Sample MCP Security Scanner

Name: Sample MCP Security Scanner
Author: aws-samples

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This pattern describes how to implement a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that integrates three industry-standard security scanning tools (Checkov, Semgrep, and Bandit) to provide comprehensive code security analysis. The server enables AI coding assistants like Kiro and Amazon Q Developer to automatically scan code snippets.

15 4 tools GitHub PyPI

No known CVEs

MIT-0 license

Maintained

Last commit 105d ago

Works with most clients

Transport: stdio, sse, http

4 tools · ~402 tok

Grade A · 0.2% of 200K ctx

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Sample MCP Security Scanner is an MCP server that this pattern describes how to implement a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that integrates three industry-standard security scanning tools (Checkov, Semgrep, and Bandit) to provide comprehensive code security analysis. The server enables AI coding assistants like Kiro and Amazon Q Developer to automatically scan code snippets. Its tool list has not been published yet over stdio, sse and http, requires no API key, and scores 80/100 on MCPpedia's security, maintenance and efficiency rubric.

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Step 1

Install in your client

Config is the same across clients — only the file and path differ.

Supported in Claude Desktopstdio, sse, http · Node 18+

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

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "security-scanner": {
      "env": {
        "WORKSPACE_ROOT": "/path/to/your/workspace (optional, defaults to current working directory)",
        "FASTMCP_LOG_LEVEL": "ERROR"
      },
      "args": [
        "--from",
        "/path/to/sample-mcp-security-scanner",
        "security_scanner_mcp_server"
      ],
      "command": "uvx",
      "timeout": 120000,
      "disabled": false,
      "autoApprove": []
    }
  }
}

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What Sample Mcp Security Scanner does

This pattern describes how to implement a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that integrates four industry-standard security scanning tools (Checkov, Semgrep, Bandit, and ASH) to provide comprehensive code security analysis. The server enables AI coding assistants to automatically scan code snippets and Infrastructure as Code (IaC) configurations for security vulnerabilities, misconfigurations, and compliance violations.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is Sample Mcp Security Scanner safe to use?: Sample Mcp Security Scanner has no known CVEs as of the latest MCPpedia security scan. It does not require authentication, so any local process can connect — keep this in mind in shared environments. Licensed under MIT-0.
How do I install Sample Mcp Security Scanner?: Sample Mcp Security Scanner supports copy-paste install configs on its MCPpedia page for Claude Desktop, Cursor, and Claude Code. Scroll to the Quick Install section and select your client.
What can Sample Mcp Security Scanner do?: Sample Mcp Security Scanner provides 4 tools: scan_with_checkov, scan_with_semgrep, scan_with_bandit, scan_with_ash. See the full tools list on the server page for descriptions and parameters.
What AI clients work with Sample Mcp Security Scanner?: Sample Mcp Security Scanner is compatible with claude-desktop, cursor, claude-code. It uses stdio and sse and http transport.
Is Sample Mcp Security Scanner actively maintained?: Sample Mcp Security Scanner is less actively maintained — last commit was 105 days ago. It has 15 GitHub stars.

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{ "mcpServers": { "security-scanner": { "env": { "WORKSPACE_ROOT": "/path/to/your/workspace (optional, defaults to current working directory)", "FASTMCP_LOG_LEVEL": "ERROR" }, "args": [ "--from", "/path/to/sample-mcp-security-scanner", "security_scanner_mcp_server" ], "command": "uvx", "timeout": 120000, "disabled": false, "autoApprove": [] } } }

Frequently Asked Questions

Is Sample Mcp Security Scanner safe to use?

Sample Mcp Security Scanner has no known CVEs as of the latest MCPpedia security scan. It does not require authentication, so any local process can connect — keep this in mind in shared environments. Licensed under MIT-0.

How do I install Sample Mcp Security Scanner?

Sample Mcp Security Scanner supports copy-paste install configs on its MCPpedia page for Claude Desktop, Cursor, and Claude Code. Scroll to the Quick Install section and select your client.

What can Sample Mcp Security Scanner do?

Sample Mcp Security Scanner provides 4 tools: scan_with_checkov, scan_with_semgrep, scan_with_bandit, scan_with_ash. See the full tools list on the server page for descriptions and parameters.

What AI clients work with Sample Mcp Security Scanner?

Sample Mcp Security Scanner is compatible with claude-desktop, cursor, claude-code. It uses stdio and sse and http transport.

Is Sample Mcp Security Scanner actively maintained?

Sample Mcp Security Scanner is less actively maintained — last commit was 105 days ago. It has 15 GitHub stars.