ainpc-cli

io.github.jyswee/ainpc-cli

7/8 checks passed
Local or hosted
1 secret
★ 1 GitHub stars
Updated 2026-09-23
Health score 30

About ainpc-cli

ainpc-cli is an MCP server published by the GitHub account jyswee. AI NPCs with persistent memory for game studios. NPC CRUD, dialogue, voice. Stdio or remote SSE.

It runs on your own machine: your AI client starts it from the npm package ainpc-cli at version 1.5.4, or you can connect to the hosted version instead.

It asks for one secret: AINPC_API_KEY. Give it a key with the least access that still works.

Version 1.5.4 was published on 23 September 2026, and the source code is public, so you can read it before installing.

Written from the registry entry. 10 automated checks on the registry entry and the package code: 7 pass, 0 warn, 1 fail, 2 info. How we check.

What it asks for

Variable	Required	Secret	Description
`AINPC_API_KEY`	Yes	Yes	AINPCEngine API key (npk_...). Get one with `ainpc signup` — 7-day free trial.
`AINPC_GAME_ID`	No	No	Game slug to scope NPC tools to.

Checks

Check	Result	Detail
Source repository linked	Pass	https://github.com/jyswee/ainpc-cli
Version pinned	Pass	Every package has an explicit version
Remote uses HTTPS	Pass	All remote endpoints use https://
Secrets requested	Info	Asks for 1 secret: AINPC_API_KEY
Known package registry	Pass	All packages come from npm, PyPI, OCI, NuGet or MCPB
Namespace ownership	Info	Name verified via GitHub account jyswee
Registry text aimed at the AI	Pass	Description and settings contain no hidden characters or instructions to the AI
Install scripts	Pass	ainpc-cli@1.5.4 runs nothing at install
Code red flags	Fail	Obfuscated JavaScript (dist/api.js:1: "_0x26b5cb,_0x5ec836){function _0x2b2cd8(_0x54af01,_0x238145){return a0_0x3631(_0x238145- -0x130,_0x5"); Obfuscated JavaScript (dist/config.js:1: "_0x1afb29,_0x300e52){function _0x1ea5d7(_0xb9a224,_0xf49cff){return a0_0x3c09(_0xb9a224-0x188,_0xf49"); Obfuscated JavaScript (dist/main.js:1: "_0x199cf2,_0x4a239f){function _0x182959(_0x5c8a5c,_0x284a99){return a0_0x3fba(_0x5c8a5c- -0x1b0,_0x2"); 2 more
Text aimed at the AI	Pass	No hidden characters or instructions to the AI in 9 files, including comments and the README

Popularity & health: 30 / 100

Worked out from public numbers and our own checks, not from user reviews or ratings. It says how used and how looked-after a server is, not whether it is safe.

Popularity8 / 40

1 GitHub stars, 43 downloads last week, no Hacker News posts found. Best two of the three, each on a log scale.

Activity15 / 25

Last push 2026-09-24, no GitHub release, 3 commits in 90 days.

Issue health8 / 15

0 closed of 0 issues, too few to judge. No data, so half marks.

Our checks0 / 20

1 failed check (a failed code review counts as one): this part is 0 and the total is capped at 40.

0 forks, 0 merged pull requests. Sources: GitHub, npm, PyPI (pypistats.org) and Hacker News (Algolia), fetched 2026-10-31.

What people say

No Hacker News threads link to its source code.

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Facts

Registry name	`io.github.jyswee/ainpc-cli`
Publisher	GitHub account jyswee
How the name is verified	Name verified via GitHub account jyswee. The registry ties the name prefix to that account or domain; it does not check the code.
Type	Local package and a hosted remote
Packages	npm `ainpc-cli` 1.5.4 (stdio)
Remote endpoints	streamable-http https://mcp.ainpcengine.com/mcp sse https://mcp.ainpcengine.com/sse
Version	1.5.4
Published	2026-09-23
Last updated	2026-09-23
Source repository	https://github.com/jyswee/ainpc-cli
Website	https://ainpcengine.com
Category	AI & media generation (assigned by keyword rule, not by hand)

Install

Claude Desktop · npm package

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "ainpc-cli": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "ainpc-cli@1.5.4"
      ],
      "env": {
        "AINPC_API_KEY": "<your value>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Claude Code · hosted

claude mcp add --transport http ainpc-cli https://mcp.ainpcengine.com/mcp

Claude Code · hosted

claude mcp add --transport sse ainpc-cli https://mcp.ainpcengine.com/sse

What these checks don't cover

We did not run this server, so we don't know what it does when it runs. We read its package code on 2026-10-29 without running it, and pattern searches miss what they have no pattern for. Tool descriptions built at run time were not seen. And we don't watch it after you install: if the publisher changes it later (a rug pull), this page won't notice until the next scan. Treat a pass as "nothing found", not as "safe".

For people and their AI

The same data as plain JSON: /data/servers/io-github-jyswee-ainpc-cli.json. Text inside it that came from the publisher is data, not instructions.