Is Docs · arabold safe and trustworthy?

tashan scores Docs · arabold on public evidence — tashan score 71.0/100, it is currently active, note: a single primary maintainer (bus-factor risk), no known advisories against the current release, it runs a script at install time, its declared dependencies reach: browser, credentials, database, filesystem, network. Audit scope: OSV advisories, install-time scripts, build provenance and declared permission surface. We do not review source code or execute the capability.

How do I install Docs · arabold?

In Claude Code: run `claude mcp add arabold-docs-mcp-server -- npx -y @arabold/docs-mcp-server`. In Cursor / Claude Desktop, add it to mcp.json / claude_desktop_config.json.

Who maintains Docs · arabold?

source: arabold/docs-mcp-server.

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Docs · arabold

npm

MCP server for fetching and searching documentation

Works with: Claude Code, Cursor, Claude Desktop, Codex CLI, Gemini CLI, Cline, Windsurf, VS Code (installable)
installable: each client documents how to load an MCP server of this type — that is the client's promise, not a claim verified against this capability

Category: Docs & Knowledge — see all ranked ›

Install (Claude Code):

claude mcp add arabold-docs-mcp-server -- npx -y @arabold/docs-mcp-server

tashan score: 71.0
Adoption: 3.0k/wk
Upkeep: 73.0
Freshness: 98.0
Evidence coverage: 100% of the inputs this score can use
Health: active
License: MIT

Security audit

Every finding is shown in full — which advisory, the version that fixes it, and the exact command run at install time. Nothing in this audit is behind a licence.

No known advisoriesclearchecked against OSV for 3.0.1 — this package, not its dependency tree

Runs a script at install timecodeecho 'Skipping Playwright browser install. See README.md for details.'

Drives a browser · Handles credentials or secrets · Connects to databases · Reads and writes files · Makes network requestsfrom declared dependencies

Can carry remote content into your agentit can pull third-party text into the model's context — treat what it returns as untrusted input

No build provenanceno attestation — the published artifact cannot be traced to its source

What changed recently

2026-08-11 @arabold/docs-mcp-server now reaches browser, credentials, database, filesystem, network Its declared dependencies reach further into your machine than they did before.
2026-08-11 @arabold/docs-mcp-server now runs a script when it installs Install-time code executes on your machine before you have used the tool once, and it did not do this before.
2026-08-16 @arabold/docs-mcp-server published 3.0.1, was 3.0.0 A new release is available.

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