# io.github.selfagency/beans-mcp (npm · @selfagency/beans-mcp)

Interact with the Beans CLI issue tracker agentically

- Trust score: 66/100 (medium)
- Change this week: +20
- Registry status: active
- Liveness: live
- Owner verified: no
- Last scored: 2026-08-07

## Components

- npm · `@selfagency/beans-mcp`: 66/100 (this document), [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/selfagency-beans-mcp/selfagency-beans-mcp.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/selfagency-beans-mcp/selfagency-beans-mcp)

## Channel facts

- Registry: `npm`
- Package: `@selfagency/beans-mcp`
- Version: `0.1.4`
- 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 2026-08-07.

- **Supply Chain Security**: 100/100
  - No malware found by supply-chain analysis.
  - No known CVEs affecting this package version or its production dependencies.
  - No install/post-install scripts declared.
  - No production dependencies, so there is no dependency health to assess.
- **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 111 days ago).
  - Disclosure check failed: no security disclosure policy was found in the source repository.
- **Schema Quality & AI Usability**: 49/100
  - AI-judged instruction clarity (fair).
  - Tool/resource definitions use about 539 tokens (~53/item across 10 items; 10 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).
  - 2% 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 selfagency-beans-mcp -- npx -y @selfagency/beans-mcp
```

### Codex

```bash
codex mcp add selfagency-beans-mcp -- npx -y @selfagency/beans-mcp
```

### opencode

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

### OpenClaw

```bash
openclaw mcp add selfagency-beans-mcp --command npx --arg -y --arg @selfagency/beans-mcp
```

### Hermes

```yaml
mcp_servers:
  selfagency-beans-mcp:
    command: "npx"
    args: ["-y", "@selfagency/beans-mcp"]
```

### Other

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "selfagency-beans-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@selfagency/beans-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.

### 2026-08-07 (score 66, +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.

### 2026-08-04 (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.

### 2026-08-03 (score 64, +3)

- [functional improvement] Stability: unverified → 0.23

### 2026-08-02 (score 61, +15)

- [security improvement] Malware scan: unverified → pass

### 2026-07-31 (score 46, −5)

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

### 2026-07-30 (score 51, −18)

- [security regression] Malware scan: pass → unverified

### 2026-07-27 (score 69, +22)

- [functional improvement] Tool coverage: unverified → 100
- [functional] First check of Tool coverage: 2
- [functional] First check of Schema quality: pass
- [functional] First check of Schema quality: fair
- [functional] First check of Schema quality: fail

### 2026-07-26 (score 47)

First indexed and scored.

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

## MCP tools (10)

### `beans_init` (~35 tokens)

Initialize Beans Workspace

Initialize Beans in the current workspace, equivalent to the extension init command.

Input parameters:

- `prefix` (string): Optional workspace prefix for bean IDs

### `beans_view` (~23 tokens)

View Bean

Fetch full bean details by ID.

Input parameters:

- `beanId` (string, required)

### `beans_create` (~55 tokens)

Create Bean

Create a new bean.

Input parameters:

- `description` (string)
- `parent` (string)
- `priority` (string)
- `status` (string)
- `title` (string, required)
- `type` (string, required)

### `beans_edit` (~81 tokens)

Edit Bean Metadata

Update bean metadata fields (status/type/priority/parent/blocking).

Input parameters:

- `beanId` (string, required)
- `blockedBy` (array)
- `blocking` (array)
- `clearParent` (boolean)
- `parent` (string)
- `priority` (string)
- `status` (string)
- `type` (string)

### `beans_reopen` (~49 tokens)

Reopen Bean

Reopen a completed or scrapped bean into a non-closed status.

Input parameters:

- `beanId` (string, required)
- `requiredCurrentStatus` (string, required)
- `targetStatus` (string)

### `beans_update` (~97 tokens)

Update Bean

Update bean metadata fields (status/type/priority/parent/blocking). Consolidated replacement for per-field update tools.

Input parameters:

- `beanId` (string, required)
- `blockedBy` (array)
- `blocking` (array)
- `body` (string)
- `clearParent` (boolean)
- `parent` (string)
- `priority` (string)
- `status` (string)
- `type` (string)

### `beans_delete` (~36 tokens)

Delete Bean

Delete a bean (intended for draft/scrapped beans).

Input parameters:

- `beanId` (string, required)
- `force` (boolean)

### `beans_query` (~76 tokens)

Query Beans

Unified query tool for refresh, filter, search, and sort operations.

Input parameters:

- `includeClosed` (boolean)
- `mode` (string)
- `operation` (string)
- `search` (string)
- `statuses`
- `tags`
- `types`
- `writeToWorkspaceInstructions` (boolean)

### `beans_bean_file` (~54 tokens)

Bean File Operations

Read, create, edit, or delete files under .beans (operation param).

Input parameters:

- `content` (string)
- `operation` (string, required)
- `overwrite` (boolean)
- `path` (string, required)

### `beans_output` (~33 tokens)

Beans Output Tools

Read extension output log or show guidance (operation param).

Input parameters:

- `lines` (integer)
- `operation` (string)

## Diagnostics

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

## Score history

- 2026-08-07: 66
- 2026-08-06: 65
- 2026-08-05: 65
- 2026-08-04: 65
- 2026-08-03: 64
- 2026-08-02: 61
- 2026-08-01: 46
- 2026-07-31: 46
- 2026-07-30: 51
- 2026-07-28: 69
- 2026-07-27: 69
- 2026-07-26: 47

## Links

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