Spec Driven Development
MCP Server that facilitates spec-driven development workflows, not just Vibe Coding.
Description from the maker (original English)
Verify the facts an agent's action depends on before it acts — ALLOW, REVIEW, or BLOCK.
These three are never merged into one score: opinions, measurements and popularity are different things.
We have not written a plain-language summary for this one yet. Below are the facts we read from the registry.
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KAVAL_API_KEY, KAVAL_BASE_URLValues marked secret are keys to your account. Never share them or paste them into a chat.
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Open Claude Desktop → Settings → Developer → Edit Config, and paste this into claude_desktop_config.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"kaval": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@usekaval/mcp"
],
"env": {
"KAVAL_API_KEY": "your-value",
"KAVAL_BASE_URL": "your-value"
}
}
}
}Run this in your terminal
claude mcp add kaval --env KAVAL_API_KEY=your-value --env KAVAL_BASE_URL=your-value -- npx -y @usekaval/mcpFill in the empty values before running it.
Paste into .cursor/mcp.json in your project, or ~/.cursor/mcp.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"kaval": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@usekaval/mcp"
],
"env": {
"KAVAL_API_KEY": "your-value",
"KAVAL_BASE_URL": "your-value"
}
}
}
}Your browser asks to open the app, then the app shows the settings and asks you to confirm. Key values are left empty for you to fill in.
Paste into .vscode/mcp.json in your project
{
"servers": {
"kaval": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@usekaval/mcp"
],
"env": {
"KAVAL_API_KEY": "your-value",
"KAVAL_BASE_URL": "your-value"
}
}
}
}Your browser asks to open the app, then the app shows the settings and asks you to confirm. Key values are left empty for you to fill in.
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KAVAL_BASE_URL envThese settings are generated from the maker’s registry entry. If the README says otherwise, follow the README.
Runs on your computer; the tool list appears in your AI app after you install it.
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This one runs on your computer; there is no internet endpoint
Runs on your computer and uses local settings instead
Runs on your computer; we can only read tool lists from internet endpoints
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You need to fill in: KAVAL_API_KEY
It runs on your computer. Your AI app starts it when needed, and data does not pass through the maker’s servers (unless it calls an online service itself).
The GitHub repo last changed –, and the latest version (0.7.1) reached the registry 3 months ago.
Apps that support MCP, such as Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor and VS Code. You also need Node.js on your computer.
In the same category: Spec Driven Development, Remote Desktop Commander, Tools MCP
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Before an AI agent acts, Kaval verifies the facts that action depends on and answers ALLOW, REVIEW, or BLOCK with a signed receipt. This package exposes that as an MCP server.
Policy engines decide whether an action is permitted under the rules; Kaval verifies whether the facts those rules depend on are still true.
This package is a thin client over the hosted Kaval API. All compilation, grounding, and retrieval run server-side, so you bring just a Kaval API key — no model or search keys, no local engine.
0.6 was a breaking release. Nine tools became seven (before later portfolio/extraction tools landed), and everything removed folded into
check; the
API answers
410 tool_retiredfor the old routes and this server translates that into an error
that tells the agent to call
check. See Migrating from 0.5.
npx -y @usekaval/mcp
It speaks MCP over stdio. Point any MCP client at it.
{
"mcpServers": { "kaval": { "command": "npx", "args": ["-y", "@usekaval/mcp"], "env": { "KAVAL_API_KEY": "kv_live_…", }, }, }, }
| Tool | What it does |
|---|---|
check | The one that does the work. Send the action you are about to take (or the claims it rests on) → ALLOW / REVIEW / BLOCK, per-fact status, and a signed receipt. |
get_receipt | The full signed document behind a check's receipt.id — per-fact evidence basis, decision-rule version, signing key. What an agent attaches when it blocks. |
prepare_contract_upload | Create a private PDF upload target. |
ingest_contract | Queue canonical text, an HTTPS document, or an uploaded PDF for extraction. |
get_contract | Get contract processing status, candidate counts, and extraction issue state. |
list_contract_claims | List extracted candidates with exact evidence spans. |
list_contract_extraction_issues | List deterministic extraction failures that need customer review. |
review_contract_claim | Approve, correct, or reject one candidate with immutable version control. |
import_facts | Queue up to 400 reviewed facts for warm checks. |
get_fact_import | Get one bulk import and every item result. |
list_bulletins | Soft-deprecated — filter structured bulletins by payer, policy, code, date, or status. Prefer list_extraction_runs for new integrations. |
get_bulletin | Soft-deprecated — get one structured bulletin with field evidence. Prefer get_extraction_run. |
list_bulletin_extraction_attempts | Soft-deprecated — list customer-readable bulletin extraction status and failures. Prefer list_extraction_runs. |
get_bulletin_extraction_attempt | Soft-deprecated — get one bulletin extraction attempt by source-version id. Prefer get_extraction_run. |
list_training_jobs | List read-only training and evaluation status. |
get_training_job | Get one read-only training job. |
list_training_feedback | List reviewed feedback and its effective training-use state. |
record_training_feedback_consent | Record an explicit training-use decision for one reviewed feedback item. |
create_extraction_schema | Register a JSON Schema Kaval extracts structured records against. Requires policy-update:manage. |
list_extraction_schemas | List the extraction schemas registered in this workspace. |
create_extraction_run | Request a one-off publisher + period extraction run against a bound schema. Requires policy-update:manage. |
get_extraction_run | Get one extraction run by id — status, schema, and result once it succeeds. |
list_extraction_runs | List extraction runs with publisher/period/time filters, cursor pagination, and nested document chrome (pass expand_document: false to omit). |
list_extraction_packages | List the monthly PDF + manifest rollups extraction runs are packaged into. |
list_publishers | List org-owned publishers for this workspace's billing account. |
create_publisher | Create an org-owned publisher (UUID identity; renameable display name). |
get_publisher | Get one org-owned publisher by UUID. |
update_publisher | Rename an org-owned publisher. UUID identity is unchanged. |
add_source | Tell Kaval what to watch — requires publisher_id (org publisher UUID). A URL, a named authority to resolve, or a document you will push in. |
list_sources | What Kaval currently watches for this workspace, including sources it auto-registered after a check cited them. |
remove_source | Stop watching a source and forget it. The only thing that frees a registered/resolved workspace slot (auto-registered citations count there; discovered children use a separate per-parent ceiling). |
update_source | Bind (or unbind) an extraction schema and/or set publisher_id on a watched source. Pass reprocess: true to fill-missing re-extract prior versions. Requires policy-update:manage. |
get_source_version_content | Fetch the captured content of one fetched source version, as raw text or pre-split sections. |
report_outcome | Report what actually happened after a prior check (by receipt.id), so Kaval can calibrate. |
verify | Deprecated pilot alias: one conclusion + explicit evidence_refs → a signed ProofPacket receipt. Use check. |
The server publishes these JSON resources:
kaval://bulletinskaval://bulletins/extraction-attemptskaval://training-jobskaval://training-feedbackkaval://contracts/{contract_id}kaval://contracts/{contract_id}/claimskaval://contracts/{contract_id}/extraction-issueskaval://bulletins/{source_version_id}kaval://bulletins/extraction-attempts/{source_version_id}kaval://fact-imports/{import_id}kaval://training-jobs/{job_id}The training resources are read-only. Feedback review and consent require training:manage.
Bulletin extraction status is read-only. MCP does not expose the operator requeue control.
MCP does not start training or promote a model.
check// arguments
{ "action": "Approve this prior-authorization request at the in-network rate", "context": "payer: Aetna; CPT 12345; plan HMO", "materiality": "critical", }
Or skip extraction entirely by naming the facts:
{
"claims": [ { "subject": "Aetna", "predicate": "requires_prior_auth_for", "object": "CPT 12345", "scope": { "plan": "HMO", "state": "CA" }, }, "The 2024 IBC is the current edition", ], "mode": "fast", }
The response:
| field | meaning |
|---|
| decision | ALLOW — every material fact still holds on fresh evidence, proceed. REVIEW — something is unknown, mid-re-evaluation, or changed at low/medium materiality. REVIEW is never permission to act. BLOCK — a high/critical fact changed, or a critical fact is unknown. | | reason_codes | one or more of ALL_FACTS_HOLD, FACT_CHANGED, FACT_EXPIRED, FACT_UNKNOWN, SOURCE_UPDATED_PENDING_REVIEW, SOURCE_UNREACHABLE, NEW_FACT_UNVERIFIED, COMPILATION_UNCERTAIN | | facts[] | { fingerprint, text, status: holds \| changed \| unknown, materiality, served_from_state, last_verified_at, sources[] } — this is how you see _which_ belief moved | | receipt | { id, signature, signed_at }. Pass receipt.id to report_outcome, or to get_receipt for the full signed document
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