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MCP Server for WinDbg Crash AnalysisSentry MCP

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Evidence field	MCP Server for WinDbg Crash AnalysisShortlist candidate	Sentry MCPMCP100 Recommended
Task fit
Best for	Opening crash dumps and querying debugger analysis, stacks, modules, and symbols through WinDbg/CDB	Human-in-the-loop issue, event, trace, and performance investigation Coding agents working on one constrained Sentry project Teams using the supported hosted OAuth service
Not ideal for	Cross-platform debugging, live application observability, or root-cause conclusions without symbol and source validation	General-purpose Sentry administration Unattended remediation against production Self-hosted users unwilling to configure tokens and optional LLM providers
Avoid when	Crash dumps may contain secrets or memory content that cannot be exposed to the connected AI client	Error payloads may contain secrets or personal data that cannot be shown to the model/client You cannot constrain the session to the intended organization/project The requested OAuth scopes or write-capable skills exceed policy
Provenance
Provenance details	Community implementation svnscha · Publisher source ↗	First-party MCP Sentry · Publisher source ↗
Maintenance
Maintenance details	Repo: Jul 20, 2026 Package: Jul 16, 2026	Repo: Sep 23, 2026 Package: Sep 21, 2026
Popularity evidence
GitHub stars	1,589 GitHub stars · checked 2026-09-24T00:00:00.000Z	858 GitHub stars · checked 2026-09-24T04:14:26.310000Z
Package downloads / 30 days	3,100 package downloads / 30 days · checked 2026-08-14T00:00:00.000Z	417,238 package downloads / 30 days · checked 2026-09-24T04:17:50.527000Z
Client coverage
Client coverage details	Claude Code✓ Local stdio Claude Desktop✓ Local stdio Codex✓ Local stdio VS Code✓ Local stdio Cursor✓ Local stdio OpenCode✓ Local stdio	Claude Code✓ Streamable HTTP Claude Desktop✓ Streamable HTTP Codex✓ Streamable HTTP VS Code✓ Streamable HTTP Cursor✓ Streamable HTTP OpenCode✓ Streamable HTTP
Client coverage note	Local stdio runs on your computer. Streamable HTTP connects to a remotely hosted MCP server.
Access and data
Authentication	Stdio has no separate authentication. The documented HTTP transport has no authentication; the publisher recommends localhost, SSH tunneling, or an authenticating reverse proxy.	The hosted service uses MCP OAuth layered over Sentry OAuth; raw Sentry credentials stay server-side. Stdio uses a Sentry user auth token and may also require OpenAI or Anthropic credentials for AI-powered search.
Cost	The MIT-licensed server lists no MCP fee. Windows Debugging Tools and symbol-network use are external requirements.	The repository is source-available under its published license and the hosted MCP has no separately documented fee in the reviewed sources. Normal Sentry plan/usage, Seer, and external LLM-provider charges may apply.
Permissions	Launches CDB or KD, reads crash dumps, attaches to user-mode remote and kernel targets, runs arbitrary WinDbg or KD commands, and can interrupt live sessions.	Hosted OAuth requests org:read, project:write, team:write, and event:write upstream, then narrows exposed actions through granted MCP skills and optional /mcp/:org/:project resource paths. Stdio documentation lists org/project/team read/write and event write token scopes.
Data handling	Dump contents, symbol paths, commands, and outputs can be returned to the client or model. Filter scripts can redact text before it leaves the host; symbol retrieval may use Microsoft symbol services. Retention is not documented.	Issue, event, trace, release, team, project, and related telemetry may be returned to the MCP client. Hosted mode stores upstream OAuth credentials in encrypted grant properties and gives the client a separate MCP token. AI search tools may process query/event context through configured model infrastructure.
Limitations
Tradeoffs	It speeds repetitive debugger queries, but depends on Windows debugging tools and symbol quality and AI summaries can misinterpret low-level evidence.	The hosted server keeps upstream Sentry credentials server-side and narrows sessions by skills and paths, but requests broad upstream scopes. AI-powered natural-language search may invoke an embedded model/provider; stdio self-hosting requires separate provider keys for those tools. Self-hosted Sentry may lack features such as Seer and needs explicit skill disabling.
Risk context	Crash dumps can contain secrets or PII, and arbitrary debugger or kernel commands can affect live systems. Keep HTTP loopback-only or behind authentication, use redaction filters, and supervise remote and kernel sessions.	Production error telemetry often contains sensitive values, while upstream OAuth scopes include write capabilities. Prefer a project-constrained hosted URL, minimal granted skills, human approval for mutations, and prior telemetry scrubbing.
Evidence date
Editorial review	2026-09-23	2026-07-24
Candidate evidence	2026-09-24T00:00:00.000Z	2026-09-24T04:25:05.554391Z

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