# KitGrade MCP (npm · kitgrade-mcp)

KitGrade: Starter kits and boilerplates, graded by installing them.

- Trust score: 66/100 (medium)
- Change this week: +43
- Registry status: active
- Liveness: live
- Owner verified: no
- Last scored: 2026-10-17

## Components

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

## Channel facts

- Registry: `npm`
- Package: `kitgrade-mcp`
- 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 2026-10-17.

- **Supply Chain Security**: 98/100
  - No malware found by supply-chain analysis.
  - No known CVEs affecting this package version or its production dependencies.
  - No install/post-install scripts declared.
  - 39 of 120 dependencies flagged as unhealthy.
- **Provenance & Transparency**: 19/100
  - Repository check failed: the declared repository URL returned HTTP 404.
  - Provenance check failed: no build-provenance attestation is published.
  - Clear OSI-approved license (MIT).
  - Actively maintained (last published 0 days ago).
  - Security-disclosure policy not yet verified: we couldn't inspect the source repository.
- **Schema Quality & AI Usability**: 80/100
  - AI-judged instruction clarity (excellent).
  - Tool/resource definitions use about 105 tokens (~105/item across 1 items; 1 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.
- **Tool Safety**: 100/100
  - No prompt-injection markers were found in the server instructions, tool names or descriptions we captured.
  - We read all 1 captured tool definition(s), and no name or description among them implies an irreversible operation.
  - An AI judge read all 1 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 KitGrade MCP server?

KitGrade MCP runs locally as an npm package, launched with npx -y kitgrade-mcp. 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 tech-thecompound-kitgrade -- npx -y kitgrade-mcp
```

### Cursor

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "tech-thecompound-kitgrade": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "kitgrade-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

### VS Code

```json
{
  "servers": {
    "tech-thecompound-kitgrade": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "kitgrade-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

### Codex

```bash
codex mcp add tech-thecompound-kitgrade -- npx -y kitgrade-mcp
```

### opencode

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

### OpenClaw

```bash
openclaw mcp add tech-thecompound-kitgrade --command npx --arg -y --arg kitgrade-mcp
```

### Hermes

```yaml
mcp_servers:
  tech-thecompound-kitgrade:
    command: "npx"
    args: ["-y", "kitgrade-mcp"]
```

### Netclaw

```json
{
  "McpServers": {
    "tech-thecompound-kitgrade": {
      "Transport": "stdio",
      "Command": "npx",
      "Arguments": [
        "-y",
        "kitgrade-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

### Vellum

```bash
assistant mcp add tech-thecompound-kitgrade -t stdio -c npx -a -y kitgrade-mcp
```

### Other

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "tech-thecompound-kitgrade": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "kitgrade-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.

### 2026-10-16 (score 66, −5)

- [security regression] Source repository: pass → fail
- [functional regression] Security disclosure: fail → unverified

### 2026-10-14 (score 71, +33)

- [security improvement] Injection markers: unverified → pass
- [security] First check of Judged manipulation: pass
- [security] Stability: Stability not yet verified: not enough scan history yet (needs a 30-day window).
- [functional improvement] Tool coverage: unverified → 100
- [functional improvement] MCP protocol: unverified → pass
- [functional] First check of Schema quality: fail
- [functional] First check of Schema quality: excellent
- [functional] First check of Destructive annotations: pass
- [functional] First check of Schema quality: pass
- [functional] First check of Tool coverage: 100

### 2026-10-12 (score 38, +15)

- [security improvement] Malware scan: unverified → pass
- [functional regression] Security disclosure: unverified → fail

### 2026-10-11 (score 23, 0)

- [functional regression] Security disclosure: fail → unverified

### 2026-10-06 (score 23)

First indexed and scored.

## MCP tools (1)

### `grade_starter_kit` (~105 tokens)

Look up a graded SaaS/Next.js starter kit

Read KitGrade, which installs and grades public starter kits and boilerplates — what is actually wired up (auth, billing, email, tests), what only appears in the README, and how fresh the dependencies are. Use when someone asks which starter to build on.

Input parameters:

- `limit` (number): How many to return, 1-10. Default 5.
- `q` (string): Kit name to look up. Omit for the top-graded kits.

## Diagnostics

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

## Score history

- 2026-10-17: 66
- 2026-10-16: 66
- 2026-10-15: 71
- 2026-10-14: 71
- 2026-10-13: 38
- 2026-10-12: 38
- 2026-10-11: 23
- 2026-10-06: 23

## Common questions

### What is the KitGrade MCP server?

KitGrade MCP is listed in the public MCP registry as tech.thecompound/kitgrade. KitGrade: Starter kits and boilerplates, graded by installing them. This page covers its npm package (kitgrade-mcp).

### Is the KitGrade MCP server safe to use?

KitGrade MCP scores 66 out of 100 on VerifyMCP. We found no known CVEs affecting it as of 17 October 2026. It declares no install or post-install scripts. 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 KitGrade MCP server expose?

KitGrade MCP exposes 1 tool: grade_starter_kit. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 105 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.

### Is the KitGrade MCP server still maintained?

KitGrade MCP is still listed as active in the MCP registry. We last reached this channel on 17 October 2026. Those dates come from our own scans of the registry and the channel itself, not from anything the publisher announced.

### What licence is the KitGrade MCP server under?

KitGrade MCP declares the MIT licence, which is OSI-approved. That covers the source only, and says nothing about the cost of any service it calls.

## Links

- npm package: https://www.npmjs.com/package/kitgrade-mcp
- Socket report: https://socket.dev/npm/package/kitgrade-mcp
- Website: https://kitgrade.thecompound.tech/
- Changelog RSS feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/tech-thecompound-kitgrade/kitgrade-mcp.xml
- Changelog JSON feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/tech-thecompound-kitgrade/kitgrade-mcp.json
- HTML version of this page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/tech-thecompound-kitgrade/kitgrade-mcp