mcp-guard MCP Server

What the code does

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What this server is able to do. For an MCP server this is often the job itself — a terminal server runs commands because that is what it is for. Listed so you know what you are plugging in, not as an accusation.

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  /(~|\$HOME|%USERPROFILE%)?[\\/]?\.(ssh|aws|gnupg|kube|docker)\b[^\s"'`]*|\bid_(rsa|ed25519|ecdsa)\b|(^|[\s"'`/])\.env(\.[a-z]+)?\b|\.(npmrc|netrc|pgpass|git-credentials)\b|\/etc\/(passwd|shadow)\b|\bmcp\.json\b/i;

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Connect this server

This server runs on your own machine — install it with the package manager and the client starts it for you. Package name taken from the official registry entry.

claude mcp add mcp-guard-scan -- npx -y mcp-guard-scan

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcp-guard-scan": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "mcp-guard-scan"
      ]
    }
  }
}

[mcp_servers.mcp-guard-scan]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "mcp-guard-scan"]

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcp-guard-scan": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "mcp-guard-scan"
      ]
    }
  }
}

{
  "servers": {
    "mcp-guard-scan": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "mcp-guard-scan"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Optional settings from the registry entry, left out of the block above: MCP_GUARD_ALLOW_STDIO (Set to 1 to add scan_stdio_server, which starts the command it is given), MCP_GUARD_ALLOW_PRIVATE_NETWORK (Set to 1 to let scan_server reach local and private addresses, over http too), LOG_LEVEL (pino log level; logs go to stderr).