PortDock MCP runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. Last commit 2 Nov 2026.
Read-only tools for COM ports, Modbus, MC and SCPI on Windows, plus writes to local simulators only
What the code does
We read the source, 9 min ago · rules 995398eba69f
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.
execFileSync(EDGE, ["--headless", "--disable-gpu", "--hide-scrollbars", "--force-device-scale-factor=1", `--user-data-dir=${join(dir, "edge")}`, "--window-size=1200,630", `--screenshot=${out}`, pathToFileURL(html).href], { stdio: "inherit" });
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.
execFileSync(EDGE, ["--headless", "--disable-gpu", "--hide-scrollbars", "--force-device-scale-factor=1", `--user-data-dir=${join(dir, "edge")}`, "--window-size=1200,630", `--screenshot=${out}`, pathToFileURL(html).href], { stdio: "inherit" });
const cand = path.join(dir, "node_modules", name);
else delete m[start + i];
$("list").innerHTML = groups
{siteKey && <script is:inline src="https://challenges.cloudflare.com/turnstile/v0/api.js" async defer />}
const keyFile = fs.readdirSync(path.join(ROOT, "site/public")).find((f) => /^[0-9a-f]{32}\.txt$/.test(f));
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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 PortDock MCP and you get told the day something new turns up.
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