# io.github.PV-Bhat/vibe-check-mcp-server MCP Server

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## Status

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## Connect

Published as `@pv-bhat/vibe-check-mcp` on npm. Runs locally.

## Known issues

**15 problems reported by people outside the maintainer team.** Issues filed by the project's own owners, members and collaborators are excluded — those are release checklists and internal refactors, not things that will go wrong for you. Showing 12.

### Most discussed

### `npx @pv-bhat/vibe-check-mcp` quickstart fails install and produces no response

Trying to run any of the `npx @pv-bhat/vibe-check-mcp` commands immediately starts and stops the server with no response. This started when trying to install the server into VS Code via:
```json
"vibe-check-mcp": {
  "command": "npx",
  "args": ["-y", "@pv-bhat/vibe-check-mcp", "start", "--stdio"]
}
```
Which produced this log output:
```
2025-10-31 12:02:52.870 [info] Starting server vibe-check-mcp
2025-10-31 12:02:52.871 [info] Connection state: Starting
2025-10-31 12:02:52.875 [info] Starting

[Read the thread](https://github.com/PV-Bhat/vibe-check-mcp-server/issues/74) · 2025-10-31 · closed · external user · 4 comments

### Running npx @pv-bhat/vibe-check-mcp install --client claude

Running sudo npx @pv-bhat/vibe-check-mcp install --client claude nor npx @pv-bhat/vibe-check-mcp install --client claude seem to result in anything be installed in my local claude code agent.  Am I missing something?

[Read the thread](https://github.com/PV-Bhat/vibe-check-mcp-server/issues/50) · 2025-10-15 · closed · external user · 3 comments

### [Feature Request] Support Claude Code (Max subscription) integration in Cline without external API key

## Background & Motivation

I've __tested vibe-check-mcp via API__ and I'm genuinely __excited about the results__! The metacognitive feedback it provides is wonderfull, and make sonnet 4.5 very close to opus 4.1 result, without the cost / session lock.

## Current Situation

I'm using __Cline__ (Claude Code extension) in VS Code with a __Claude Code Max subscription__, which gives me access to Claude models directly through the extension.

I've successfully configured vibe-check-mcp in Cline's 

[Read the thread](https://github.com/PV-Bhat/vibe-check-mcp-server/issues/47) · 2025-10-11 · closed · external user · 5 comments

### Provide a one-liner installer/runner (first-party npx command) for zero-friction setup

**Problem / Motivation**
Vibe Check MCP is great, but the current quickstart asks users to clone and build locally:

```bash
git clone https://github.com/PV-Bhat/vibe-check-mcp-server.git
cd vibe-check-mcp-server
npm install
npm run build
```

This adds friction for new users and for scenarios where a fast, disposable trial is preferred (labs, workshops, CI). Smithery offers a convenient path, but it’s a third-party dependency. Many MCP tools now expose a **first-party `npx` command** (e.g., `np

[Read the thread](https://github.com/PV-Bhat/vibe-check-mcp-server/issues/35) · 2025-10-08 · closed · external user · 2 comments

### Q: Can Vibe Check be compatible with "PM" MCPs?

There are some examples of project planners and architectural design tooling available. Do you think Vibe Check will be compatible?
- Task Master https://github.com/eyaltoledano/claude-task-master/discussions/487
- BMAD's set of tooling https://github.com/bmadcode/BMAD-METHOD
- CursorRIPER https://github.com/johnpeterman72/CursorRIPER
- SuperClaude https://github.com/SuperClaude-Org/SuperClaude_Framework
- ConPort (previously RooFlow) https://github.com/GreatScottyMac/context-portal

[Read the thread](https://github.com/PV-Bhat/vibe-check-mcp-server/issues/26) · 2025-07-29 · closed · external user · 3 comments

### Most recent

### vibe_learn can replace the entire log with one entry and return added: true (2.7.6)

### Summary

In `build/utils/storage.js`, a single unreadable/torn read of `~/.vibe-check/vibe-log.json` causes the
**entire history to be replaced by one entry, while the tool reports success**. With more than one MCP
process writing, the torn state is reachable in normal use.

### Reproduction — one call, no race required

The race only has to have happened *once*, leaving a file some later call reads. Simulate that state
directly:

```bash
# 2.7.6, sandboxed HOME so the real store is untouche

[Read the thread](https://github.com/PV-Bhat/vibe-check-mcp-server/issues/107) · 2026-08-21 · open · external user · 0 comments

### Idea: Quantitative reliability metrics alongside qualitative feedback?

Hey — love the concept of "vibe check" for AI agents. Mentor-like qualitative feedback is something the ecosystem really lacks.

It made me think about the quantitative side of the same problem:

Your server tells agents *how well they're doing* (qualitative).
But there's no standard way to tell agents *how reliable their tools are* (quantitative).

For example: an agent calls 5 different MCP tools. 4 work great. 1 fails silently 15% of the time. The agent has no signal about this.

I've been bu

[Read the thread](https://github.com/PV-Bhat/vibe-check-mcp-server/issues/93) · 2026-03-31 · closed · external user · 1 comment

### check_constitution tool returns invalid MCP content type

## Bug Description

The `check_constitution` tool returns an invalid content type that causes a Zod validation error in MCP clients (tested with Claude Code).

## Environment

- MCP Client: Claude Code
- vibe-check-mcp-server: latest

## Error

When calling `check_constitution`, the following Zod validation error is returned:

```
Invalid literal value, expected "text"
received: "json"
path: ["content", 0, "type"]
```

The MCP protocol expects content types to be one of: `text`, `image`, `audio`

[Read the thread](https://github.com/PV-Bhat/vibe-check-mcp-server/issues/84) · 2025-11-30 · closed · external user · 1 comment

### Claude Code Skills instead of MCP?

I would love to have this as Claud Code Skills instead of an MCP. 
When coding with Claude Code it would be a better experience and Skills might be more efficient with context tokens.

What do you think?

[Read the thread](https://github.com/PV-Bhat/vibe-check-mcp-server/issues/72) · 2025-10-29 · closed · external user · 2 comments

### Windsurf: MCP tools/call produces no output — initialization OK, tools/list works

Hi,  
  
I’ve been trying to get the `@pv-bhat/vibe-check-mcp` server (v2.7.1) working with Windsurf and have run into a consistent issue where tool calls never return any output over stdio. Here’s everything I’ve done:  
  
1. Installed Node 20.19.3 and the package globally: `npm install -g @pv-bhat/vibe-check-mcp@2.7.1`.  

2. Added the server to both Windsurf config locations:  
   - `~/.codeium/mcp_config.json`  
   - `~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.json`  
   Both now point to the direct CL

[Read the thread](https://github.com/PV-Bhat/vibe-check-mcp-server/issues/61) · 2025-10-22 · closed · external user · 1 comment

### Support changing API endpoint (to implicitly support z.ai)

As per [z.ai documentation](https://docs.z.ai/scenario-example/develop-tools/claude), the two env vars are already set:

```
        "ANTHROPIC_AUTH_TOKEN": "your_zai_api_key",
        "ANTHROPIC_BASE_URL": "https://api.z.ai/api/anthropic",
```

It would be valuable to support these out of the box.

[Read the thread](https://github.com/PV-Bhat/vibe-check-mcp-server/issues/59) · 2025-10-19 · closed · external user · 1 comment

### How do i use the auto start but with openai key in claude code ?

How do i use it with claude code, when using the auto start on a mac ?

i added this to claude.json but it aint working it wont connect

    "vibe-check": {
      "command": "node",
      "args": [
        "/Users/tg/Downloads/MCP/vibe-check-mcp-server/build/index.js"
      ],
      "env": {
        "OPENAI_API_KEY": "my key"
      }

[Read the thread](https://github.com/PV-Bhat/vibe-check-mcp-server/issues/38) · 2025-10-09 · closed · external user · 1 comment

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