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IdeaCompetitiveCLISECURITYMCPLive

A CLI tool that scans MCP servers for SSRF vulnerabilities, prompt injection paths, and protocol spec violations before they are published to any registry

36.7% of the 14,000+ public MCP servers in 2026 contain SSRF vulnerabilities, and researchers have demonstrated active retrieval of AWS IAM keys via prompt injection against first-party servers from Anthropic and Microsoft. MCP server builders currently ship to Smithery, Glama, and the official registry with no automated pre-publish security or spec-compliance check -- only manual code review and ad-hoc testing with MCP Inspector. This tool gives MCP server authors a single CLI command to catch SSRF paths, unsafe URL handling, missing auth, prompt-injectable tool descriptions, and protocol spec deviations before a server reaches any registry or gets installed by 97M SDK users.

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Gap Assessment

CompetitiveMultiple tools exist but differentiation opportunities remain

4 tools exist (MCP Inspector, Smithery, Glama, Truefoundry MCP Gateway) but gaps remain: No security scanning for SSRF, prompt injection, or auth gaps. No pre-publish compliance gate. Not designed for CI/CD integration or batch server auditing.; No security vetting of listed servers. No publisher-side compliance check before listing. Servers with SSRF vulnerabilities ship freely to any installer..

Features2 agent-ready prompts

Static SSRF path scanner that walks MCP server source code and flags every URL-accepting parameter that lacks allowlist or scheme validation
Prompt injection detector that scores every tool description and resource response template against a curated injection pattern library and outputs a graded compliance report

Competitive LandscapeFREE

ProductDoesMissing
MCP InspectorOfficial Anthropic tool for protocol-level debugging and real-time communication log inspection during developmentNo security scanning for SSRF, prompt injection, or auth gaps. No pre-publish compliance gate. Not designed for CI/CD integration or batch server auditing.
SmitheryRegistry of 7,000+ MCP servers with install commands, search, and hosted remote serversNo security vetting of listed servers. No publisher-side compliance check before listing. Servers with SSRF vulnerabilities ship freely to any installer.
GlamaLargest MCP directory with 21,000+ servers, visual previews, and daily updatesNo automated security scanning of listed servers. Discovery only, no compliance enforcement for publishers before a server is indexed.
Truefoundry MCP GatewayEnterprise MCP gateway with RBAC, centralized API key management, and input filtering for prompt injection at the consumption sideOperates at runtime consumption layer, not at server build/publish time. Builders still ship insecure servers before the gateway catches issues downstream.

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