BurnBar (Imagine-That-Ai/BurnBar) is an MCP server listed on the M8ven Trust Index. It scores 74 out of 100, grade C. It declares 2 tools. No publisher has claimed this listing.

Back to MCP Trust IndexM8ven
C
Emerging
74/100

BurnBar

Local-first macOS menu bar app for tracking AI coding agent usage, transcripts, and workflows.

→ Imagine-That-Ai/BurnBar· listed on github_code

Emerging. No concerning findings. Grades remain capped until the project builds reputation through adoption. Grades reflect the full trust pyramid: code, verification depth, and reputation. New projects cap at C until adoption is earned.

How we verified

⚡ Live Monitored: not connected

Verified is a snapshot. Live keeps it current, and builds your track record.

⚡ Connect GitHub → continuous verification on every pushwhy connect →

Who stands behind it

Imagine-That-Ai

Source: github_code

Is this your MCP?

Claim it to get a verified publisher badge, a free copy of our full audit findings, and direct contact for any high-priority issues we find. Or connect your repo for our deepest verification, Live Monitored: read-only, revoke anytime. What we access →

⚡ Connect GitHub for Live Monitored

Install from

GitHub

The grade above is for the source repository. Registries can serve a different version, so we mark the ones we were not able to read.

// 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.
🔐
You'll be asked for 3 credentials: OPENBURNBAR_GATEWAY_TOKEN, OPENBURNBAR_MCP_ACCESS_TOKEN, OPENBURNBAR_MCP_REFRESH_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.
configOPENBURNBAR_ALLOW_INSECURE_MCP_TOKEN_SOURCE
configOPENBURNBAR_ALLOW_INSECURE_VAULT_KEY_SOURCE
configOPENBURNBAR_APPLICATIONS_DIR
configOPENBURNBAR_APP_FEED_URL
configOPENBURNBAR_CLOUD_VAULT_KEY_BASE64
🔐 secretOPENBURNBAR_GATEWAY_TOKENor x-api-key: local-cliproxy). --token / adds
configOPENBURNBAR_LIVE_FEED_TEST
🔐 secretOPENBURNBAR_MCP_ACCESS_TOKEN
configOPENBURNBAR_MCP_ALLOW_CUSTOM_ENDPOINT
configOPENBURNBAR_MCP_ENDPOINTThe endpoint is https://mcp.burnbar.ai/mcp by default; overrides it (loopback hosts allowed for local development, everything else must be https).
🔐 secretOPENBURNBAR_MCP_REFRESH_TOKEN
configOPENBURNBAR_UPSTREAM_TIMEOUT_MS
configXDG_RUNTIME_DIR
// 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

2/2 tools missing one or more hints — burnbar_search_conversations (missing: readOnlyHint, destructiveHint, idempotentHint, openWorldHint); burnbar_search_knowledge (missing: readOnlyHint, destructiveHint, idempotentHint, openWorldHint). 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.

Claim the listing to review these findings one by one and send us a correction where you disagree, straight to the team. Claiming also means we tell you when the grade moves, and reach you first if we find anything urgent.

// full audit trail
The findings above are the summary. The full trail, every check we ran, each deduction, the network hosts observed and the dependency advisories, goes to verified publishers, along with an alert whenever a new one lands. Verified publishers can also review each finding and dispute it in one click. Publisher corrections have sharpened several of our checks this month, because the maintainer knows the codebase better than any scanner.
// improvement guidance — verified publishers only
We have 2 concrete improvements we can share with the publisher of this MCP. Each comes with specific guidance to raise the trust score.
// embed badge in your README
[![M8ven Score](https://m8ven.ai/badge/mcp/imagine-that-ai/burnbar)](https://m8ven.ai/mcp/imagine-that-ai/burnbar)
Shows your grade and updates automatically. Prefer no grade? Append ?variant=verified to the badge URL.
commit: 7a31b6d1b9fea10123e768203d81b0632503e6a5
code hash: 2b1899844a07c258075aadfe52a712c2fdf45247f526b3d01802d872f2b7d059
view raw JSON →
Check MCPs from inside your assistant
Tool Check · MCP

Vetting this one by hand? Tool Check is an MCP that scores other MCPs. Add it once and ask Claude, ChatGPT, or any MCP client to grade a server, surface CVEs, check the publisher, and suggest safer alternatives — before you install.

https://m8ven.ai/api/mcp/tool-check
check_toolsearch_toolscompare_toolsrecommend_alternativescheck_publisherreport_concern
How to add it →Free · no account needed · works in any MCP client