Skills/PyPI/hanary-mcp

hanary-mcp@0.40.2

CAUTION

Publisher claims: "Hanary MCP Server - Task management for Claude Code, OpenCode & OpenAI Codex" Observed in sandbox: no network, touches nothing outside the project, writes no memory.

Registry PyPI (MCP server)Publisher hanary · joined 4 days agoInstalls 3,974Last detonated 4d ago
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Is [email protected] safe to install?

KillerSkills ran it in the KillerSkills honeypot sandbox (2 scenarios) on 2026-10-30 and scored it 72/100 (Caution). It is not known to be malicious, but it has behaviour or code a security policy should decide on before install. Notable findings: Agent configured for autonomous execution without human approval; Agent configured for autonomous execution without human approval; Agent configured for autonomous execution without human approval. 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
0.1sprocessdependency install exit 1
0.1sprocessexec /usr/bin/timeout
0.1sprocessexec .venv/bin/hanary-mcp
0.1sprocessexited 127: timeout: failed to run command '.venv/bin/hanary-mcp': No such file or directory
0.1sclaimedno tools/list reply (exit 127)
0.1sprocessscript backend runs setup only

Static findings

HIGH
Agent configured for autonomous execution without human approval.claude/commands/hanary-start.md:61 · Agent configured for autonomous execution without human approvalFix: Declare and request only the permissions the task needs.
AST02
HIGH
Agent configured for autonomous execution without human approval.opencode/commands/hanary-start.md:60 · Agent configured for autonomous execution without human approvalFix: Declare and request only the permissions the task needs.
AST02
CRITICAL
Agent configured for autonomous execution without human approvalsrc/hanary_mcp/init.py:1323 · Agent configured for autonomous execution without human approvalFix: Declare and request only the permissions the task needs.
AST02
CRITICAL
Agent configured for autonomous execution without human approvalsrc/hanary_mcp/init.py:406 · Agent configured for autonomous execution without human approvalFix: Declare and request only the permissions the task needs.
AST02
MEDIUM
Dense URL-encoded contenttests/test_client_context.py:30 · Dense URL-encoded content — may be obfuscating payloadsFix: Put hosts, commands and strings in plain source. Decoding at runtime looks identical to malware and costs points on its own.
AST07
MEDIUM
Process kill commandsrc/hanary_mcp/execution_guidance.py:23 · Process kill command — agent can terminate processesFix: Build commands from fixed arguments; do not interpolate untrusted strings into a shell.
AST05

What would make this Verified

8 points to 80 · weights: behavior 45%, static 25%, prompt 15%, publisher 15%
  1. Unclaimed publisher≈ +8 on the totalClaim hanary: a verified publisher gets +50 on publisher trust. It is free and usually instant with GitHub sign-in.
  2. Does not do what the description says≈ +5 on the totalIn the sandbox the skill never performed the task it claims (no call to the service it is for). Make sure the happy path runs without extra setup, or describe the real behavior.
  3. Agent configured for autonomous execution without human approval≈ +4 on the totalDeclare and request only the permissions the task needs.
  4. Dense URL-encoded content≈ +2 on the totalPut hosts, commands and strings in plain source. Decoding at runtime looks identical to malware and costs points on its own.
  5. Process kill command≈ +2 on the totalBuild commands from fixed arguments; do not interpolate untrusted strings into a shell.
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