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Mandala Computer

io.github.mandalacomputer/mcpv0.17.0Other

Cloud desktops for AI agents: create a Linux computer, see its screen, click, type and run tasks.

The current version, v0.17.0, was published to the official MCP registry on 2026-10-19. It is distributed as mandala-computer-mcp on npm and as a hosted remote over streamable-http, filed under Other by this index, and declares 8 environment variables. Removals and unreachable sources are measured across every server this index tracks, contract drift across the servers that answer in consecutive snapshots; the index's current counts put this record in context.

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Using Mandala Computer in Claude, Cursor, Gemini CLI, Cline, or Zed?

MCP tool contracts can change remotely with no version bump. The mcpindex gate pins each contract and HOLDs the call when it drifts-before your agent acts. Zero credentials. This is not the package install for this server itself (use Install this server for that).

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uv tool install mcpindex-gate && mcpindex-config-wire
Trust verdict · v1 advisory · method
REVIEWstatus: PARTIALfresh until 2026-11-15 02:00 UTC
screened 2026-10-16tier: scannedgranularity: description-levelsource: registry

Semantic screen found no manipulation pattern in the description. Conformance probe not yet run.

mcpindex.integrity.descriptionpassINFO

evidence“Tool creates cloud desktops for AI agents to run tasks.”via static_description

Limits of this verdict
  • - Semantic screen only - the deterministic conformance probe has not run on this server
  • - Confidence is reported but not yet calibrated (v1)
  • - Screen reads the tool description, not the live behavior
  • - advisory
  • - registry description only no input schema
  • - screen model 8b
  • - The registry listing (version, packages, links) changed after this screen ran - the description we assessed did not

Semantic screen: an LLM judge reads the tool description for hidden instructions (status PARTIAL). A pass means the description is not lying, not that the tool is safe: a high-capability tool with an honest description still warrants caution. The deterministic conformance probe has not been run on this server yet, so the screen here is semantic-only. Posture: advisory. Confidences are reported but not yet calibrated (calibrated=false at v1). Full verdict history is not shown on this page.

Own this server? Test a description on the public screen → It is a separate check from the verdict above, so the two can differ.

That verdict was true at screening time (snapshot 2026-10-19).

Contracts can change after screening, with no version bump. The gate pins Mandala Computer’s tool contracts on first sight and holds any silent change before your agent acts - the check that keeps being true on Tuesday.

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Related: how to trust an MCP server · screen before install · silent contract drift

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Environment variables
MANDALA_API_KEY
secret

API key from Settings → Credentials → API keys. Optional after `mandala login`, which saves one.

MANDALA_MODEL_KEY
secret

Optional Anthropic or OpenAI key. Enables run_agent_chat, and makes run_agent and start_agent_run bill this key instead of the account's AI credits.

MANDALA_PROFILE

Optional saved profile from `mandala login --profile`; used when MANDALA_API_KEY is not set.

MANDALA_BASE_URL

Optional API base URL. Defaults to https://app.mandala.computer/api/v1.

MANDALA_COMPUTER_ID

Optional computer id to bind at startup, so use_computer is not needed.

MANDALA_NO_LIFECYCLE

Optional: 1, true, yes or on withholds the tools that create, clone or delete computers and snapshots.

MANDALA_READ_ONLY

Optional: 1, true, yes or on keeps only read-only tools.

MANDALA_TAGS

Optional comma-separated tool tags to expose (for example computers,input); empty means every tool.

MCP quality score · maturity, not trust · methodology
freshness
25
completeness
20
installability
25
documentation
15
stability
5
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