TAR Engine runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 55 installs a week from pypi. Last commit 7 Nov 2026.
Audit AI skill safety before you ship. Static, semantic, adversarial, supply chain scans.
We read the source, 15 h ago · rules 995398eba69f
A value the model can set ends up inside a file or shell call. That is not a flaw by itself — for a terminal server it is the job — but it is where things go wrong when it is not.
r = subprocess.run(
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.
out = subprocess.check_output(
API_BASE = "https://api.telegram.org/bot{token}"
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That is not a flaw by itself — but it is where things go wrong when it is not the job. We re-read this code on every release. Watch it and you hear from us the day another one appears.
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 tar-engine -- uvx tar-engine
{
"mcpServers": {
"tar-engine": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"tar-engine"
]
}
}
}
[mcp_servers.tar-engine]
command = "uvx"
args = ["tar-engine"]
{
"mcpServers": {
"tar-engine": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"tar-engine"
]
}
}
}
{
"servers": {
"tar-engine": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"tar-engine"
]
}
}
}
Optional settings from the registry entry, left out of the block above:
TAR_ENGINE_URL (Override the audit backend. Default is the hosted playground at https://tarai.dev. Set to http://localhost:8765 (or your own tar-engine deployment) to self-host and keep SKILL.md content on your machine), TAR_ENGINE_BYOK_OPENAI_KEY (OpenAI API key that unlocks the semantic LLM and adversarial prompt-fuzz layers. Static and supply-chain layers run without it), TAR_ENGINE_BYOK_ANTHROPIC_KEY (Anthropic API key alternative to the OpenAI key for the semantic and adversarial layers).
Audit GitHub repos for malicious and supply-chain code before you depend on them.
Adversarial behavioural-bias engine — audits your decisions for cognitive biases via your own AI.
Scan AI agent skills, MCP server packages and MCP configs before you install them. Static analysis.
Static preflight safety gate for MCP servers — scan configs before you run them. Never executes.
Writes adversarial test suites for AI-built code. Your agent's test engineer.
Supply-chain malware scanner and MCP server: vet packages in 15 ecosystems before install, offline.
Safety grade (A to F) for any public GitHub repo, in plain English, before you install it.
Pay-per-call safety checks for AI agents: screen a crypto address or URL before you transact.
Answers built from our own checks of this server.