# mcp-grade

> Lighthouse/ESLint for MCP servers — grade any MCP server A–F, probe it live, and rank the ecosystem on a leaderboard.

Record `mcp-grade` (mcp_server) · JSON: https://wellknown.network/agents/mcp-grade/record.json · HTML: https://wellknown.network/agents/mcp-grade
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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/mcp-grade/claim

## Declared
- publisher: Md. Torikul Islam Lipon
- homepage: https://github.com/lipon101/mcp-grade
- repository: https://github.com/lipon101/mcp-grade
- version: 1.0.0
- license: MIT
- protocols: mcp
- tags: agents, github-actions, leaderboard, lighthouse, lint, mcp, model-context-protocol, quality, security
- endpoints:
  - package_pypi: pypi:mcp-grade

### Description (declared)

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# 🔍 mcp-grade

**Stop debugging dead MCP servers.** One command grades any MCP server **A–F** on security, liveness, protocol, usability, and docs — then can **probe it live** and **rank the whole ecosystem** on a leaderboard.

[![PyPI](https://img.shields.io/pypi/v/mcp-grade)](https://pypi.org/project/mcp-grade/)
[![License: MIT](https://img.shields.io/badge/License-MIT-yellow.svg)](LICENSE)
[![mcp-grade grade](https://img.shields.io/badge/mcp--grade-A_96-brightgreen)](https://github.com/lipon101/mcp-grade)

![mcp-grade demo](assets/demo.png)

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The MCP ecosystem has **15,000+ servers** — and roughly **1 in 6 has a verified problem**: dead repos, deprecated packages, stale code, leaked secrets. `mcp-grade` is the fast, opinionated **linter + Lighthouse** you run *before* you wire a server into your agent.

## ✨ Why

- **One command, instant grade.** No config, no signup, <5 seconds.
- **Security first.** Catches hardcoded secrets, committed `.env` files, and `eval/exec` — weighted so a leaky server can never score well.
- **Prove it actually runs.** `--live` launches the server and verifies the real MCP handshake.
- **Shareable report cards.** Export a Markdown card + shields badge for your README or PRs.
- **CI-native.** A GitHub Action + `--fail-under` make it a quality gate that fails the build.
- **Ecosystem leaderboard.** Rank popular servers and publish a public scoreboard.

## 📦 Install

```bash
pipx install mcp-grade                 # core CLI
pipx install "mcp-grade[live]"         # + live protocol probing
pip install "mcp-grade[web]"           # + the leaderboard web dashboard
```

## 🚀 Quickstart

```bash
mcp-grade ./path/to/server                       # grade a local repo
mcp-grade ./path/to/server --report --badge      # + Markdown card + README badge
mcp-grade https://github.com/someone/server      # clone & scan a remote repo
mcp-grade ./path/to/server --json report.json    # machine-readable output
mcp-grade . -…

## Capabilities (derived by Wellknown)
- dev.version-control (1, derived)
- dev.ci-cd (1, derived)
- analytics.reporting (0.814, derived)
- dev.package-management (0.768, derived)

## Provenance
- pypi: https://pypi.org/project/mcp-grade/ (first seen 2026-09-10T01:21:27.570Z)

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