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Helloaigent Subscriber MCP Server

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Subscribe your agent to Hello Aigent feeds: discover, fetch signed updates, verify, and act.

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Subscribe your agent to Hello Aigent feeds: discover, fetch signed updates, verify, and act.

Security Report

5.2
Moderate5.2Moderate Risk

This MCP server implements a well-architected Hello Aigent feed subscriber with proper signature verification, consent-based policy controls, and secure credential handling. The codebase demonstrates good security fundamentals: Bearer tokens are stored locally in files with restrictive permissions (0600), never logged or exposed to callers, and signature verification is enforced before any action is taken on updates. Permissions align appropriately with the server's purpose (network access for feed discovery/fetching, local state file I/O, subprocess spawning for watch scheduling). Minor code quality issues around input validation and error handling prevent a higher score, but no vulnerabilities were identified. Supply chain analysis found 3 known vulnerabilities in dependencies (0 critical, 3 high severity). Package verification found 1 issue.

7 files analyzed · 10 issues found

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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.

File System Read

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

File System Write

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What You'll Need

Set these up before or after installing:

Path to the local subscription-state file (optional; defaults to a per-user location)Optional

Environment variable: HELLO_AIGENT_STATE

How to Install

Add this to your MCP configuration file:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "io-github-helloaigent-dev-helloaigent-subscriber": {
      "env": {
        "HELLO_AIGENT_STATE": "your-hello-aigent-state-here"
      },
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@helloaigent-dev/subscriber"
      ],
      "command": "npx"
    }
  }
}

Documentation

View on GitHub

From the project's GitHub README.

@helloaigent-dev/subscriber

The Hello Aigent reference subscriber — an MCP server that lets any agent subscribe to any Hello Aigent feed, fetch signed updates, verify them, and act on them. Plus watch mode: a standing poller that collects verified updates into a digest between agent runs.

npx @helloaigent-dev/subscriber            # MCP server (stdio)
npx @helloaigent-dev/subscriber watch      # standing watcher (default cadence: daily)

Tools

ToolWhat it does
hello_aigent_subscribe(discovery_url, feed_id?, principal?, consent_scope?)Reads the site's /.well-known/hello-aigent.json, subscribes (defaults come from your policy)
hello_aigent_fetch(subscription_id?, max?)Pulls only-new-since updates via the stored cursor; verifies every envelope signature
hello_aigent_unsubscribe(subscription_id)Revokes consent (idempotent) — the one-call undo
hello_aigent_list_subscriptions()Lists stored subscriptions (tokens are never exposed)
hello_aigent_check_site(url)Checks a site you're visiting for a feed; auto-subscribes per your standing policy (origin: auto)
hello_aigent_digest()Returns unread digest entries collected by watch and marks them surfaced
hello_aigent_setup_watch(cadence?)Emits ready-to-apply standing-schedule recipes (scheduled task, recurring task, cron)

Watch mode

npx @helloaigent-dev/subscriber watch --once            # one pass (what schedulers call)
npx @helloaigent-dev/subscriber watch --every 6h        # long-running loop (floor: hourly)
npx @helloaigent-dev/subscriber watch --once --exec "my-agent-cmd"   # trigger a run on new updates

Each pass polls every active subscription, verifies signatures, and appends new updates to the digest file. The server-side mailbox means a missed run loses nothing. --exec runs your command when new updates land, with HELLO_AIGENT_NEW_UPDATES and HELLO_AIGENT_DIGEST set.

Policy

Written to ~/.hello-aigent/policy.json on first run — everything automatic by default, and this file is where you change that:

KeyDefaultMeaning
principaluser@hostYour stable identity across all feeds — set it once (e.g. your email)
auto_subscribeonSubscribe when your agent visits a Hello Aigent site: on / ask / off
watch_cadencedailyHow often watch polls (hourly floor)
actsafeWhat the agent may do unprompted: none / safe (side-effect-free) / thresholds
pseudonymousfalseOpt-in: per-site pseudonymous principals

Feeds nobody reads decay: after 30 idle days watch stops polling them; after 60 it unsubscribes (noted in the digest). Reading the digest or fetching a feed keeps it alive.

Guarantees

  • Signature verification before anything is actionable. Envelopes are Ed25519-verified (RFC 8785 JCS canonicalization) against the feed's discovery public key. Anything that fails verification is returned under unverified with its actions stripped.
  • Consent is standing policy. Subscribing records principal + consent_scope; your policy file is the consent layer, and unsubscribe is always one idempotent call.
  • Local state only. Subscriptions (including bearer tokens), policy, and the digest live in ~/.hello-aigent/ (mode 0600). Override with HELLO_AIGENT_STATE / HELLO_AIGENT_POLICY / HELLO_AIGENT_DIGEST.

MCP client config

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "hello-aigent": { "command": "npx", "args": ["@helloaigent-dev/subscriber"] }
  }
}

License

MIT

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