Development Safety System - MCP Server
About
MCP server for session continuity and sandbox safety in LLM development workflows. Provides "pick up exactly where you left off" + "never break the main app" functionality.
Details
- License
- MIT license
Explore
- Session State Persistence: Save and restore complete development session context
- Sandbox Management: Isolated development environments for safe experimentation
- Activity Detection: File-based monitoring to suggest when to save session state
- Safe Synchronization: Controlled copying of approved changes back to main project
- Sandbox Isolation: Main project never touched during development
- Automatic Backups: Backups created before any sync operations
- Activity Monitoring: Suggests saving state during periods of inactivity
- Version Control: Git branching used in sandboxes for change tracking
- Server Health Monitoring: Built-in status monitoring with heartbeat files
- External Status Checking: Standalone script to verify MCP server health
- Automatic heartbeat files - Updates every 30 seconds
- Startup notifications - Clear indication when server starts
- External status checker - Standalone monitoring script
- Health warnings - Alerts when server appears down
Setting up with Highlight
This MCP is not yet compatible with Highlight’s one-click setup. However, you can still use it with Highlight by following these steps:
- Download and install Highlight from highlightai.com/download
- Navigate to the plugins tab and select "Add Custom Plugin"
-
Configure the plugin with the settings below
Plugin Name
Development Safety System - MCP ServerCommand (node, npx, python, etc.)Please refer to the README for specific instructions on how to obtain API keys or other required environment variables.
- Enable "Start Automatically" if you want the plugin to start when Highlight launches
From the repository
pip install -r requirements.txt
pip install -e .
1. Create a sandbox for safe development:
```python
python tools/check-mcp-status.py
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Paste into your MCP client config file to install this server.
{
"mcpServers": {
"development safety system - mcp server": {
"dev-safety-mcp": {
"command": "python",
"args": [
"tools/check-mcp-status.py"
]
}
}
}
}
McpServers
{
"dev-safety-mcp": {
"command": "python",
"args": [
"tools/check-mcp-status.py"
]
}
}
An MCP (Model Control Protocol) server that enables session continuity and sandbox safety for LLM development workflows.
🎯 Core Goal
Create an MCP server that provides "pick up exactly where you left off" + "never break the main app" functionality for AI-assisted development.
✨ Key Features
- Session State Persistence: Save and restore complete development session context
- Sandbox Management: Isolated development environments for safe experimentation
- Activity Detection: File-based monitoring to suggest when to save session state
- Safe Synchronization: Controlled copying of approved changes back to main project
🚀 Quick Start
Installation
```bash
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