MCP Gateway Scan runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 52 installs a week from npm. Last commit 15 Jul 2026.
Read-only MCP/agent-gateway readiness scanner — scores a repo across 7 security dimensions.
What the code does
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.
/\b(promptfoo|garak|pyrit|red[_-]?team|jailbreak|injection[_-]?test|eval(?:uation)?[_-]?(?:gate|suite)|refusal[_-]?rate)\b/i;
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.
/\b(promptfoo|garak|pyrit|red[_-]?team|jailbreak|injection[_-]?test|eval(?:uation)?[_-]?(?:gate|suite)|refusal[_-]?rate)\b/i;
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 MCP Gateway Scan and you get told the day something new turns up.
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 mcp add mcp-gateway-scan -- npx -y mcp-gateway-scan{
"mcpServers": {
"mcp-gateway-scan": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"mcp-gateway-scan"
]
}
}
}[mcp_servers.mcp-gateway-scan]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "mcp-gateway-scan"]{
"mcpServers": {
"mcp-gateway-scan": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"mcp-gateway-scan"
]
}
}
}{
"servers": {
"mcp-gateway-scan": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"mcp-gateway-scan"
]
}
}
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MCP Gateway Scan — questions
Answers built from our own checks of this server.