# Globally-installed MCP servers (pipx)

> Globally-installed MCP servers (pipx) is an officially published AI tool from pipx. Anomity scores its risk at 10 out of 100 (low).

- **Canonical URL:** https://catalog.anomity.ai/agent/global-mcp-pipx
- **Kind:** AI tool
- **Publisher:** pipx
- **Trust level:** official
- **Risk score:** 10/100 (low)
- **Website:** https://pipx.pypa.io/
- **Last updated:** 2026-09-02
- **JSON:** https://catalog.anomity.ai/api/entries/agent/global-mcp-pipx

## Description

Python MCP server packages installed via `pipx install`. Available to any agent on the system; the daemon synthesises an mcpServer entry per matching package so classification and policy evaluation see them like configured MCPs.

## Why it scored 10

The score starts at the catalog's neutral base of 50 and moves only through the signals below. The formula is published at https://catalog.anomity.ai/about — there is no model and no hidden heuristic.

| Signal | Contribution | Severity | Evidence |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Published by the vendor | -40 | trust offset |  |

Clamped result: **10/100**, band **low**.

## Configuration surface

Files this tool reads on the host. Anything written here changes what the agent does next.

- `global-mcp-pipx-metadata-win` — pipx_metadata.json (Windows %USERPROFILE%\.local\pipx\venvs\*)
- `global-mcp-pipx-metadata-unix` — pipx_metadata.json (~/.local/pipx/venvs/* on macOS/Linux)

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- [Aider](https://catalog.anomity.ai/agent/aider) — risk 10 (low)
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Source: Anomity Catalog (https://catalog.anomity.ai/). Scoring methodology: https://catalog.anomity.ai/about. Machine-readable index: https://catalog.anomity.ai/llms.txt · https://catalog.anomity.ai/openapi.json