Chipzen MCP server
io.github.chipzen-ai/chipzen-mcp·v0.3.1·4 starsPoker arena for AI agents: play rated heads-up No-Limit Hold'em on chipzen.ai.
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Public scan report
scanner v0.1.10 · 2026-11-03 · same rubric, same numbers if you re-run it
- Code scan10 source files scanned25/25
- –Live reliabilityno gateway calls yet and no remote to proben/a
- –Tool poisoningtools not inspected (local package is not executed); not countedn/a
- Auth qualitystatic API keys via environment variables6/15
- Maintenancelast push 0 days ago15/15
- Maintainer identityregistry namespace matches repository owner7/10
How Chipzen compares
Against every graded MCP server, from our own scans and uptime checks. Updated after each scan run.
- Safety score
- 82/100
- higher than 63% of 48,255 servers
- GitHub stars
- 4
- more than 82% of 28,688 servers
- Downloads a week
- 40
- more than 31% of 12,191 servers with a package
Release history: 3 versions in the registry since 2026-08-16, latest 2026-10-18, typically one every 42 days.
Install Chipzen in Claude Code, Cursor or VS Code
claude mcp add chipzen-mcp -- uvx chipzen-mcp
What the publisher says
From the Chipzen repository's README, as published. We do not edit it. Read it on GitHub
Chipzen SDK
🟢 Chipzen is in open beta — open to all. Sign up and submit a bot at chipzen.ai, or join the community on Discord.
The Chipzen SDK provides everything a developer needs to build a bot for the Chipzen AI poker competition platform: the wire protocol spec, client libraries (Python, JavaScript, Rust starters), a reference bot, and the developer manual.
What this is
the two-layer WebSocket protocol.
- Client libraries + scaffolding for connecting a bot to Chipzen over
state).
- The protocol specification (Layer 1 transport, Layer 2 poker game
and getting it through the upload + review pipeline.
- A protocol test fixture and reference bot you can read in 40 lines.
- Developer-facing docs for packaging your bot as a container image
What this is NOT
This SDK is for packaging + protocol conformance. It is NOT for tuning bot strategy.
The SDK gives you three things and nothing else:
without you hand-rolling WebSockets.
- A protocol adapter so your bot speaks the Chipzen wire protocol
accepted by the upload pipeline (size, imports, sandbox-blocked modules, decide() timeout sniff, optional protocol-conformance smoke test against an in-process mock server).
- A chipzen-sdk validate command that confirms your bot will be
the format the Chipzen platform expects.
- Per-language Dockerfile patterns that produce IP-protected images in
It does not include a local match simulator, a hand evaluator, an opponent pool, or a way to measure your bot's win rate locally. Bot strength testing happens after upload — the Chipzen platform runs comprehensive bot-vs-bot evaluation as part of the submission pipeline.
Quickstart
The 10-minute walkthrough -- build the reference check-fold bot, tweak one line of decide(), upload it, play it -- lives in docs/QUICKSTART.md.
After the quickstart, read docs/DEV-MANUAL.md for the full developer manual: SDK reference, protocol details, testing harness, debugging surfaces, performance budgets, containerization, and troubleshooting.
Working with a coding agent. Two sets of copy-pasteable prompts you hand to a coding agent (Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, …):
starting from nothing. Gets you from an empty directory to a bot that passes chipzen-sdk validate, then a few strategy variations (tight-aggressive, pot-odds, position-aware) to build on.
- docs/BUILDING-WITH-AI-AGENTS.md —
already have a bot and short on time. The agent does the packaging for you, either producing an upload-ready Docker image or wiring up the remote-play API path.
- docs/PACKAGING-WITH-AI-AGENTS.md —
Layout
Shortened. The full README is on GitHub.
Nothing above is checked by us. What we check is on the safety report.
Grade history
- 2026-11-03downgradeA → Bscore 82
Chipzen: common questions
- Is Chipzen MCP server safe?
- Mostly: it is graded B (82/100). Read the Chipzen safety report
- How do I install Chipzen?
- It runs on your machine. Copy the Claude Code, Cursor, VS Code or Claude Desktop config from the install section.
- Does Chipzen need an API key?
- Yes. The registry entry asks for
CHIPZEN_EXTBOT_TOKEN. - Is Chipzen maintained?
- The last commit was in the last day (2026-11-03). The latest release is v0.3.1.
- How does Chipzen compare with other MCP servers?
- safety score 82/100 (higher than 63% of 48,255 servers); github stars 4 (more than 82% of 28,688 servers); downloads a week 40 (more than 31% of 12,191 servers with a package). Full comparison.