Shrike MCP Server

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Shrike runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 332 installs a week from npm. Last commit 2 Oct 2026.

Governs what AI agents do: tool calls, SQL, commands, files checked against policy before they run.

Installs per day peak 212 · avg 21 · +232% w/w

a month agotoday

332

Installs / week

npm · shrike-mcp

Stars

1 open issue

2 Oct 2026

Last commit

3 releases in 90 days

Apache-2.0

License

TypeScript

Nothing serious here today

Today is the operative word: we check Shrike every 15 minutes and re-read its code on every release. Watch it and you find out the day that stops being true.

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 Code Claude Desktop Codex Cursor VS Code

run in your terminal

claude mcp add shrike-mcp -- npx -y shrike-mcp

~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "shrike-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "shrike-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

~/.codex/config.toml

[mcp_servers.shrike-mcp]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "shrike-mcp"]

.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "shrike-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "shrike-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "servers": {
    "shrike-mcp": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "shrike-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

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Shrike — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

Why is there no uptime for Shrike?

Shrike 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 shrike-mcp was installed 332 times last week.

How do I connect Shrike?

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 shrike-mcp straight from npm; nothing to host, nothing to sign up for.

How many people use Shrike?

The npm package shrike-mcp was installed 332 times in the last week. Week over week that is +232%. We show installs rather than GitHub stars on purpose: a star is a bookmark, an install is someone actually running it.

Is Shrike open source?

Yes — it is published under the Apache-2.0 licence, written in TypeScript, 2 stars on GitHub and 1 open issue. The source link is on this page, so you can read exactly what it does with your data before you connect it.