freshdeps-mcp
MCP server exposing live npm / PyPI dependency-health verdicts so AI coding agents can check a package before recommending it — closing the 6–18 month staleness gap in model training data.
Tool
check_dependency_freshness
| Input | Type | |---|---| | ecosystem | "npm" \| "pypi" | | package | string |
Returns a concise human-readable summary and structured content: maintenance signal (active/slowing/stale/abandoned/unknown), latest version, last release/commit age, deprecation/yank/archived flags, known CVE count (OSV), and a hand-verified alternative if the package is dead.
It calls ${FRESHDEPS_API_BASE}/api/verdict (default https://freshdeps.vercel.app).
Install (Claude Desktop / Cursor)
Once published:
{
"mcpServers": {
"freshdeps": { "command": "npx", "args": ["-y", "freshdeps-mcp"] }
}
}From this repo (before publish):
{
"mcpServers": {
"freshdeps": {
"command": "node",
"args": ["/absolute/path/to/code/mcp/server.js"]
}
}
}Run / test manually
npm install
FRESHDEPS_API_BASE=http://localhost:3100 node server.jsThe server speaks JSON-RPC over stdio (StdioServerTransport).
Env
| Var | Purpose | |---|---| | FRESHDEPS_API_BASE | backend base URL (default prod) | | GOATCOUNTER_CODE | optional fire-and-forget usage analytics |
