Skills/npm/skills-mcp-server

skills-mcp-server@3.1.0

VERIFIED

Publisher claims: "MCP server that gives AI coding agents QA skills and a local code audit: security, accessibility, performance, GDPR, DevOps and more." Observed in sandbox: no network, touches nothing outside the project, writes no memory.

Registry npm (MCP server)Publisher illicomedia · publishing for 24 daysInstalls 4,904Last detonated 7d ago
$claude mcp add skills-mcp-server -- npx -y @illicomedia/skills-mcp-server
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Coverage

Server started and answered tools/list.
Tested
MCP initialize and tools/list · every tool description, for hidden instructions · every file read, file written and host contacted by what ran
Not tested
what the tools do when called with real credentials

Before you give it your token

Code inventory arrives with this version's next honeypot run.
It will ask for
unknown until the next run
Where it talks to
unknown until the next run
What the honeypot saw
no credential files read · no network
What we could not test
what the tools do when called with real credentials

The run was clean; the code inventory is pending. Server started and answered tools/list. What the code asks for and which hosts it names arrive with the next run; until then, connect it under the guard with the network pinned to what the honeypot saw.

$vet-skills run --net declared -- npx -y @illicomedia/skills-mcp-server

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

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KillerSkills ran it in the KillerSkills honeypot sandbox (2 scenarios) on 2026-11-07 and scored it 83/100 (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 · 0 s · 2 scenarios · 0 deviations
t+CategoryObserved action
0.0sprocessno install scripts in bundle
0.2sprocessexec /usr/bin/date
0.2sprocessexec /usr/bin/timeout
0.2sclaimed9 tools: list_skills, get_skill_rules, install_skill, sync_workspace_skills, prune_skills, set_license_key, verify_license, quick_check, get_version
0.2sprocessscript backend runs setup only
0.2sprocessno install scripts to re-run

Static findings

HIGH
Access to sensitive file pathsdist/audit/domains/security.js:14 · Access to sensitive file paths — SSH keys, AWS credentials, env files, or system files// Active .env ignore rulesFix: 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/audit/context.js:225 · Access to sensitive file paths — SSH keys, AWS credentials, env files, or system filesfileExists('.env.local') ||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/audit/context.js:224 · Access to sensitive file paths — SSH keys, AWS credentials, env files, or system filesconst hasEnvFiles = fileExists('.env') ||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/security/path-guard.js:61 · Access to sensitive file paths — SSH keys, AWS credentials, env files, or system files// 4. Block sensitive credential stores (~/.ssh, ~/.aws, etc.)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/audit/context.js:226 · Access to sensitive file paths — SSH keys, AWS credentials, env files, or system filesfileExists('.env.prod') ||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/audit/context.js:227 · Access to sensitive file paths — SSH keys, AWS credentials, env files, or system filesfileExists('.env.example');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/audit/domains/security.js:15 · Access to sensitive file paths — SSH keys, AWS credentials, env files, or system filesif (line === '.env' ||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/audit/domains/security.js:10 · Access to sensitive file paths — SSH keys, AWS credentials, env files, or system filesif (line === '!.env' || line === '!.env*' || line === '!*.env') {Fix: Stop enumerating or reading credential locations; take secrets from a declared environment variable the user sets on purpose.
AST05

Cost to the agent

Instructions loaded
≈75 tok
1 file · 73 in bundle
Tool list per prompt
≈1,452 tok
9 tools · 161 per tool
Handshake
149 ms
launch to tools/list, stdio
Undocumented tools
0
description under 20 chars · avg 248

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

No advisories in OSV for @illicomedia/skills-mcp-server@3.1.0 as of 7d ago. This is the package itself, not its dependencies.