What is guaardvark?
guaardvark is a MCP server by guaardvark that self-hosted AI studio exposing local image, video and music-video generation, upscaling, RAG and code intelligence, with renders queued on your own GPU. It is listed under Media & design and has 269 GitHub stars.
| Type | Mcp server |
|---|---|
| Author | guaardvark |
| Repository | guaardvark/guaardvark |
| Popularity | 269 GitHub stars |
| Category | Media & design |
| Security | Low risk (96/100) |
| Rank | #350 of 4,418 MCP servers; #22 in Media & design |
| License | MIT |
| Last commit | 2026-10-17 |
| Stars this week | +10 |
| Runs | Locally |
| Language | Python |
| Platforms | macOS, Linux |
Is guaardvark safe to install?
guaardvark scores 96/100 on the MCPMods security check: Low risk. No checks raised a concern. It passed 5 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 |
| 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 guaardvark?
- 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/guaardvark/guaardvark
- 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 guaardvark -- <command from README> claude mcp add --transport http guaardvark <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 guaardvark for you:
Add the "guaardvark" MCP server from https://github.com/guaardvark/guaardvark 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.