argus
argus is an MCP server, listed under model apis. It reaches deepseek and openai. It needs DEEPSEEK_API_KEY and OPENAI_API_KEY to authenticate. Its repository has 3 GitHub stars and is licensed under MIT; we last read it on 2026-10-22.
Autonomous QA MCP that tests web and macOS apps like a real testing engineer—and verifies every bug it reports.
Install
MCP servers are packaged differently from each other -- some run via npx, some as a Docker image, some as a plain script you clone and run. argus’s own README did not state one plainly enough for this page to quote it rather than guess, so it will not guess. The repository below states it.
What it reaches, and what it needs
Maintenance
Tools for AI coding assistants to test web apps, recheck suspected issues, and save findings with reviewable evidence.
argus compared with similar servers
| Server | Reaches | Needs | Stars | Last update | Licence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| argus (this page) | deepseek, openai | DEEPSEEK_API_KEY, OPENAI_API_KEY | 3 | 2026-10-19 | MIT |
| just-prompt | anthropic, deepseek, gemini, groq, openai(2 shared) | ANTHROPIC_API_KEY, DEEPSEEK_API_KEY, GEMINI_API_KEY, GROQ_API_KEY, OPENAI_API_KEY | 739 | 2025-08-10 | — |
| brainstorm-mcp | deepseek, gemini, openai(2 shared) | DEEPSEEK_API_KEY, GEMINI_API_KEY, OPENAI_API_KEY | 71 | 2026-09-29 | MIT |
| cross-llm-mcp | anthropic, deepseek, gemini, huggingface, kimi, mistral, openai(2 shared) | ANTHROPIC_API_KEY, DEEPSEEK_API_KEY, GEMINI_API_KEY, HF_TOKEN, HUGGINGFACE_API_KEY, KIMI_API_KEY, MISTRAL_API_KEY, OPENAI_API_KEY | 16 | 2026-10-15 | MIT |
| paperbanana | atlascloud, google, openai(1 shared) | ATLASCLOUD_API_KEY, GOOGLE_API_KEY, OPENAI_API_KEY | 2,412 | 2026-09-17 | MIT |
| ms-365-mcp-server | ms365, openai(1 shared) | MS365_MCP_ATTACHMENT_URL_KEY, MS365_MCP_CLIENT_SECRET, MS365_MCP_OAUTH_TOKEN, OPENAI_API_KEY | 1,068 | 2026-10-23 | MIT |
Ranked by services in common with argus, then by stars. Figures are from each repository when we last read it.
Common questions about argus
- What does argus do?
- Autonomous QA MCP that tests web and macOS apps like a real testing engineer—and verifies every bug it reports.
- How do I install argus?
- Its README did not state an install command plainly enough for us to quote one, so we do not guess. The repository has the instructions: https://github.com/chriswu727/argus
- What does argus connect to, and what does it need?
- It reaches deepseek and openai. The credentials we found in its source are DEEPSEEK_API_KEY and OPENAI_API_KEY.
- Is argus official and is it maintained?
- We found nothing naming it as a vendor’s official server. Its repository has 3 GitHub stars and its state in our directory is listed. Its last commit we recorded was on 2026-10-19.
- What licence does argus use?
- The repository declares the MIT licence.
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