# mcp-trace

> Open-source tracing middleware for MCP servers. Export logs, requests, and tool calls to files, PostgreSQL, Supabase, Contexa, or custom backends with full control over what gets logged.

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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-trace/claim

## Declared
- homepage: https://github.com/contexaAI/mcp-trace#readme
- repository: https://github.com/contexaAI/mcp-trace/issues
- version: 0.1.7
- protocols: mcp
- tags: mcp, model-context-protocol, tracing, logging, fastmcp, middleware, observability, monitoring, postgresql, supabase, contexa
- endpoints:
  - package_pypi: pypi:mcp-trace

### Description (declared)

# mcp-trace

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[![License: MIT](https://img.shields.io/badge/License-MIT-yellow.svg)](LICENSE)
[![Python Version](https://img.shields.io/badge/python-3.8%2B-blue.svg)](https://www.python.org/downloads/)

> **Flexible, pluggable tracing middleware for [FastMCP](https://github.com/jlowin/fastmcp) servers.**
> Log every request, tool call, and response to local files, PostgreSQL, Supabase, Contexa, your own backend, or the console—with full control over what gets logged, including user identification and PII redaction.

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## Table of Contents

- [Features](#features)
- [Quickstart](#quickstart)
- [Adapters](#adapters)
  - [Contexa Adapter](#contexa-adapter)
  - [File Adapter](#file-adapter)
  - [Console Adapter](#console-adapter)
  - [PostgreSQL Adapter](#postgresql-adapter)
  - [Supabase Adapter](#supabase-adapter)
  - [Multi-Adapter Example](#multi-adapter-example)
- [Advanced Features](#advanced-features)
  - [User Identification](#user-identification)
  - [PII Redaction](#pii-redaction)
  - [Trace Data Fields](#trace-data-fields)
- [Requirements](#requirements)
- [Contributing](#contributing)
- [License](#license)
- [Links & Acknowledgements](#links--acknowledgements)

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## Features

- 📦 **Plug-and-play**: Add tracing to any FastMCP server in seconds
- 🗃️ **Pluggable adapters**: Log to file, PostgreSQL, Supabase, Contexa, console, or your own
- 🧩 **Composable**: Use multiple adapters at once
- 📝 **Schema-first**: All traces stored as JSON for easy querying
- 🔒 **Privacy-aware**: Built-in PII redaction support
- 👤 **User identification**: Extract and log user information from requests
- 🌐 **Comprehensive data**: Captures request/response, client info, IP addresses, errors, and more

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## Quickstart

### Installation

```sh
pip install mcp-trace
```

### Minimal Exam…

## Capabilities (derived by Wellknown)
- data.database (1, declared)
- dev.monitoring (1, declared)

## Provenance
- pypi: https://pypi.org/project/mcp-trace/ (first seen 2026-09-10T05:21:26.896Z)

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