Preflight MCP Server

What the code does

We read the source, 19 h ago · rules 3dff92dd89df

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.

          `    rm -r "${oldPath}"\n`,

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.

  spawn(process.execPath, proc.argv, { cwd: proc.cwd, detached: true, stdio: 'ignore' }).unref();

  digestWebhookUrl: 'https://hooks.slack.com/services/TXXXXXXXX/BXXXXXXXX/XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX',

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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.

claude mcp add preflight -- npx -y @newrelic/preflight

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "preflight": {
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@newrelic/preflight"
      ],
      "command": "npx"
    }
  }
}

[mcp_servers.preflight]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "@newrelic/preflight"]

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "preflight": {
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@newrelic/preflight"
      ],
      "command": "npx"
    }
  }
}

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "preflight": {
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@newrelic/preflight"
      ],
      "command": "npx"
    }
  }
}

This one needs environment variables set before it will start: NEW_RELIC_LICENSE_KEY (New Relic ingest license key. Optional: without it Preflight runs local-only with the dashboard at localhost:7777.), NEW_RELIC_ACCOUNT_ID (New Relic account id, used for dashboard and alert deployment. Optional.). The author declared them in the registry entry; get the values from the project itself.