Borrowing it
Nothing to install: this file belongs to jhlee0409/elenchus-mcp. Take a copy, put it at the same path in your own repository, and replace the rules that are about this project with yours.
curl -O https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jhlee0409/elenchus-mcp/main/CLAUDE.mdgit clone --depth 1 https://github.com/jhlee0409/elenchus-mcpWrote this? Show the measurements
A badge with what this costs and how it scanned, read live from this page, so it follows the numbers instead of freezing them. Markdown for a README, HTML for a documentation site or a project page.
[](https://agentmods.dev/instructions/jhlee0409/elenchus-mcp/claude-md)<a href="https://agentmods.dev/instructions/jhlee0409/elenchus-mcp/claude-md"><img src="https://agentmods.dev/badge/instructions/jhlee0409/elenchus-mcp/claude-md/github.svg" alt="Measured on agentmods" height="20"></a>Or the 80×15 button, for a site that already has a row of RSS and ATOM ones. Only the verdict fits; the numbers stay here.
<a href="https://agentmods.dev/instructions/jhlee0409/elenchus-mcp/claude-md"><img src="https://agentmods.dev/badge/instructions/jhlee0409/elenchus-mcp/claude-md.svg" alt="Reviewed on agentmods" width="80" height="20"></a>What it costs to keep this loaded
Counted locally with the o200k_base tokenizer, which is exact for GPT models; Claude uses its own tokenizer and its counts differ. Treat this as one consistent yardstick across the catalogue rather than a bill. Prices are per million input tokens.
| Model | Per session | Once invoked |
|---|---|---|
| Fable 5.1 | $0.00935 | $0.00935 |
| Opus 5 | $0.00467 | $0.00467 |
| Sonnet 5 | $0.00187 | $0.00187 |
| Haiku 4.5 | $0.00093 | $0.00093 |
Grade A, and why
elenchus-mcp CLAUDE.md scanned grade A with 0 findings against 26 rules in 11 categories — prompt injection, anti-refusal, data exfiltration, privilege escalation, supply chain, agent snooping, system-prompt leakage, SSRF and excessive agency — measured 9d ago.
A static scan of the body, not an audit. Every finding is printed with the line that produced it so you can judge whether it matters here. A mod is markdown that instructs an agent; that is exactly why what it instructs is worth reading.
Nothing flagged
None of the 26 patterns this scan looks for appear in this file: no shell pipes, no recursive deletes, no credential paths, no hidden text, no instruction-override or anti-refusal phrasing, no agent-config snooping. That is not a guarantee, it is the absence of the things that are checkable.
How it starts
The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 110 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.
CLAUDE.md
This file provides guidance to Claude Code (claude.ai/code) when working with code in this repository.
Project Overview
Elenchus MCP Server is an adversarial code verification system using a Verifier-Critic loop. Named after Socrates' method of refutation (ἔλεγχος), it orchestrates debate between Verifier and Critic agents via the Model Context Protocol (MCP).
Build & Development
npm run build # Compile TypeScript to dist/
npm run dev # Watch mode with auto-rebuild
npm run start # Run the compiled server
npm run inspector # Launch MCP Inspector for debugging
Architecture
Core Flow
- Session Start → Initializes verification, builds dependency graph
- Round Submission → Verifier and Critic alternate submitting analysis
- Convergence Check → Automatic evaluation after each round
- Session End → Final verdict (PASS/FAIL/CONDITIONAL)
Key Modules
| Module | Purpose |
|---|---|
src/index.ts |
MCP server entry point, registers tools/resources/prompts |
src/tools/ |
All MCP tool implementations (session lifecycle, state management, analysis, role enforcement) |
src/state/session.ts |
Session persistence at ~/.elenchus/sessions/, convergence detection |
src/state/context.ts |
File collection, pre-analysis for obvious issues |
src/mediator/ |
Dependency graph, circular detection, ripple effect analysis, interventions |
src/roles/ |
Verifier/Critic definitions, compliance validation, strict alternation |
src/prompts/ |
5 MCP prompts: verify, consolidate, apply, complete, cross-verify |
src/utils/data-structures.ts |
LRU Cache, Priority Queue, Trie for algorithm optimization |
Token Optimization Modules
| Module | Purpose |
|---|---|
src/diff/ |
Differential analysis (verify only changed files) |
src/cache/ |
Response caching with TTL |
src/chunking/ |
Split large files into function-level chunks |
src/pipeline/ |
Tiered verification (screen → focused → exhaustive) |
src/safeguards/ |
Quality safeguards, confidence scoring, sampling validation |
What this file has done since we first saw it
Hashed on every crawl. A supply-chain change to an agent config is a question of when, not whether, so the history is kept rather than the latest state alone.
- 9d ago First seen · 110 lines · 935 tokens per session scan A 5bfb8338c88c
elenchus-mcp CLAUDE.md is an instructions file published in the GitHub repository jhlee0409/elenchus-mcp (4 stars, last pushed 7mo ago), licensed MIT. It adds 935 tokens to every session, about $0.0047 per session on Opus 5. A static security scan graded it A with 0 findings. No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-08-31.
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