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@mcpx-digital/readme-score

@mcpx-digital/readme-score

MCP server that scores README quality and suggests improvements.

Honest, heuristic scoring for install/usage/license/badges/structure plus relative link checks. Local markdown files only.

Scoring rubric (100 points)

Category

Max

What we look for

Title

5

Top-level # heading

Description

10

Short prose intro

Install

20

Install heading + package-manager / clone commands

Usage

20

Usage/examples heading + fenced code

License

10

License section or clear license mention

Badges

10

Status/shield badges

Contributing

5

Contributing section or link

Relative links

15

Relative paths resolve on disk

Structure

5

Enough markdown headings

Grades: A≥90, B≥80, C≥70, D≥60, else F.

Heuristic for documentation completeness — not code quality, security, or SEO.

Related MCP server: MCP Docs Server

Install

npx -y @mcpx-digital/readme-score

Cursor mcp.json example

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "readme-score": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "@mcpx-digital/readme-score"]
    }
  }
}

Local clone:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "readme-score": {
      "command": "node",
      "args": ["/absolute/path/to/readme-score-mcp/index.js"]
    }
  }
}

Tools

Tool

What it does

score_readme

Full 0–100 score with category breakdown

suggest_improvements

Concrete fix list

check_readme_links

Relative link existence only

Example prompts

  • “Score ./README.md

  • “Suggest README improvements for this repo”

  • “Which relative links in the README are broken?”

Development

git clone https://github.com/TheoryofShadows/readme-score-mcp.git
cd readme-score-mcp
npm install
npm test

License

MIT

Maintenance

ActivityMaintained
ResponsivenessNo issues

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