Is Forage MCP Server safe to use?

Forage MCP Server has no known CVEs as of the latest MCPpedia security scan. It does not require authentication, so any local process can connect — keep this in mind in shared environments.

How do I install Forage MCP Server?

Forage MCP Server supports copy-paste install configs on its MCPpedia page for Claude Desktop, Cursor, and Claude Code. Scroll to the Quick Install section and select your client.

What can Forage MCP Server do?

Forage MCP Server provides 6 tools: forage_search, forage_evaluate, forage_install, forage_learn, forage_status and 1 more. See the full tools list on the server page for descriptions and parameters.

What AI clients work with Forage MCP Server?

Forage MCP Server is compatible with claude-desktop, cursor, claude-code. It uses stdio and sse and http transport.

Is Forage MCP Server actively maintained?

Forage MCP Server is recently maintained — last commit was 86 days ago. It has 10 GitHub stars.

Forage MCP Server

forage-mcp

Self-improving tool discovery for AI agents. Find, install, and use new MCP servers automatically.

10 42/wk 6 tools GitHub npm

No known CVEs

No license

Maintained

Last commit 86d ago

Works with most clients

Transport: stdio, sse, http

6 tools · ~433 tok

Grade A · 0.2% of 200K ctx

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Step 1

Install in your client

Config is the same across clients — only the file and path differ.

Supported in Claude Desktopstdio, sse, http · Node 18+

Paste into ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "io-github-isaac-levine-forage": {
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "forage-mcp"
      ],
      "command": "npx"
    }
  }
}

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What Forage MCP Server does

npm · GitHub · Contributing

Test This Server

Run this in your terminal to verify the server starts. Then let us know if it worked — your result helps other developers.

npx -y 'forage-mcp' 2>&1 | head -1 && echo "✓ Server started successfully"

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Score breakdown

81/100across 5 weighted dimensions

How we score →

0255075100

−19

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Security

OSV.dev

No known CVEs.

Checked forage-mcp against OSV.dev.

Inventory

Tools (6)

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~433 tokens total

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is Forage MCP Server safe to use?: Forage MCP Server has no known CVEs as of the latest MCPpedia security scan. It does not require authentication, so any local process can connect — keep this in mind in shared environments.
How do I install Forage MCP Server?: Forage MCP Server supports copy-paste install configs on its MCPpedia page for Claude Desktop, Cursor, and Claude Code. Scroll to the Quick Install section and select your client.
What can Forage MCP Server do?: Forage MCP Server provides 6 tools: forage_search, forage_evaluate, forage_install, forage_learn, forage_status and 1 more. See the full tools list on the server page for descriptions and parameters.
What AI clients work with Forage MCP Server?: Forage MCP Server is compatible with claude-desktop, cursor, claude-code. It uses stdio and sse and http transport.
Is Forage MCP Server actively maintained?: Forage MCP Server is recently maintained — last commit was 86 days ago. It has 10 GitHub stars.

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Step 1

Install in your client

Config is the same across clients — only the file and path differ.

Supported in Claude Desktopstdio, sse, http · Node 18+

Paste into ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "io-github-isaac-levine-forage": {
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "forage-mcp"
      ],
      "command": "npx"
    }
  }
}

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What Forage MCP Server does

npm · GitHub · Contributing

Test This Server

Run this in your terminal to verify the server starts. Then let us know if it worked — your result helps other developers.

npx -y 'forage-mcp' 2>&1 | head -1 && echo "✓ Server started successfully"

After testing, let us know if it worked:

README

🌿 Forage

Self-improving tool discovery for AI agents.

Install one MCP server. Your agent finds the rest.

npm · GitHub · Contributing

Forage is an MCP server that lets AI agents discover, install, and learn to use new tools — automatically. When an agent hits a wall, it forages for the right tool, installs it, and teaches itself how to use it. No restarts. No manual config. The agent gets permanently smarter.

Why?

AI coding agents are limited to whatever tools they're configured with at session start. Need to query a database? Deploy to Vercel? Search Slack? The agent apologizes and you manually install the right MCP server.

Forage closes that loop:

Agent encounters a task it can't do
  → forage_search("query postgres database")
  → forage_install("@modelcontextprotocol/server-postgres")
  → Tools available IMMEDIATELY (no restart)
  → forage_learn() saves instructions to CLAUDE.md
  → Next session: auto-starts, agent already knows how to use it

Quick Start

Claude Code

claude mcp add forage -- npx -y forage-mcp

Cursor

npx forage-mcp init --client cursor

That's it. Start a new session and Forage is ready.

Tools

Tool	Description
`forage_search`	Search for MCP servers across the Official MCP Registry, Smithery, and npm
`forage_evaluate`	Get details on a package — downloads, README, install command
`forage_install`	Install and start an MCP server as a proxied subprocess (requires user approval)
`forage_learn`	Write usage instructions to CLAUDE.md / AGENTS.md / .cursor/rules/
`forage_status`	List all installed and running tools
`forage_uninstall`	Remove a tool and clean up rules

How It Works

Forage is a gateway/proxy MCP server:

You install Forage once — it's the only MCP server you configure manually
Forage discovers tools — searches the Official MCP Registry, Smithery, and npm in parallel
Forage installs tools — starts them as child processes, wraps their capabilities
No restart needed — emits list_changed notifications so the agent picks up new tools instantly
Knowledge persists — forage_learn writes to agent rule files, manifest auto-starts tools next session

Architecture

┌─────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│  Claude Code / Cursor / Codex               │
│                                             │
│  "I need to query a Postgres database"      │
└──────────────────┬──────────────────────────┘
                   │ MCP
                   ▼
┌─────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│  Forage MCP Server                          │
│                                             │
│  forage_search ─── Official Registry        │
│  forage_install    Smithery                 │
│  forage_learn      npm                      │
│  forage_status                              │
│                                             │
│  ┌─────────────┐  ┌─────────────┐          │
│  │ Postgres MCP│  │ GitHub MCP  │  ...      │
│  │ (subprocess)│  │ (subprocess)│          │
│  └─────────────┘  └─────────────┘          │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────┘

When you install a tool through Forage:

Forage runs npx -y <package> as a child process
Connects to it via StdioClientTransport (MCP client)
Disc

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Scored, not listed

Why this score

Five weighted categories — click any category to see the underlying evidence.

Score breakdown

81/100across 5 weighted dimensions

How we score →

0255075100

−19

Security

Maintenance

Efficiency

Documentation

Compatibility

Categoriesclick a row to see evidence

Security

OSV.dev

No known CVEs.

Checked forage-mcp against OSV.dev.

Inventory

Tools (6)

Click any tool to inspect its schema.

~433 tokens total

Community

Reviews

Be the first to review

Have you used this server?

Share your experience — it helps other developers decide.

How easy was setup?Did it work reliably?How was the documentation?

Frequently Asked Questions

Is Forage MCP Server safe to use?: Forage MCP Server has no known CVEs as of the latest MCPpedia security scan. It does not require authentication, so any local process can connect — keep this in mind in shared environments.
How do I install Forage MCP Server?: Forage MCP Server supports copy-paste install configs on its MCPpedia page for Claude Desktop, Cursor, and Claude Code. Scroll to the Quick Install section and select your client.
What can Forage MCP Server do?: Forage MCP Server provides 6 tools: forage_search, forage_evaluate, forage_install, forage_learn, forage_status and 1 more. See the full tools list on the server page for descriptions and parameters.
What AI clients work with Forage MCP Server?: Forage MCP Server is compatible with claude-desktop, cursor, claude-code. It uses stdio and sse and http transport.
Is Forage MCP Server actively maintained?: Forage MCP Server is recently maintained — last commit was 86 days ago. It has 10 GitHub stars.