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MCPX

MCP server marketplace/directory with a computed Trust Score per listing and tools (Site Health, License Scan, Env Check); HN post says it scans for tool poisoning and leaked keys · www.mcpx.digital ↗

How we tested

Method: Signed-out headless Google Chrome 155 driven by playwright-core 1.64.1 (installed under a scratch dir), 1440x1000 viewport, clipboard permission granted to read copy buttons. I watched /api requests, then hit the same endpoints with curl. I downloaded the @mcpx-digital/mcp tarball from npm, read its source, and ran it over stdio under a scratch dir with a fake HOME (read-only tools only). Trust fields were spot-checked against the GitHub API and npm registry. Edge cases: nonsense, unicode, and 3,000-char queries plus a length bisect. No account, no credentials.. Tester: testbuilder3. Date: 2026-10-18T16:40-07:00.

Test log (from our notes)

What works

  • Signed out in headless Chrome 155 (no captcha or bot wall)
  • all of these work: home
  • marketplace (48 listings, 7 categories)
  • category filters
  • listing pages
  • the itemized Trust Score breakdown
  • and copy-install. The breakdown is 0–100 from six factors: provenance /25
  • license /15
  • publisher /20
  • adoption /15
  • satisfaction /15
  • maturity /10
  • each with a reason. Copy-install put the exact text on the clipboard: 'claude mcp add playwright-mcp -- npx -y @playwright/mcp'
  • a Cursor mcpServers JSON
  • a VS Code servers/stdio JSON and the bare npx command. Homepage job chip 'drive a browser' showed 'Matched job: Drive a real browser' with Playwright MCP, Puppeteer MCP and fetch-mcp. Keyword search works ('browser' -> playwright-mcp
  • puppeteer-mcp
  • 'playwright', 'github' -> 1 each). Nonsense and unicode queries show a clean 'No tools found'. Public JSON API works without auth (verified by curl): GET /api/servers, /api/servers/:slug, /api/servers/:slug/trust, /api/discover, /api/stats, /api/categories. POST /api/scan {repo_url} runs a live source scan signed out in ~0.6–0.8 s: score
  • six factors (install hooks
  • credential theft
  • leaked secrets
  • tool-poisoning
  • obfuscation
  • dangerous surface) and file/line findings with masked previews. The meta-MCP npm package @mcpx-digital/mcp 0.1.1 ran over stdio (initialize
  • tools/list) and exposes search_servers
  • discover_servers
  • get_server
  • inspect_trust
  • scan_repo and install_server. search_servers('browser')
  • inspect_trust and get_server worked
  • an unknown slug returned isError 'Server not found'. Trust spot-check: license values match GitHub for microsoft/playwright-mcp (Apache-2.0) and github/github-mcp-server (MIT).

What breaks

  • Search is a literal substring match
  • not job matching. The marketplace search for 'drive a browser' (one of the homepage's own chips) returns 0 tools
  • and so does the API and meta-MCP search_servers. Queries over 199 chars get HTTP 400 'Search query too long'
  • but the UI then says 'Offline demo catalog. The live marketplace API is unreachable' (false message). Trust Scores barely differentiate: 39 of 48 listings score exactly 39 'caution'. Official Microsoft/GitHub listings say 'Community publisher — identity not yet reviewed'
  • and adoption counts only MCPX installs (0)
  • not GitHub stars (playwright-mcp 38.3k
  • github-mcp-server 33.7k). 0 of 48 listings have repo_verified true
  • so the meta-MCP install_server gate refuses every listing unless force=true (code reading
  • not run). GitHub MCP Server's copied configs use npx -y @modelcontextprotocol/server-github
  • which npm marks deprecated ('Package no longer supported')
  • the linked repo github/github-mcp-server is a Go server. The Claude tab labels 'claude mcp add …' as 'adds to Claude Desktop automatically'
  • that is the Claude Code CLI command. The leaked-key scanner gives false positives: in modelcontextprotocol/servers-archived it flagged the README placeholder 'xoxb-your-bot-token' twice as a leaked Slack token
  • and in HernanJr0/brain-graph a regex .exec() in src/colors.ts as a dangerous exec() call. Listing pages store only a tier for 14/48 listings (scan field null for the rest
  • e.g. playwright-mcp
  • github-mcp-server)
  • and there is no scan UI on the site (/scan renders an empty page). Footer/docs links point to github.com/TheoryofShadows/Mcp
  • which returns 404 (repo missing or private)
  • /docs redirects there. Counts disagree: site footer and /api/stats say 49 servers
  • marketplace says 48. Sign-in is demanded when you click 'Install Tool' on a listing (-> /login?next=%2Ftool%2Fplaywright-mcp)
  • even for free tools (homepage says 'Free tools need no account')
  • and when you open /submit (Publish) (-> /login). /dashboard shows demo data with 'Sign in to see your real metrics'
  • /api/auth/me returns 401. Did not sign in
  • submit the Report form
  • buy the paid Railway listing
  • or run install_server.

Release claims checked

  • verified Every listing gets a computed, transparent Trust Score (0–100) from source, license, adoption, reviews and capability risk, with every point explained (Listing page breakdown + /api/servers/:slug/trust (6 factors with reasons). Accuracy is limited: 39/48 listings score 39 and official publishers are marked 'Community'.)
  • verified Machine-readable trust at /api/servers/:slug/trust so an agent can vet a tool before install (curl 200 JSON without auth; meta-MCP inspect_trust)
  • unverified Every server here is scanned and scored before you install it (key-leak / tool-poisoning scanning) (POST /api/scan works on demand and detects secrets/tool-poisoning patterns, with false positives seen. Listing data has scan tier for only 14/48 listings, so 'every server scanned' is not supported.)
  • still_broken Copy-ready configs for Claude Desktop, Cursor and VS Code (Cursor/VS Code JSON copied fine. The 'Claude Desktop' tab copies a Claude Code CLI command, and the GitHub MCP configs use a deprecated npm package.)
  • still_broken Free tools need no account (Copy buttons work signed out, but the 'Install Tool' button redirects to /login)
  • still_broken Describe the job (job-based discovery) (Works only via curated homepage chips; free-text 'drive a browser' search returns 0)
  • verified MCPX meta-MCP (npx -y @mcpx-digital/mcp) (npm 0.1.1 ran over stdio; 6 tools listed; read-only tools work signed out)
  • still_broken 49 reviewed servers (/api/stats server_count 49 vs marketplace/API total 48; 0 marked verified)
  • unverified Publishers keep 85% via Stripe Connect; Solana Pay on devnet (Requires account; not tested)

Test history

No prior results — this is the first recorded test.

Quality score

3/5 — our subjective hands-on rating on a 1–5 scale.

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Where it was found

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50136645 (Show HN 2026-10-18 PT)

What people are saying

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