hotedit
NPM · HOTEDIT
Open HTML reports in the browser and edit them live while the person watches, or by hand.
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Last scanned (8 hours ago)
Scores higher than 39% of npm servers
Category Browser Automation
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. How we score → Why this is hard to score →
Supply Chain Security99
- No malware found by supply-chain analysis.Pass
- No known CVEs affecting this package version or its production dependencies.Pass
- No install/post-install scripts declared.Pass
- 3 of 10 dependencies flagged as unhealthy. View diagnostics → Partial
Provenance & Transparency45
- Source repository is publicly reachable at the declared URL. View diagnostics → Pass
- Provenance check failed: no build-provenance attestation is published. See how to fix → View diagnostics → Fail
- Clear OSI-approved license (MIT).Pass
- Actively maintained (last published 13 days ago).Pass
- Disclosure check failed: no security disclosure policy was found in the source repository. See how to fix → Fail
Schema Quality & AI Usability74
- AI-judged instruction clarity (good).Pass
- Tool/resource definitions use about 391 tokens (~97/item across 4 items; 4 tools + 0 resources), lean.Pass
- Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples. See how to fix → Fail
Stability & Change Management0
- Stability not yet verified: not enough scan history yet (needs a 30-day window).Unverified
Tool Coverage100
- 100% of tools have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the tool's name).Pass
- 100% of tool parameters carry a description.Pass
Tool Safety100
- No prompt-injection markers were found in the server instructions, tool names or descriptions we captured.Pass
- We read all 4 captured tool definition(s), and no name or description among them implies an irreversible operation.Pass
- An AI judge read all 5 captured unit(s) of tool text and found none that tries to manipulate the model reading it.Pass
Capabilities100
- Implements a supported MCP spec version (2025-11-25); the latest is 2026-07-28.Pass
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.
Every change we have recorded for this component, newest first. Security-relevant changes are always shown. ▲ marks a change for the better, ▼ a change for the worse; unmarked changes are neutral.
- 23 Oct 26 +15
- Malware scan: unverified → pass ▲ security
- 22 Oct 26 55
First indexed and scored.
Diagnostic detail from the automated scan of this channel: what the scanner observed at each step, so you can see exactly where a check passed or failed. It is informational only and never changes the trust score.
Captured 5 Nov 2026 · Analysed npm/hotedit@0.5.0
Provenance No attestation
The registry publishes no build provenance for this version, so there is nothing to verify.
| Result | No attestation |
|---|---|
| Ecosystem | npm |
Background: How many MCP packages publish verified provenance →
Dependencies 10 packages
| Packages resolved | 10 |
|---|---|
| Stale | 3 |
| Tree resolution | Complete |
Background: SBOMs and build attestations, explained →
The tools this component advertises to a client, with an estimated token cost for each. Expand a tool to see its parameters and schema. The per-tool counts are indicative and are not scored directly; the schema's total context footprint is one signal in Schema Quality & AI Usability. A tool's description is untrusted text the model reads on every call, which is what makes this list a security surface and not just an inventory: how tool poisoning works →
edit ~122
Replace text in the HTML file: `find` must appear exactly once (add surrounding context to make it unique) unless `all` is true. The change is saved and shown to the user immediately. Use it for text, attributes, styles, inserted or removed elements, and chart data in <script> blocks.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| all | boolean | – | replace every occurrence |
| file | string | – | path of the HTML file; optional when only one page is open |
| find | string | yes | exact source text to replace |
| replace | string | yes | new text |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
open ~69
Open an HTML file in hotedit so the person can watch and edit it in their browser. Returns the page URL. Call this before outline/read/edit when the page isn't open yet.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| browser | boolean | – | open the browser (default true) |
| file | string | yes | path of the HTML file |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
outline ~76
List the elements of the page as an indented tree: [id] tag#id.class “text…”. Use the ids with read. Ids change when elements are added, removed or moved, so call outline again after such edits.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| file | string | – | path of the HTML file; optional when only one page is open |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
read ~79
The exact HTML source of one element (by id from outline), as it is in the file. Copy text from here into edit's `find`. Long data: URLs are shortened and can't be edited.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| file | string | – | path of the HTML file; optional when only one page is open |
| id | integer | yes | element id from outline |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
How do I install the hotedit MCP server?
hotedit runs locally as an npm package, launched with npx -y hotedit. Ready-made configuration for Claude, Cursor, VS Code, Codex and 5 more is on this page, copied from each client's own documentation.
npm · hotedit
claude mcp add thewhey-brian-hotedit -- npx -y hotedit
What is the hotedit MCP server?
hotedit is an MCP server listed in the public MCP registry as io.github.Thewhey-Brian/hotedit. Open HTML reports in the browser and edit them live while the person watches, or by hand. This page covers its npm package (hotedit).
Is the hotedit MCP server safe to use?
hotedit scores 70 out of 100 on VerifyMCP. We found no known CVEs affecting it as of 5 November 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 hotedit MCP server expose?
hotedit exposes 4 tools: open, outline, read, edit. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 346 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.
Is the hotedit MCP server still maintained?
hotedit 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.
What licence is the hotedit MCP server under?
hotedit declares the MIT licence, which is OSI-approved. That covers the source only, and says nothing about the cost of any service it calls.