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Bernstein MCP Server

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Bernstein runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 28 906 installs a week from pypi. Last commit 1 Nov 2026.

The open-source governance layer for AI agents. Byte-identical run receipts, 40+ adapters, air-gap.

Installs per day peak 9 649 · avg 4 570 · -9% w/w
a month agotoday
28 906
Installs / week
pypi · bernstein
1 348
Stars
194 open issues
1 Nov 2026
Last commit
from GitHub
Apache-2.0
License
Python

What the code does

We read the source, 1 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.

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

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Bernstein — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

Why is there no uptime for Bernstein?
Bernstein 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 bernstein was installed 28 906 times last week.
How do I connect Bernstein?
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 bernstein straight from pypi; nothing to host, nothing to sign up for.
How many people use Bernstein?
The pypi package bernstein was installed 28 906 times in the last week. Week over week that is -9%. We show installs rather than GitHub stars on purpose: a star is a bookmark, an install is someone actually running it.
Is Bernstein open source?
Yes — it is published under the Apache-2.0 licence, written in Python, 1 348 stars on GitHub and 194 open issues. The source link is on this page, so you can read exactly what it does with your data before you connect it.