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p4mcp-server@2026.4.3126709

VERIFIED· not started

Publisher claims: "P4 MCP Server - Model Context Protocol server for Perforce P4 version control and P4 DAM digital asset management" Observed in sandbox: no network, touches nothing outside the project, writes no memory.

Registry PyPI (MCP server)Publisher perforce · publishing for 212 daysInstalls 3,950Last detonated 6 h ago
$claude mcp add p4mcp-server -- uvx p4mcp-server
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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

It will ask for
P4DAM_API_KEYConfiguration, not credentials: OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_ENDPOINT, OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_PROTOCOL, P4CLIENT, P4MCP_CA_BUNDLE, P4MCP_LOG_DIR, P4MCP_MAX_RESULTS, P4MCP_MAX_SCAN_ROWS, P4MCP_SSL_VERIFY, P4MCP_TLS_CA_MODE, P4PORT, P4USER
Where it talks to
no vendor host named in the codeAlso perforce.com — 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
server startup · the tool list · tool behavior

Connect it with a scoped credential, under the guard, and read the third-party hosts first. The code names perforce.com as well as its own vendor. The guard injects P4DAM_API_KEY only into requests to the host you bind (and its subdomains) and refuses the rest.

$vet-skills run --net declared -- uvx p4mcp-server

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; not started: dependency install failed; the server itself was not observed) on 2026-11-14 and scored it 83/100 (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
0.2sprocessdependency install exit 1 ·
0.2sclaimednot started: dependency install failed (exit 1); the server itself was not observed
0.2sprocessscript backend runs setup only
0.2sprocessno install scripts to re-run

Static findings

HIGH
README links to an external installerREADME.md → https://github.com/perforce/p4mcp-server/releases/latest/download/p4-mcp-server-mac.ziphttps://github.com/perforce/p4mcp-server/releases/latest/download/p4-mcp-server-mac.zipFix: Pin versions and sources; vendor anything fetched at install time.
AST06
LOW
Fake system instruction headerREADME.md:720 · Fake system instruction header — mimics internal system structure · informational: not an instruction file### Admin configurationFix: Remove the text that addresses the agent rather than the reader; describe behavior, do not instruct.
AST01
HIGH
Collapsed <details> block carrying instructionsREADME.md:64 · Collapsed <details> block carrying instructions<summary><b>uvx (easiest, no install required)</b></summary> If you have [uv](https://docs.astral.sh/uv/) installed, you can run P4 MCP Server directly without Fix: Remove the text that addresses the agent rather than the reader; describe behavior, do not instruct.
AST01
HIGH
Collapsed <details> block carrying instructionsREADME.md:130 · Collapsed <details> block carrying instructions<summary><b>Local</b></summary> Run the P4 MCP Server directly on your machine using the default STDIO transport. Add the following to your `mcp.json`: ```json Fix: Remove the text that addresses the agent rather than the reader; describe behavior, do not instruct.
AST01
HIGH
Collapsed <details> block carrying instructionsREADME.md:302 · Collapsed <details> block carrying instructions<summary><b>VM</b></summary> Run the MCP server on a VM using the HTTP transport, allowing clients to connect over the network. **Start the server on the VM:** Fix: Remove the text that addresses the agent rather than the reader; describe behavior, do not instruct.
AST01
MEDIUM
Python subprocess execution detectedp4mcp/telemetry/consent.py:30 · Python subprocess execution detectedsubprocess.run([sys.executable, "-m", "p4mcp.telemetry.consent_ui"], check=True)Fix: Remove the call, or declare the host in frontmatter and explain in the README what is sent and why.
AST05
MEDIUM
Python subprocess execution detectedp4mcp/telemetry/consent.py:28 · Python subprocess execution detectedsubprocess.run([str(consent_ui)], check=True)Fix: Remove the call, or declare the host in frontmatter and explain in the README what is sent and why.
AST05
HIGH
Collapsed <details> block carrying instructionsREADME.md:159 · Collapsed <details> block carrying instructions<summary><b>Docker</b></summary> Run the P4 MCP Server from a Docker container with STDIO transport, allowing MCP clients to manage the container lifecycle. > *Fix: Remove the text that addresses the agent rather than the reader; describe behavior, do not instruct.
AST01
HIGH
Collapsed <details> block carrying instructionsREADME.md:331 · Collapsed <details> block carrying instructions<summary><b>Docker</b></summary> Run the MCP server in a Docker container using HTTP transport and expose the MCP endpoint over a host port. **Start the containFix: Remove the text that addresses the agent rather than the reader; describe behavior, do not instruct.
AST01

Cost to the agent

Instructions loaded
≈69 tok
1 file · 73 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 p4mcp-server@2026.4.3126709 as of 5 h ago. This is the package itself, not its dependencies.