Skills/npm/pcbway-mcp-server

pcbway-mcp-server@0.1.27

VERIFIED

Publisher claims: "PCBWay MCP server for AI coding assistants — PCBWay API tools for instant PCB manufacturing quotes, SMT assembly pricing, order management, and shipping costs." Observed in sandbox: no network, touches nothing outside the project, writes no memory.

Registry npm (MCP server)Publisher singlebarrellabs · publishing for 145 daysInstalls 3,582Last detonated 1 h ago
$claude mcp add pcbway-mcp-server -- npx -y pcbway-mcp-server
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Coverage

Started with a decoy PCBWAY_API_KEY; tool list observed. Tool calls with a real credential not tested.
Tested
server startup with a tagged decoy in PCBWAY_API_KEY · MCP initialize and tools/list · every tool description, for hidden instructions · where the decoy credential went · every file read, file written and host contacted by what ran
Not tested
what the tools do when called with a real credential
Needs
PCBWAY_API_KEY — give it to the server where it runs, through vet-skills run --secrets, so the value never enters the server's environment. Never paste a credential into a chat, a ticket or a report.

Before you give it your token

It will ask for
PCBWAY_API_KEYConfiguration, not credentials: PCBWAY_BASE_DELAY_MS, PCBWAY_BASE_URL, PCBWAY_MAX_RETRIES, PCBWAY_TIMEOUT_MS
Where it talks to
pcbway.com (its own)
What the honeypot saw
no credential files read · no network
What we could not test
what the tools do when called with a real credential

Connect it with a scoped credential, under the guard. It asks for PCBWAY_API_KEY and talks to pcbway.com. Give the credential to the guard, not the server: the value never enters the server's environment and only travels to the host you bind.

$vet-skills run --secrets PCBWAY_API_KEY=pcbway.com -- npx -y pcbway-mcp-server

Never paste a credential into a chat, a ticket or a report, including ours. How the guard holds it.

Is [email protected] safe to install?

KillerSkills ran it in the KillerSkills honeypot sandbox (2 scenarios) on 2026-11-15 and scored it 87/100 (Verified). It did what it claims and nothing else we could detect: no undeclared network egress, no credential reads, no persistent instruction writes. Summary: no network, touches nothing outside the project, writes no memory.

Behavior trace

Honeypot run · 56 s · 2 scenarios · 0 deviations
t+CategoryObserved action
0.0sprocessno install scripts in bundle
16sprocessdependency install exit 0
36sprocessrelaunched with a decoy PCBWAY_API_KEY (tagged; nothing real)
56sclaimed16 tools with a decoy PCBWAY_API_KEY: pcb_quote, smt_quote, order_process, order_details, shipping_freight, account_balance, place_order, confirm_order, cancel_order, check_tgroup_order, pay_tgroup_order, cancel_tgroup_order, check_group_order, get_countries, get_states, get_cities
56stoolscb22f71151f92992
56stools6bd0a8b5271fbc35
56stools9111ba59311709e9
56stoolsa7e997fc65b70e9e
56stools13a849b23bddc06d
56stools391717f142200eda
56stools8f2875971e43d9ec
56stoolse51fe827ead35518
56stoolsb2758acbf878ae1d
56stoolsd05fe31fd56b615c
56stoolsdfb0ab3167f8bd00
56stools82b68ec7b7661177
56stoolsbce70e5f0d79d5f0
56stoolse6383032ed819cb8
56stools1484b43ea57a844a
56stools416b5282bf65fa82
56sprocessscript backend runs setup only
56sprocessno install scripts to re-run

Static findings

HIGH
Access to sensitive file pathsdist/config.d.ts:5 · Access to sensitive file paths — SSH keys, AWS credentials, env files, or system files* Loads .env file automatically via dotenv (if present).Fix: Stop enumerating or reading credential locations; take secrets from a declared environment variable the user sets on purpose.
AST05
HIGH
Access to sensitive file pathsdist/config.js:5 · Access to sensitive file paths — SSH keys, AWS credentials, env files, or system files* Loads .env file automatically via dotenv (if present).Fix: Stop enumerating or reading credential locations; take secrets from a declared environment variable the user sets on purpose.
AST05
MEDIUM
npx invocation of non-well-known packagedist/index.js:97 · npx invocation of non-well-known package — may execute untrusted codenpx pcbway-mcp-serverFix: Pin versions and sources; vendor anything fetched at install time.
AST06

Cost to the agent

Instructions loaded
≈79 tok
1 file · 48 in bundle
Tool list per prompt
≈2,393 tok
16 tools · 150 per tool
Handshake
779 ms
launch to tools/list, stdio
Undocumented tools
0
description under 20 chars · avg 47

Tokens estimated at four characters each. The tool list is re-read by the agent on every turn, so it is the number to compare between servers that do the same job: ranked across the index.

Known vulnerabilities

Not checked against OSV yet; the weekly check has not reached this version.