MCPAmpel - MCP Security Scanner MCP Server

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MCPAmpel - MCP Security Scanner runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 73 installs a week from pypi. Last commit 2 Apr 2026.

Scan installed MCP servers for security vulnerabilities with 16 detection engines.

Installs per day peak 34 · avg 14 · -27% w/w

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2 Apr 2026

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Apache-2.0

License

Python

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Today is the operative word: we check MCPAmpel - MCP Security Scanner every 15 minutes and re-read its code on every release. Watch it and you find out the day that stops being true.

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 Code Claude Desktop Codex Cursor VS Code

run in your terminal

claude mcp add mcpampel -e 'MCPAMPEL_API_KEY=<MCPAMPEL_API_KEY>' -- uvx mcpampel

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

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcpampel": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "mcpampel"
      ],
      "env": {
        "MCPAMPEL_API_KEY": "<MCPAMPEL_API_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}

~/.codex/config.toml

[mcp_servers.mcpampel]
command = "uvx"
args = ["mcpampel"]
env = { MCPAMPEL_API_KEY = "<MCPAMPEL_API_KEY>" }

.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcpampel": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "mcpampel"
      ],
      "env": {
        "MCPAMPEL_API_KEY": "<MCPAMPEL_API_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "servers": {
    "mcpampel": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "mcpampel"
      ],
      "env": {
        "MCPAMPEL_API_KEY": "<MCPAMPEL_API_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Put your own value in place of <MCPAMPEL_API_KEY> (MCPAmpel API key (get one free at mcpampel.com)). The author’s registry entry marks it as required.

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MCPAmpel - MCP Security Scanner — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

Why is there no uptime for MCPAmpel - MCP Security Scanner?

MCPAmpel - MCP Security Scanner runs on your own machine over stdio — there is no network address to reach, so uptime cannot be measured for it by anyone. What can be measured is adoption: the pypi package mcpampel was installed 73 times last week.

How do I connect MCPAmpel - MCP Security Scanner?

Copy the ready config from this page. We generate it for Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Codex, Cursor and VS Code, each in the form that client actually reads. It runs locally, so the command pulls mcpampel straight from pypi; nothing to host, nothing to sign up for.

How many people use MCPAmpel - MCP Security Scanner?

The pypi package mcpampel was installed 73 times in the last week. Week over week that is -27%. We show installs rather than GitHub stars on purpose: a star is a bookmark, an install is someone actually running it.

Is MCPAmpel - MCP Security Scanner open source?

Yes — it is published under the Apache-2.0 licence, written in Python and 2 stars on GitHub. The source link is on this page, so you can read exactly what it does with your data before you connect it.