AppCrane MCP server

by gitayg·io.github.gitayg/appcrane·v1.0.0

Deploy and manage apps on your own AppCrane instance, the self-hosted PaaS for AI-built apps.

B83/100grade B

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No tool declarations could be read from the package source. They show once the server is installed.

scanner v0.1.9 · 2026-09-20 · same rubric, same numbers if you re-run it

no findings

Code scan3 source files scanned25/25
–Live reliabilityno gateway calls yet and no remote to proben/a
–Tool poisoningtools not inspected (local package is not executed); not countedn/a
Auth qualitystatic API keys via environment variables6/15
Maintenancelast push 7 days ago15/15
Maintainer identityregistry namespace matches repository owner; GitHub account older than a year8/10

Overall 83/100. Components that don't apply are left out of the denominator. Any critical finding is an F.Rubric Appeal a finding JSON

Runs npx -y appcrane-mcp on your machine. Read the scan report first; the gateway never runs local packages.

claude mcp add appcrane -- npx -y appcrane-mcp

Is AppCrane MCP server safe?: Mostly: it is graded B (83/100). Read the AppCrane safety report
How do I install AppCrane?: It runs on your machine. Copy the Claude Code, Claude Desktop or Cursor config from the install section.
Does AppCrane need an API key?: Yes. The registry entry asks for APPCRANE_KEY, APPCRANE_GITHUB_TOKEN.
Is AppCrane maintained?: The last commit was 7 days ago (2026-09-13). The latest release is v1.0.0.
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Local package. It runs on your machine, not through the gateway.

APPCRANE_URLBase URL of your own AppCrane instance, e.g. https://crane.example.com. Without it the connector still starts and answers tools/list from the bundled catalog, but cannot execute tools.
APPCRANE_KEYsecretYour AppCrane API key, sent to the instance as the X-API-Key header. Required to execute tools.
APPCRANE_GITHUB_TOKENsecretOptional GitHub personal access token, sent as X-Github-Token, to unlock the github_* passthrough tools.

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