit what we can confirm. How we score → Why this is hard to score →

Endpoint Security63
Transport & Reachability100
Schema Quality & AI Usability87
  • 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 1548 tokens (~67/item across 23 items; 3 tools + 20 resources), lean.Pass
  • Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples. See how to fix → Fail
Stability & Change Management100
  • No destabilizing schema changes in the last 30 days.Pass
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
  • 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 3 captured tool definition(s), and no name or description among them implies an irreversible operation.Pass
  • An AI judge read all 5 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 LicenseGuard MCP server?

LicenseGuard is a hosted endpoint at https://license-guard.rcc-aoki.workers.dev/mcp, so there is nothing to install locally. Ready-made configuration for Claude, Cursor, VS Code, Codex and 5 more is on this page, copied from each client's own documentation.

remote · license-guard.rcc-aoki.workers.dev

# add to Claude Code
claude mcp add --transport http rccaoki-wq-license-guard 'https://license-guard.rcc-aoki.workers.dev/mcp'
// .cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "rccaoki-wq-license-guard": {
      "url": "https://license-guard.rcc-aoki.workers.dev/mcp"
    }
  }
}
// .vscode/mcp.json
{
  "servers": {
    "rccaoki-wq-license-guard": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://license-guard.rcc-aoki.workers.dev/mcp"
    }
  }
}
# ~/.codex/config.toml
[mcp_servers.rccaoki-wq-license-guard]
url = "https://license-guard.rcc-aoki.workers.dev/mcp"
// opencode.json
{
  "$schema": "https://opencode.ai/config.json",
  "mcp": {
    "rccaoki-wq-license-guard": {
      "type": "remote",
      "url": "https://license-guard.rcc-aoki.workers.dev/mcp",
      "enabled": true
    }
  }
}
# add to OpenClaw
openclaw mcp add rccaoki-wq-license-guard --url 'https://license-guard.rcc-aoki.workers.dev/mcp' --transport streamable-http
# ~/.hermes/config.yaml
mcp_servers:
  rccaoki-wq-license-guard:
    url: "https://license-guard.rcc-aoki.workers.dev/mcp"
// ~/.netclaw/config/netclaw.json
{
  "McpServers": {
    "rccaoki-wq-license-guard": {
      "Transport": "http",
      "Url": "https://license-guard.rcc-aoki.workers.dev/mcp"
    }
  }
}
# add to Vellum
assistant mcp add rccaoki-wq-license-guard -t streamable-http -u 'https://license-guard.rcc-aoki.workers.dev/mcp'
// mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "rccaoki-wq-license-guard": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://license-guard.rcc-aoki.workers.dev/mcp"
    }
  }
}

The mcpServers block is a cross-client convention. Remote transports vary, so check your client's docs.

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.

  • 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.

  • 12 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.

  • 10 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.

  • 8 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.

  • 6 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.

  • 3 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.

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 · Probed https://license-guard.rcc-aoki.workers.dev/mcp

TLS valid

Negotiated TLS 1.3 with TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 .

Subject Issuer Valid from Valid until Key Signature Serial
CN=rcc-aoki.workers.dev CN=YE2,O=Let's Encrypt,C=US 31 Aug 2026 29 Nov 2026 ECDSA 256 ECDSA-SHA384 59e87b705b3211a3fbe4f30b089a572522a
SANs: *.rcc-aoki.workers.dev, rcc-aoki.workers.dev
CN=YE2,O=Let's Encrypt,C=US (CA) CN=Root YE,O=ISRG,C=US 3 Sept 2025 2 Sept 2028 ECDSA 384 ECDSA-SHA384 4df3b15dd6c0784c507cd37b58e6f115
CN=Root YE,O=ISRG,C=US (CA) CN=ISRG Root X2,O=Internet Security Research Group,C=US 13 May 2026 2 Sept 2032 ECDSA 384 ECDSA-SHA384 872165fc34b6e5fba8add5b3705fb53a
CN=ISRG Root X2,O=Internet Security Research Group,C=US (CA) CN=ISRG Root X1,O=Internet Security Research Group,C=US 13 May 2026 2 Sept 2032 ECDSA 384 SHA256-RSA 6c8f1dc727c7117f7baf853ac980f9cd

Background: What to check on a remote MCP endpoint →

DNSSEC insecure

Validation of license-guard.rcc-aoki.workers.dev. Not signed

Zone DS Keys Algorithms Outcome
. trust_anchor 20326, 38696 8, 8 Verified
dev. present 60074 8 Verified
workers.dev. absent Unsigned (proven) parent-signed NSEC/NSEC3 proves an unsigned delegation
Authentication No authorisation required

The endpoint answered without asking for a token. Anyone who knows the URL can reach it.

Result No authorisation required
HTTP status 200

Background: How OAuth 2.1 works in the 2026 MCP spec →

Transports 2 probes
Transport URL Outcome Status Location
streamable-http https://license-guard.rcc-aoki.workers.dev/mcp Verified 200
http (plaintext) http://license-guard.rcc-aoki.workers.dev/mcp Inconclusive 405
MCP tools · 3 exposed · ~763 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
check_dependency_license ~285

Determine whether adding or keeping a single open source dependency creates a legal obligation, given how this project ships. Call this BEFORE adding a new dependency to a project, and when auditing an existing one. A permissive result means no source-disclosure duty; a blocked result means the license obligates you and the dependency should be replaced or the shipping model reconsidered.

NameTypeReqDescription
distribution_modelstringyesHow the software incorporating this dependency reaches its users. This determines the answer: "saas" = users reach it over a network; "distributed-binary" = shipped as an app or binary; "on-prem-deli…
ecosystemstringyesPackage registry the dependency comes from.
namestringyesPackage name as written in the manifest, e.g. "express", "requests", "github.com/gin-gonic/gin", or "serde".
scopestringWhere the dependency sits. Use "dev", "build", or "test" for anything that does not end up in the shipped artifact — those carry no distribution obligation. Defaults to "runtime".
versionstringExact version if known. Omit to use the latest published version, which may differ from what is installed.
NameTypeReqDescription
assumptionobject
licensestring|nullyes
obligationsarrayyes
rationalestringyes
referencestring
verdictstringyes

No examples provided.

check_manifest_licenses ~327

Scan an entire dependency manifest and report every dependency whose license creates an obligation for this shipping model. Use when reviewing a project as a whole, preparing for due diligence, or after a large dependency change. Pass a package-lock.json when one exists: problematic licenses usually arrive as transitive dependencies rather than ones you added directly, and only a lockfile reveals those.

NameTypeReqDescription
contentstringyesFull text of a lockfile, SBOM, or manifest. Accepted: package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, yarn.lock, go.sum, Cargo.lock, poetry.lock, uv.lock, Gemfile.lock, packages.lock.json, CycloneDX (JSON), SPDX…
distribution_modelstringyesHow the software incorporating this dependency reaches its users. This determines the answer: "saas" = users reach it over a network; "distributed-binary" = shipped as an app or binary; "on-prem-deli…
NameTypeReqDescription
distributionModelstring
ecosystemstring
findingsarrayyes
limitationsarrayyesWhat this scan could not establish. Never empty when anything was left unresolved. Read it before treating a result as clean.
summaryobjectyesCounts by verdict. total is every dependency found, not only the ones that were resolved.

No examples provided.

explain_license ~151

Given an SPDX license identifier or expression, explain what it requires across every shipping model at once. Use when the question is about the license itself rather than a specific package — for example when comparing AGPL-3.0 against GPL-3.0 for a hosted service, or deciding what a project may safely depend on.

NameTypeReqDescription
licensestringyesSPDX identifier or expression, e.g. "AGPL-3.0-only", "Apache-2.0", or "(MIT OR GPL-2.0-only)".
linkagestringHow the dependency is linked. Matters for LGPL-family licenses. Compiled languages such as Go and Rust normally link statically. Defaults to "dynamic".
NameTypeReqDescription
byDistributionModelarrayyesOne row per way of shipping. This is where the same license diverges.
devScopeobjectyesThe result when the dependency never reaches users (dev, build or test scope). Independent of the shipping model.
licensestringyes
linkagestring

No examples provided.

Common questions

What is the LicenseGuard MCP server?

LicenseGuard is an MCP server listed in the public MCP registry as io.github.rccaoki-wq/license-guard. Check if a dependency's license obligates you, based on how you ship. npm, PyPI, Go. This page covers its hosted endpoint (https://license-guard.rcc-aoki.workers.dev/mcp).

Is the LicenseGuard MCP server safe to use?

LicenseGuard scores 83 out of 100 on VerifyMCP. 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 LicenseGuard MCP server expose?

LicenseGuard exposes 3 tools: check_dependency_license, check_manifest_licenses, explain_license. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 763 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.

Does the LicenseGuard MCP server require authentication?

No. We connected to LicenseGuard without credentials and it answered, so anything it exposes is reachable by anyone who knows the address.

Is the LicenseGuard MCP server still maintained?

LicenseGuard 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.