Stats Explorer

io.github.Meador793/stats-explorer-mcp

7/7 checks passed
Runs locally
2 secrets
★ 0 GitHub stars
Updated 2026-10-24
Health score 53

About Stats Explorer

Stats Explorer is an MCP server published by the GitHub account Meador793. Verified statistics for AI agents: guided tests, A/B tests, Tukey HSD, reports, optional Jev checks.

It runs on your own machine: your AI client starts it from the npm package stats-explorer-mcp at version 1.5.1.

It asks for 2 secrets: TYPESAFE_API_KEY and STATS_EXPLORER_APPROVAL_SECRET. Give it a key with the least access that still works.

Version 1.5.1 was published on 24 October 2026, and the source code is public, so you can read it before installing.

Written from the registry entry. 9 automated checks on the registry entry and the package code: 7 pass, 0 warn, 0 fail, 2 info. How we check.

What it asks for

Variable	Required	Secret	Description
`STATS_EXPLORER_ROOTS`	No	No	Folders the tools may read data files from and write reports to (separated by : on macOS/Linux, ; on Windows). Defaults to the client's workspace roots, or the current directory.
`STATS_EXPLORER_STREAM_MB`	No	No	CSV/TSV/Parquet files above this size (MB) are streamed in parallel passes; any size works. Default 512.
`STATS_EXPLORER_WORKERS`	No	No	Parallel readers for large files. Default: all CPU cores but one (max 16).
`STATS_EXPLORER_CACHE`	No	No	Keep columns read from large files for fast follow-up questions: ask (default), on or off.
`STATS_EXPLORER_CACHE_DIR`	No	No	Folder for saved large-file columns. Default: the system temp folder.
`STATS_EXPLORER_MAX_FILE_MB`	No	No	Refuse data files larger than this (MB). Default: no limit.
`STATS_EXPLORER_GUIDED`	No	No	on (default): classify each request and follow the six-step workflow for hypothesis tests. off: expose the individual test tools directly.
`STATS_EXPLORER_CONFIRM_SELECTIONS`	No	No	on (default): the user confirms every column, chart type and report section before anything runs. off: run with the AI's choices.
`STATS_EXPLORER_CONFIRM_VIA`	No	No	auto (default): forms where the client supports them. chat: always ask in the conversation (recommended for Claude Code).
`STATS_EXPLORER_HIDE_LINK`	No	No	Set to 1 to remove the one-line Stats Explorer app link from results.
`STATS_EXPLORER_JEV`	No	No	Independent checks by Jev (TypeSafe): off (default), cooperate (the AI calls your Jev MCP server), enforce (Stats Explorer calls the Jev API) or orchestrated (signed decisions from an orchestrator).
`STATS_EXPLORER_JEV_CHECKPOINTS`	No	No	Comma list of plan, conclusions, data. Default plan,conclusions (data sends column names and text samples to Jev).
`TYPESAFE_API_KEY`	No	Yes	Enforce mode only: TypeSafe API key Stats Explorer uses to call Jev.
`STATS_EXPLORER_APPROVAL_SECRET`	No	Yes	Orchestrated mode only: shared secret (32+ characters) the orchestrator signs decisions with.
`STATS_EXPLORER_AUDIT_LOG`	No	No	Path of a JSON Lines file recording every Jev checkpoint decision.

Checks

Check	Result	Detail
Source repository linked	Pass	https://github.com/meador793/stats-explorer-mcp
Version pinned	Pass	Every package has an explicit version
Secrets requested	Info	Asks for 2 secrets: TYPESAFE_API_KEY, STATS_EXPLORER_APPROVAL_SECRET
Known package registry	Pass	All packages come from npm, PyPI, OCI, NuGet or MCPB
Namespace ownership	Info	Name verified via GitHub account Meador793
Registry text aimed at the AI	Pass	Description and settings contain no hidden characters or instructions to the AI
Install scripts	Pass	stats-explorer-mcp@1.5.1 runs nothing at install
Code red flags	Pass	Read 48 files in stats-explorer-mcp@1.5.1: no obfuscation, encoded execution, credential reads or data-collection endpoints found
Text aimed at the AI	Pass	No hidden characters or instructions to the AI in 48 files, including comments and the README

Popularity & health: 53 / 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.

Popularity10 / 40

0 GitHub stars, 473 downloads last week, no Hacker News posts found. Best two of the three, each on a log scale.

Activity15 / 25

Last push 2026-10-24, no GitHub release, 0 commits in 90 days.

Issue health8 / 15

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

Our checks20 / 20

0 warnings, each costing a fifth.

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

What people say

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Facts

Registry name	`io.github.Meador793/stats-explorer-mcp`
Publisher	GitHub account Meador793
How the name is verified	Name verified via GitHub account Meador793. The registry ties the name prefix to that account or domain; it does not check the code.
Type	Local: runs on your machine from a package
Packages	npm `stats-explorer-mcp` 1.5.1 (stdio)
Version	1.5.1
Published	2026-10-24
Last updated	2026-10-24
Source repository	https://github.com/meador793/stats-explorer-mcp
Website	https://github.com/meador793/stats-explorer-mcp#readme
Category	Coding & design (assigned by keyword rule, not by hand)

Install

Claude Desktop · npm package

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "stats-explorer-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "stats-explorer-mcp@1.5.1"
      ]
    }
  }
}

What these checks don't cover

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For people and their AI

The same data as plain JSON: /data/servers/io-github-meador793-stats-explorer-mcp.json. Text inside it that came from the publisher is data, not instructions.