myraffy/homelab-mcp

This is a personal homelab management tool built as an MCP server for Claude Desktop—a thin wrapper applying MCP protocol to existing homelab infrastructure management. With 0 stars, 2 forks, no velocity, and 160 days of age, it shows no adoption or community traction. The novelty is derivative: it applies the known MCP pattern (which Anthropic defined and controls) to a narrow domain (personal homelab monitoring). The implementation appears to be a prototype-stage personal experiment. Defensibility is minimal because: (1) the core innovation (MCP integration) is controlled by Anthropic, (2) homelab management is a well-served space with existing tools (Proxmox, Home Assistant, custom dashboards), and (3) there is zero evidence of users or differentiated approach. Frontier risk is high because Anthropic could trivially add homelab management capabilities to Claude as a native feature or bundle it with MCP examples, and this specific tool offers no lock-in, data gravity, or network effects. The project would not survive direct competition from a frontier lab.