# dashclaw

Evaluates governance policies and halts execution until human operator approval. Keeps an audit trail for automated workflows.

- MCP server · `type=mcp` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Windsurf (Devin Desktop), Cline, Zed, Gemini CLI · ★ 313
- Author: ucsandman
- License: MIT · policy=link-only · description only; the file stays with the author
- Source: https://github.com/ucsandman/DashClaw/tree/HEAD/mcp-server
- Updated: 2026-10-21
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/mcp/dashclaw

## What it does

The server provides 17 governance tools and audit resources via the Model Context Protocol. It lets an agent evaluate risk before triggering actions with `dashclaw_guard`, record audit events through `dashclaw_record`, and pause execution via `dashclaw_wait_for_approval`.

Capability execution runs through `dashclaw_invoke`. It verifies current rules and atomically claims an execution slot before initiating external network requests. Both environment variables are mandatory. Without setting both `DASHCLAW_URL` and `DASHCLAW_API_KEY`, the server registers no governance tools at all.

Local stdio execution in Claude Desktop chat crash-loops because of the bundled Node environment, which makes the remote OAuth connector the only viable choice there.

## Requirements
- Needs: Node.js (commands run via npx)
- Environment variables: `DASHCLAW_URL`, `DASHCLAW_API_KEY`, `DASHCLAW_AGENT_ID` — keys and tokens: ask the human for the values, never commit them or put them in shared files.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

**Platform CLI**
```bash
claude mcp add --env DASHCLAW_URL=<DASHCLAW_URL> --env DASHCLAW_API_KEY=<DASHCLAW_API_KEY> --env DASHCLAW_AGENT_ID=<DASHCLAW_AGENT_ID> --transport stdio mcp-server -- npx -y @dashclaw/mcp-server
```
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### Codex

**Platform CLI**
```bash
codex mcp add mcp-server --env DASHCLAW_URL=<DASHCLAW_URL> --env DASHCLAW_API_KEY=<DASHCLAW_API_KEY> --env DASHCLAW_AGENT_ID=<DASHCLAW_AGENT_ID> -- npx -y @dashclaw/mcp-server
```
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### Cursor

**Config file**
File `.cursor/mcp.json`:
```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "mcp-server": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "-y",
                "@dashclaw/mcp-server"
            ],
            "env": {
                "DASHCLAW_URL": "<DASHCLAW_URL>",
                "DASHCLAW_API_KEY": "<DASHCLAW_API_KEY>",
                "DASHCLAW_AGENT_ID": "<DASHCLAW_AGENT_ID>"
            }
        }
    }
}
```
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### GitHub Copilot

**Config file**
File `.vscode/mcp.json`:
```json
{
    "servers": {
        "mcp-server": {
            "type": "stdio",
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "-y",
                "@dashclaw/mcp-server"
            ],
            "env": {
                "DASHCLAW_URL": "<DASHCLAW_URL>",
                "DASHCLAW_API_KEY": "<DASHCLAW_API_KEY>",
                "DASHCLAW_AGENT_ID": "<DASHCLAW_AGENT_ID>"
            }
        }
    }
}
```
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### Gemini CLI

**Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini mcp add -e DASHCLAW_URL=<DASHCLAW_URL> -e DASHCLAW_API_KEY=<DASHCLAW_API_KEY> -e DASHCLAW_AGENT_ID=<DASHCLAW_AGENT_ID> mcp-server npx -y @dashclaw/mcp-server
```
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## When to use it
- evaluate policies before executing risky agent actions
- pause agent execution until a human operator approves
- record an audit trail for automated tool sessions
- track timeline events across multi-agent team tasks

## Example prompts
- Evaluate governance policies with DashClaw before updating production records.
- Wait for human approval before executing this external capability call.
- Start an agent session and write the task timeline event to the ledger.

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