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Skyglance MCP Server

Developer ToolsModerate5.2MCP RegistryLocal
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What's flying above you: live aircraft, identity, routes, and your own sighting history.

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What's flying above you: live aircraft, identity, routes, and your own sighting history.

Security Report

5.2
Moderate5.2Moderate Risk

SkyGlance is a well-architected MCP server for aircraft tracking with strong privacy-by-design principles. The code demonstrates excellent security practices including coordinate coarsening before external queries, local SQLite storage with no data exfiltration, and proper permission scoping. Minor code quality observations exist but do not materially impact security. Supply chain analysis found 5 known vulnerabilities in dependencies (0 critical, 5 high severity). Package verification found 1 issue.

3 files analyzed · 9 issues found

Security scores are indicators to help you make informed decisions, not guarantees. Always review permissions before connecting any MCP server.

Permissions Required

This plugin requests these system permissions. Most are normal for its category.

HTTP Network Access

Connects to external APIs or services over the internet.

env_vars

Check that this permission is expected for this type of plugin.

File System Read

Reads files on your machine. Normal for tools that analyze or process local data.

File System Write

Writes or modifies files on your machine. Check that this is expected for the tool.

database

Check that this permission is expected for this type of plugin.

What You'll Need

Set these up before or after installing:

Your latitude. Enables background sighting history.Optional

Environment variable: SKYGLANCE_HOME_LAT

Your longitude. Enables background sighting history.Optional

Environment variable: SKYGLANCE_HOME_LON

Set to 0 to disable background history recording.Optional

Environment variable: SKYGLANCE_POLL

How to Install

Add this to your MCP configuration file:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "io-github-darshjoshi-skyglance": {
      "env": {
        "SKYGLANCE_POLL": "your-skyglance-poll-here",
        "SKYGLANCE_HOME_LAT": "your-skyglance-home-lat-here",
        "SKYGLANCE_HOME_LON": "your-skyglance-home-lon-here"
      },
      "args": [
        "skyglance"
      ],
      "command": "uvx"
    }
  }
}

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