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Vibe Check MCP Server

Vibe Check MCP Server is an MCP server that adds developer tools to AI assistants such as Claude Desktop, Claude Code and Cursor. Metacognitive AI agent oversight: adaptive CPI interrupts for alignment, reflection and safety. It has 502 GitHub stars, is released under the MIT license and runs locally with npx -y @pv-bhat/vibe-check-mcp.

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Install Vibe Check MCP Server

Generated from the server's MCP registry entry. Replace your-value with your own values.

Claude Desktop

claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "vibe-check-mcp-server": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@pv-bhat/vibe-check-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "YOUR_API_KEY": "your-value"
      }
    }
  }
}

Settings > Developer > Edit Config. macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/, Windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\. Restart Claude Desktop afterwards.

Claude Code

claude mcp add --env YOUR_API_KEY=your-value --transport stdio vibe-check-mcp-server -- npx -y @pv-bhat/vibe-check-mcp

Cursor

.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "vibe-check-mcp-server": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@pv-bhat/vibe-check-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "YOUR_API_KEY": "your-value"
      }
    }
  }
}

Project file; use ~/.cursor/mcp.json to enable it in every project.

VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json
{
  "inputs": [
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "your_api_key",
      "description": "YOUR_API_KEY",
      "password": true
    }
  ],
  "servers": {
    "vibe-check-mcp-server": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@pv-bhat/vibe-check-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "YOUR_API_KEY": "${input:your_api_key}"
      }
    }
  }
}

Config formats checked against the official docs on Oct 7, 2026: modelcontextprotocol.io (opens in a new tab), code.claude.com (opens in a new tab), cursor.com (opens in a new tab), code.visualstudio.com (opens in a new tab).

Environment variables

Variables the server reads at startup.

NameRequiredDescription
YOUR_API_KEYsecretYesYour API key for the service

About Vibe Check MCP Server

This project is in maintenance mode. Active feature development has ended; only maintenance patches (security and bug fixes) are published. v2.9.0 is the latest maintenance release. The server remains fully functional. Community forks and contributions are welcome under the MIT license.

  • agentic-ai
  • agentic-workflow
  • ai-agents
  • error-handling
  • mcp
  • mcp-server
  • model-context-protocol
  • vibe-coding
  • workflow-automation
  • cpi

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How do I install the Vibe Check MCP Server MCP server?

Add the command npx -y @pv-bhat/vibe-check-mcp to your MCP client: put it in claude_desktop_config.json for Claude Desktop, run claude mcp add for Claude Code, or add it to .cursor/mcp.json (Cursor) or .vscode/mcp.json (VS Code). The snippets on this page are ready to paste.

Is Vibe Check MCP Server free?

The server is open source under the MIT license, so running it is free. It needs credentials (YOUR_API_KEY) for the service it connects to, which may require a paid account.

Is Vibe Check MCP Server actively maintained?

The most recent commit was on Aug 20, 2026. The latest release is v2.7.6, published Nov 6, 2025. appsgit only lists MCP servers with a commit in the last six months.