Freshdeps MCP

Live npm/PyPI dependency-health verdicts so AI agents stop recommending stale or CVE'd packages

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Client Config & Setup

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Target File:~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "freshdeps-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "freshdeps-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

💡 Paste the JSON block into your client's configuration file under mcpServers, then restart the application.

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check_dependency_freshness

Callable MCP tool function

Documentation Overview

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:

config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "freshdeps": { "command": "npx", "args": ["-y", "freshdeps-mcp"] }
  }
}

From this repo (before publish):

config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "freshdeps": {
      "command": "node",
      "args": ["/absolute/path/to/code/mcp/server.js"]
    }
  }
}

Run / test manually

Terminal

npm install
FRESHDEPS_API_BASE=http://localhost:3100 node server.js

The 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

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Add the following block to your claude_desktop_config.json under mcpServers: "mcpServers": { "freshdeps-mcp": { "command": "npx", "args": ["-y","freshdeps-mcp"] } }

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Documentation Overview

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

It calls ${FRESHDEPS_API_BASE}/api/verdict (default https://freshdeps.vercel.app).

Install (Claude Desktop / Cursor)

Once published:

config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "freshdeps": { "command": "npx", "args": ["-y", "freshdeps-mcp"] }
  }
}

From this repo (before publish):

config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "freshdeps": {
      "command": "node",
      "args": ["/absolute/path/to/code/mcp/server.js"]
    }
  }
}

Run / test manually

Terminal

npm install
FRESHDEPS_API_BASE=http://localhost:3100 node server.js

The 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