{"id":"mcpshim-mcpshim","name":"mcpshim","homepage":"https://mcpshim.dev","repo_url":"https://github.com/mcpshim/mcpshim","category":"devtools","subcategories":[],"tags":["mcp","ai-agents","cli","ipc","oauth","sqlite","tool-calling"],"what_it_does":"MCPShim provides a local daemon (mcpshimd) and CLI (mcpshim) that turn remote MCP server tools into standard command-line workflows. It manages MCP session/discovery, optionally OAuth login, and exposes tool calls via a JSON-over-UNIX-socket IPC protocol and mapped CLI flags, returning structured JSON output and maintaining local call history in SQLite.","use_cases":["Let LLM agents and scripts call remote MCP tools using simple CLI invocations","Centralize and standardize auth/session handling across multiple MCP servers","Reduce agent prompt/context overhead by using alias-based local command workflows instead of dumping raw MCP schemas","Persist and inspect tool call history locally for debugging/auditing"],"not_for":["Projects needing a hosted SaaS/API surface (this is a local daemon + CLI pattern)","Environments where Unix socket IPC or local daemon processes are not allowed","Use cases requiring standardized REST/GraphQL/SDK integrations out of the box"],"best_when":"You want a language-agnostic way (shell/CLI) for agents/scripts to call many different MCP servers with consistent auth and JSON I/O on a single machine.","avoid_when":"You need direct network APIs, fine-grained cloud identity integration, or strict guarantees about idempotency/retries at the API-operation level without checking the daemon’s implementation.","alternatives":["Build per-MCP-server CLI wrappers manually","Use an MCP client library/SDK directly in your agent runtime (if available)","Other MCP-to-automation bridges (e.g., tool-calling adapters specific to each platform)"],"af_score":58.0,"security_score":52.8,"reliability_score":23.8,"package_type":"mcp_server","discovery_source":["github"],"priority":"high","status":"evaluated","version_evaluated":null,"last_evaluated":"2026-03-30T15:21:14.786886+00:00","interface":{"has_rest_api":false,"has_graphql":false,"has_grpc":false,"has_mcp_server":false,"mcp_server_url":null,"has_sdk":false,"sdk_languages":[],"openapi_spec_url":null,"webhooks":false},"auth":{"methods":["Configured request headers per server (e.g., Authorization header)","OAuth login flow for OAuth-capable MCP servers (auto-initiated on 401 when configured appropriately)","Manual/cross-device OAuth completion"],"oauth":true,"scopes":false,"notes":"Auth is configured via CLI headers per server and tokens are stored locally in SQLite (oauth_tokens per README). Scope granularity is not described."},"pricing":{"model":null,"free_tier_exists":false,"free_tier_limits":null,"paid_tiers":[],"requires_credit_card":false,"estimated_workload_costs":null,"notes":"No pricing information provided; appears to be open-source/local software."},"requirements":{"requires_signup":false,"requires_credit_card":false,"domain_verification":false,"data_residency":[],"compliance":[],"min_contract":null},"agent_readiness":{"af_score":58.0,"security_score":52.8,"reliability_score":23.8,"mcp_server_quality":70.0,"documentation_accuracy":75.0,"error_message_quality":0.0,"error_message_notes":null,"auth_complexity":60.0,"rate_limit_clarity":20.0,"tls_enforcement":60.0,"auth_strength":65.0,"scope_granularity":30.0,"dependency_hygiene":50.0,"secret_handling":55.0,"security_notes":"Uses OAuth and configurable headers; tokens appear stored in local SQLite. The README does not describe secure storage controls (encryption at rest, filesystem permissions), token redaction in logs, or scope granularity. No explicit rate limiting guidance is given.","uptime_documented":0.0,"version_stability":40.0,"breaking_changes_history":0.0,"error_recovery":55.0,"idempotency_support":"false","idempotency_notes":null,"pagination_style":"none","retry_guidance_documented":false,"known_agent_gotchas":["Relies on a local daemon + Unix socket; agent environments must support running/connecting to mcpshimd","Retry behavior is mentioned at the lifecycle level, but idempotency semantics for repeated tool calls are not documented in the provided README","JSON output behavior depends on whether stdout is a terminal; agents may need to use --json for consistent parsing"]}}