# io.github.starter-series/create-starter (npm · @starter-series/create)

Scaffold projects from the Starter Series templates — MCP server, Claude Code skill, and CLI.

- Trust score: 64/100 (medium)
- Change this week: +39
- Registry status: active
- Liveness: live
- Owner verified: no
- Last scored: 2026-08-03

## Components

- npm · `@starter-series/create`: 64/100 (this document), [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/starter-series-create-starter/starter-series-create.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/starter-series-create-starter/starter-series-create)

## Channel facts

- Registry: `npm`
- Package: `@starter-series/create`
- Version: `0.4.0`
- 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 2026-08-03.

- **Supply Chain Security**: 87/100
  - No malware found by supply-chain analysis.
  - Only part of the dependency tree could be resolved (100 of 104), so this covers what we could see, not the whole tree.
  - No install/post-install scripts declared.
  - Only part of the dependency tree could be resolved (100 of 104), so this covers what we could see, not the whole tree.
- **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 53 days ago).
  - Disclosure check failed: no security disclosure policy was found in the source repository.
- **Schema Quality & AI Usability**: 71/100
  - AI-judged instruction clarity (good).
  - Tool/resource definitions use about 562 tokens (~93/item across 6 items; 6 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**: 100/100
  - 100% of tools have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the tool's name).
  - 100% of tool parameters carry a description.
  - Structured output schemas are declared (100% of tools); any adoption earns full credit.
- **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

### Claude

```bash
claude mcp add starter-series-create-starter -- npx -y @starter-series/create
```

### Codex

```bash
codex mcp add starter-series-create-starter -- npx -y @starter-series/create
```

### opencode

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

### OpenClaw

```bash
openclaw mcp add starter-series-create-starter --command npx --arg -y --arg @starter-series/create
```

### Hermes

```yaml
mcp_servers:
  starter-series-create-starter:
    command: "npx"
    args: ["-y", "@starter-series/create"]
```

### Other

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "starter-series-create-starter": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@starter-series/create"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

## 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.

### 2026-08-03 (score 64, +44)

- [security regression] Provenance: unverified → fail
- [security improvement] Known CVEs: unverified → partial
- [security improvement] Install scripts: unverified → pass
- [security] Stability: Stability not yet verified: not enough scan history yet (needs a 30-day window).
- [functional improvement] MCP protocol: unverified → pass
- [functional improvement] Maintenance: unverified → pass
- [functional improvement] Dependency health: unverified → partial
- [functional improvement] License: unverified → pass
- [functional improvement] Tool coverage: unverified → 100
- [functional] Licence: MIT

### 2026-08-02 (score 20, −22)

- [security regression] Provenance: fail → unverified
- [security regression] Install scripts: pass → unverified
- [security improvement] Malware scan: unverified → pass
- [security] Stability: Stability not yet verified: we do not have a sandbox capture of the MCP schema this version of the package serves yet.
- [functional regression] Capabilities: pass → unverified
- [functional regression] License: pass → unverified
- [functional regression] Tool coverage: 100 → unverified
- [functional regression] Maintenance: pass → unverified
- [functional] Licence: MIT

### 2026-08-01 (score 42, −10)

- [security regression] Known CVEs: partial → unverified
- [functional regression] Dependency health: partial → unverified

### 2026-07-31 (score 52, +24)

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

### 2026-07-30 (score 28, −18)

- [security regression] Malware scan: pass → unverified

### 2026-07-28 (score 46, +21)

- [functional regression] Dependency health: partial → unverified
- [functional improvement] Tool coverage: unverified → 100
- [functional] First check of Schema quality: unverified
- [functional] First check of Schema quality: fail
- [functional] First check of Tool coverage: 100
- [functional] First check of Schema quality: pass
- [functional] First check of Tool coverage: 100

### 2026-07-27 (score 25)

First indexed and scored.

## MCP tools (6)

### `list_templates` (~16 tokens)

List all available Starter Series project templates

Output parameters:

- `templates` (array)

### `create_project` (~106 tokens)

Scaffold a new project from a Starter Series template

Input parameters:

- `description` (string): One-line project description
- `init_git` (boolean): Initialize a fresh git repo after scaffold (default: true)
- `name` (string, required): Project name (alphanumeric start, '-' or '_' only)
- `output_dir` (string): Output directory (defaults to ./<name>, relative to the MCP server's cwd)
- `template` (string, required): Template ID (use list_templates to see options)

Output parameters:

- `filesExtracted` (number)
- `filesReplaced` (number)
- `gitInitialized` (boolean)
- `path` (string)

### `audit_release` (~90 tokens)

Audit a local repo for release-readiness against the Starter Series quality bar. Detects matched starter, CHANGELOG drift vs merged PRs, version-bump status, and publish-workflow presence. Read-only; never mutates the repo.

Input parameters:

- `path` (string): Path to the repo to audit (default: the MCP server's cwd). Use the absolute path of the project the user is working in.

Output parameters:

- `changelog` (object)
- `matchedStarter` (object)
- `publishWorkflow` (object)
- `repoPath` (string)
- `shipReady` (object)
- `version` (object)

### `audit_cd` (~110 tokens)

Check whether the local repo's version has been published to its destination registries (npm, PyPI, Open VSX, VS Marketplace, AMO, GitHub Releases). Makes outbound HTTPS requests to public registry APIs; never mutates. Reports per-destination drift (in-sync / needs-publish / local-stale / not-found).

Input parameters:

- `path` (string): Path to the repo to audit (default: the MCP server's cwd). Use the absolute path of the project the user is working in.

Output parameters:

- `destinations` (array)
- `localVersion`
- `matchedStarter` (object)
- `overall` (object)
- `repoPath` (string)
- `versionSource`

### `audit_security` (~102 tokens)

Audit a local repo for baseline security CI hygiene against the Starter Series quality bar: gitleaks, CodeQL, dependency audit, license check, --ignore-scripts, Dependabot, secret-scanning hints, claude-code-security-review Action, and claude-security-guidance.md. Read-only.

Input parameters:

- `path` (string): Path to the repo to audit (default: the MCP server's cwd). Use the absolute path of the project the user is working in.

Output parameters:

- `checks` (array)
- `ecosystem` (string)
- `overall` (object)
- `repoPath` (string)
- `summary` (object)

### `seed_security_guidance` (~138 tokens)

Generate a starter `claude-security-guidance.md` at the repo root, tailored to the detected Starter Series template. The file is consumed in-session by Anthropic's Claude Code Security Guidance Plugin (released 2026-05-26) as a guard while Claude writes code. Use `force: true` to overwrite an existing file.

Input parameters:

- `force` (boolean): Overwrite an existing claude-security-guidance.md. Default false (returns status='exists' instead).
- `path` (string): Path to the repo (default: the MCP server's cwd). Use the absolute path of the project the user is working in.

Output parameters:

- `bytesWritten` (number)
- `filePath` (string)
- `matchedStarter`
- `relativePath` (string)
- `repoPath` (string)
- `status` (string)

## Diagnostics

Captured diagnostic sections: Provenance, Dependencies. The full working is on the page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/starter-series-create-starter/starter-series-create#diagnostics

## Score history

- 2026-08-03: 64
- 2026-08-02: 20
- 2026-08-01: 42
- 2026-07-31: 52
- 2026-07-30: 28
- 2026-07-28: 46
- 2026-07-27: 25

## Links

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