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physbox-mcp@0.66.0

VERIFIED· not started

Publisher claims: "PhysBox: MCP - Server for local simulation apps" Observed in sandbox: no network, touches nothing outside the project, writes no memory.

Registry PyPI (MCP server)Publisher tom-grek-tom.grek · publishing for 130 daysInstalls 9,883Last detonated 5d ago
$claude mcp add physbox-mcp -- uvx physbox-mcp
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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
no credential variables read in the code
Where it talks to
physbox.io (its own)
What the honeypot saw
no credential files read · no network
What we could not test
server startup · the tool list · tool behavior

Connect it under the guard. Not started: dependency install failed; the server itself was not observed. The code names no credential variable and talks to physbox.io, its own; the guard pins the network to what the honeypot saw and logs every call.

$vet-skills run --net declared -- uvx physbox-mcp

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 2026-11-09 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 ·
0.1sclaimednot started: dependency install failed (exit 1); the server itself was not observed
0.1sprocessscript backend runs setup only
0.1sprocessno install scripts to re-run

Static findings

MEDIUM
File type combined with upload actionphysbox_mcp/mcp-docs/physics.json:36 · File type combined with upload action — agent may exfiltrate local data files… how many steps it failed on; physics_run_headless returns them as warnings. api.log output is in physics_run_headless `logs` and physics_get_telemetry `scriptLogs`; api.s…Fix: Remove the call, or declare the host in frontmatter and explain in the README what is sent and why.
AST07
MEDIUM
File permission modification commandtests/test_cloud.py:101 · File permission modification command — agent changes file ownership/permissions# NTFS a chmod cannot clear the group/other bits, so only assert the mode whereFix: Request the narrowest permission that works; replace wildcards with the exact paths or hosts.
AST05
MEDIUM
Process kill commandphysbox_mcp/server.py:3460 · Process kill command — agent can terminate processes@mcp.tool(description=get_doc(etch_docs, "etch_machine_estop", "Emergency stop: soft-reset the controller and kill the beam"))Fix: Build commands from fixed arguments; do not interpolate untrusted strings into a shell.
AST05
LOW
Refusal suppressionphysbox_mcp/mcp-docs/circuit.json:54 · Refusal suppression — attempting to prevent safety responses · informational: not an instruction file…stop: soft-reset the controller and stop the spindle, at once. Never gated, and never refused for any reason.\n\nThis is the one to reach for the moment something looks wro…Fix: Remove the text that addresses the agent rather than the reader; describe behavior, do not instruct.
AST01
LOW
Refusal suppressionphysbox_mcp/mcp-docs/circuit.json:1536 · Refusal suppression — attempting to prevent safety responses · informational: not an instruction file"DO NOT DELIBERATE ABOUT AN E-STOP. If the user says stop, or something looks wrong, call circuit_machine_estop first and work out what happened afterwards. It is never gated and never refused.",Fix: Remove the text that addresses the agent rather than the reader; describe behavior, do not instruct.
AST01
MEDIUM
Process kill commandphysbox_mcp/mcp-docs/etch.json:68 · Process kill command — agent can terminate processes…ing.", "etch_machine_estop": "Emergency stop: soft-reset the controller and kill the beam, at once. Never gated and never refused.\n\nReach for this the moment s…Fix: Build commands from fixed arguments; do not interpolate untrusted strings into a shell.
AST05
LOW
Instructs the agent to modify its persistent memory or instruction filesphysbox_mcp/docs.py:29 · Instructs the agent to modify its persistent memory or instruction files · informational: not an instruction file`mcp-docs.json` — the thing both apps' CLAUDE.md tells them to edit — wasFix: Remove the text that addresses the agent rather than the reader; describe behavior, do not instruct.
AST01
MEDIUM
File type combined with upload actionphysbox_mcp/mcp-docs/physics.json:376 · File type combined with upload action — agent may exfiltrate local data files… or actuator name is a warning too, naming what the model has. `logs` is the api.log output [{ t, body, msg }], oldest first: the last 200 lines, with `logsDropped` counti…Fix: Remove the call, or declare the host in frontmatter and explain in the README what is sent and why.
AST07
LOW
Refusal suppressionphysbox_mcp/mcp-docs/physics.json:318 · Refusal suppression — attempting to prevent safety responses · informational: not an instruction file… stop: soft-reset the controller and stop the spindle, at once. Never gated and never refused.\n\nReach for this the moment something looks wrong — a cut in the wrong place…Fix: Remove the text that addresses the agent rather than the reader; describe behavior, do not instruct.
AST01
LOW
Refusal suppressionphysbox_mcp/mcp-docs/etch.json:68 · Refusal suppression — attempting to prevent safety responses · informational: not an instruction file…ncy stop: soft-reset the controller and kill the beam, at once. Never gated and never refused.\n\nReach for this the moment something looks wrong — a cut in the wrong place…Fix: Remove the text that addresses the agent rather than the reader; describe behavior, do not instruct.
AST01

Cost to the agent

Instructions loaded
≈48 tok
1 file · 27 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 physbox-mcp@0.66.0 as of 5d ago. This is the package itself, not its dependencies.