Mcp Guardian
What is Mcp Guardian
MCP Guardian is a management tool designed to control and secure access to MCP servers for LLM assistants, providing real-time oversight of their activities.
Use cases
MCP Guardian is useful for developers and organizations managing multiple MCP server configurations, ensuring secure and monitored access for LLM assistants.
How to use
To use MCP Guardian, install the necessary dependencies, enter the development shell, and build the project. Follow the quick start guide for Linux/macOS or Windows as outlined in the README.
Key features
Key features include message logging for tracking LLM activities, real-time message approvals for tool calls, and upcoming automated message scans for safety and privacy.
Where to use
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Clients Supporting MCP
The following are the main client software that supports the Model Context Protocol. Click the link to visit the official website for more information.
Overview
What is Mcp Guardian
MCP Guardian is a management tool designed to control and secure access to MCP servers for LLM assistants, providing real-time oversight of their activities.
Use cases
MCP Guardian is useful for developers and organizations managing multiple MCP server configurations, ensuring secure and monitored access for LLM assistants.
How to use
To use MCP Guardian, install the necessary dependencies, enter the development shell, and build the project. Follow the quick start guide for Linux/macOS or Windows as outlined in the README.
Key features
Key features include message logging for tracking LLM activities, real-time message approvals for tool calls, and upcoming automated message scans for safety and privacy.
Where to use
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Clients Supporting MCP
The following are the main client software that supports the Model Context Protocol. Click the link to visit the official website for more information.
Content
MCP Guardian
Overview
MCP Guardian manages your LLM assistant’s access to MCP servers, handing you realtime control of your LLM’s activity.
📜 Message Logging - See traces for all of an LLM’s MCP server activity
💂 Message Approvals - Approve and deny individual tool call messages in real time
🤖 Automated Message Scans - Realtime automated checks for safety, privacy, etc (Coming Soon)
MCP Guardian also makes it a breeze to manage multiple MCP server configurations. Quickly switch between server collections without having to manually manage configuration files for your MCP host applications.
Development
This project uses nix to manage a development environment that can be used on Linux and macOS.
Quick Start - Linux / macOS
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Enable nix flakes
sudo sh -c 'echo "experimental-features = nix-command flakes" >> /etc/nix/nix.conf'
- Enter dev shell
nix develop
- Build project
just build-release
mcp-guardianandmcp-guardian-proxyare now in_build/bin/which is inPATHof the dev shell.
Quick Start - Windows
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Install git with symlink support (otherwise you will need to restore
./mcp-guardian/bindingsbefore building). -
Install
yarn.
npm install --global yarn
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Install .dll dependencies. The easiest way to do this is to install Visual Studio and install the C++ development packages.
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Install just
cargo install just
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Enter repo root with
git-bash(otherwisejustwon’t work and you’ll need to callcargo directly) -
Build project
just build-release
Justfile
Available recipes: build build-release clean do DIR +RECIPE do-all +RECIPE fmt fmt-check lint readme-check readme-update test
Dev Tools Supporting MCP
The following are the main code editors that support the Model Context Protocol. Click the link to visit the official website for more information.
