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Shield Kya MCP Server

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Shield Kya runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 978 installs a week from npm. Last commit 21 Sep 2026.

KYA MCP gate: evaluate, ingest, request approval. Sole PEP is Shield.

Installs per day peak 1 164 · avg 231 · +19% w/w
a month agotoday
978
Installs / week
npm · @shield-agent/kya
1
Stars
0 open issues
21 Sep 2026
Last commit
0 releases in 90 days
MIT
License
TypeScript

What the code does

We read the source, 9 h ago · rules 3dff92dd89df

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.

const child = spawn(process.execPath, [cli, "serve-mcp", "--stdio"], {
Sends data to a third-party sink src/orr/agentshield.ts:101
    "https://hooks.slack.com/services/[redacted]",

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

This code can reach further than it looks

We found places where it runs commands, builds paths or queries from values it is given. None of that is a flaw by itself — it becomes one when the code changes, and code changes quietly between releases. We re-read it on every one.

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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 shield-kya -- npx -y @shield-agent/kya
~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "shield-kya": {
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@shield-agent/kya"
      ],
      "command": "npx"
    }
  }
}
~/.codex/config.toml
[mcp_servers.shield-kya]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "@shield-agent/kya"]
.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "shield-kya": {
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@shield-agent/kya"
      ],
      "command": "npx"
    }
  }
}
.vscode/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "shield-kya": {
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@shield-agent/kya"
      ],
      "command": "npx"
    }
  }
}

This one needs environment variables set before it will start: KYA_BASE_URL (Control plane origin (e.g. http://127.0.0.1:8090 or hosted URL)), KYA_API_KEY (API key for the control plane (required when auth is on)), KYA_HOST (Dual-plane host tag: ide (authoring) or runtime (production)), KYA_AGENT_ID (Registered agent principal id). The author declared them in the registry entry; get the values from the project itself.

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Shield Kya — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

Why is there no uptime for Shield Kya?
Shield Kya 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 @shield-agent/kya was installed 978 times last week.
How do I connect Shield Kya?
Copy the ready config from this page — we generate it for Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Codex, Cursor and VS Code, each with the file path that client actually reads. It runs locally, so the command pulls @shield-agent/kya straight from npm; nothing to host, nothing to sign up for.
How many people use Shield Kya?
The npm package @shield-agent/kya was installed 978 times in the last week. Week over week that is +19%. We show installs rather than GitHub stars on purpose: a star is a bookmark, an install is someone actually running it.
Is Shield Kya open source?
Yes — it is published under the MIT licence, written in TypeScript and 1 stars on GitHub. The source link is on this page, so you can read exactly what it does with your data before you connect it.