gus-mcp@0.1.0
VERIFIEDPublisher claims: "Relevant-context retrieval for AI coding agents, over MCP and CLI" Observed in sandbox: no network, touches nothing outside the project, writes no memory.
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KillerSkills ran it in the KillerSkills honeypot sandbox (2 scenarios) on 2026-11-01 and scored it 81/100 (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 deviationst+CategoryObserved action
0.0sprocessno install scripts in bundle
0.2sprocessdependency install exit 1
0.3sprocessexec /usr/bin/timeout
0.3sprocessexec .venv/bin/gus
0.3sprocessexited 127: timeout: failed to run command '.venv/bin/gus': No such file or directory
0.3sclaimedno tools/list reply (exit 127)
0.3sprocessscript backend runs setup only
Static findings
MEDIUM
Python subprocess execution detectedeval/run.py:41 · Python subprocess execution detectedFix: Put hosts, commands and strings in plain source. Decoding at runtime looks identical to malware and costs points on its own.
AST05MEDIUM
Python subprocess execution detectedeval/run.py:45 · Python subprocess execution detectedFix: Put hosts, commands and strings in plain source. Decoding at runtime looks identical to malware and costs points on its own.
AST05MEDIUM
Process kill commandgus/index.py:161 · Process kill command — agent can terminate processesFix: Build commands from fixed arguments; do not interpolate untrusted strings into a shell.
AST05MEDIUM
MCP server using network transport (SSE/HTTP)tests/test_gus.py:230 · MCP server using network transport (SSE/HTTP) — data sent over networkFix: Namespace tool names and keep tool descriptions literal; no instructions to the agent inside them.
AST04MEDIUM
Python subprocess execution detectedeval/run.py:44 · Python subprocess execution detectedFix: Put hosts, commands and strings in plain source. Decoding at runtime looks identical to malware and costs points on its own.
AST05MEDIUM
Python subprocess execution detectedeval/ab.py:158 · Python subprocess execution detectedFix: Put hosts, commands and strings in plain source. Decoding at runtime looks identical to malware and costs points on its own.
AST05MEDIUM
Python subprocess execution detectedeval/run.py:42 · Python subprocess execution detectedFix: Put hosts, commands and strings in plain source. Decoding at runtime looks identical to malware and costs points on its own.
AST05MEDIUM
Python subprocess execution detectedgus/index.py:77 · Python subprocess execution detectedFix: Build commands from fixed arguments, never from interpolated strings; prefer an API client over shelling out.
AST05