Trentina MCP Server

Trentina is a secure MCP gateway that quarantines everything between your AI agents and the outside world - web content, MCP tool responses, LLM API keys, network access, and agent-to-agent communication. Named after the 1377 quarantine system from Ragusa, where incoming ships had to anchor offshore for thirty days before anyone was allowed into the city. Same idea: keep the commerce flowing without letting…

People connecting web scraping tools to Claude, Cursor, VS Code, or another MCP client. The project is written in Python.

VERIFIED ACTIVE

LAST COMMIT 2026-08-23 · ★ 9 · #38 OF 78 MAINTAINED WEB SCRAPING · VERIFIED 2026-08-25

AGPL-3.0 · Python servers · how we verify → /methodology

01 · Install Trentina

before you install - you'll need

Set GEMINI_API_KEY, TRENTINA_GATEWAY_ENABLED, TRENTINA_PROFILES_PATH, TRENTINA_PROFILE_MYAGENT_TOKEN before connecting.

Claude Code

claude mcp add crunchtools-mcp-trentina -- uvx mcp-trentina-crunchtools

Claude Desktop / Cursor / VS Code - add to config

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "crunchtools-mcp-trentina": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "mcp-trentina-crunchtools"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Same JSON for Cursor. For VS Code, rename the top-level key from `mcpServers` to `servers`.

Using another client? Same JSON, different key

Claude Desktop · mcpServers

Cursor · mcpServers

VS Code · servers

Windsurf · mcpServers

Zed · context_servers

Cline · mcpServers

Roo Code · mcpServers

Continue · mcpServers

LibreChat · mcpServers

Gemini CLI · mcpServers

Codex CLI · mcp_servers

Full setup guides: every client.

02 · Evidence

Security posture

What to check before giving this server access to your agent - from the registry, GitHub, and our own probes. We don't score safety; we show what's verifiable.

runs as local process (stdio) - runs on your machine with your user's permissions

license AGPL-3.0 - declared in the repository

pypi package mcp-trentina-crunchtools - check the name against the project README before installing (PyPI has no namespace ownership)

registry namespace io.github.crunchtools is GitHub-verified and matches the repo owner

03 · What Trentina can do

Prose above is summarized from the project's README and registry record - no invented capabilities.

Latest releases

v0.5.0 · 2026-06-23

MCP-Airlock is now Trentina · Named after the 1377 quarantine system from Ragusa (near Dubrovnik) - ships anchored on abandoned islands for 30 days (trentina) before entering the city. The precursor to quarantine.…

v0.2.2 · 2026-03-15

Changes · Fix D-Bus policy to allow non-root users to own com.crunchtools.Airlock1 (needed for container and user-mode operation) · Retain explicit root policy alongside default policy · Container image rebuilt with…

v0.2.1 · 2026-03-15

What's New · D-Bus interface (com.crunchtools.Airlock1) - methods for querying pipeline state, signals for live event streaming · cockpit-airlock Cockpit plugin - real-time visualization of the defense pipeline in…

04 · Who maintains Trentina

Trentina is maintained by crunchtools. We track 12 MCP servers from crunchtools - 12 actively maintained, 14 combined GitHub stars, oldest repo from Feb 2026.

05 · Facts

repository: github.com/crunchtools/mcp-trentina
category: web scraping - ranked #38 of 78 actively-maintained web scraping servers as of 2026-08-25.
release cadence: 1 release in the last 90 days (latest 2026-06-23)
registry: io.github.crunchtools/trentina (active, first published 2026-06-23)
packages: pypi:mcp-trentina-crunchtools

06 · Trentina FAQ

What is Trentina?

Is Trentina still maintained?

Yes - as of 2026-08-25, its last commit was 2026-08-23 and it shipped 1 release in the last 90 days. We re-verify nightly.

How do I install Trentina?

Run `uvx mcp-trentina-crunchtools`. The README documents 4 environment variables (GEMINI_API_KEY, TRENTINA_GATEWAY_ENABLED, TRENTINA_PROFILES_PATH…) to set first. Set GEMINI_API_KEY, TRENTINA_GATEWAY_ENABLED, TRENTINA_PROFILES_PATH, TRENTINA_PROFILE_MYAGENT_TOKEN before connecting. You can also paste the ready-made client config above.

Does Trentina run locally?

Yes - it's a stdio server: it runs on your machine (via uvx) with your user's permissions. Your data stays local unless the server itself calls external APIs.

07 · Alternatives to Trentina

Alternatives to Trentina

Maintained web scraping servers if Trentina isn't the fit.

Pairs well with

Servers that cover what Trentina doesn't - only shown when the pairing reason fits the companion.

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