AIR Blackbox MCP Server

EU AI Act compliance scanning for Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor, and any MCP-compatible client.

Unlike other compliance scanners that only report problems, AIR Blackbox also remediates - generating working code fixes, trust layer integrations, GDPR compliance checks, bias analysis, and full compliance reports. Under the hood, the scanning feeds into air-trust, a cryptographic audit chain (HMAC-SHA256) with Ed25519 signed handoffs that ensures compliance data integrity.

14 Tools (10 base + 4 SDK-powered)

Supported Frameworks

LangChain, CrewAI, AutoGen, OpenAI, Haystack, LlamaIndex, Semantic Kernel, Google ADK, Claude Agent SDK, and generic RAG pipelines.

SDK Features (Optional)

The full air-blackbox SDK unlocks 4 additional tools:

1. GDPR Scanning (scan_gdpr)

   • Personal data handling without consent
   • Data retention and erasure policies
   • Cross-border transfer safeguards
   • Data processing agreements

2. Bias Analysis (scan_bias)

   • Disparate impact risk detection
   • Protected attribute handling
   • Training data bias indicators
   • Fairness metric awareness

3. Action Validation (validate_action)

   • Pre-execution approval gates (Article 14)
   • ConsentGate policy enforcement
   • Risk-based action filtering
   • Audit trail generation

4. Compliance History (compliance_history)

   • Track past scan results
   • Analyze compliance trends
   • Export audit trails
   • Monitor improvement over time

Optional: Deep Analysis with Ollama

For AI-powered analysis beyond regex patterns:

# Install Ollama
brew install ollama

# Pull the fine-tuned compliance model
ollama pull air-compliance-v2

# The analyze_with_model tool will automatically use it

What Makes This Different

Other MCP compliance tools only scan. AIR Blackbox:

1. Scans + Remediates - finds issues across 6 EU AI Act articles AND generates working code fixes
2. Analyzes deeply - regex patterns + AI-powered model analysis + prompt injection detection (15 patterns)
3. Validates before execution - pre-approval gates and risk classification for agent actions (Article 14)
4. Tracks compliance - GDPR checks, bias analysis, full reports, and historical trend monitoring (SDK)

Architecture

The server uses a smart fallback pattern:

1. Try SDK first - If air-blackbox>=1.6.0 is installed, use the full compliance engine
2. Fall back gracefully - If SDK isn't installed, use the lightweight built-in scanner
3. No breaking changes - Works with just pip install air-blackbox-mcp (basic mode)
4. Opt-in superpower - Install [full] to unlock advanced features

This means the MCP server works standalone, but gets dramatically more powerful when the SDK is present.

Part of AIR Blackbox

This MCP server is part of the AIR Blackbox ecosystem:

• air-trust on PyPI - the cryptographic audit chain that backs compliance scanning
• air-blackbox on PyPI - the full compliance SDK and CLI scanner
• airblackbox.ai - the project homepage and docs

Links

• EU AI Act - the regulation
• GDPR - data protection regulation

Installation

Basic (10 tools, no SDK features)

pip install air-blackbox-mcp

Works standalone with just the lightweight built-in scanner.

Full (14 tools with GDPR, bias, validation, and history)

pip install air-blackbox-mcp[full]

Installs the full air-blackbox SDK (v1.6.3+) for advanced compliance features.

Claude Desktop Setup

Edit ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "air-blackbox": {
      "command": "python3",
      "args": ["-m", "air_blackbox_mcp"]
    }
  }
}

Restart Claude Desktop. The 14 tools will appear automatically.

Claude Code / Cursor Setup

Add to .cursor/mcp.json in your project:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "air-blackbox": {
      "command": "python3",
      "args": ["-m", "air_blackbox_mcp"]
    }
  }
}

Or add to .claude/mcp.json for Claude Code.

Usage Examples

In Claude Desktop, Claude Code, or Cursor, just ask:

• "Scan this code for EU AI Act compliance"
• "Add a trust layer to this LangChain agent"
• "Check this text for prompt injection"
• "What does Article 12 require?"
• "Generate a compliance report for ~/myproject"
• "Classify the risk level of send_email"
• "Scan this code for GDPR issues" (requires full SDK)
• "Check for bias in this AI model code" (requires full SDK)
• "Can my agent call this shell function?" (requires full SDK)
• "Show me my compliance trends" (requires full SDK)