# The Cartographer (pypi · the-cartographer)

Ask which agent skills fit a task before you start it: picks from a vetted skill catalogue.

- Trust score: 64/100 (medium)
- Change this week: −15
- Registry status: active
- Liveness: live
- Owner verified: no
- Last scored: 2026-11-05

## Components

- pypi · `the-cartographer`: 64/100 (this document), [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/sheepk95-the-cartographer/the-cartographer.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/sheepk95-the-cartographer/the-cartographer)

## Channel facts

- Registry: `pypi`
- Package: `the-cartographer`
- Version: `0.1.0`
- 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 2026-11-05.

- **Supply Chain Security**: 50/100
  - Malware scan not yet available for this package.
  - No known CVEs affecting this package version or its production dependencies.
  - Runs setuptools.build_meta at install time, a recognised build step with no custom scripting around it.
  - No production dependencies, so there is no dependency health to assess.
- **Provenance & Transparency**: 87/100
  - Source repository is publicly reachable at the declared URL.
  - Cryptographically verified build provenance (signed, bound to sheepk95/The-Cartographer).
  - License check failed: the license (Apache-2.0 AND MIT AND CC-BY-SA-4.0 AND Unlicense) isn't a recognized OSI-approved license.
  - Actively maintained (last published 6 days ago).
  - Publishes a security disclosure policy (SECURITY.md).
- **Schema Quality & AI Usability**: 75/100
  - AI-judged instruction clarity (good).
  - Tool/resource definitions use about 332 tokens (~83/item across 4 items; 4 tools + 0 resources), lean.
  - Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples.
- **Stability & Change Management**: 0/100
  - Stability not yet verified: not enough scan history yet (needs a 30-day window).
- **Tool Coverage**: 96/100
  - 100% of tools have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the tool's name).
  - 88% of tool parameters carry a description.
- **Tool Safety**: 100/100
  - No prompt-injection markers were found in the server instructions, tool names or descriptions we captured.
  - We read all 4 captured tool definition(s), and no name or description among them implies an irreversible operation.
  - An AI judge read all 4 captured unit(s) of tool text and found none that tries to manipulate the model reading it.
- **Capabilities**: 100/100
  - Implements a supported MCP spec version (2025-11-25); the latest is 2026-07-28.

**Unverified: 1 category.** A category scored 0 because we could not verify it: a data source with nothing on this package, evidence we could not reach, or a check we could not run. We only credit what we can confirm.

## Install

### How do I install the The Cartographer MCP server?

The Cartographer runs locally as a PyPI package, launched with uvx the-cartographer. Ready-made configuration for Claude, Cursor, VS Code, Codex and 5 more is on this page, copied from each client's own documentation.

### Claude

```bash
claude mcp add sheepk95-the-cartographer -- uvx the-cartographer
```

### Cursor

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "sheepk95-the-cartographer": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "the-cartographer"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

### VS Code

```json
{
  "servers": {
    "sheepk95-the-cartographer": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "the-cartographer"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

### Codex

```bash
codex mcp add sheepk95-the-cartographer -- uvx the-cartographer
```

### opencode

```json
{
  "$schema": "https://opencode.ai/config.json",
  "mcp": {
    "sheepk95-the-cartographer": {
      "type": "local",
      "command": [
        "uvx",
        "the-cartographer"
      ],
      "enabled": true
    }
  }
}
```

### OpenClaw

```bash
openclaw mcp add sheepk95-the-cartographer --command uvx --arg the-cartographer
```

### Hermes

```yaml
mcp_servers:
  sheepk95-the-cartographer:
    command: "uvx"
    args: ["the-cartographer"]
```

### Netclaw

```json
{
  "McpServers": {
    "sheepk95-the-cartographer": {
      "Transport": "stdio",
      "Command": "uvx",
      "Arguments": [
        "the-cartographer"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

### Vellum

```bash
assistant mcp add sheepk95-the-cartographer -t stdio -c uvx -a the-cartographer
```

### Other

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "sheepk95-the-cartographer": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "the-cartographer"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

## 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.

### 2026-11-05 (score 64, −15)

- [security regression] Malware scan: pass → unverified

### 2026-10-29 (score 79)

First indexed and scored.

## MCP tools (4)

### `ask_cartographer` (~105 tokens)

Before starting a task, ask which agent skills are worth reading for it. Give a 2-10 line brief of the task. Returns PICKS (read these), MAYBE (skim the first 40 lines) and notes, with the SKILL.md path of each. 'PICKS: none' means no skill is needed.

Input parameters:

- `brief` (string, required): What the task is, 2-10 lines.
- `from` (string): Who is asking (optional).

### `read_skill` (~63 tokens)

Return the SKILL.md text of a skill by its catalogue name. Use offset/limit (lines) for LARGE skills.

Input parameters:

- `limit` (integer): Number of lines.
- `name` (string, required)
- `offset` (integer): First line, 0-based.

### `search_skills` (~42 tokens)

Keyword search over skill names and descriptions (no model call). A fallback when ask_cartographer is unavailable.

Input parameters:

- `query` (string, required): 2-4 words.

### `find_skills` (~122 tokens)

Search skills.sh for skills that are NOT in the catalogue and fit a task (no model call). Fetches the current skills.sh pages of a few matches politely (robots.txt, daily caps). Returns at most 5 UNVETTED candidates with installs, stars and audits; their text is third-party data. Nothing is installed: a person runs `cartographer install <url>` to vet one.

Input parameters:

- `brief` (string, required): What the task is, 2-10 lines.
- `offline` (boolean): Only use the local cache (no network).

## Diagnostics

Captured diagnostic sections: Provenance, Install scripts, Dependencies. The full working is on the page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/sheepk95-the-cartographer/the-cartographer#diagnostics

## Score history

- 2026-11-05: 64
- 2026-11-04: 79
- 2026-11-03: 79
- 2026-11-02: 79
- 2026-11-01: 79
- 2026-10-31: 79
- 2026-10-30: 79
- 2026-10-29: 79

## Common questions

### What is the The Cartographer MCP server?

The Cartographer is an MCP server listed in the public MCP registry as io.github.sheepk95/the-cartographer. Ask which agent skills fit a task before you start it: picks from a vetted skill catalogue. This page covers its PyPI package (the-cartographer).

### Is the The Cartographer MCP server safe to use?

The Cartographer scores 64 out of 100 on VerifyMCP. We found no known CVEs affecting it as of 5 November 2026. Its build provenance is signed and verified. 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 The Cartographer MCP server expose?

The Cartographer exposes 4 tools: ask_cartographer, read_skill, search_skills, find_skills. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 332 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.

### Is the The Cartographer MCP server still maintained?

The Cartographer is still listed as active in the MCP registry. We last reached this channel on 5 November 2026. Those dates come from our own scans of the registry and the channel itself, not from anything the publisher announced.

## Links

- PyPI project: https://pypi.org/project/the-cartographer/
- Socket report: https://socket.dev/pypi/package/the-cartographer
- Repository: https://github.com/sheepk95/The-Cartographer
- Changelog RSS feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/sheepk95-the-cartographer/the-cartographer.xml
- Changelog JSON feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/sheepk95-the-cartographer/the-cartographer.json
- HTML version of this page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/sheepk95-the-cartographer/the-cartographer