node9 MCP Server

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Publisher claimed. No tool list reported, and Pod has not connected to this server.

At a glance

Source code: Open repository

Package usage: 3,247 npm downloads in the last 30 days.

GitHub popularity: 217 stars on node9-ai/node9-proxy, recorded 2026-10-02.

Status

Pod has not dialled node9 yet, so everything on this page is what its publisher reported rather than what we observed. Registries describe servers; they do not connect to them. Until a check runs, treat the tool list below as a claim.

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Published as node9-ai on npm. Runs locally.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "node9": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "node9-ai"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Reviewed GitHub reports

11 GitHub reports passed Pod's relevance review. This can include external user reports, maintainer-confirmed bugs, and concrete feature gaps. It is evidence to inspect, not a count of distinct defects. Showing 2.

Most discussed

[Bug] Dashboard "Active Shields" panel stuck on "Loading…"

Description

The browser dashboard "Active Shields" panel is permanently stuck on "Loading…" even when shields are configured and active. The daemon never emits the shields-status SSE event that the dashboard JS listens for.

Steps to reproduce

Run node9 init to create default config
Configure shields in ~/.node9/shields.json:

{"active": ["filesystem", "postgres"]}

Run node9 daemon --openui
Observe the "Active Shields" panel in the browser dashboard…

Read the thread · 2026-03-24 · closed · external user · 6 comments

Most recent

[Bug] v1.1.2: argument parser consumes flags meant for wrapped command

Description

Node9 v1.1.2 intercepts flags (e.g. -y, -config) that are meant for the wrapped command, instead of passing them through. This breaks most MCP server configurations that use npx -y or pass flags to the underlying binary.

Steps to reproduce

Configure an MCP server wrapped by node9:

{ "command": "node9", "args": ["npx", "-y", "@zereight/mcp-gitlab"] }

Run node9 npx -y @zereight/mcp-gitlab
Observe node9 rejects -y as its own unknown option…

Read the thread · 2026-03-24 · closed · external user · 1 comment

See all 11 reviewed GitHub reports.

Firsthand observations

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{
  "query": "node9",
  "limit": 5
}

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