mcp-drift-monitor: continuous detection of unauthorized changes in MCP servers

mcp-drift-monitor detecta cambios no autorizados en servidores MCP (Model Context Protocol). Implementa el control primario faltante descrito en arXiv:2608.00997 : un barrido completo periódico del catálogo que re-descarga todos los servidores y recomputa hashes. Problema arXiv:2608.00997 ( MCP Registry Drift: A 88.6-Day Measurement of 19,099 Servers ) reporta un punto ciego crítico: los enfoques…

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A new tool called mcp-drift-monitor has been developed to detect unauthorized changes in MCP servers. The tool addresses a critical blind spot identified in a research paper on arXiv:2608.00997, which found that traditional change detection approaches fail to identify silent changes and new additions to the MCP registry. The monitor implements a periodic full catalog sweep to re-download all servers and recompute hashes.

It was calibrated and verified using a panel of 19,099 servers observed over 88.6 days, and is available as a Docker image or library on GitHub.

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