wirebuddy
A Wireshark-style packet viewer you and your AI agent use together, over MCP
Install / Use
claude mcp add dngames -- npx -y github:dngames/wirebuddyIf the server publishes to npm under a different name, use that package instead — check the repo README.
MCP Server
Model Context Protocol server
Quality Score
Category
Development & EngineeringSupported Platforms
Our assessment of wirebuddy
wirebuddy scores 37/100 on our quality scale, 4437th of 4,650 Development & Engineering skills we index.
Its MCP Server is 1.9 KB long, written without headings and no code examples: moderately detailed.
It has no GitHub stars yet, so there is no community track record; judge it on its content.
Maintenance, license and trust
- We could not determine when the repository was last updated.
- No license is declared. By default that means all rights are reserved: you can read it, but reusing or redistributing it is not clearly permitted. Ask the author before building on it commercially.
- Its trust signals score 68/100, with 3 cautions from licensing, adoption, age or documentation. These come from repository metadata, not a code audit — read the skill file before letting an agent act on it.
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Frequently asked questions
- How do I install wirebuddy?
- Run
claude mcp add dngames -- npx -y github:dngames/wirebuddy. The install tabs above show the steps for each supported agent. - Which AI agents does wirebuddy work with?
- It is written for Claude Code and Claude Desktop, as a MCP Server file. Other agents that read the same format can often use it too.
- Is wirebuddy safe to use?
- It declares no license and scores 68/100 on trust signals. Skills are instructions an agent will follow, so read the file before installing it and do not approve commands you do not understand.
- Is wirebuddy still maintained?
- We could not determine when the repository was last updated.
Skill content
View source on GitHub{ "name": "wirebuddy", "version": "0.12.0", "description": "A lightweight Wireshark-style packet viewer for the browser, with live capture and MCP tools so an AI agent can look at the same capture as you", "keywords": [ "wireshark", "sharkd", "dumpcap", "pcap", "pcapng", "packet-analysis", "network", "mcp", "model-context-protocol", "claude" ], "homepage": "https://github.com/dngames/wirebuddy#readme", "bugs": { "url": "https://github.com/dngames/wirebuddy/issues" }, "repository": { "type": "git", "url": "git+https://github.com/dngames/wirebuddy.git" }, "license": "MIT", "author": "Michael Haar", "type": "module", "bin": { "wirebuddy": "dist/server/main.js" }, "files": [ "dist", "!dist/**/*.map", "examples", "CHANGELOG.md", "LICENSE", "README.md", "SECURITY.md" ], "engines": { "node": ">=22" }, "scripts": { "build": "node build.mjs", "typecheck": "tsc --noEmit -p .", "start": "node dist/server/main.js", "mcp": "node dist/server/main.js --mcp", "test": "node test/units.mjs && node test/framestore.mjs && node test/slices.mjs && node test/api-smoke.mjs && node test/mcp-smoke.mjs && node test/panels-smoke.mjs", "test:live": "node test/live-smoke.mjs && node test/live-tail.mjs && node test/live-follow.mjs", "test:browser": "node test/browser.mjs && node test/browser-control.mjs", "test:examples": "node test/investigation.mjs", "test:package": "node test/package.mjs", "demo": "node test/agent-demo.mjs", "prepare": "npm run build", "pretest": "npm run build", "pretest:browser": "npm run build", "pretest:package": "npm run build" }, "dependencies": { "@modelcontextprotocol/sdk": "^1.32.2", "ws": "^8.22.0", "zod": "^4.6.7" }, "devDependencies": { "@types/node": "^26.6.5", "@types/ws": "^8.18.2", "esbuild": "^0.28.2", "typescript": "^7.0.2" } }
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Trust signals
From repository metadata: license, adoption, age and documentation. Not a code audit — see the Safety scan above for what the skill file itself contains.
