Foxhound runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 29 installs a week from npm.
MCP server for querying Foxhound traces from Claude Code, Cursor, and other MCP clients
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What the code does
We read the source, 51 d ago · rules 3dff92dd89df
What this server is able to do. For an MCP server this is often the job itself — a terminal server runs commands because that is what it is for. Listed so you know what you are plugging in, not as an accusation.
__import__(pkg)
el.innerHTML = traces.map(t => {
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This code can reach further than it looks
We found places where it runs commands, builds paths or queries from values it is given. None of that is a flaw by itself — it becomes one when the code changes, and code changes quietly between releases. We re-read it on every one.
Connect this server
This server runs on your own machine — install it with the package manager and the client starts it for you. Package name taken from the official registry entry.
claude mcp add foxhound -e 'FOXHOUND_API_KEY=<FOXHOUND_API_KEY>' -- npx -y @foxhound-ai/mcp-server{
"mcpServers": {
"foxhound": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@foxhound-ai/mcp-server"
],
"env": {
"FOXHOUND_API_KEY": "<FOXHOUND_API_KEY>"
}
}
}
}[mcp_servers.foxhound]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "@foxhound-ai/mcp-server"]
env = { FOXHOUND_API_KEY = "<FOXHOUND_API_KEY>" }{
"mcpServers": {
"foxhound": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@foxhound-ai/mcp-server"
],
"env": {
"FOXHOUND_API_KEY": "<FOXHOUND_API_KEY>"
}
}
}
}{
"servers": {
"foxhound": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@foxhound-ai/mcp-server"
],
"env": {
"FOXHOUND_API_KEY": "<FOXHOUND_API_KEY>"
}
}
}
}Put your own value in place of
<FOXHOUND_API_KEY> (Your Foxhound API key (create at foxhound.dev)).
The author’s registry entry marks it as required.
Optional settings from the registry entry, left out of the block above:
FOXHOUND_ENDPOINT (Foxhound API endpoint (default: http://localhost:3001)).
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