chatlab-mcp

Item: chatlab-mcp
Rating: 38
Author: M8ven

MCP server for ChatLab that automates the chatlab-cli in headless HTTP mode, enabling session management, message retrieval, SQL queries, and API calls via natural language.

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// key findings

⚠️

Tool descriptions don’t match what handlers do

6 tools describe read intent but their handlers mutate — chatlab_status (line 227: spawn(command.command, args, {); chatlab_list_sessions (line 227: spawn(command.command, args, {); chatlab_get_session (line 227: spawn(command.command, args, {)

⚠️

Known vulnerabilities in dependencies: 3 high

Affects packages this MCP installs at runtime. Upgrade or remove the affected dependency.

✅

No credential exfiltration, no sensitive file access, no obfuscation

Static analysis found nothing flowing your secrets to unexpected places.

🔐

You'll be asked for 1 credential: CHATLAB_TOKEN

These are read from process.env at runtime. Make sure you trust where they’ll be sent.

// known CVEs in dependencies3 high

Disclosed vulnerabilities in this server's declared npm dependencies (via OSV). Whether each is reachable depends on the installed versions.

high@modelcontextprotocol/sdk@1.15.0GHSA-345p-7cg4-v4c7

@modelcontextprotocol/sdk has cross-client data leak via shared server/transport instance reuse

high@modelcontextprotocol/sdk@1.15.0GHSA-8r9q-7v3j-jr4g

Anthropic's MCP TypeScript SDK has a ReDoS vulnerability

high@modelcontextprotocol/sdk@1.15.0GHSA-w48q-cv73-mx4w

Model Context Protocol (MCP) TypeScript SDK does not enable DNS rebinding protection by default

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// required environment variables

This server reads these from process.env. You'll be asked to provide them before it can run.

configCHATLAB_API_PORT— empty Fallback port variable if CHATLAB_PORT is not set

configCHATLAB_AUTO_START— true Start chatlab-cli automatically before API calls

configCHATLAB_CLI_BIN— bundled chatlab-cli Optional custom executable or script path

configCHATLAB_HEADLESS— true Use --headless; set to false to serve the Web UI too

configCHATLAB_HOST— 127.0.0.1 ChatLab listen host

configCHATLAB_PORT— 3110 ChatLab HTTP API port

configCHATLAB_TIMEOUT_MS— 30000 HTTP request timeout

🔐 secretCHATLAB_TOKEN— generated per MCP process Bearer token passed to chatlab-cli and used for API calls

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commit: 4c9eb6e64a340f4cc12b8d98236ae1b7ed34c2f8

code hash: 221f3cc0f3867c08d1e2a86e06646f49ea94691104a47a78fcc6757e9ceea428

verified: 7/8/2026, 8:42:58 AM

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