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MCP Inspector

The official developer tool for inspecting and connecting to MCP servers.

Profile Verified Verified 2026-09-12

What is it?

The official developer tool for inspecting and connecting to MCP servers.

Included because: Widely relevant developer infrastructure for verifying MCP discovery surfaces.

Provider / organizationModel Context Protocol project
Homepage / projecthttps://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/inspector
Repositoryhttps://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/inspector
MCP endpointUNKNOWN
AuthenticationDepends on the inspected server
Transportstdio, streamable HTTP, and SSE targets documented
Tool countUNKNOWN
Last verified2026-09-12

What evidence do we have?

Evidence state: PROFILE_VERIFIED

  • No Agent Trust Lab measurement is linked yet.

No Agent Trust Lab reliability measurement is linked yet.

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What can an agent use it for?

  • Inspect server configuration and discovery metadata.
  • Connect to a local or remote MCP server during development.

What type of tool surface does it expose?

Inspection and connection controls for multiple target transports; not a hosted MCP provider itself.

What remains untested or unknown?

  • No MCP endpoint or standalone tool count applies to the Inspector.

Source provenance

Identity verification: VERIFIED; checked 2026-09-12. No claim is submitted on behalf of the project.

Has Agent Trust Lab tested it?

Not yet — this is a source-verified profile and a future evidence candidate.

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