What is Citio?
Citio is a MCP server by lawrencehui that self-hosted Slack bot: mention it and Claude Code or Codex investigates CloudWatch logs, runs tests and opens PRs, with credentials held by an MCP server. It is listed under Developer tools and has 2 GitHub stars.
| Type | Mcp server |
|---|---|
| Author | lawrencehui |
| Repository | lawrencehui/Citio |
| Popularity | 2 GitHub stars |
| Category | Developer tools |
| Security | High risk (56/100) |
| Rank | #2,767 of 4,418 MCP servers; #573 in Developer tools |
| License | MIT |
| Last commit | 2026-07-25 |
| Runs | Cloud service |
| Language | TypeScript |
Is Citio safe to install?
Citio scores 56/100 on the MCPMods security check: High risk. Things to review: sends your data to a cloud service; can take actions such as send, write or deploy; executes code or shell commands. It passed 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Community-built server | Note |
| Sends your data to a cloud service | Review |
| Needs an API key or account login | Note |
| Can take actions such as send, write or deploy | Review |
| Executes code or shell commands | Review |
| Source on GitHub | Pass |
How do I install Citio?
- 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/lawrencehui/Citio
- 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 citio -- <command from README> claude mcp add --transport http citio <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 Citio for you:
Add the "Citio" MCP server from https://github.com/lawrencehui/Citio 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.