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License Sentinel MCP Server

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License Sentinel runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 56 installs a week from pypi. Last commit 14 Sep 2026.

Audit Python and npm dependency licenses before you ship, judged against how you distribute.

Installs per day peak 19 · avg 7 · -12% w/w
a month agotoday
56
Installs / week
pypi · license-sentinel
1
Stars
0 open issues
14 Sep 2026
Last commit
from GitHub
MIT
License
Python

Nothing serious here today

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

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

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License Sentinel — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

Why is there no uptime for License Sentinel?
License Sentinel 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 license-sentinel was installed 56 times last week.
How do I connect License Sentinel?
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 license-sentinel straight from pypi; nothing to host, nothing to sign up for.
How many people use License Sentinel?
The pypi package license-sentinel was installed 56 times in the last week. Week over week that is -12%. We show installs rather than GitHub stars on purpose: a star is a bookmark, an install is someone actually running it.
Is License Sentinel open source?
Yes — it is published under the MIT licence, written in Python 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.