agent-install — Watchlist

MCP100 Assessment

Watchlist / Tracking

Why we’re tracking it

Follow-up value is specific to MCP installation configuration across host formats: Do config transforms preserve comments and correctly represent HTTP, package and command servers across hosts?

Reviewed Oct 5, 2026 · Documentation review; complete setup workflow not independently tested

Best fit

Installing and managing skills, MCP servers and agent guidance across coding-agent environments.

What we know

agent-install manages skills, MCP server configuration and agent-guidance files across multiple coding-agent layouts and config formats.

Maintenance / activity evidence

agent-install 0.0.8 published 2026-06-24T09:40:13.683Z

Tracking evidence observed Oct 5, 2026. These dated signals do not establish current maintenance. Reviewed enrichment confidence: high.

Verification gaps / watch-outs

Installation and comprehensive security have not been independently audited.
Can write local agent configuration, skill links and guidance files. Writes: Install/remove server configs; Create/edit guidance files; Create symlinks.
Authentication not yet verified.
Sensitive access: Environment values written into MCP configs

The tool changes which skills and MCP servers coding agents can run, so source trust and environment-secret handling matter.

Full authority, access and evidence limits are available in Review context and Access & risk.

Popularity

· 10.3M package downloads / 30 days

Downloads observed Oct 6, 2026.

Package metric is exact to npm:agent-install; repository identity was not established in the reviewed registry metadata.

All limitations / Review context

Do config transforms preserve comments and correctly represent HTTP, package and command servers across hosts?

The bounded review of the publisher's documented MCP installation configuration across host formats and release notices identified no disclosed material condition preventing an accurately scoped public tracking entry. The resource's operational permissions remain uncertainty; this assessment does not certify installation safety.

The tool changes which skills and MCP servers coding agents can run, so source trust and environment-secret handling matter.
Can write local agent configuration, skill links and guidance files.
Primarily local configuration files.
Reviewed write actions: Install/remove server configs; Create/edit guidance files; Create symlinks
Sensitive access: Environment values written into MCP configs
Installation, client compatibility and comprehensive security have not been independently audited. Authentication and access depend on the configured services.
Runtime behavior, dependencies and undisclosed vulnerabilities were not independently audited.
Documented tool authority and any remote data handling must be checked before installation or use.
Tool inventory, client matrix and permissions completeness were not requirements for this Radar tracking review.
Verified repository identity
Host-specific config behavior varies.
Environment values inserted into MCP configs are operator-managed.

Original activity observations

agent-install 0.0.8 published 2026-06-24T09:40:13.683Z

Technical identity

npm/agent-install

Exact implementation source: https://www.npmjs.com/package/agent-install ↗
Reviewed resource type: Framework
Package identity: npm:agent-install

Evidence & Sources

Evidence basis: Recorded source evidence
Setup runtime verification: Not independently runtime-tested by MCP100 for this setup workflow.

Reviewed Oct 5, 2026 · Latest source observation Oct 6, 2026

Package registry ↗
agent-install
Recorded package identity, distribution or download evidence.
Includes references whose attribution is not established.

Setup · Watchlist

Framework setup

Publisher instructions.

Source evidence observed Oct 14, 2026.

Additional setup details required — see the specific gaps below.

Warning

Not runtime tested, no third-party installation, network authorization, paid calls, or mutation executed.
Do not claim production service is available based on README alone.
Installer/framework utility, not a directly registered MCP Server; select source and action before running
Targeted 2026-10-13 re-research: CLI to manage Skill/MCP registrations; not standalone MCP server. Requires explicit mcp action and target source.
CLI to manage Skill/MCP registrations; not standalone MCP server. Requires explicit mcp action and target source.
Official npm publisher package page README inspected for this exact npm identity; static research only. Some setup statements are conservatively summarized; no source code or live client execution checked. V2 review did not run any live client.
Avoid write, payment, token transfer, publishing, sending, booking and remote account changes as tests.
This package is an installer/management utility for skills, MCP and AGENTS.md, not an independent MCP stdio service; do not register it as a server.
Replace credential, action and registration placeholders; follow the matching publisher/client prerequisites. No execution performed.
Use the matching host, actual registration name and original installation environment; this does not revoke credentials.

Install framework / project integration
Publisher instructions
Installer/framework utility, not a directly registered MCP Server; select source and action before running | Publisher npm README revisited on 2026-10-14; exact identity retained.
Reviewed setup example · Publisher instructions · Review before use
```
npx agent-install@latest mcp <action>
```
Reviewed setup example · Publisher instructions · Review before use
```
npx agent-install@latest <skill|mcp|agents-md> <action>
```
Configure / authenticate
MCP100 setup guide
This is an MCP installer/management CLI and Node SDK, not a standalone MCP server. Use its documented `agent-install mcp` subcommands to manage a *selected* external server.
Check connection
Suggested check
Check the target client registration created by the selected MCP install; no agent-install MCP toolset should be expected.
Remove / uninstall / revoke
MCP100 setup guide
Publisher agent-install CLI supports `mcp remove <name>` to unregister a selected third-party MCP. No agent-install server exists to remove.
Remove selected server using installer CLI · Publisher instructions · Review before use
```
npx agent-install@latest mcp remove <actual-installed-server-name>
```

Official Documentation & Sources

What it does

agent-install manages skills, MCP server configuration and agent-guidance files across multiple coding-agent layouts and config formats.

Capability: Developer Tools
Resource type: Framework
Industry: Software & Technology
Best fit: Installing and managing skills, MCP servers and agent guidance across coding-agent environments.

Representative uses

Install or symlink skills
Add/list/remove MCP servers
Parse remote or package MCP sources
Create and edit agent guidance files

Limitations

Host-specific config behavior varies.
Environment values inserted into MCP configs are operator-managed.

Reviewed access

Access & risk

Review the exact access boundary before connecting this MCP to accounts, credentials, or sensitive data.

Authentication: Not documented in the reviewed sources
Permissions: Can write local agent configuration, skill links and guidance files.
Data handling: Primarily local configuration files.
Cost: free
Risk and cautions: The tool changes which skills and MCP servers coding agents can run, so source trust and environment-secret handling matter.

Access scope and cautions

Write actions: Install/remove server configs Create/edit guidance files Create symlinks
Sensitive access: Environment values written into MCP configs
Risk level: moderate

FAQ

Based on reviewed evidence as of 2026-10-06. Watchlist tracking is not a recommendation or a security certification.

Which tasks are documented for this implementation?

The reviewed tasks include: Install or symlink skills; Add/list/remove MCP servers; Parse remote or package MCP sources; Create and edit agent guidance files.

What setup information is documented?

Recorded installation/entrypoint step: npx agent-install@latest. Prerequisites: Node.js/npm. These are the documented setup details, not a claim that installation or client compatibility was independently tested.

Can it modify data or perform write operations?

Documented write actions include: Install/remove server configs; Create/edit guidance files; Create symlinks. Recorded permission boundary: Can write local agent configuration, skill links and guidance files.

What data-handling boundary should I consider?

Primarily local configuration files. Recorded sensitive-access context: Environment values written into MCP configs.

What limitations and risks should I check before use?

The tool changes which skills and MCP servers coding agents can run, so source trust and environment-secret handling matter. Host-specific config behavior varies. Environment values inserted into MCP configs are operator-managed. Runtime behavior, dependencies and undisclosed vulnerabilities were not independently audited. Documented tool authority and any remote data handling must be checked before installation or use.

Is this an official MCP?

Community package is listed as Community implementation in MCP100’s current evidence.