simpletel MCP server
io.github.willnewby/simpletel·v20261011.2217.17-3b41fcaQuery your simpletel OpenTelemetry traces and account usage from a coding agent.
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simpletel tools
No tool declarations could be read from the package source. They show once the server is installed.
Public scan report
scanner v0.1.10 · 2026-10-13 · same rubric, same numbers if you re-run it
- –Code scanpackage could not be scannedn/a
- –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 3 days ago15/15
- Maintainer identityregistry namespace matches repository owner; GitHub account older than a year8/10
How simpletel compares
Against every graded AI and agents MCP server, from our own scans and uptime checks. Updated after each scan run.
- Safety score
- 88/100
- higher than 80% of 4,460 AI and agents servers
Release history: 2 versions in the registry since 2026-10-10, latest 2026-10-12, typically one every 2 days.
Install simpletel in Claude Code, Cursor or VS Code
claude mcp add simpletel -- docker run -i --rm ghcr.io/willnewby/simpletel-mcp:20261011.2217.17-3b41fca
What the publisher says
From the simpletel repository's README, as published. We do not edit it. Read it on GitHub
simpletel-mcp
Model Context Protocol server for simpletel — ask your
coding agent "what just happened?" and let it read the OpenTelemetry traces,
logs, metrics, and account usage of your running services.
simpletel mcp is a stdio MCP server built into the simpletel CLI. It speaks newline-delimited JSON-RPC 2.0 on stdin/stdout (MCP protocol revision 2025-06-18) and exposes simpletel's read commands as native agent tools. It is a single static binary: no runtime, no dependencies, no background service.
- One-line install of the CLI: curl -fsSL https://simpletel.dev/install | sh
- Run it as simpletel mcp
- Or use the container: ghcr.io/willnewby/simpletel-mcp
- Registry name: io.github.willnewby/simpletel
Tools
The server advertises four tools. Every tool returns text (the JSON document the matching CLI command produces), and tool-side failures come back as a normal result with isError: true — a tool call never breaks the session.
gettraces, gettrace, and verify are team-scoped; usage is account-scoped.
Authentication and team resolution
The server resolves one connection at startup, using the same precedence as every other simpletel read command: **flag > environment variable > config file
default**.
and simpletel team (mode 0600). simpletel login signs you in with GitHub; simpletel team create / simpletel team use set the current team.
- The config file is ~/.simpletel/config.toml, written by simpletel login
— or a friendly name. A name is resolved only, never created, and needs an admin token to look it up.
- --team accepts either a 20-hex team id — used verbatim, no token needed
SIMPLETELTOKEN (a stk… token).
- usage additionally needs a user token: run simpletel login, or set
If the team is missing or wrong the server still answers initialize and tools/list, so the client sees the tool catalog; each team-scoped call then reports the problem as its own isError result.
Nothing is ever sent to simpletel by this server beyond the read requests the
tools make to the endpoint you configure. Diagnostics go to stderr; stdout
carries protocol messages only.
Install
1. Install the CLI
curl -fsSL https://simpletel.dev/install | shInstalls simpletel into ~/.simpletel/bin/ (verify the sha256; no sudo, never prompts). Then sign in and create/select a team:
Shortened. The full README is on GitHub.
Nothing above is checked by us. What we check is on the safety report.
simpletel: common questions
- Is simpletel MCP server safe?
- Yes, by our scan: it is graded A (88/100). Read the simpletel safety report
- How do I install simpletel?
- It runs on your machine. Copy the Claude Code, Cursor, VS Code or Claude Desktop config from the install section.
- Does simpletel need an API key?
- Not as far as the registry entry and our scan can tell: no credentials are declared or required.
- Is simpletel maintained?
- The last commit was 25 days ago (2026-10-10). The latest release is v20261011.2217.17-3b41fca.
- What can I use instead of simpletel?
- Servers from other publishers that do the same job: three.ws Billing MCP server, Serena MCP: the IDE for your agent MCP server and Figma Context MCP server.
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