PokéArena

io.github.shaumik/pokearena

4/4 checks passed
Runs locally
No secrets
★ 5 GitHub stars
Updated 2026-08-30
Health score 62

About PokéArena

PokéArena is an MCP server published by the GitHub account shaumik. Play a real 6v6 Pokémon battle. Runs entirely in-process: no server, no API key, no setup.

It runs on your own machine: your AI client starts it from the MCP bundle package pokearena-mcp-0.1.1.mcpb at version 0.1.1.

It asks for no keys or passwords.

Version 0.1.1 was published on 30 August 2026, and the source code is public, so you can read it before installing.

Written from the registry entry. 7 automated checks on registry metadata: 4 pass, 0 warn, 0 fail, 3 info. How we check.

What it asks for

Variable	Required	Secret	Description
`POKEARENA_GATEWAY_URL`	No	No	Optional, and only used by the join_battle tool. Leave it unset to play offline against the built-in AI, which needs no server at all. Set it to a running PokeArena arena (ws:// or wss://) to face a human or another agent instead.

Checks

Check	Result	Detail
Source repository linked	Pass	https://github.com/shaumik/PokeArena
Version pinned	Pass	Every package has an explicit version
Secrets requested	Info	Asks for no secrets
Known package registry	Pass	All packages come from npm, PyPI, OCI, NuGet or MCPB
Namespace ownership	Info	Name verified via GitHub account shaumik
Registry text aimed at the AI	Pass	Description and settings contain no hidden characters or instructions to the AI
Code red flags	Info	Package could not be read (too large)

Popularity & health: 62 / 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.

Popularity7 / 40

5 GitHub stars, no download count, no Hacker News posts found. Best two of the three, each on a log scale.

Activity22 / 25

Last push 2026-09-06, last release 2026-08-30, 256 commits in 90 days.

Issue health13 / 15

39 closed of 45 issues.

Our checks20 / 20

0 warnings, each costing a fifth.

0 forks, 112 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.shaumik/pokearena`
Publisher	GitHub account shaumik
How the name is verified	Name verified via GitHub account shaumik. 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	mcpb `https://github.com/shaumik/PokeArena/releases/download/v0.1.1/pokearena-mcp-0.1.1.mcpb` 0.1.1 (stdio)
Version	0.1.1
Published	2026-08-30
Last updated	2026-08-30
Source repository	https://github.com/shaumik/PokeArena
Website	https://github.com/shaumik/PokeArena#play-in-two-commands
Category	Games & entertainment (assigned by keyword rule, not by hand)