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driftwatch MCP Server

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driftwatch runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 48 installs a week from npm. Last commit 11 Sep 2026.

What broke between two dependency versions, with a citation for every claim. No API key needed.

Installs per day peak 447 · avg 14
a month agotoday
48
Installs / week
npm · driftwatch-mcp
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Stars
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11 Sep 2026
Last commit
0 releases in 90 days
MIT
License
TypeScript

What the code does

We read the source, 23 h ago · rules 3dff92dd89df

Capabilities

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.

Builds a database query by concatenation Dockerfile:4
RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
      python3 make g++ ca-certificates \

Is this your server and something here is wrong? Tell us — corrections are free and do not require a plan.

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.

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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.

run in your terminal
claude mcp add driftwatch -- npx -y driftwatch-mcp
~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "driftwatch": {
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "driftwatch-mcp"
      ],
      "command": "npx"
    }
  }
}
~/.codex/config.toml
[mcp_servers.driftwatch]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "driftwatch-mcp"]
.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "driftwatch": {
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "driftwatch-mcp"
      ],
      "command": "npx"
    }
  }
}
.vscode/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "driftwatch": {
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "driftwatch-mcp"
      ],
      "command": "npx"
    }
  }
}

This one needs environment variables set before it will start: ANTHROPIC_API_KEY (Optional. Adds LLM-synthesized migration steps on top of the deterministic results. The server works fully without it.). The author declared them in the registry entry; get the values from the project itself.

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driftwatch — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

Why is there no uptime for driftwatch?
driftwatch runs on your own machine over stdio — there is no network address to reach, so uptime cannot be measured for it by anyone. What can be measured is adoption: the npm package driftwatch-mcp was installed 48 times last week.
How do I connect driftwatch?
Copy the ready config from this page — we generate it for Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Codex, Cursor and VS Code, each with the file path that client actually reads. It runs locally, so the command pulls driftwatch-mcp straight from npm; nothing to host, nothing to sign up for.
How many people use driftwatch?
The npm package driftwatch-mcp was installed 48 times in the last week. We show installs rather than GitHub stars on purpose: a star is a bookmark, an install is someone actually running it.
Is driftwatch open source?
Yes — it is published under the MIT licence, written in TypeScript and 0 stars on GitHub. The source link is on this page, so you can read exactly what it does with your data before you connect it.