Baton

Name: Baton
Author: vinsenzo83

by vinsenzo83version 0.2.0i★ –iComputer or cloud

Registry nameio.github.vinsenzo83/baton

Install

Overview

Description from the maker (original English)

Hand off AI work with a signed Verification Receipt — an independent verifier proves it runs.

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UsageiNot measured yet★ –

What you can do with it

We have not written a plain-language summary for this one yet. Below are the facts we read from the registry.

Connection: Computer or cloud
Transport: stdio, Streamable HTTP
Category: Other

Install

Pick the AI app you use, then copy the settings.

Before you install

Basic checks: 1 of 1 passed
Runs on the maker’s server: what you ask it goes through their server.
The registry lists no key to fill in.

You need

Runs in the cloudNothing to install; it connects over the internet
npmNode.js installed (for the npx command)

Which app do you use?

ClaudeClaude CodeCursorVS CodeChatGPT

Pick your app above. We remember it, so next time the button says “Install in …”.

Works in Claude on the web, desktop and mobile:

Open Settings → Connectors
Press Add custom connector
Paste the address below and press Add
If it asks you to sign in, sign in with the maker

https://baton-mcp-production.up.railway.app/mcp

Or run it on your computer

Open Claude Desktop → Settings → Developer → Edit Config, and paste this into claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "baton": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "baton-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Run this in your terminal

claude mcp add --transport http baton https://baton-mcp-production.up.railway.app/mcp

Or run it on your computer

claude mcp add baton -- npx -y baton-mcp

Open in Cursor

Or copy the settings yourself

Paste into .cursor/mcp.json in your project, or ~/.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "baton": {
      "url": "https://baton-mcp-production.up.railway.app/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Or run it on your computer

Open in Cursor

Or copy the settings yourself

Paste into .cursor/mcp.json in your project, or ~/.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "baton": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "baton-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

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.

Open in VS Code

Or copy the settings yourself

Paste into .vscode/mcp.json in your project

{
  "servers": {
    "baton": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://baton-mcp-production.up.railway.app/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Or run it on your computer

Open in VS Code

Or copy the settings yourself

Paste into .vscode/mcp.json in your project

{
  "servers": {
    "baton": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "baton-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

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.

ChatGPT connects only to servers on the internet:

Open ChatGPT on the web → Settings → Connectors (Apps)
Press Create or Add (some plans need Developer mode under Advanced first)
Paste the address below, give it a name and save
If it asks you to sign in, sign in with the maker

https://baton-mcp-production.up.railway.app/mcp

Menu names can differ slightly by plan and over time.

Your choice stays on this device in a cookie; no account needed.

These settings are generated from the maker’s registry entry. If the README says otherwise, follow the README.

What it can do

We have not read this server’s tool list yet; we check endpoints in rotation.

Basic checksi

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✓ Pass
Maker matches the repo
The registry name was verified with the GitHub account vinsenzo83, which owns the repo
… Not checked yet
Still maintained
We have not read this repo from GitHub yet
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Has a licence
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Endpoint responds
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Sign-in with OAuth
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No hidden instructions in tool descriptions
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Compared with others in Otheri

More stars than 0% of the other 32709 servers in this category
Published to the registry more recently than 16% of the other 32709 servers in this category
Basic checks equal to or better than 100% of the other 32709 servers in this category

Compared with every active server in this category in the registry. Stars count only when the publisher owns the repo.

Common questions

Is Baton safe?

It passed 1 of 1 applicable basic checks. We have not read the code. Before adding a key or token, see what access the server asks for and use a key with only the permissions you need.

What keys or codes does it need?

The registry does not list a required key, though some servers ask you to sign in on first use.

Does it run on my computer or in the cloud?

Either way works: install it on your computer or connect to the cloud version.

Is it still maintained?

The GitHub repo last changed –, and the latest version (0.2.0) reached the registry 4 months ago.

Which apps can use it?

Apps that support MCP, such as Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor and VS Code. It connects by URL, so apps that accept remote MCP servers work too, such as ChatGPT in developer mode.

What can I use instead?

In the same category: Spec Driven Development, Remote Desktop Commander, SwarmMemo

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README from the maker

Open the README

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🏃 BATON

Hand off AI work — with a receipt.

An AI did the work. How does the next person — or the next AI — know it actually *works*, not just that the build passed? BATON seals a unit of AI work into a portable capsule, and an independent verifier replays it and issues a server-signed Verification Receipt. The receiver trusts observed evidence, not a claim.

Never trust an agent handoff without a receipt.

BATON is a standard MCP (Model Context Protocol) server — any MCP-capable tool (Claude Code, Codex CLI, Gemini CLI, Cursor …) connects with one URL. The producer and the verifier can be different models, machines, and people.

Why this, and not the dozen orchestration tools?

Running Claude + Codex + Gemini together (swarms, rooms, agent messaging) is a crowded space. BATON isn't that. The one thing almost nobody does: bind the handoff artifact to independent execution evidence as a single, forgeable-proof trust unit. That's the receipt.

Claude did the work

↓ baton_pass → sealed capsule (BTN-H-…) Codex / a teammate receives it ↓ baton_verify → replay in a clean env, observe the real flow ↓ 🕸️ VERIFIED — signed receipt: who verified · what was observed · in what env · with what artifacts ↓ trust (or reject)

The real buyer isn't "me switching Claude→Codex" (just re-read the repo). It's outsourcer→in-house, leaver→joiner, KO team→US team — where "an AI made this, does it *really* work?" is a question worth paying to answer.

The receipt (the differentiator)

baton_verify doesn't return a ✅ sticker. It returns a signed record:

"kind": "baton.verification-receipt/v1", "capsule": "BTN-H-…", // the handoff this verifies "verifier": "receiver-spider", // WHO verified — independent of the producer "environment": { "os": "ubuntu-24.04", "node": "24.2" }, "observed": [{ "claim": "payment succeeds", "observed": true, "detail": "POST /pay 200 + order row +1" }], "artifacts": ["playwright.trace.zip", "network.har"], "verdict": "verified", "signature": "…hmac-sha256…" // server-signed → tamper the verdict, break the sig }

Flip verdict to "verified" without re-signing and the badge is refused. A passing build never earns verified on its own — only observed E2E does (this is what catches a silent upsert that returns 200 but writes nothing).

Tools

Group	Tools	What it does
Handoff	`baton_pass` `baton_receive` `baton_diff` `baton_revoke`	Seal a work capsule into a code (`BTN-H-…`), hand it over, diff versions. Body encrypted with a code-derived key — the server never sees plaintext
Verify	`baton_verify` `baton_verify_plan` `baton_consolidate` + `spider_*` ×6	Independent verifier replays and issues the signed receipt (no observation, no 🕸️); `consolidate` gathers many handoffs into one result board by trust tier
Team rooms (supporting)	`baton_create_room` `baton_new_invite` `baton_join` `baton_send` `baton_inbox` `baton_who` `baton_leave` `baton_kick` `baton_approve` `baton_close_room`	A persistent room the owner manages; people enter via rotating invite codes (`BTN-R-…`, 72h, re-issuable). Owner can kick, approve (optional gate), close. After join, activity is keyed by `member_id`
Operations	`baton_task_` `baton_git_` `baton_cost_*`	Cycle-safe private task DAG, Git commit/diff/test evidence binding, and idempotent provider/model/task cost ledger

Operations dashboard: /ops.html. It stores only task metadata, Git evidence, and cost facts; BATON never asks for repository credentials.

Network dashboard: /network.html. Shared Memory encrypts bodies under the account key and searches metadata only. MCP Hub rejects credential-bearing URLs. Marketplace reputation accepts only independent, server-signed VERIFIED receipts.

모든 공개 화면은 한국어를 기본으로 제공하며 /dash.html(협업방), /board.html(검증 결과), /ops.html(작업·Git·비용), /network.html(기억·MCP·에이전트)을 상호 연결한다.

Design principles (from the security review)

Code-derived encryption. The server stores only ciphertext + code_hash. Without the code, even the operator can't read the plaintext — the proof of "we can't lock you in."
Signed receipts. Verdicts are HMAC-signed server-side (BATON_RECEIPT_SECRET); no client can forge verified.
Prompt-injection containment. Inbound capsules/messages are returned fenced as *untrusted data*; secrets are auto-masked before storage.
Codes are ≥128-bit secrets, one-time codes redeem atomically, alias-spoofing blocked.
A passing build ≠ working behavior. verified requires observed side effects, never static analysis alone.

Run

npm install

npm test # 15/15 E2E groups pass node src/server.js # stdio (local / any CLI) BATON_HTTP=1 PORT=8080 node src/server.js # remote Streamable HTTP

Register (remote)

claude mcp add --transport http baton https://baton-mcp-production.up.railway.app/mcp

Billing/gating is off by default (dogfooding phase). Set BATON_BILLING=on to re-enable quotas. See [USAGE.md](USAGE.md) for the full guide.

Storage

MVP uses SQLite (better-sqlite3) — self-host single binary. The hosted service drops a Postgres adapter into the narrow interface in src/store.js.

License

MIT

Baton

Overview

PopNx MCP’s three pillars

What you can do with it

Install

Before you install

Or run it on your computer

Or run it on your computer

Or run it on your computer

Or run it on your computer

What it can do

Basic checksi

Maker matches the repo

Still maintained

Has a licence

Endpoint responds

Sign-in with OAuth

No hidden instructions in tool descriptions

Compared with others in Otheri

Common questions

Alternatives

Spec Driven Development

Remote Desktop Commander

SwarmMemo

README from the maker

🏃 BATON

Why this, and not the dozen orchestration tools?

The receipt (the differentiator)

Tools

Design principles (from the security review)

Run

Register (remote)

Storage

License