@4da/MCP MCP Server

Dependency intelligence for AI agents. CVE scanning, health checks, upgrade planning.

Local serverstdioPython

What is the @4da/MCP MCP server?

Most developer tooling work still happens through a UI a human drives. @4da/MCP MCP server moves it into the conversation instead. Dependency intelligence for AI agents. CVE scanning, health checks, upgrade planning.

The short version

It scans your codebase — Cargo.toml, package.json, go.mod, Git history — and scores every article, advisory, and release from 20+ sources against what you actually build. An item needs 2+ independent signals to survive. Everything else is rejected.

  • 5-axis scoring with multi-signal confirmation gate (92% rejection, 98% noise accuracy across 9 test personas)
  • Domain profile: graduated tech identity (primary stack → dependencies → detected → interests)
  • Content DNA: classifies content type (security advisory, release, tutorial, hiring, etc.)
  • Novelty detection: demotes introductory content, boosts new releases and security advisories
  • Role-aware scoring: security engineers see security content prominently; experience level adjusts tutorial/depth balance
  • Intent scoring: recent Git/file activity influences what surfaces

The tools it exposes

The server publishes 14 tools. What each one is for:

  • Title — body coherence**: titles must deliver on what they promise. Claim "React + Rust + Tauri" but only discuss React? Penalty
  • Role — aware scoring: security engineers see security content prominently; experience level adjusts tutorial/depth balance
  • Anti-gaming — title-body coherence, keyword concentration, adversarial resistance built into the pipeline
  • Cross — session, cross-agent persistent memory
  • Axis — What it measures
  • Context — Semantic similarity to your active codebase
  • Interest — Alignment with your declared and learned topics
  • ACE — Real-time signals from your Git commits and file edits
  • Dependency — Direct matches against your installed packages
  • Learned — Save/dismiss feedback boosts or suppresses future scores
  • Category — Where
  • Updater — GitHub Releases

Getting it running

Installation goes through your MCP client rather than a global install: point it at @4da/mcp-server on npm and it is fetched when the client starts. The copy-paste blocks for Claude Desktop, Claude Code and Cursor are further down this page.

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. @4da/MCP's toolset — Title, Role, Anti-gaming and 11 more — is a fair guide to whether it matches your workflow.

This entry was verified against @4da/MCP's own documentation before publication; SyncDev keeps the directory reviewed rather than auto-generated.

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.
  • With 14 tools registered it takes up a noticeable share of the context window; turn it off in projects that never touch @4da/MCP.
  • Keep per-call confirmation enabled while you learn its behaviour; it is the cheapest safeguard you have.

Available tools

ToolWhat it does
Titlebody coherence**: titles must deliver on what they promise. Claim "React + Rust + Tauri" but only discuss React? Penalty.
Roleaware scoring: security engineers see security content prominently; experience level adjusts tutorial/depth balance
Anti-gamingtitle-body coherence, keyword concentration, adversarial resistance built into the pipeline
Crosssession, cross-agent persistent memory
AxisWhat it measures
ContextSemantic similarity to your active codebase
InterestAlignment with your declared and learned topics
ACEReal-time signals from your Git commits and file edits
DependencyDirect matches against your installed packages
LearnedSave/dismiss feedback boosts or suppresses future scores
CategoryWhere
UpdaterGitHub Releases
PlatformDownload
Windows[.exe installer](https://github.com/4DA-Systems/4DA/releases/latest)

How to install the @4da/MCP MCP server

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "github-com-runyourempire-4da-tree-main-mcp-4da-server": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "@4da/mcp-server"]
    }
  }
}

Add to claude_desktop_config.json, then restart Claude Desktop.

Example prompts to try

  • Use @4da/MCP to Title.
  • Use @4da/MCP to Role.
  • Use @4da/MCP to Anti-gaming.

Frequently asked questions

It connects @4da/MCP to MCP-compatible AI assistants such as Claude and Cursor, exposing 14 tools (Title, Role, Anti-gaming, and more) that the assistant can call on your behalf. Instead of copying data back and forth by hand, the assistant works with @4da/MCP directly.