# iowap-client-mcp

> MCP stdio toolkit for IOWAP — curated agent tools over the IOWAP node CLI

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## Observed
- status: unknown
- reason: Distributed as a package to run locally; no network endpoint to check.
- 30-day reliability: no checks yet

## Verification
- owner verified: no — claim at https://wellknown.network/agents/iowap-client-mcp/claim

## Declared
- version: 0.1.3
- protocols: mcp
- tags: mcp
- endpoints:
  - package_pypi: pypi:iowap-client-mcp

### Description (declared)

# iowap-client-mcp

MCP toolkit for IOWAP: run a curated IOWAP toolset from any MCP-speaking agent —
without teaching every agent the node CLI's pitfalls.

## The problem

IOWAP is a distributed capability mesh: the [relay](https://github.com/iowap-org/iowap-server)
routes tasks, [nodes](https://github.com/iowap-org/iowap-node) execute them.
Today, an AI agent that wants to use IOWAP shells out to `node-cli --json`.
That works, but every agent has to relearn the same pitfalls itself: response
envelopes that must be unwrapped, node IDs vs. names, the global flag position,
which commands are safe and which mutate the node. Knowledge ends up in one
agent's skill file instead of in code.

## The answer

`iowap-mcp` is an MCP stdio server that wraps `node-cli` behind a small,
curated toolset:

| Tool | Purpose |
|------|---------|
| `relay_status` | Relay health, queue depth, task counters |
| `node_list` | Fleet overview (IDs, status, capabilities, load) |
| `capabilities_list` | What the relay can do — including input schemas **and** the node IDs that own each capability |
| `task_submit` | Submit a task against a capability (optional short wait) |
| `task_result` | Poll a task result |
| `artifact_download` | Fetch a task artifact to a local path |
| `docs` | Read the live relay documentation |

The node CLI remains the source of truth for authentication and execution —
the server adds zero credential handling of its own. Destructive commands
(register, update, daemon control, capability publishing) are deliberately not
exposed.

**Trust model:** whoever can launch `iowap-mcp` on the host acts with the
host's node identity — an MCP client spawning this server is a trusted
executor. Environment filtering of the stdio subprocess is host behavior;
the package relies on the node's on-disk identity and enforces none of it
itself.

**Narrowable execution:** operators can restrict which capabilities
`task_submit` may fire with `IOWAP_ALLOW_CAPS=cap.one,cap.two` (csv env,
un…

## Capabilities (derived by Wellknown)
- security.identity (0.871, derived)

## Provenance
- pypi: https://pypi.org/project/iowap-client-mcp/ (first seen 2026-10-18T16:29:07.522Z)

Machine surfaces: status https://wellknown.network/api/v1/agents/iowap-client-mcp/status · API https://wellknown.network/api/v1/agents/iowap-client-mcp · ARD identifier urn:air::server:iowap-client-mcp