Is livemcp@1.2.8 safe to install?

livemcp@1.2.8

VERIFIED

Publisher claims: "The definitive Model Context Protocol bridge for Ableton Live" Observed in sandbox: no network, touches nothing outside the project, writes no memory.

Registry PyPI (MCP server)Publisher alaarab · joined 10 days agoInstalls 57Last detonated 55 min ago

$claude mcp add livemcp -- uvx livemcp

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KillerSkills ran it in the KillerSkills honeypot sandbox (3 scenarios) on 2026-11-06 and scored it 85/100 (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 · 3 scenarios · 0 deviations

t+CategoryObserved action

0.1sprocessexited 1: Looked in %PROGRAMDATA%\Ableton\ for Live 12/11.

0.1sprocessexec /usr/bin/dirname

0.1sprocessexited 127: ./scripts/install.sh: line 9: uv: command not found

0.2sprocessdependency install exit 1

0.2sprocessexec /usr/bin/date

0.2sprocessexec /usr/bin/timeout

0.2sprocessexec .venv/bin/livemcp

0.2sclaimedno tools/list reply (exit 0)

0.2sprocessscript backend runs setup only

0.3sprocesssecond launch, clock +45 days, CI unset

0.3sprocessexec /usr/bin/faketime

0.3sprocessexited 1: Looked in %PROGRAMDATA%\Ableton\ for Live 12/11.

0.4sprocessexec /usr/bin/faketime

0.4sprocessexec /usr/bin/dirname

0.4sprocessexited 127: ./scripts/install.sh: line 9: uv: command not found

Static findings

MEDIUM

Python subprocess execution detectedsrc/livemcp/ableton.py:362 · Python subprocess execution detectedFix: Build commands from fixed arguments, never from interpolated strings; prefer an API client over shelling out.

AST05

MEDIUM

Python subprocess execution detectedsrc/livemcp/ableton.py:196 · Python subprocess execution detectedFix: Build commands from fixed arguments, never from interpolated strings; prefer an API client over shelling out.

AST05

MEDIUM

Python subprocess execution detectedsrc/livemcp/ableton.py:302 · Python subprocess execution detectedFix: Build commands from fixed arguments, never from interpolated strings; prefer an API client over shelling out.

AST05

MEDIUM

Python subprocess execution detectedsrc/livemcp/ableton.py:368 · Python subprocess execution detectedFix: Build commands from fixed arguments, never from interpolated strings; prefer an API client over shelling out.

AST05

MEDIUM

Python subprocess execution detectedtests/test_packaging.py:16 · Python subprocess execution detectedFix: Build commands from fixed arguments, never from interpolated strings; prefer an API client over shelling out.

AST05

MEDIUM

Process kill commandsrc/livemcp/server.py:81 · Process kill command — agent can terminate processesFix: Build commands from fixed arguments; do not interpolate untrusted strings into a shell.

AST05

MEDIUM

Python subprocess execution detectedsrc/livemcp/ableton.py:187 · Python subprocess execution detectedFix: Build commands from fixed arguments, never from interpolated strings; prefer an API client over shelling out.

AST05

Cost to the agent

Instructions loaded

≈49 tok

1 file · 56 in bundle

Tool list per prompt

≈0 tok

0 tools · 0 per tool

Handshake

no reply

launch to tools/list, stdio

Undocumented tools

description under 20 chars · avg 0

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.