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DimensionBifrost MCP ServerBring VS Code's language intelligence to AINPM Sentinel MCP ServerAI-powered NPM package analysis MCP server
FMRS51 / 100 · D79 / 100 · B
Reliability8 / 2012 / 20
Security and permissions8 / 2016 / 20
Maintenance10 / 2018 / 20
Documentation13 / 2018 / 20
Setup experience12 / 2015 / 20
Best for
  • Developers using Cursor, Cline, Roo Code, or Windsurf.
  • Teams requiring AI-assisted code understanding and refactoring.
  • Environments leveraging VS Code language server capabilities.
  • Developers auditing NPM dependencies within AI workflows
  • Teams performing supply chain security assessments
  • Users of Claude Desktop, Cursor, or VS Code
Not for
  • Users without AI integration or simple text editing needs.
  • Users preferring a terminal-only MCP server without VS Code.
  • 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
  • Listen on a local HTTP port for requests.
  • Read code file contents.
  • Execute code operations like symbol search and rename.
  • 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
  • Local server lacks authentication, potentially exposing sensitive code to malicious processes.
  • Port conflicts or occupation may cause service unavailability.
  • AI-initiated renames could break the codebase if not reviewed.
  • 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 Desktop, Cursor, Cline, Roo Code, WindsurfClaude Desktop, VS Code, Cursor
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