# ArkHive MCP (pypi · arkhive-mcp)

ArkHive MCP: governed, tamper-evident local memory for AI agents. Where context gives meaning.

- Trust score: 68/100 (medium)
- Change this week: +6
- Registry status: active
- Liveness: live
- Owner verified: no
- Last scored: 2026-08-18

## Components

- pypi · `arkhive-mcp`: 68/100 (this document), [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/sammyboi81-arkhive/arkhive-mcp.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/sammyboi81-arkhive/arkhive-mcp)

## Channel facts

- Registry: `pypi`
- Package: `arkhive-mcp`
- Version: `0.2.0`
- 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 2026-08-18.

- **Supply Chain Security**: 100/100
  - No malware found by supply-chain analysis.
  - No known CVEs affecting this package version or its production dependencies.
  - Runs setuptools.build_meta at install time, a recognised native-build step with no shell scripting around it.
  - 2 of 30 dependencies flagged as unhealthy.
- **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 (Apache-2.0).
  - Actively maintained (last published 11 days ago).
  - Disclosure check failed: no security disclosure policy was found in the source repository.
- **Schema Quality & AI Usability**: 57/100
  - AI-judged instruction clarity (fair).
  - Tool/resource definitions use about 208 tokens (~41/item across 5 items; 5 tools + 0 resources), lean.
  - Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples.
- **Stability & Change Management**: 37/100
  - Stability observed for 11 of 30 days with no destabilising changes; credit accrues until the full window elapses.
- **Tool Coverage**: 67/100
  - 100% of tools have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the tool's name).
  - 0% 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 sammyboi81-arkhive -- uvx arkhive-mcp
```

### Codex

```bash
codex mcp add sammyboi81-arkhive -- uvx arkhive-mcp
```

### opencode

```json
{
  "$schema": "https://opencode.ai/config.json",
  "mcp": {
    "sammyboi81-arkhive": {
      "type": "local",
      "command": [
        "uvx",
        "arkhive-mcp"
      ],
      "enabled": true
    }
  }
}
```

### OpenClaw

```bash
openclaw mcp add sammyboi81-arkhive --command uvx --arg arkhive-mcp
```

### Hermes

```yaml
mcp_servers:
  sammyboi81-arkhive:
    command: "uvx"
    args: ["arkhive-mcp"]
```

### Other

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "sammyboi81-arkhive": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "arkhive-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.

### 2026-08-18 (score 68, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 33 to 37. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 10 days of observed history at the previous scan, 11 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-08-16 (score 67, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 27 to 30. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 8 days of observed history at the previous scan, 9 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-08-15 (score 66, +4)

- [functional regression] Security disclosure: unverified → fail
- [functional improvement] Stability: unverified → 0.27

### 2026-08-14 (score 62, 0)

- [functional regression] Security disclosure: fail → unverified

### 2026-08-12 (score 62, 0)

- [functional regression] Security disclosure: unverified → fail

### 2026-08-11 (score 62, +3)

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

### 2026-08-07 (score 59)

First indexed and scored.

## MCP tools (5)

### `birth` (~37 tokens)

Earn an identity (Law 5: born, not configured) before acting.

Input parameters:

- `covenant` (array, required)
- `name` (string, required)

### `remember` (~45 tokens)

Write a tamper-evident record. Requires a born soul_id as actor.

Input parameters:

- `action` (string, required)
- `actor` (string, required)
- `data` (object)

### `recall` (~34 tokens)

Read prior context so the AI need not re-derive it.

Input parameters:

- `actor` (string)
- `limit` (integer)

### `verify` (~17 tokens)

Prove the entire memory chain is unbroken.

### `govern` (~38 tokens)

Ask whether an action may proceed using deterministic rules.

Input parameters:

- `action` (string, required)
- `flags` (array)
- `rules` (array)

## Diagnostics

Captured diagnostic sections: Provenance, Install scripts, Dependencies. The full working is on the page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/sammyboi81-arkhive/arkhive-mcp#diagnostics

## Score history

- 2026-08-18: 68
- 2026-08-17: 67
- 2026-08-16: 67
- 2026-08-15: 66
- 2026-08-14: 62
- 2026-08-13: 62
- 2026-08-12: 62
- 2026-08-11: 62
- 2026-08-10: 59
- 2026-08-09: 59
- 2026-08-08: 59
- 2026-08-07: 59

## Links

- PyPI project: https://pypi.org/project/arkhive-mcp/
- Socket report: https://socket.dev/pypi/package/arkhive-mcp
- Repository: https://github.com/sammyboi81/arkhive
- Changelog RSS feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/sammyboi81-arkhive/arkhive-mcp.xml
- Changelog JSON feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/sammyboi81-arkhive/arkhive-mcp.json
- HTML version of this page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/sammyboi81-arkhive/arkhive-mcp