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mcp-codebase-index@0.7.1

VERIFIED· not started

Publisher claims: "Structural codebase indexer with MCP server for AI-assisted development" Observed in sandbox: no network, touches nothing outside the project, writes no memory.

Registry PyPI (MCP server)Publisher mikerecognex · publishing for 271 daysInstalls 377Last detonated 7d ago
$claude mcp add mcp-codebase-index -- uvx mcp-codebase-index
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Coverage

Not started: dependency install failed; the server itself was not observed.
Tested
the dependency install step · every file read, file written and host contacted by what ran
Not tested
server startup · the tool list · tool behavior

What this means for the label: Verified 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

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
server startup · the tool list · tool behavior

Not enough was observed to say yet. Not started: dependency install failed; the server itself was not observed. This version's code has not been inventoried for credentials and hosts either; both arrive with its next honeypot run (popular servers first). `vet-skills try mcp-codebase-index` runs it now and prints the full answer.

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KillerSkills ran it in the KillerSkills honeypot sandbox (2 scenarios; not started: dependency install failed; the server itself was not observed) on 2026-11-07 and scored it 88/100 (Verified). In what ran, nothing we could detect went wrong: no undeclared network egress, no credential reads, no persistent instruction writes. What it does with a real credential was not observed; the static findings and the publisher carry the rest of the score. 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/date
0.1sprocessexec /usr/bin/timeout
0.1sprocessexec .venv/bin/mcp-codebase-index
0.1sclaimedno tools/list reply (exit 0)
0.1sprocessscript backend runs setup only
0.1sprocessno install scripts to re-run

Static findings

MEDIUM
Python subprocess execution detectedsrc/mcp_codebase_index/git_tracker.py:99 · Python subprocess execution detectedresult = subprocess.run(Fix: Build commands from fixed arguments, never from interpolated strings; prefer an API client over shelling out.
AST05
MEDIUM
Python subprocess execution detectedtests/test_incremental.py:33 · Python subprocess execution detectedsubprocess.run(["git", "add", "."], cwd=tmpdir, capture_output=True, check=True)Fix: Build commands from fixed arguments, never from interpolated strings; prefer an API client over shelling out.
AST05
MEDIUM
Python subprocess execution detectedsrc/mcp_codebase_index/git_tracker.py:58 · Python subprocess execution detectedresult = subprocess.run(Fix: Build commands from fixed arguments, never from interpolated strings; prefer an API client over shelling out.
AST05
MEDIUM
Python subprocess execution detectedbenchmarks/runner.py:51 · Python subprocess execution detectedsubprocess.run(Fix: Build commands from fixed arguments, never from interpolated strings; prefer an API client over shelling out.
AST05
MEDIUM
Python subprocess execution detectedbenchmarks/runner.py:167 · Python subprocess execution detectedresult = subprocess.run(Fix: Build commands from fixed arguments, never from interpolated strings; prefer an API client over shelling out.
AST05
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Python subprocess execution detectedbenchmarks/benchmark.py:51 · Python subprocess execution detectedsubprocess.run(Fix: Build commands from fixed arguments, never from interpolated strings; prefer an API client over shelling out.
AST05
MEDIUM
Python subprocess execution detectedtests/test_incremental.py:16 · Python subprocess execution detectedsubprocess.run(["git", "init"], cwd=tmpdir, capture_output=True, check=True)Fix: Build commands from fixed arguments, never from interpolated strings; prefer an API client over shelling out.
AST05
MEDIUM
Python subprocess execution detectedtests/test_incremental.py:17 · Python subprocess execution detectedsubprocess.run(Fix: Build commands from fixed arguments, never from interpolated strings; prefer an API client over shelling out.
AST05
MEDIUM
Python subprocess execution detectedsrc/mcp_codebase_index/git_tracker.py:136 · Python subprocess execution detectedresult = subprocess.run(Fix: Build commands from fixed arguments, never from interpolated strings; prefer an API client over shelling out.
AST05
MEDIUM
Python subprocess execution detectedtests/test_incremental.py:21 · Python subprocess execution detectedsubprocess.run(Fix: Build commands from fixed arguments, never from interpolated strings; prefer an API client over shelling out.
AST05
MEDIUM
Python subprocess execution detectedbenchmarks/runner.py:298 · Python subprocess execution detectedresult = subprocess.run(Fix: Build commands from fixed arguments, never from interpolated strings; prefer an API client over shelling out.
AST05
MEDIUM
Python subprocess execution detectedsrc/mcp_codebase_index/git_tracker.py:43 · Python subprocess execution detectedresult = subprocess.run(Fix: Build commands from fixed arguments, never from interpolated strings; prefer an API client over shelling out.
AST05
MEDIUM
Python subprocess execution detectedtests/test_incremental.py:34 · Python subprocess execution detectedsubprocess.run(Fix: Build commands from fixed arguments, never from interpolated strings; prefer an API client over shelling out.
AST05
MEDIUM
Python subprocess execution detectedbenchmarks/runner.py:106 · Python subprocess execution detectedproc = subprocess.Popen(Fix: Build commands from fixed arguments, never from interpolated strings; prefer an API client over shelling out.
AST05
HIGH
Credential pass-through configurationbenchmarks/report.py:118 · Credential pass-through configuration — agent relays sensitive credentials"""Merge proxy token data into runner records by run_id."""Fix: Stop enumerating or reading credential locations; take secrets from a declared environment variable the user sets on purpose.
AST02
LOW
Instructs the agent to modify its persistent memory or instruction filesPKG-INFO:843 · Instructs the agent to modify its persistent memory or instruction files · informational: not an instruction file · informational: not an instruction file · informational: not an instruction fileClaude Code tends to default to built-in Glob/Grep/Read tools even when codebase-index is available. In addition to CLAUDE.md instructions (see below), you can add hooks that fire on every prompt to rFix: Remove the text that addresses the agent rather than the reader; describe behavior, do not instruct.
AST01
LOW
Instructs the agent to modify its persistent memory or instruction filesREADME.md:156 · Instructs the agent to modify its persistent memory or instruction files · informational: not an instruction file · informational: not an instruction file · informational: not an instruction fileClaude Code tends to default to built-in Glob/Grep/Read tools even when codebase-index is available. In addition to CLAUDE.md instructions (see below), you can add hooks that fire on every prompt to rFix: Remove the text that addresses the agent rather than the reader; describe behavior, do not instruct.
AST01
LOW
Instructs the agent to modify its persistent memory or instruction filesREADME.md:189 · Instructs the agent to modify its persistent memory or instruction files · informational: not an instruction file · informational: not an instruction file · informational: not an instruction fileBy default, AI assistants will ignore the indexed tools and fall back to reading entire files with Glob/Grep/Read. Soft language like "prefer" gets rationalized away. Add this to your project's `CLAUDFix: Remove the text that addresses the agent rather than the reader; describe behavior, do not instruct.
AST01
LOW
Instructs the agent to modify its persistent memory or instruction filesPKG-INFO:876 · Instructs the agent to modify its persistent memory or instruction files · informational: not an instruction file · informational: not an instruction file · informational: not an instruction fileBy default, AI assistants will ignore the indexed tools and fall back to reading entire files with Glob/Grep/Read. Soft language like "prefer" gets rationalized away. Add this to your project's `CLAUDFix: Remove the text that addresses the agent rather than the reader; describe behavior, do not instruct.
AST01

Cost to the agent

Instructions loaded
≈57 tok
1 file · 46 in bundle
Tool list per prompt
≈0 tok
0 tools · 0 per tool
Handshake
no reply
launch to tools/list, stdio
Undocumented tools
0
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

No advisories in OSV for mcp-codebase-index@0.7.1 as of 2 h ago. This is the package itself, not its dependencies.