{"id":"aqualia-alph","name":"Alph","af_score":56.8,"security_score":54.2,"reliability_score":41.2,"what_it_does":"Alph (@aqualia/alph-cli) is a local-first CLI that configures Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers for multiple AI coding agents by detecting agents, validating configuration, performing atomic file writes with timestamped backups, and supporting rollback. It supports MCP transports (HTTP, SSE, and local STDIO) and can run in interactive or non-interactive modes, with a dry-run option to preview changes.","best_when":"You want to quickly and safely wire one or more MCP server endpoints (local or remote) into several developer tools without hand-editing fragile JSON/config files.","avoid_when":"You need a stable, documented REST/GraphQL API with guaranteed idempotent semantics for every operation; you primarily need a hosted service rather than local CLI configuration.","last_evaluated":"2026-03-30T15:18:11.940865+00:00","has_mcp":false,"has_api":false,"auth_methods":["Bearer token via --bearer (used to set Authorization header / headers for HTTP/SSE transports)"],"has_free_tier":false,"known_gotchas":["Codex CLI on Windows is not supported (process spawning/env var handling upstream issue).","If agents are not detected, configuration may need to be placed in the expected default locations."],"error_quality":0.0}