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Skillguard MCP Server

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Skillguard runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 134 installs a week from pypi. Last commit 25 Sep 2026.

Security scanner for third-party AI agent-skill files (SKILL.md, hooks, scripts) via MCP.

Installs per day peak 58 · avg 16 · -11% w/w
a month agotoday
134
Installs / week
pypi · skillguard-cli
1
Stars
0 open issues
25 Sep 2026
Last commit
from GitHub
Apache-2.0
License
TypeScript

What the code does

We read the source, 18 h ago · rules ccca72095570

Evidence

Things with no honest explanation: a promise that contradicts the code, code that runs at install time while hiding what it does, data leaving the machine.

Capabilities

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.

Is this your server and something here is wrong? Tell us — corrections are free and do not require a plan.

We found things in this code

Code changes quietly between releases, and nobody reads the diff of a dependency. We do, on every release — watch Skillguard and you get told the day something new turns up.

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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.

run in your terminal
claude mcp add skillguard -- uvx skillguard-cli
~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "skillguard": {
      "args": [
        "skillguard-cli"
      ],
      "command": "uvx"
    }
  }
}
~/.codex/config.toml
[mcp_servers.skillguard]
command = "uvx"
args = ["skillguard-cli"]
.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "skillguard": {
      "args": [
        "skillguard-cli"
      ],
      "command": "uvx"
    }
  }
}
.vscode/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "skillguard": {
      "args": [
        "skillguard-cli"
      ],
      "command": "uvx"
    }
  }
}

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Skillguard — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

Why is there no uptime for Skillguard?
Skillguard 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 skillguard-cli was installed 134 times last week.
How do I connect Skillguard?
Copy the ready config from this page — we generate it for Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Codex, Cursor and VS Code, each with the file path that client actually reads. It runs locally, so the command pulls skillguard-cli straight from pypi; nothing to host, nothing to sign up for.
How many people use Skillguard?
The pypi package skillguard-cli was installed 134 times in the last week. Week over week that is -11%. We show installs rather than GitHub stars on purpose: a star is a bookmark, an install is someone actually running it.
Is Skillguard open source?
Yes — it is published under the Apache-2.0 licence, written in TypeScript and 1 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.