socraticode@1.16.2
CAUTION· startup onlyPublisher claims: "SocratiCode — MCP server for local codebase indexing, semantic search, and code dependency graphs. All private, all local via Docker." Observed in sandbox: no network, touches nothing outside the project, writes no memory.
Coverage
Startup only; authenticated tool behavior not tested.- Tested
- server startup over stdio (initialize sent) · every file read, file written and host contacted by what ran
- Not tested
- the tool list (the server exited before answering) · what the tools do when called with real credentials
What this means for the label: Caution here covers what ran. The server's tools were not exercised with a real credential, so nothing about their behavior is asserted; the credential summary below says what to do with that.
Before you give it your token
- It will ask for
GOOGLE_API_KEYLITELLM_API_KEYLMSTUDIO_API_KEYOLLAMA_API_KEYOPENAI_API_KEYQDRANT_API_KEYConfiguration, not credentials: EMBEDDING_BATCH_SIZE, EMBEDDING_CONTEXT_LENGTH, EMBEDDING_DIMENSIONS, EMBEDDING_DOCUMENT_INCLUDE_PATH, EMBEDDING_DOCUMENT_PREFIX, EMBEDDING_MODEL, EMBEDDING_PROVIDER, EMBEDDING_QUERY_PREFIX, EXTENSION_LANGUAGE_MAP, EXTRA_EXTENSIONS, INCLUDE_DOT_FILES, INDEX_EXTENSIONLESS, LITELLM_SEND_DIMENSIONS, LITELLM_URL, LMSTUDIO_ALLOW_MISSING_MODEL_LISTING, LMSTUDIO_URL, MAX_CHUNK_CHARS, MAX_FILE_SIZE_MB, OLLAMA_HOST, OLLAMA_MAX_CONNECTIONS, OLLAMA_MODE, OLLAMA_PORT, OLLAMA_URL, QDRANT_COLLECTION_PREFIX, QDRANT_GRPC_PORT, QDRANT_HOST, QDRANT_MODE, QDRANT_PORT, QDRANT_URL, RESPECT_GITIGNORE, SEARCH_DEFAULT_LIMIT, SEARCH_MIN_SCORE, SOCRATICODE_AUTO_RESUME, SOCRATICODE_AUTO_RESUME_PROJECTS- Where it talks to
- no vendor host named in the codeAlso docker.com, qdrant.io, evil.com, godotengine.org — not the publisher's domain; check what for before connecting.
- What the honeypot saw
- no credential files read · no network
- What we could not test
- the tool list (the server exited before answering) · what the tools do when called with real credentials
Connect it with a scoped credential, under the guard, and read the third-party hosts first. The code names docker.com, qdrant.io, evil.com, godotengine.org as well as its own vendor. The guard injects GOOGLE_API_KEY, LITELLM_API_KEY, LMSTUDIO_API_KEY, OLLAMA_API_KEY, OPENAI_API_KEY, QDRANT_API_KEY only into requests to the host you bind (and its subdomains) and refuses the rest.
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; startup only; authenticated tool behavior not tested) on 2026-11-14 and scored it 75/100 (Caution). It is not known to be malicious, but it has behaviour or code a security policy should decide on before install. Notable findings: Hidden zero-width characters detected; Auto-update or dynamic fetch configuration; Privileged sudo command. Summary: no network, touches nothing outside the project, writes no memory.
Behavior trace
Honeypot run · 47 s · 2 scenarios · 0 deviationsStatic findings
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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 socraticode@1.16.2 as of 2 h ago. This is the package itself, not its dependencies.
What would make this Verified
5 points to 80 · weights: behavior 45%, static 25%, prompt 15%, publisher 15%- Unclaimed publisher≈ +8 on the totalClaim giancarloerra: a verified publisher gets +50 on publisher trust. It is free and usually instant with GitHub sign-in.
- Hidden zero-width characters detected≈ +4 on the totalKeep SKILL.md to visible, descriptive text. Remove comments and encoded text that address the agent.
- Auto-update or dynamic fetch configuration≈ +4 on the totalPin versions and sources; vendor anything fetched at install time.
- Privileged sudo command≈ +4 on the totalBuild commands from fixed arguments; do not interpolate untrusted strings into a shell.
- Access to sensitive file paths≈ +4 on the totalStop enumerating or reading credential locations; take secrets from a declared environment variable the user sets on purpose.
- File type combined with upload action≈ +2 on the totalRemove the call, or declare the host in frontmatter and explain in the README what is sent and why.