CHAP Coordinator

local MCP server

CHAP Coordinator is a local MCP server: Auditable records of human decisions over AI agent work. Approvals, edits, overrides, escalations. Install it from npm as @brightbeamai/chap-coordinator-mcp.

Installation

Terminal

claude mcp add chap -e CHAP_DB_PATH=... -e CHAP_PROFILES=... -- npx -y @brightbeamai/chap-coordinator-mcp

Run in your project folder. Add --scope user to use it everywhere.

Claude Desktop, Cursor & other clients

Add to claude_desktop_config.json or .cursor/mcp.json.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "chap": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@brightbeamai/chap-coordinator-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "CHAP_DB_PATH": "...",
        "CHAP_PROFILES": "..."
      }
    }
  }
}

Fill in the environment variables with your own credentials.

What you need

Runtime: Node.js 18+ (runs with npx).
MCP client: Claude Code, Codex, Antigravity, Claude Desktop, Cursor or any other client that speaks MCP over stdio.
Environment variables: CHAP_DB_PATH, CHAP_PROFILES

Summary

Auditable records of human decisions over AI agent work. Approvals, edits, overrides, escalations.