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failmodes-mcp

An MCP server providing access to the Fail Modes taxonomy, a knowledge base of AI system failure modes. It exposes tools to search for failure modes by symptom or keyword, retrieve full structured records by ID, list taxonomy categories, and list all modes optionally filtered by category. It fetches data from failmodes.com on first call and caches it in memory.

Package and access

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failmodes-mcp logo, by elyngvedCommunity listingLocal stdioSource reviewed; not executedPublished by elyngved
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What you can do with it

  • Search for AI failure modes by symptom text or keyword phrase.
  • Retrieve full structured records for specific failure modes by ID slug.
  • List all taxonomy categories with descriptions and mode counts.
  • List all failure modes, optionally filtered by category ID.

Source and maintenance

Community listingRegistry 0.1.0
mcp-registry: io.github.elyngved/failmodes@0.1.0Source repository
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Packages and installation

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failmodes-mcp 0.1.0

npm
failmodes-mcp package definition
{
  "version": "0.1.0",
  "transport": "stdio",
  "identifier": "failmodes-mcp",
  "registryType": "npm"
}

Tools

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Cursor

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Cursor configuration
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "failmodes-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "failmodes-mcp@0.1.0"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Cline

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Cline configuration
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "failmodes-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "failmodes-mcp@0.1.0"
      ]
    }
  }
}

VS Code

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VS Code configuration
{
  "servers": {
    "failmodes-mcp": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "failmodes-mcp@0.1.0"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Claude Desktop

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Claude Desktop configuration
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "failmodes-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "failmodes-mcp@0.1.0"
      ]
    }
  }
}

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