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Letterbox

L0· runs locally

File-based comms protocol for AI-to-AI dialogue between terminal agents.

v1.2.2 · active · repository · descriptor JSON · versions

Runs on your machine: something must execute the package.Only local packages are published (npm, PyPI, OCI, …). The registry never executes them, so tools are unknown until you run it.
Quality–not scored
Trust87of 100
Packages1
Tools seen0

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{
  "mcpServers": {
    "letterbox": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "letterbox==1.2.2"
      ],
      "env": {
        "LETTERBOX_CHANNEL": "${LETTERBOX_CHANNEL}",
        "LETTERBOX_SENDER": "${LETTERBOX_SENDER}",
        "LETTERBOX_INSTANCE_ID": "${LETTERBOX_INSTANCE_ID}"
      }
    }
  }
}
claude mcp add letterbox -e "LETTERBOX_CHANNEL=${LETTERBOX_CHANNEL}" -e "LETTERBOX_SENDER=${LETTERBOX_SENDER}" -e "LETTERBOX_INSTANCE_ID=${LETTERBOX_INSTANCE_ID}" -- uvx letterbox==1.2.2
[mcp_servers.letterbox]
command = "uvx"
args = ["letterbox==1.2.2"]
env = { "LETTERBOX_CHANNEL" = "${LETTERBOX_CHANNEL}", "LETTERBOX_SENDER" = "${LETTERBOX_SENDER}", "LETTERBOX_INSTANCE_ID" = "${LETTERBOX_INSTANCE_ID}" }
{
  "$schema": "https://opencode.ai/config.json",
  "mcp": {
    "letterbox": {
      "type": "local",
      "command": [
        "uvx",
        "letterbox==1.2.2"
      ],
      "enabled": true,
      "environment": {
        "LETTERBOX_CHANNEL": "{env:LETTERBOX_CHANNEL}",
        "LETTERBOX_SENDER": "{env:LETTERBOX_SENDER}",
        "LETTERBOX_INSTANCE_ID": "{env:LETTERBOX_INSTANCE_ID}"
      }
    }
  }
}
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "letterbox": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "letterbox==1.2.2"
      ],
      "env": {
        "LETTERBOX_CHANNEL": "${LETTERBOX_CHANNEL}",
        "LETTERBOX_SENDER": "${LETTERBOX_SENDER}",
        "LETTERBOX_INSTANCE_ID": "${LETTERBOX_INSTANCE_ID}"
      }
    }
  },
  "deeplink": "cursor://anysphere.cursor-deeplink/mcp/install?name=letterbox&config=eyJjb21tYW5kIjoidXZ4IiwiYXJncyI6WyJsZXR0ZXJib3g9PTEuMi4yIl0sImVudiI6eyJMRVRURVJCT1hfQ0hBTk5FTCI6IiR7TEVUVEVSQk9YX0NIQU5ORUx9IiwiTEVUVEVSQk9YX1NFTkRFUiI6IiR7TEVUVEVSQk9YX1NFTkRFUn0iLCJMRVRURVJCT1hfSU5TVEFOQ0VfSUQiOiIke0xFVFRFUkJPWF9JTlNUQU5DRV9JRH0ifX0%3D"
}
{
  "servers": {
    "letterbox": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "letterbox==1.2.2"
      ],
      "env": {
        "LETTERBOX_CHANNEL": "${LETTERBOX_CHANNEL}",
        "LETTERBOX_SENDER": "${LETTERBOX_SENDER}",
        "LETTERBOX_INSTANCE_ID": "${LETTERBOX_INSTANCE_ID}"
      }
    }
  }
}
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "letterbox": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "letterbox==1.2.2"
      ],
      "env": {
        "LETTERBOX_CHANNEL": "${LETTERBOX_CHANNEL}",
        "LETTERBOX_SENDER": "${LETTERBOX_SENDER}",
        "LETTERBOX_INSTANCE_ID": "${LETTERBOX_INSTANCE_ID}"
      }
    }
  }
}
extensions:
  "letterbox":
    enabled: true
    name: "letterbox"
    type: stdio
    cmd: "uvx"
    args:
      - "letterbox==1.2.2"
    envs:
      "LETTERBOX_CHANNEL": "${LETTERBOX_CHANNEL}"
      "LETTERBOX_SENDER": "${LETTERBOX_SENDER}"
      "LETTERBOX_INSTANCE_ID": "${LETTERBOX_INSTANCE_ID}"
    timeout: 300

This is a local package: the command runs on your machine.

Quality – / 100not scored

Not scored: fewer than three checks apply, usually because no remote answered a credential-free probe or the server is a local package.

protocoln/a · weight 25
  • n/a
    protocol.modern, protocol.stateless, protocol.transport, protocol.list_ttlno remote answered a protocol handshake (not probed yet, unreachable, or local-only)
authorizationn/a · weight 15
  • n/a
    auth.prm, auth.as_metadata, auth.cimdno remote uses OAuth
  • n/a
    auth.secret_in_urlno templated URL
tool hygienen/a · weight 30
  • n/a
    tools.descriptions, tools.description_length, tools.schemas, tools.annotations, tools.directory_hints, tools.token_cost, tools.api_dumptool list unknown (behind auth, not probed, or empty)
stabilityn/a · weight 15
  • n/a
    stability.changes, stability.rug_pulltool list unknown
dependencies100 · weight 15
  • pass
    deps.known_vulnsno known advisory in 31 resolved packages
  • pass
    deps.mcp_sdk_versionmcp 1.30.0, no known advisory
  • pass
    deps.resolvable[email protected] resolved: 31 packages

Tool list unknown · checked 2026-10-20 15:57 UTC

Tool changes

No tool definition changes recorded. A server's first observation is its baseline; later probes record what changes.

Checks run on what our credential-free, read-only probes observe; tools are never called and no code audit is performed. How it is computed.

Trust 87 / 100

provenance80
livenessn/a
freshness85
hygiene100

+repository +namespace-matches-repo ~liveness-unmeasured ~updated-57d-ago

Derived from observable signals (official registry feed and our own credential-free probes); no code audit performed. How it is computed.

Dependencies

[email protected] PyPI30 dependencies, resolved · MCP SDK mcp 1.30.0 · advisories checked 2026-10-19

No known advisory affects this dependency graph.

Dependency graphs from deps.dev; advisories from OSV.dev, including the GitHub Advisory Database and the PyPI Advisory Database; all CC BY 4.0. The graph is what a clean install of this version resolves today; nothing was installed or run. How it is checked.

Endpoints

packageregistryversionruntimesecrets
letterboxpypi1.2.2–

Tools (0)

No tools observed. Local packages are never executed by the registry.

Schemas: list_tools.

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Official server.json
{
  "name": "io.github.dovahkiin-v/letterbox",
  "title": "Letterbox",
  "$schema": "https://static.modelcontextprotocol.io/schemas/2025-12-11/server.schema.json",
  "version": "1.2.2",
  "packages": [
    {
      "version": "1.2.2",
      "transport": {
        "type": "stdio"
      },
      "identifier": "letterbox",
      "registryType": "pypi",
      "environmentVariables": [
        {
          "name": "LETTERBOX_CHANNEL",
          "format": "string",
          "isRequired": true,
          "description": "Channel name to open. Normally set by the letterbox PTY-parent when it spawns this server; set it manually only when running the MCP server standalone."
        },
        {
          "name": "LETTERBOX_SENDER",
          "format": "string",
          "isRequired": true,
          "description": "This endpoint's identity on the channel — the name the peer agent sees on every message."
        },
        {
          "name": "LETTERBOX_INSTANCE_ID",
          "format": "string",
          "isRequired": true,
          "description": "Per-launch instance id, the watcher/own-write join key that stops an agent seeing its own messages as incoming. Must be unique per launch."
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "repository": {
    "url": "https://github.com/dovahkiin-v/letterbox",
    "source": "github"
  },
  "description": "File-based comms protocol for AI-to-AI dialogue between terminal agents."
}