mcp-remote: Connect an MCP Client that only supports local (stdio) servers to a Remote MCP Server

by punkpeye · MCP Server · ★ 1.6k

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How to install mcp-remote

npx mcp-remote https://example.remote/server --transport sse-only
npx mcp-remote https://example.remote/server --static-oauth-client-metadata '{ "scope": "space separated scopes" }'

Taken from the project's README on GitHub. Check the security audit before running it.

Security audit verdict: SAFE · quality 71/100

None of the 42 rules matched — no credential harvesting, no data exfiltration, no curl-pipe-shell installer. Scanned against 42 published rules built on the SlowMist agent-security taxonomy, refreshed every 8 hours. Full audit →

The quality score combines nine heuristic checks of the repo and its README: completeness, clarity, specificity, examples, structure, agent readiness, step-by-step content, instruction quality and security notes. It rates how well the project explains itself to an agent, not the code.

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Quick Facts

Stars1,639
Forks309
LanguageTypeScript
CategoryMCP Server
LicenseMIT
Quality Score71/100
Open Issues1
Last Updated2026-10-20
Created2025-03-20
Platformscli, mcp, node
Est. Tokens~17k

About mcp-remote

Connect an MCP Client that only supports local (stdio) servers to a Remote MCP Server, with auth support: Note: this is a working proof-of-concept but should be considered experimental. Why is this necessary? So far, the majority of MCP servers in the wild are installed locally, using the stdio transport.

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How this security grade is produced

Grades come from a rule-based scan built on the SlowMist agent-security taxonomy: 42 published rules, covering credential harvesting, data exfiltration, curl | sh installers and more. It is a first-layer scan, not a manual audit — we say so rather than overstate it.

The scale of the problem is documented independently: Liu et al. (2026), in a study of 31,132 agent skills, report that 26.1% contain security vulnerabilities. Our own full-catalog census is published as a citable open dataset.

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