Astracipher MCP Server

AstraCipher Protocol — Cryptographic Identity & Trust for AI Agents (Open Source BSL-1.1)

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What is the Astracipher MCP server?

Most developer tooling work still happens through a UI a human drives. Astracipher MCP server moves it into the conversation instead. AstraCipher Protocol — Cryptographic Identity & Trust for AI Agents (Open Source BSL-1.1).

The short version

The MCP registry provides MCP clients with a list of MCP servers, like an app store for MCP servers.

Getting it running

Installation goes through your MCP client rather than a global install: point it at ghcr.io/modelcontextprotocol/registry on a container image and it is fetched when the client starts. The copy-paste blocks for Claude Desktop, Claude Code and Cursor are further down this page.

The tools it exposes

The server publishes 1 tool. What each one is for:

  • Authentication — Publishing supports multiple authentication methods: - GitHub OAuth - For publishing by logging into GitHub - GitHub OIDC - For publishing

Things to watch

  • It runs with your machine's permissions. That is convenient and also the reason to think about what you point it at before you approve a tool call.
  • Keep per-call confirmation enabled while you learn its behaviour; it is the cheapest safeguard you have.

How it compares

Among the developer tooling options, the useful question is rarely "what can it do" but "what does it cost you to run" — permissions, credentials, and how much of your context its toolset consumes. Astracipher's toolset — Authentication — is a fair guide to whether it matches your workflow. It is maintained by san-techie21; worth a glance at recent repository activity before you build anything load-bearing on it.

This entry was verified against Astracipher's own documentation before publication; SyncDev keeps the directory reviewed rather than auto-generated.

Available tools

ToolWhat it does
AuthenticationPublishing supports multiple authentication methods: - **GitHub OAuth** - For publishing by logging into GitHub - **GitHub OIDC** - For publishing from GitHub Actions - **DNS verification** - For proving ownership of a d

How to install the Astracipher MCP server

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "astracipher": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": ["run", "-i", "--rm", "ghcr.io/modelcontextprotocol/registry"]
    }
  }
}

Add to claude_desktop_config.json, then restart Claude Desktop.

Example prompts to try

  • Use Astracipher to Authentication.

Frequently asked questions

It connects Astracipher to MCP-compatible AI assistants such as Claude and Cursor, exposing 1 tool (Authentication) that the assistant can call on your behalf. Instead of copying data back and forth by hand, the assistant works with Astracipher directly.