Snyk MCP Server

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Snyk runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 657 449 installs a week from npm. Last commit 19 Aug 2026.

Easily find and fix security issues in your applications leveraging Snyk platform capabilities.

Installs per day peak 131 144 · avg 90 436 · +4% w/w

a month agotoday

657 449

Installs / week

npm · snyk

Stars

0 open issues

19 Aug 2026

Last commit

0 releases in 90 days

Apache-2.0

License

What the code does

We read the source, 17 h ago · rules 3dff92dd89df

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.

Runs a command on install [пакет] package.json:1

postinstall: node wrapper_dist/bootstrap.js exec

File ships in the package but is absent from the source [пакет] wrapper_dist/bootstrap.js:1, [пакет] wrapper_dist/common.js:1, [пакет] wrapper_dist/index.js:1 и ещё 3

этот файл ставится пользователю, но в репозитории его нет

Package points at a different repository snyk/studio-mcp

пакет snyk ссылается на snyk/snyk

Builds a file path from a variable internal/configure/host_config.go:62, internal/configure/rules.go:20, internal/mcp/tools.go:336 и ещё 6

            globalRulesPath:      filepath.Join(configDir, vscodeDir, "User", "prompts", "snyk_rules.instructions.md"),

Known vulnerability in the package snyk · GHSA-4vrv-93c7-m92j

Known vulnerability in the package snyk · GHSA-4x6g-3cmx-w76r

Known vulnerability in the package snyk · GHSA-6hwc-9h8r-3vmf

Known vulnerability in the package snyk · GHSA-hpqj-7cj6-hfj8

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

This code can reach further than it looks

We found places where it runs commands, builds paths or queries from values it is given. None of that is a flaw by itself — it becomes one when the code changes, and code changes quietly between releases. We re-read it on every one.

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 mcp -- npx -y snyk

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

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

~/.codex/config.toml

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

.cursor/mcp.json

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

.vscode/mcp.json

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

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Snyk — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

Why is there no uptime for Snyk?

Snyk 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 npm package snyk was installed 657 449 times last week.

How do I connect Snyk?

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 snyk straight from npm; nothing to host, nothing to sign up for.

How many people use Snyk?

The npm package snyk was installed 657 449 times in the last week. Week over week that is +4%. We show installs rather than GitHub stars on purpose: a star is a bookmark, an install is someone actually running it.

Is Snyk open source?

Yes — it is published under the Apache-2.0 licence, written in Go and 55 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.