# io.github.thegridwork/privacy (npm · gridwork-privacy)

Audit websites for GDPR, CCPA, and ePrivacy compliance — trackers, consent, and policies.

- Trust score: 69/100 (medium)
- Change this week: +23
- Registry status: active
- Liveness: live
- Owner verified: no
- Last scored: 2026-08-03

## Components

- npm · `gridwork-privacy`: 69/100 (this document), [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/thegridwork-privacy/gridwork-privacy.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/thegridwork-privacy/gridwork-privacy)

## Channel facts

- Registry: `npm`
- Package: `gridwork-privacy`
- Version: `1.0.0`
- 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**: 86/100
  - No malware found by supply-chain analysis.
  - Only part of the dependency tree could be resolved (117 of 122), 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 (117 of 122), 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 120 days ago).
  - Disclosure check failed: no security disclosure policy was found in the source repository.
- **Schema Quality & AI Usability**: 77/100
  - AI-judged instruction clarity (excellent).
  - Tool/resource definitions use about 244 tokens (~61/item across 4 items; 4 tools + 0 resources), lean.
  - Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples.
- **Stability & Change Management**: 23/100
  - Stability observed for 7 of 30 days with no destabilising changes; credit accrues until the full window elapses.
- **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.
- **Capabilities**: 100/100
  - Implements a supported MCP spec version (2025-11-25); the latest is 2026-07-28.

## Install

### Claude

```bash
claude mcp add thegridwork-privacy -- npx -y gridwork-privacy
```

### Codex

```bash
codex mcp add thegridwork-privacy -- npx -y gridwork-privacy
```

### opencode

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

### OpenClaw

```bash
openclaw mcp add thegridwork-privacy --command npx --arg -y --arg gridwork-privacy
```

### Hermes

```yaml
mcp_servers:
  thegridwork-privacy:
    command: "npx"
    args: ["-y", "gridwork-privacy"]
```

### Other

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "thegridwork-privacy": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "gridwork-privacy"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

## 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 69, +4)

- [functional improvement] Stability: unverified → 0.23

### 2026-08-02 (score 65, +44)

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

### 2026-07-31 (score 21, −25)

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

### 2026-07-30 (score 46, +22)

- [functional improvement] Tool coverage: unverified → 100

### 2026-07-28 (score 24, −22)

- [functional regression] Tool coverage: 100 → unverified
- [functional] First check of Schema quality: unverified

### 2026-07-27 (score 46)

First indexed and scored.

## MCP tools (4)

### `audit_privacy` (~87 tokens)

Run a comprehensive privacy audit on a website. Detects trackers (Google Analytics, Facebook Pixel, etc.), analyzes cookie consent mechanisms, checks privacy policy compliance, and reviews data collection forms. Evaluates against GDPR, CCPA, and ePrivacy Directive.

Input parameters:

- `format` (string): Output format
- `url` (string, required): The URL to audit (e.g., https://example.com)

### `scan_trackers` (~50 tokens)

Quick scan to detect third-party trackers on a website. Lists all advertising, analytics, social, and fingerprinting trackers found with GDPR concerns for each.

Input parameters:

- `url` (string, required): The URL to scan

### `check_consent` (~52 tokens)

Check if a website's cookie consent mechanism meets GDPR and ePrivacy requirements. Detects CMP platforms, reject options, pre-checked boxes, and cookie walls.

Input parameters:

- `url` (string, required): The URL to check

### `compare_privacy` (~55 tokens)

Compare privacy practices of two websites side by side. Shows trackers, consent compliance, and overall scores for both.

Input parameters:

- `url_a` (string, required): First URL to compare
- `url_b` (string, required): Second URL to compare

## Diagnostics

Captured diagnostic sections: Provenance, Dependencies. The full working is on the page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/thegridwork-privacy/gridwork-privacy#diagnostics

## Score history

- 2026-08-03: 69
- 2026-08-02: 65
- 2026-08-01: 21
- 2026-07-31: 21
- 2026-07-30: 46
- 2026-07-28: 24
- 2026-07-27: 46

## Links

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