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GRC Lake MCP Server

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GRC Lake runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 4 833 installs a week from pypi. Last commit 1 Nov 2026.

Read-only connectors; local writes. Evidence and assessments for agents. Only people approve.

Installs per day peak 1 048 · avg 293 · +345% w/w
a month agotoday
4 833
Installs / week
pypi · grc-lake
3
Stars
25 open issues
1 Nov 2026
Last commit
from GitHub
Apache-2.0
License
Python

What the code does

We read the source, 14 h ago · rules 995398eba69f

Evidence

Things with no honest explanation: a promise that contradicts the code, code that runs at install time while hiding what it does, data leaving the machine.

Deletes files or strips permissions app/web/src/components/connectors/CloudLinkPanel.tsx:136
trap 'rm -rf "$terraform_dir"' EXIT
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.

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

We found things in this code

Code changes quietly between releases, and nobody reads the diff of a dependency. We do, on every release — watch GRC Lake and you get told the day something new turns up.

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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 grc-lake -- uvx grc-lake
~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "grc-lake": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "grc-lake"
      ]
    }
  }
}
~/.codex/config.toml
[mcp_servers.grc-lake]
command = "uvx"
args = ["grc-lake"]
.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "grc-lake": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "grc-lake"
      ]
    }
  }
}
.vscode/mcp.json
{
  "servers": {
    "grc-lake": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "grc-lake"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Optional settings from the registry entry, left out of the block above: GRC_LAKE_LAKE (Path to a local lake directory (default ./lake)), GRC_LAKE_MCP_MODE (local, remote or auto (default); use remote on shared machines), GRC_LAKE_API_URL (GRC Lake API URL for remote mode), GRC_LAKE_API_KEY (API key for remote mode).

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GRC Lake — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

Why is there no uptime for GRC Lake?
GRC Lake 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 pypi package grc-lake was installed 4 833 times last week.
How do I connect GRC Lake?
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 runs locally, so the command pulls grc-lake straight from pypi; nothing to host, nothing to sign up for.
How many people use GRC Lake?
The pypi package grc-lake was installed 4 833 times in the last week. Week over week that is +345%. We show installs rather than GitHub stars on purpose: a star is a bookmark, an install is someone actually running it.
Is GRC Lake open source?
Yes — it is published under the Apache-2.0 licence, written in Python, 3 stars on GitHub and 25 open issues. The source link is on this page, so you can read exactly what it does with your data before you connect it.