Scout Security runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 100 installs a week from pypi. Last commit 25 Jul 2026.
Deterministic, zero-token security scanner your AI agent calls to find and re-verify issues.
We read the source, 2 d ago · rules 995398eba69f
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.
"(e.g., `; rm -rf /`).",
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.
execFile(
proc = subprocess.run( # noqa: S603 — fixed argv, absolute exe, no shell
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Code changes quietly between releases, and nobody reads the diff of a dependency. We do, on every release — watch Scout Security and you get told the day something new turns up.
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 scout -- uvx scout-security
{
"mcpServers": {
"scout": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"scout-security"
]
}
}
}
[mcp_servers.scout]
command = "uvx"
args = ["scout-security"]
{
"mcpServers": {
"scout": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"scout-security"
]
}
}
}
{
"servers": {
"scout": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"scout-security"
]
}
}
}
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