Is Observatory MCP server safe?
Yes, with the usual care.
Safe to use. Minor gaps such as a missing repository or slower maintenance.
No critical or high findings in the latest scan.
How Observatory compares
Against every graded Developer tools MCP server, from our own scans and uptime checks. Updated after each scan run.
- Safety score
- 77/100
- higher than 45% of 1,113 Developer tools servers
Public scan report
scanner v0.1.10 · 2026-11-06 · same rubric, same numbers if you re-run it
2 medium
- Code scan231 source files scanned15/25
- –Live reliabilityno gateway calls yet and no remote to proben/a
- –Tool poisoningtools not inspected (local package is not executed); not countedn/a
- Auth qualitylocal package, no credentials required12/15
- Maintenancelast push 2 days ago15/15
- Maintainer identityregistry namespace matches repository owner; GitHub account older than a year8/10
Findings (2)
- mediumnpm install lifecycle script present
install.script - mediumnpm install lifecycle script present
install.scriptpackage.json: ….", "prepack": "npm run build", "postinstall": "node scripts/postinstall.mjs", "pr…
Overall 77/100. Components that don't apply are left out of the denominator. Any critical finding is an F.RubricAppeal a findingJSON
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