search-governance-mcpSAFE
An open-source, local-first Model Context Protocol (MCP) server for **AI Search Crawler Governance, Brand Safety Guardrails, Canonical Integrity, and IndexNow Notifications
Overview
From the repository's own README, as read at the audited commit. Badges and raw HTML are left out.
📖 Official Architecture & Documentation: SEOSiri Search Governance Guide | Central MCP Directory
An open-source, local-first Model Context Protocol (MCP) server for AI Search Crawler Governance, Brand Safety Guardrails, Canonical Integrity, and IndexNow Notifications.
💖 Sponsorship, B2B Custom Solutions & Attribution
👨💻 Lead Architect & Attribution
Designed and engineered by [Momenul Ahmad](https://github.com/MOBILEPHONE), Lead Architect and Founder of [SEOSiri](https://seosiri.com).
🚀 Capabilities & Tools (10 Production Tools)
- `audit_ai_crawler_directives`: Parses
robots.txtfor AI search bot access rules (GPTBot, ClaudeBot, PerplexityBot). - `verify_canonical_link_integrity`: Audits HTML `` self-referential integrity.
- `enforce_brand_safety_guardrails`: Scans content strings for restricted keywords or unverified claims.
- `audit_xml_sitemap_index`: Validates XML sitemaps for syntax errors and URL counts.
- `notify_indexnow_search_engines`: Generates IndexNow API payloads for Bing, Yandex, and Naver.
- `check_http_redirect_chain`: Traces HTTP redirect loops ($301\text{/}\text{302}$).
- `validate_google_bot_user_agent`: Simulates Googlebot and ClaudeBot requests.
- `sanitize_governance_payload`: Strips script injections and malicious tags.
- `get_live_governance_throughput_metrics`: Monitors system health and processing latency.
- `get_governance_server_specifications`: Returns protocol specs and capability matrices.
Quickstart
pip install -e . pytest tests/test_search_governance.py
🔌 Claude Desktop / Cursor Configuration
Add this block to your claude_desktop_config.json:
{
"mcpServers": {
"seosiri-search-governance": {
"command": "uv",
"args": [
"run",
b6200c2bad9fOBSERVED · 2026-10-11Connect
Built from this server's own package name, version and transport as found in its source — not copied from anyone's documentation, so it cannot drift against a page we do not control.
claude mcp add seosiri-search-governance-mcp -- uvx seosiri-search-governance-mcp
{
"mcpServers": {
"seosiri-search-governance-mcp": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"seosiri-search-governance-mcp"
]
}
}
}Exposed tools (10)
10 read · 0 write · 0 destructive.
| Tool | Risk | Description |
|---|---|---|
audit_ai_crawler_directives | read | |
audit_xml_sitemap_index | read | |
check_http_redirect_chain | read | |
enforce_brand_safety_guardrails | read | |
get_governance_server_specifications | read | SPECIFICATIONS: Returns technical protocol details and tool capability matrices. |
get_live_governance_throughput_metrics | read | ANALYTICS: Returns server operational health and performance metrics. |
notify_indexnow_search_engines | read | |
sanitize_governance_payload | read | Sanitizes incoming input strings, stripping scripts and malicious payload tags. |
validate_google_bot_user_agent | read | |
verify_canonical_link_integrity | read |
Trust audit
SAFEgrade B · trust 89/100 Nothing in the source contradicts what it says it does. Grade A is reserved for packages that have also passed the behavioural sandbox.
| Layer | What it checks | Result |
|---|---|---|
| L0 | Provenance & inventory | PASS |
| L1 | Static analysis of the code | PASS |
| L2 | Instruction surface (what it tells the agent) | PASS |
| L3 | Class-specific surface | PASS |
| L4 | Behavioural (sandbox) | SKIPPED |
What the source does
- Filesystem
- none-observed
- Network
- declared (5 observation(s))
- Shell
- none-observed
- Dependencies
- pinned
- Secrets in source
- none-found
Findings (0)
No findings outside the package's declared scope.
Gates applied: no_behavioural_pass.
b6200c2bad9ffull audit observations/trust-audit/mcp-server/seosiri-official__search-governance-mcp.json · Report an issue / request a re-scanAudit history
Every audit this server has had. A grade with a past is a grade somebody is still checking.
| Date | Source | Verdict | Grade | Score | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-11 | b6200c2bad9f | SAFE | B | 89 | first audit |
Questions
What is the search-governance-mcp MCP server?
An open-source, local-first Model Context Protocol (MCP) server for **AI Search Crawler Governance, Brand Safety Guardrails, Canonical Integrity, and IndexNow Notifications
What tools does search-governance-mcp expose?
10 in total: 10 read-only, 0 that write, and 0 that can delete or overwrite. Every one is listed on this page with its risk.
Is search-governance-mcp safe to connect to an agent?
The audit found nothing in the source that contradicts what it says it does, and graded it B (89/100). Grade A is held back for packages that have also passed a sandboxed behavioural run, which is why a clean server reads B.
What credentials does search-governance-mcp need?
No credential environment variables were found in its source, so it appears to need none.
How does search-governance-mcp run?
It speaks stdio, so it runs as a local process your client starts. It is published on PyPI as seosiri-search-governance-mcp.
How current is this page?
The grade is for one exact copy of the source (b6200c2bad9f), read on 2026-10-11. The repository is watched and re-audited when it changes.