mcpbeat Sign in

HALLUX MCP Server

answering

HALLUX is answering right now. Last checked 12 min ago. It exposes 4 tools.

Check that a package, module or DOI exists before an agent installs, imports or cites it.

Uptime history 47 days of history · worst day 98%
47 days agonow
100.0%
Uptime 24h
91 of 91 checks
4
Tools
read from the server
727 ms
Response time
average over 24h
open, no key
Access
streamable-http

Nothing serious here today

Today is the operative word: we check HALLUX every 15 minutes and re-read its code on every release. Watch it and you find out the day that stops being true.

Three servers free · no card

Connect this server

Endpoint below is the one we actually reach during checks — not the one copied from a README. Last verified 12 min ago.

run in your terminal
claude mcp add hallux --transport http https://api.blvkware.dev/hallux/mcp
Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector, then paste this address
https://api.blvkware.dev/hallux/mcp
~/.codex/config.toml
[mcp_servers.hallux]
url = "https://api.blvkware.dev/hallux/mcp"
.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "hallux": {
      "url": "https://api.blvkware.dev/hallux/mcp"
    }
  }
}
.vscode/mcp.json
{
  "servers": {
    "hallux": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://api.blvkware.dev/hallux/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Available tools 4

Read directly from the server with tools/list, grouped by what they act on. If a tool disappears, we record the date.

hallux
hallux_check
Does this identifier actually exist? Call before acting on any name you recalled rather than read: a package to install, a module to import, a DOI to cite. Returns one of: exists, deprecated, absent, phantom, squat, unknown. exists - proceed deprecated - proceed, but use `successor` absent - not in the registry. Do not proceed phantom - does not exist AND models repeatedly invent it. Do not proceed squat - was invented by models, then registered by someone. Treat as hostile unknown - could not verify. Never treat this as permission Live namespaces: cite.doi, pkg.crates, pkg.go, pkg.maven, pkg.npm, pkg.nuget, pkg.pypi. An unsupported namespace returns `unknown`, never an error, so it is safe to ask.
hallux_check_command
Call this BEFORE running any command that installs a dependency: npm, yarn, pnpm, bun, pip, uv, poetry, pipx, cargo, go get, dotnet add package, nuget. Language models invent plausible package names that have never existed, and attackers register those names because they can predict them. Installing one runs attacker code. You cannot tell the difference by looking at the name, which is why this check exists. Pass the command exactly as you intend to run it. The identifiers are extracted for you. If the result says BLOCK, do not run the command. Use the `successor` if one is given, otherwise tell the user what was found and stop.
hallux_check_manifest
Call this after writing or editing a dependency file, and before committing it. Supported: package.json, requirements.txt, pyproject.toml, Cargo.toml, go.mod. Checks every dependency in one pass, including dev and optional groups, which is where an invented name usually arrives.
hallux_watch
Register identifiers for notification when their verdict changes. The transition that matters is phantom to squat: a name models invent that somebody then registers. Use this for a dependency that came back `absent` or `phantom` and that the user intends to use anyway, or for a set of dependencies worth monitoring. Delivered by signed webhook to a URL you supply.

Endpoints

URLTransportStateLatencyChecked
https://api.blvkware.dev/hallux/mcp streamable-http answering 495 ms 12 min ago

Alternatives to HALLUX

same job, measured the same way
Vdb
by ai-vdb

Check packages for CVEs, slopsquatting, and CISA KEV before your AI agent installs them.

215 installs/wk 7 tools answering
Pkgtruth
by hxckya

Catches hallucinated and slopsquatted npm and PyPI packages before an agent installs them.

69 installs/wk local only
Repomagpie
by varshavia

Your agent checks your notes before installing and stops on packages you or your team ruled out.

746 installs/wk local only
Presend MCP Server
by presendapp

Before an AI agent installs an npm/PyPI package: typosquat, vulnerability and existence checks.

40 tools answering
Attestari
by attestari

Attestari's verdict on an npm or PyPI package version, asked before an agent installs it.

281 installs/wk answering
Presend dependency checks
by presendapp

Check an npm/PyPI package before an AI agent installs it: 5 focused supply-chain tools.

5 tools answering
alalanet — check before you pay
by alalanet

Check packages, MCP servers and x402 endpoints before agents install or pay. Signed.

25 tools answering
P
pkg-oracle — Dependency Trust Oracle
by julian-martin89

Blocks typosquatted or hallucinated npm/PyPI packages before an AI agent installs them.

1 tools answering

HALLUX — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

What can HALLUX do?
It exposes 4 tools, read directly from the server on our last check. Among them: hallux_check, hallux_check_command, hallux_check_manifest, hallux_watch. The full list with descriptions is on this page — we take it from the server itself via tools/list, not from a README. How MCP servers expose tools in the first place →
Is HALLUX working right now?
We send a real MCP handshake every 15 minutes. Over the last 24 hours 91 of 91 checks got a reply (100.0%), average response time 727 ms. The bar chart above shows every period we have measured.
How do I connect HALLUX?
Copy the ready config from this page. We generate it for Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Codex, Cursor and VS Code, each in the form that client actually reads. It is a remote server, so there is nothing to install — the client connects to the address.
Does HALLUX need an API key?
No. HALLUX completed a full MCP handshake with us as an anonymous client and listed its tools without asking for anything. All 4 of them are readable on this page. This is what we observed, not what the docs claim.
How fast is HALLUX?
It answers our handshake in 727 ms on average, which is faster than 12% of all working MCP servers we measure. That is on the slow side — worth knowing if the tool sits inside an interactive loop. The comparison comes from our own checks across the whole registry, every 15 minutes.