Metadata-Version: 2.5
Name: gauge-mcp
Version: 0.2.1
Summary: MCP bundle for people running a small website: web analytics (Umami) and email (Resend) in one server.
Project-URL: Repository, https://github.com/seayniclabs/gauge
Author: Seaynic Labs
License-Expression: MIT
License-File: LICENSE
Keywords: analytics,email,mcp,model-context-protocol,resend,umami
Classifier: Operating System :: OS Independent
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3
Requires-Python: >=3.11
Requires-Dist: httpx>=0.27
Requires-Dist: mcp[cli]<2,>=1.27
Requires-Dist: pydantic>=2.7
Provides-Extra: dev
Requires-Dist: pytest>=8; extra == 'dev'
Description-Content-Type: text/markdown

# Gauge

<!-- mcp-name: io.github.seayniclabs/gauge -->

**Made by [Seaynic Labs](https://seayniclabs.com).** Need tools like this built around your own systems? [We do that](https://seayniclabs.com/#business).

Gauge lets an AI assistant read your website's Umami analytics and send email through Resend, and comes with skills that teach it to do that work well: weekly reports, copy, SEO and email.

It is a **bundle**: tools, skills and instructions in one install. The tools are one server made of modules. You switch on the modules you use. New modules arrive switched off, so an update never changes what your assistant can do until you choose to.

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| Security card | |
|---|---|
| Network | Only the services you configure: your Umami address (or api.umami.is) and api.resend.com. Nothing else, no telemetry. |
| Files | Reads its config file (~/.config/gauge/config.toml). Writes one local approval log (~/.local/state/gauge/approvals.jsonl). |
| Secrets | API keys and passwords come from your environment or config file. They are never tool arguments and never returned to the model. |
| Read-only tools | 7: `umami_websites`, `umami_stats`, `umami_pageviews`, `umami_metrics`, `resend_emails`, `resend_domains`, `gauge_modules` |
| Needs your approval | `resend_send`: you approve each send in your app, or pre-approve recipients in settings. The AI cannot approve for you. |
| Startup cost | about 4,700 tokens (8 tools, 9 skill prompts) |
| Changes | Tool descriptions are locked by hash (`tool-manifest.lock.json`); CI fails if they change silently. |
<!-- security-card:end -->


| Module | What it does | Status |
|---|---|---|
| `umami` | Web analytics from [Umami](https://umami.is), self-hosted or Umami Cloud: sites, totals, time series, top pages, referrers, countries, browsers | 0.1 |
| `resend` | Email through [Resend](https://resend.com): send (preview first), list sent mail, list sending domains | 0.1 |

Gauge works with any MCP client: Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor, VS Code, Sonique, Hermes, OpenClaw and others. It runs on your computer and stores nothing; your data stays in Umami and Resend.

## Skills

Skills are short guides your assistant reads before doing a job. Gauge ships 9, in two forms from one source: a `skills/` folder for apps that read Agent Skills (Claude Code and others), and MCP prompts for every other MCP app.

| Skill | What it covers | By |
|---|---|---|
| `getting-started` | Setup, first checks, fixing errors | Seaynic Labs |
| `weekly-site-report` | A one-minute weekly traffic report from Umami | Seaynic Labs |
| `analytics`, `seo-audit`, `copywriting`, `emails` | Tracking plans, SEO audits, page copy, email sequences | [Corey Haines](https://github.com/coreyhaines31/marketingskills), MIT |
| `resend`, `email-best-practices`, `react-email` | Sending with Resend, deliverability, HTML email | [Resend](https://github.com/resend/resend-skills), MIT |

Third-party skills keep their licenses; see [CREDITS.md](CREDITS.md).

## Install

Gauge needs Python 3.11 or newer. With [uv](https://docs.astral.sh/uv/) you don't install anything ahead of time:

```bash
uvx gauge-mcp --version
uvx gauge-mcp --doctor          # checks your settings and connections, prints fixes
```

Pin the exact version if you want updates only when you choose them: `uvx gauge-mcp==0.2.1`.

Or with pip:

```bash
pip install gauge-mcp
```

**As a Claude Code plugin** (tools and skills in one step):

```
/plugin marketplace add seayniclabs/plugins
/plugin install gauge@seayniclabs
```

Plugin users put settings in `~/.config/gauge/config.toml` (below).

## Settings

Set these as environment variables in your MCP client's config, or put them in a config file (see below). You only need the settings for the modules you use. Gauge starts without any of them and tells you what's missing when you call a tool.

| Variable | Module | What it is |
|---|---|---|
| `GAUGE_UMAMI_URL` | umami | Your Umami address, e.g. `https://analytics.example.com` |
| `GAUGE_UMAMI_USERNAME` / `GAUGE_UMAMI_PASSWORD` | umami | A self-hosted Umami login. A view-only user is enough. |
| `GAUGE_UMAMI_API_KEY` | umami | Umami Cloud API key (instead of a login). `GAUGE_UMAMI_URL` defaults to Umami Cloud when this is set. |
| `GAUGE_RESEND_API_KEY` | resend | Resend API key |
| `GAUGE_RESEND_FROM` | resend | Sender address on a domain you verified in Resend |
| `GAUGE_RESEND_FROM_NAME` | resend | Optional sender display name |
| `GAUGE_RESEND_ALLOWED_RECIPIENTS` | resend | Optional. Comma-separated addresses or `@domains` the assistant may send to without asking you each time, e.g. `me@example.com,@example.com` |
| `GAUGE_RESEND_REQUIRE_CONFIRM` | resend | `true` by default: you approve each send. `false` lets the assistant send on its own. |
| `GAUGE_<MODULE>_ENABLED` | any | `false` turns a module off, e.g. `GAUGE_RESEND_ENABLED=false` |

**Config file (optional).** Gauge also reads `~/.config/gauge/config.toml`, or the file named by `GAUGE_CONFIG`. Environment variables win over the file.

```toml
[umami]
url = "https://analytics.example.com"
username = "viewer"
password = "change-me"

[resend]
enabled = false
```

## Add it to your MCP client

Most clients use the same JSON shape. Put it where your client keeps MCP servers:

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "gauge": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": ["gauge-mcp"],
      "env": {
        "GAUGE_UMAMI_URL": "https://analytics.example.com",
        "GAUGE_UMAMI_USERNAME": "viewer",
        "GAUGE_UMAMI_PASSWORD": "change-me",
        "GAUGE_RESEND_API_KEY": "re_your_key",
        "GAUGE_RESEND_FROM": "hello@example.com"
      }
    }
  }
}
```

| Client | Where the config goes |
|---|---|
| Claude Desktop | `claude_desktop_config.json` (Settings → Developer → Edit Config) |
| Claude Code | `claude mcp add gauge -- uvx gauge-mcp`, then add the `env` values, or a project `.mcp.json` |
| Cursor | `~/.cursor/mcp.json`, or `.cursor/mcp.json` in a project |
| VS Code | `.vscode/mcp.json`, using `"servers"` instead of `"mcpServers"` |
| Sonique, Hermes, OpenClaw, others | Any client that launches a stdio MCP server: command `uvx`, args `["gauge-mcp"]`, plus the env values |

**Over HTTP.** For clients that connect to a URL instead of launching a process:

```bash
gauge-mcp --transport http --port 8765
```

It serves streamable HTTP at `http://127.0.0.1:8765/mcp`. It listens only on your own machine by default. Put authentication in front of it before exposing it anywhere else.

## Try these

Paste one into your assistant once Gauge is set up:

1. "How did my site do last week compared with the week before?"
2. "Which pages got the most visits this month, and where did those visitors come from?"
3. "Write my weekly site report and draft it as an email to me. Don't send it yet."
4. "Audit the SEO of my top three pages and suggest new titles and descriptions."
5. "Which of my Resend sending domains aren't verified yet, and what do I need to fix?"

## Tools

| Tool | What it returns |
|---|---|
| `gauge_modules` | Which modules are on, which settings are missing, and what each tool does. Call this first. |
| `umami_websites` | Tracked websites, paged |
| `umami_stats` | Pageviews, visitors, visits, bounces and bounce rate for a date range |
| `umami_pageviews` | Pageviews and sessions over time |
| `umami_metrics` | A ranked breakdown: `type` = `path` (top pages), `referrer`, `country`, `browser`, `os`, `device` and more |
| `resend_send` | Sends an email after you approve it. Without `confirm=true` it only returns a preview. |
| `resend_emails` | Sent emails, paged with a cursor |
| `resend_domains` | Sending domains and whether each is verified |

Every tool returns structured data with a published schema, so an assistant can write code against the results instead of reading text. Date ranges take `days` (default 7) or ISO 8601 `start` and `end`. Errors always look like `gauge.<module>.<code>: <message> Fix: <hint>`.

## Safety

- Gauge only calls the services you configure. It sends nothing anywhere else and keeps no data.
- `resend_send` sends real email, so **you** approve each one, not the assistant. When the assistant asks to send, Gauge asks you directly through your MCP client (MCP elicitation) and shows the sender, recipients and subject. The assistant can't answer that question for you.
- Some MCP clients can't ask you questions yet. In those, Gauge refuses to send unless you've pre-approved the recipients with `GAUGE_RESEND_ALLOWED_RECIPIENTS`, or turned approval off with `GAUGE_RESEND_REQUIRE_CONFIRM=false`.
- Give Gauge the least access it needs: a view-only Umami user, and a Resend key limited to sending if you don't need the other email tools.

## Develop

```bash
uv venv && uv pip install -e '.[dev]'
.venv/bin/pytest
```

## Security

Report a vulnerability privately through GitHub (Security tab, "Report a vulnerability"). See [SECURITY.md](SECURITY.md). Every send you approve, decline or that gets refused is logged locally in `~/.local/state/gauge/approvals.jsonl` (recipients and subject, never the message body). Set `GAUGE_APPROVAL_LOG` to move it.

## License

MIT. Published by Seaynic Labs. Third-party skills are credited in [CREDITS.md](CREDITS.md) and keep their own licenses.

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**Built by [Seaynic Labs](https://seayniclabs.com).** We build tools like this around a business's own systems: local-first, with a person approving every change. [See custom integrations](https://seayniclabs.com/#business).
