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DimensionBookworm McptoolsAn MCP server providing tools for BookWorm, such as catalog and registry services.NPM Sentinel MCP ServerAI-powered NPM package analysis MCP server
FMRS37 / 100 · D79 / 100 · B
Reliability5 / 2012 / 20
Security and permissions8 / 2016 / 20
Maintenance12 / 2018 / 20
Documentation6 / 2018 / 20
Setup experience6 / 2015 / 20
Best for
  • Developers wanting to integrate an MCP server into a .NET Aspire application.
  • Teams needing standardized AI tool interfaces for multi-agent collaboration.
  • Developers auditing NPM dependencies within AI workflows
  • Teams performing supply chain security assessments
  • Users of Claude Desktop, Cursor, or VS Code
Not for
  • Production use: The project explicitly states it's for demo purposes only and not production-ready.
  • Users seeking a full BookWorm client UI; this server only provides backend tools.
  • 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
  • Network access: Requires access to the configured catalog service endpoints (CATALOG_HTTP and CATALOG_HTTPS) to perform tool calls.
  • 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
  • Dependency on the configured catalog service availability; tool calls will fail if endpoints are unreachable.
  • Since the project is a demo, there may be unresolved security or stability issues.
  • When using AI features, external APIs (e.g., OpenAI) may be involved, posing data egress risks.
  • 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, VS Code, Cursor
Tools019