fpgaZeroMCP (bard0-design/fpgaZeroMCP) is an MCP server listed on the M8ven Trust Index. It scores 73 out of 100, grade C. It declares 26 tools. No publisher has claimed this listing.

C
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73/100
17 days ago

fpgaZeroMCP

Provides AI assistants with a complete FPGA toolchain for HDL linting, simulation, synthesis, and place-and-route across various hardware targets. It features a GitHub-backed IP core registry that enables users to search for and import MIT-licensed cores directly through their chat interface.

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bard0-design

Source: Glama

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// key findings
No credential exfiltration, no sensitive file access, no obfuscation
Static analysis found nothing flowing your secrets to unexpected places.
Open source with a license and README
Anyone can audit the code, the license is declared, and the publisher documents what it does.
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You'll be asked for 1 credential: GITHUB_TOKEN
These are read from process.env at runtime. Make sure you trust where they’ll be sent.
// environment variables
To run this server yourself, you supply these values. They go in your own MCP client configuration and stay on your machine. The secret label means the value is sensitive, not that the server mishandles it.
configFPGAZERO_ALLOWED_DIRSOS pathsep-separated list of extra directories that project_dir may read from (in addition to cwd and $HOME)
configFPGAZERO_TMPDIROverride temporary workspace root directory
🔐 secretGITHUB_TOKENexport =ghp_...
configFPGAZERO_ALLOWED_LICENSESOverride with the environment variable (comma-separated SPDX IDs):
// quality suggestions

Tool annotations

No tools have read-only/destructive annotations

Add readOnlyHint or destructiveHint annotations to every tool so hosts can warn users before invoking.

All four hints declared on every tool

26/26 tools missing one or more hints — handle_call_tool (missing: readOnlyHint, destructiveHint, idempotentHint, openWorldHint); lint_hdl (missing: readOnlyHint, destructiveHint, idempotentHint, openWorldHint); lint_project (missing: readOnlyHint, destructiveHint, idempotentHint, openWorldHint), +23 more. OpenAI's directory rejects tools where any of the four hints are missing or non-boolean.

For every tool, set all four hints (readOnlyHint, destructiveHint, idempotentHint, openWorldHint) to explicit true/false values that match the handler’s actual behaviour.

Tests exist

No test files found

Add tests that exercise each declared tool.

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commit: 716589011bcca4213b53bc8cf2d024a72e8858a6
code hash: 07ab5389ab2f6e7d9ca8cc55a4653ddf5b87b3a39bdd1de53830e61452db0777
verified: 8/7/2026, 2:23:09 AM
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