# narrow-mcp

> MCP server that narrows large low-density files (logs, CSV, JSON, HTML) to the verbatim spans relevant to an intent, verified against source.

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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/narrow-mcp/claim

## Declared
- publisher: Manik Prakash
- repository: https://github.com/manik-prakash/narrow-mcp/issues
- version: 0.1.0
- protocols: mcp
- tags: mcp
- endpoints:
  - package_pypi: pypi:narrow-mcp

### Description (declared)

# narrow-mcp

<!-- mcp-name: io.github.manik-prakash/narrow-mcp -->

An MCP server that narrows large, low-density non-source files (logs, test
output, CSV, JSON, HTML) down to the verbatim spans relevant to a stated
intent -- verified against the original file, never a summary.

## Why

Coding agents burn context reading large low-density files. A 40k-token log
might hold a few hundred tokens of signal. This tool:

1. Runs deterministic narrowing first (grep-style search, structural
   parsing per file type, sampling) -- free, fast, zero LLM cost.
2. If that alone resolves the query with confidence (e.g. an exact CSV
   "null column" query), returns it directly. No LLM call at all.
3. Otherwise passes only the narrowed candidates (never the raw file) to a
   cheap, fast selector model that returns line ranges and a one-line
   reason -- never prose.
4. Re-reads the chosen line ranges from the **original file on disk** and
   returns that verbatim text. The selector's own words are never trusted
   or returned -- only its line-number coordinates, which get verified.
5. If the selector fails, times out, or returns something invalid, falls
   back to the deterministic candidate set rather than failing outright.

Non-goals: source code retrieval (use LSP/tree-sitter/ast-grep), prose
summarization, local/self-hosted models.

## Status

v1, single file per call. Four file types: log/build-output, CSV, JSON
(single document or JSONL), HTML.

## Development

```
pip install -e ".[dev]"
pytest
python eval/run_eval.py          # mocked selector, free
python eval/run_eval.py --live   # real selector call, needs an API key (see Configuration)
```

## Configuration

**You only need to set one API key.** The provider is auto-detected from
whichever key is present -- no separate provider/model config required:

| If you set...       | Provider used | Default model                                  |
|----------------------|----------------|----------------------------------------…

## Capabilities (derived by Wellknown)
- content.writing (0.859, derived)

## Provenance
- pypi: https://pypi.org/project/narrow-mcp/ (first seen 2026-09-10T07:21:07.846Z)

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