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Justdrop MCP Server

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Live, end-to-end encrypted, ephemeral file transfer between your AI agent and any device.

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Live, end-to-end encrypted, ephemeral file transfer between your AI agent and any device.

Security Report

5.2
Moderate5.2Moderate Risk

JustDrop MCP is a well-architected file transfer server with strong security fundamentals: proper input validation, filesystem jail enforcement, credential filtering, and safe configuration. The codebase demonstrates thoughtful security design with explicit safeguards against path traversal and credential leakage. Minor quality issues around error handling and logging do not materially impact security. Supply chain analysis found 3 known vulnerabilities in dependencies (0 critical, 3 high severity). Package verification found 1 issue.

7 files analyzed · 9 issues found

Security scores are indicators to help you make informed decisions, not guarantees. Always review permissions before connecting any MCP server.

Permissions Required

This plugin requests these system permissions. Most are normal for its category.

File System Read

Reads files on your machine. Normal for tools that analyze or process local data.

File System Write

Writes or modifies files on your machine. Check that this is expected for the tool.

HTTP Network Access

Connects to external APIs or services over the internet.

env_vars

Check that this permission is expected for this type of plugin.

What You'll Need

Set these up before or after installing:

The only directory the server may read files from or save files into (root jail). Defaults to the working directory.Optional

Environment variable: JUSTDROP_ROOT

Room lifetime in minutes when a tool call doesn't specify one (1-1440, default 60).Optional

Environment variable: JUSTDROP_DEFAULT_EXPIRY_MINUTES

How to Install

Add this to your MCP configuration file:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "ai-justdrop-mcp": {
      "env": {
        "JUSTDROP_ROOT": "your-justdrop-root-here",
        "JUSTDROP_DEFAULT_EXPIRY_MINUTES": "your-justdrop-default-expiry-minutes-here"
      },
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "justdrop-mcp"
      ],
      "command": "npx"
    }
  }
}

Documentation

View on GitHub

From the project's GitHub README.

justdrop-mcp

Give your AI agent a way to hand you files — live, end-to-end encrypted, nothing stored.

justdrop-mcp is an MCP (Model Context Protocol) server for JustDrop. Your agent creates a room, you scan a QR or open a link on any device, and the files move — encrypted before they leave the machine, decrypted only on yours, gone when the room closes. No account on either end. The receiving device needs nothing installed: just a browser.

You:    "drop dist/report.pdf to my phone"
Agent:  Room code: brave-otter-4821
        Link: https://justdrop.ai/app#join=brave-otter-4821
        [QR code]
You:    *scan, tap, done — the room self-destructs*

It works the other way too: "grab the screenshot from my phone" gives you a QR; whatever you drop from the phone lands decrypted in your working directory, and the agent keeps working with it.

Install

Requires Node.js 20+.

claude mcp add justdrop -- npx -y justdrop-mcp

Or in .mcp.json / any MCP client config:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "justdrop": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "justdrop-mcp"],
      "env": {
        "JUSTDROP_ROOT": "C:/path/to/allowed/folder"
      }
    }
  }
}

Tools

ToolWhat it does
dropSend files/folders. Returns room code + link + QR immediately; the transfer runs automatically when the recipient opens the link. Pass room_code to send into an existing room instead.
receiveReceive files into a directory. Creates a room (code + link + QR) and saves anything dropped into it, decrypted, automatically. Pass room_code to join a room someone else created.
statusLive progress: peer presence, per-file state, saved paths.
cancelDestroys a room this session created (files + metadata deleted), or leaves a joined room.

Configuration

Env varDefaultMeaning
JUSTDROP_BASE_URLhttps://justdrop.aiBackend to talk to (point at http://localhost:3000 for local dev).
JUSTDROP_ROOTserver's working directoryThe only directory the server may read from / save into.
JUSTDROP_DEFAULT_EXPIRY_MINUTES60Room lifetime when a tool doesn't specify one (1–1440).

Safety model

An MCP server that reads local files is a prompt-injection target, so the guardrails are structural, not polite suggestions:

  • Root jail — every path (sent or saved) must resolve inside JUSTDROP_ROOT. Anything else is refused.
  • Credential refusal — dotfiles (.env, .npmrc, …), SSH/TLS keys, keystores, cloud credential files, and shell histories are never sent, even when named explicitly. There is no override flag.
  • Explicit manifests — every drop result lists exactly which files were queued, so the user sees what's leaving.
  • Server-side blocklist parity — extensions JustDrop rejects (.exe, .bat, …) are refused up front with a hint to zip instead.
  • Ephemeral by default — rooms carry an expiry (default 60 min) and self-destruct after delivery.

How the transfer works

  1. drop creates a room and registers an RSA-2048 public key; the tool returns the code/link/QR immediately.
  2. When the recipient opens the link, their browser registers its own key. Rooms are one-to-one by design — treat the room code like the secret it is.
  3. Each file gets a fresh AES-256-GCM key, encrypted for both parties' RSA keys. The encrypted blob is relayed through short-lived signed URLs — the relay never sees plaintext or keys.
  4. Delivery is observed live; the room (and everything in it) is destroyed afterwards.

Files are encrypted in one shot in memory (format parity with the web app), so very large files need commensurate RAM. The hard cap is 2GB per file.

Local development

npm install
npm run verify   # builds, boots ../justdrop-simple dev server, runs both test suites

# or piecewise, against a server you started yourself:
npm run build
node test/e2e.mjs http://localhost:3000        # core roundtrip (both directions + SSE)
node test/mcp-smoke.mjs http://localhost:3000  # full MCP stdio protocol exercise

License

MIT

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