SandBase Harness MCP Server
AI-readable project metadata: llms.txt · installation guide
People who work with agent observability, deepseek harness and ai infrastructure and want it reachable from Claude, Cursor, VS Code, or another MCP client. The project is written in TypeScript.
VERIFIED ACTIVE
LAST COMMIT 2026-09-13 · ★ 646 · #42 OF 120 MAINTAINED DEVOPS & MONITORING · VERIFIED 2026-09-18
Apache-2.0 · TypeScript servers · how we verify → /methodology
01 · Install SandBase Harness
Docker
docker run -i --rm ghcr.io/sandbaseai/sandbase-harness-mcp:0.3.8Claude Desktop - add to config
{
"mcpServers": {
"sandbaseai-sandbase-harness": {
"command": "docker",
"args": [
"run",
"-i",
"--rm",
"ghcr.io/sandbaseai/sandbase-harness-mcp:0.3.8"
]
}
}
}Using another client? Same JSON, different key
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Full setup guides: every client.
02 · Evidence
Security posture
What to check before giving this server access to your agent - from the registry, GitHub, and our own probes. We don't score safety; we show what's verifiable.
runs as container (OCI image) - can be sandboxed away from your filesystem
license Apache-2.0 - declared in the repository
registry namespace io.github.sandbaseai is GitHub-verified and matches the repo owner
03 · What SandBase Harness can do
Prose above is summarized from the project's README and registry record - no invented capabilities.
Latest releases
v0.3.8 · 2026-08-30
Highlights · Git-hosted DSH installs now build missing dist/ entries through prepare. · Runtime metrics count model usage once per model request and persist session token aggregates. · Confirmed tool calls are…
v0.3.7 · 2026-08-20
DeepSeek Harness clean-profile fix · This release fixes the deterministic startup failures found while reproducing dshbase L3 verification. · Fixed · Optional MCP environment variables remain string-valued when unset…
v0.3.6 · 2026-08-20
Operations Console hotfix · SandBase Harness v0.3.6 restores the documented operations API and makes the advanced Console screens usable from the primary application shell. · Fixed · /v1/webhooks…
04 · Who maintains SandBase Harness
SandBase Harness is maintained by sandbaseai. We track 2 MCP servers from sandbaseai - 2 actively maintained, 832 combined GitHub stars, oldest repo from Jun 2026. Full record: all servers from sandbaseai.
05 · Facts
- repository
- github.com/sandbaseai/sandbase-harness
- category
- DevOps & monitoring - ranked #42 of 120 actively-maintained DevOps & monitoring servers as of 2026-09-18.
- release cadence
- 9 releases in the last 90 days (latest 2026-08-30)
- registry
- io.github.sandbaseai/sandbase-harness (active, first published 2026-08-19 · 2 versions)
- packages
- oci:ghcr.io/sandbaseai/sandbase-harness-mcp:0.3.8
06 · SandBase Harness FAQ
What is SandBase Harness?
AI-readable project metadata: llms.txt · installation guide
Is SandBase Harness still maintained?
Yes - as of 2026-09-18, its last commit was 2026-09-13 and it shipped 9 releases in the last 90 days. We re-verify nightly.
How do I install SandBase Harness?
Run `docker run -i --rm ghcr.io/sandbaseai/sandbase-harness-mcp:0.3.8`. You can also paste the ready-made client config above.
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