What is chap?
chap is a MCP server by BrightbeamAI. CHAP Coordinator for auditable human-agent collaboration: approvals, overrides, handoffs, escalations and hash-linked evidence. It is listed under Other and has 110 GitHub stars.
| Type | Mcp server |
|---|---|
| Author | BrightbeamAI |
| Repository | BrightbeamAI/chap |
| Popularity | 110 GitHub stars |
| Category | Other |
| Security | Low risk (100/100) |
| Rank | #562 of 4,418 MCP servers; #85 in Other |
| License | Apache-2.0 |
| Last commit | 2026-10-14 |
| Stars this week | +3 |
| Runs | Locally |
| Language | TypeScript |
| Platforms | macOS, Windows, Linux |
Is chap safe to install?
chap scores 100/100 on the MCPMods security check: Low risk. No checks raised a concern. It passed 6 of 6 checks.
MCP server results come from listing signals: who publishes it, where your data goes and what it can do. The code itself is not scanned yet.
| Check | Result |
|---|---|
| Published by the service itself | Pass |
| Runs on your machine only | Pass |
| No credentials mentioned | Pass |
| Read-only by description | Pass |
| No code execution | Pass |
| Source on GitHub | Pass |
How do I install chap?
- Find the launch command. The README says how the server starts (npx, uvx, docker or a remote URL) and which API keys it needs.
https://github.com/BrightbeamAI/chap
- Add it to Claude Code. Replace the part after -- with the command from the README. Remote servers use --transport http with a URL.
claude mcp add chap -- <command from README> claude mcp add --transport http chap <server-url>
- Check it connected. This lists your MCP servers and their status.
claude mcp list
Or ask Claude to set it up
Paste this into Claude Code and it installs chap for you:
Add the "chap" MCP server from https://github.com/BrightbeamAI/chap to Claude Code. Read its README for the launch command and any API keys I need, run claude mcp add, then check that it connects.