Mcp Server StarterSAFE
A Model Context Protocol server starter template
Overview
From the repository's own README, as read at the audited commit. Badges and raw HTML are left out.
What is MCP?
[](https://smithery.ai/server/@TheSethRose/mcp-server-starter)
The Model Context Protocol (MCP) is a specialized framework designed to streamline the process of enabling AI agents to interact with a wide array of tools. This starter template helps you quickly build a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server using TypeScript. It provides a robust foundation that you can easily extend to create advanced MCP tools and seamlessly integrate them with various AI platforms.
Core Components
- MCP Servers: These servers act as bridges, exposing APIs, databases, and code libraries to external AI hosts. By implementing an MCP server in TypeScript, developers can share data sources or computational logic in a standardized way using JSON-RPC 2.0.
- MCP Clients: These are the consumer-facing side of MCP, communicating with servers to query data or perform actions. MCP clients use TypeScript SDKs, ensuring type-safe interactions and uniform approach to tool usage.
- MCP Hosts: Systems such as Claude, Cursor, Windsurf, Cline, and other TypeScript-based platforms coordinate requests between servers and clients, ensuring seamless data flow. A single MCP server can thus be accessed by multiple AI hosts without custom integrations.
TypeScript Implementation
The MCP TypeScript SDK provides core classes for building servers:
import { Server } from "@modelcontextprotocol/sdk/server/index.js";
import { StdioServerTransport } from "@modelcontextprotocol/sdk/server/stdio.js";
const server = new Server({
name: "mcp-server-starter",
version: "1.0.0",
capabilities: {
tools: {}, // Enable tools capability
resources: {}, // Enable resource access
prompts: {}, // Enable prompt handling
streaming: true // Enable streaming responses
}
});
// Connect transport
const transport = new StdioServerTransport();
await server.connect(transport);a373cb40b398OBSERVED · 2026-10-08Connect
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 mcp-server-starter -- npx -y [email protected]
{
"mcpServers": {
"mcp-server-starter": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"[email protected]"
]
}
}
}Exposed tools (2)
2 read · 0 write · 0 destructive.
| Tool | Risk | Description |
|---|---|---|
calculate | read | Perform basic arithmetic operations |
fetch_user | read | Fetch user details from JSONPlaceholder API |
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
- none-observed
- Shell
- none-observed
- Dependencies
- not all pinned
- Secrets in source
- none-found
Findings (1)
@modelcontextprotocol/sdk, @smithery/sdk, @types/node, typescript, concurrently
Gates applied: no_behavioural_pass.
a373cb40b398full audit observations/trust-audit/mcp-server/thesethrose__mcp-server-starter.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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-08 | a373cb40b398 | SAFE | B | 89 | first audit |
Questions
What is the Mcp Server Starter MCP server?
A Model Context Protocol server starter template
What tools does Mcp Server Starter expose?
2 in total: 2 read-only, 0 that write, and 0 that can delete or overwrite. Every one is listed on this page with its risk.
Is Mcp Server Starter 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 Mcp Server Starter need?
No credential environment variables were found in its source, so it appears to need none.
How does Mcp Server Starter run?
It speaks stdio, so it runs as a local process your client starts. It is published on npm as mcp-server-starter at 0.1.0.
How current is this page?
The grade is for one exact copy of the source (a373cb40b398), read on 2026-10-08. The repository is watched and re-audited when it changes.