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Argus MCP Server

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Argus runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 99 installs a week from npm. Last commit 3 Aug 2026.

Automated web QA via Chrome DevTools MCP — a11y, security, visual, env diff, CI; Aegis redaction.

Installs per day peak 173 · avg 28 · -76% w/w
a month agotoday
99
Installs / week
npm · argusqa-os
5
Stars
0 open issues
3 Aug 2026
Last commit
0 releases in 90 days
MIT
License
JavaScript

What the code does

We read the source, 21 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.

      const filePath = path.join(resolved, name);
  for (const [k, v] of Object.entries(process.env)) {
Page executes code built at runtime test-harness/pages/doc-write.html:11
  <p>This page calls <code>document.write()</code> and <code>document.writeln()</code> to trigger D6.2 detection.</p>

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 argus -- npx -y argusqa-os
~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "argus": {
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "argusqa-os"
      ],
      "command": "npx"
    }
  }
}
~/.codex/config.toml
[mcp_servers.argus]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "argusqa-os"]
.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "argus": {
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "argusqa-os"
      ],
      "command": "npx"
    }
  }
}
.vscode/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "argus": {
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "argusqa-os"
      ],
      "command": "npx"
    }
  }
}

This one needs environment variables set before it will start: TARGET_DEV_URL (Base URL of the dev environment to audit (e.g. http://localhost:3000)), TARGET_STAGING_URL (Base URL of the staging environment — used by argus_compare for dev vs staging diff. Omit to use CSS analysis mode.), SLACK_BOT_TOKEN (Slack bot token (xoxb-...) for posting reports. Omit to generate a local report.html instead.), FIGMA_API_TOKEN (Figma personal access token — enables argus_design_audit to fetch design specs from a Figma frame and compare them against the live DOM (13 fidelity finding types). Omit to skip design fidelity audits.), ARGUS_REDACT_SENSITIVE (Aegis confidentiality egress boundary. Default ON: every tool response is redacted so secrets, PII, and exploit detail never cross into the calling agent's context (the local on-disk report keeps full fidelity). Set to 0 for byte-identical pre-Aegis output.). The author declared them in the registry entry; get the values from the project itself.

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Argus — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

Why is there no uptime for Argus?
Argus 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 argusqa-os was installed 99 times last week.
How do I connect Argus?
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 argusqa-os straight from npm; nothing to host, nothing to sign up for.
How many people use Argus?
The npm package argusqa-os was installed 99 times in the last week. Week over week that is -76%. We show installs rather than GitHub stars on purpose: a star is a bookmark, an install is someone actually running it.
Is Argus open source?
Yes — it is published under the MIT licence, written in JavaScript and 5 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.