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DimensionBacklog.mdMarkdown-native Task Manager & Kanban visualizer for any Git repositoryNPM Sentinel MCP ServerAI-powered NPM package analysis MCP server
FMRS72 / 100 · B79 / 100 · B
Reliability11 / 2012 / 20
Security and permissions14 / 2016 / 20
Maintenance17 / 2018 / 20
Documentation17 / 2018 / 20
Setup experience13 / 2015 / 20
Best for
  • Developers who want to collaborate with AI coding assistants while keeping human oversight at every stage
  • Teams needing a lightweight, file-based, local-first task management solution
  • Projects aiming to improve AI output quality through clear acceptance criteria and definitions of done
  • Developers auditing NPM dependencies within AI workflows
  • Teams performing supply chain security assessments
  • Users of Claude Desktop, Cursor, or VS Code
Not for
  • Teams needing centralized, server-based task management with user roles and permissions
  • Users needing complex workflow automation or deep integration with proprietary tools
  • Projects requiring real-time multi-user synchronization
  • Projects outside the NPM ecosystem (e.g., pure Python/Go)
  • Environments without network access to deps.dev, OSV.dev, and the npm registry
  • Scenarios requiring maintenance by an official upstream vendor
Required permissions
  • Read and write Markdown task files in the project repository
  • Read and modify local filesystem (tasks, configuration)
  • Optionally: perform Git operations (auto-commit, remote operations)
  • Run within the specified MCP roots or BACKLOG_CWD
  • Network access to the NPM registry and external services (deps.dev, OSV.dev, OpenSSF, npms.io, GitHub)
  • Read access to workspace lockfiles (pnpm-lock.yaml, package-lock., yarn.lock) for cache invalidation
Risks and side effects
  • Potential inconsistency in field types or metadata if task files are hand-edited
  • Git operations may be required for some features; non-Git projects are limited to local operations
  • If the project is not initialized, the server may serve init-required resources until initialized
  • Cross-branch accuracy may be limited depending on configuration
  • Third-party READMEs and changelogs are untrusted external content; they are wrapped in tags with _meta flags but should still be handled cautiously
  • Depends on availability and accuracy of external services
  • Batch requests are capped at 25 packages to prevent registry enumeration; larger sets require batching
  • Third-party open source project, not officially maintained by NPM or Anthropic
Supported clientsClaude Code, Codex, Gemini CLI, Kiro, CursorClaude Desktop, VS Code, Cursor
Tools219