SkillTotal
PYPI · SKILLTOTAL · SCANNED SEP 20
Deterministic security scan of MCP servers, agent skills and npm/PyPI packages. Runs locally.
Available components
How this component scores in each security and reliability category. Every signal is checked automatically from public evidence about the published package, including repeated runs of it in an isolated sandbox, and we only credit what we can confirm. How we score → Why this is hard to score →
Supply Chain Security100
- No malware found by supply-chain analysis.Pass
- No known CVEs affecting this package version or its production dependencies.Pass
- Runs setuptools.build_meta at install time, a recognised native-build step with no shell scripting around it. View diagnostics → Pass
- No production dependencies, so there is no dependency health to assess. View diagnostics → Pass
Provenance & Transparency48
- Source repository is publicly reachable at the declared URL. View diagnostics → Pass
- Provenance check failed: no build-provenance attestation is published. See how to fix → View diagnostics → Fail
- Clear OSI-approved license (Apache-2.0).Pass
- Actively maintained (last published 1 days ago).Pass
- Publishes a security disclosure policy (SECURITY.md).Pass
Schema Quality & AI Usability83
- AI-judged instruction clarity (excellent).Pass
- Tool/resource definitions use about 370 tokens (~123/item across 3 items; 3 tools + 0 resources), lean.Pass
- Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples. See how to fix → Fail
Stability & Change Management100
- No destabilizing schema changes in the last 30 days.Pass
Tool Coverage100
- 100% of tools have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the tool's name).Pass
- 100% of tool parameters carry a description.Pass
Tool Safety100
- No prompt-injection markers were found in the server instructions, tool names or descriptions we captured.Pass
- We read all 3 captured tool definition(s), and no name or description among them implies an irreversible operation.Pass
- An AI judge read all 4 captured unit(s) of tool text and found none that tries to manipulate the model reading it.Pass
Capabilities60
- Spec-recency check failed: implements MCP spec 2025-06-18; the latest is 2026-07-28. See how to fix → Fail
How do I install the SkillTotal MCP server?
SkillTotal runs locally as a PyPI package, launched with uvx skilltotal. Ready-made configuration for Claude, Cursor, VS Code, Codex and 5 more is on this page, copied from each client's own documentation.
pypi · skilltotal
claude mcp add ai-skilltotal-skilltotal -- uvx skilltotal
{
"mcpServers": {
"ai-skilltotal-skilltotal": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"skilltotal"
]
}
}
} {
"servers": {
"ai-skilltotal-skilltotal": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"skilltotal"
]
}
}
} codex mcp add ai-skilltotal-skilltotal -- uvx skilltotal
{
"$schema": "https://opencode.ai/config.json",
"mcp": {
"ai-skilltotal-skilltotal": {
"type": "local",
"command": [
"uvx",
"skilltotal"
],
"enabled": true
}
}
} openclaw mcp add ai-skilltotal-skilltotal --command uvx --arg skilltotal
mcp_servers:
ai-skilltotal-skilltotal:
command: "uvx"
args: ["skilltotal"] {
"McpServers": {
"ai-skilltotal-skilltotal": {
"Transport": "stdio",
"Command": "uvx",
"Arguments": [
"skilltotal"
]
}
}
} assistant mcp add ai-skilltotal-skilltotal -t stdio -c uvx -a skilltotal
{
"mcpServers": {
"ai-skilltotal-skilltotal": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"skilltotal"
]
}
}
} Every change we have recorded for this component, newest first. Security-relevant changes are always shown. ▲ marks a change for the better, ▼ a change for the worse; unmarked changes are neutral.
- 20 Sept 26 +16
- Malware scan: unverified → pass ▲ security
- Stability: 0.97 → pass security
- Security disclosure: unverified → pass ▲ functional
- 19 Sept 26 −16
- Malware scan: pass → unverified ▼ security
- Security disclosure: pass → unverified ▼ functional
- Stability: pass → 0.97 functional
- Package version: 0.48.3 → 0.49.0 functional
- 18 Sept 26 0
- Stability: 0.97 → pass security
- 17 Sept 26 +1
- Stability: 0.93 → unverified ▼ security
- Tool safety: pass → unverified ▼ security
- Malware scan: pass → unverified ▼ security
- Capabilities: fail → unverified ▼ functional
- Tool coverage: 100 → unverified ▼ functional
- First check of Schema quality: unverified functional
- Package version: 0.48.1 → 0.48.3 functional
- Package version: 0.48.1 → 0.48.2 functional
- 16 Sept 26 +15
- Stability: 0.90 → unverified ▼ security
- Tool safety: pass → unverified ▼ security
- Malware scan: unverified → pass ▲ security
- Capabilities: fail → unverified ▼ functional
- Tool coverage: 100 → unverified ▼ functional
- First check of Schema quality: unverified functional
- Package version: 0.48.0 → 0.48.1 functional
- 15 Sept 26 +1
- Package version: 0.47.1 → 0.48.0 functional
- Package version: 0.47.1 → 0.47.2 functional
- 14 Sept 26 0
- Package version: 0.45.0 → 0.47.1 functional
- Package version: 0.45.0 → 0.47.0 functional
- Package version: 0.45.0 → 0.46.0 functional
- 13 Sept 26 −14
- Malware scan: pass → unverified ▼ security
- Package version: 0.44.0 → 0.45.0 functional
Diagnostic detail from the automated scan of this channel: what the scanner observed at each step, so you can see exactly where a check passed or failed. It is informational only and never changes the trust score.
Captured 20 Sept 2026 · Analysed pypi/skilltotal@0.49.0
Provenance No attestation
The registry publishes no build provenance for this version, so there is nothing to verify.
| Result | No attestation |
|---|---|
| Ecosystem | pypi |
Background: How many MCP packages publish verified provenance →
Install scripts 1 script
| Hook | Tier | Command |
|---|---|---|
| build_backend | allowlisted | setuptools.build_meta |
Background: Why install scripts are a supply-chain risk →
Dependencies 0 packages
| Packages resolved | 0 |
|---|---|
| Tree resolution | Complete |
Background: SBOMs and build attestations, explained →
The tools this component advertises to a client, with an estimated token cost for each. Expand a tool to see its parameters and schema. The per-tool counts are indicative and are not scored directly; the schema's total context footprint is one signal in Schema Quality & AI Usability. A tool's description is untrusted text the model reads on every call, which is what makes this list a security surface and not just an inventory: how tool poisoning works →
diff_components ~144
Compare two versions of a component and report what changed: new/resolved/changed findings, capability changes, and the risk-score delta. Use for upgrade reviews (is the new version riskier than the one already vetted?). Both sides accept the same sources as scan_component.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| new | string | yes | New side. What to scan: a local directory/file/archive path, a git URL, npm:<name>[@version], or pypi:<name>[==version]. |
| old | string | yes | Old side. What to scan: a local directory/file/archive path, a git URL, npm:<name>[@version], or pypi:<name>[==version]. |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
list_rules ~24
List every SkillTotal detection rule: id, severity, category, and title.
Input schema present but exposes no named parameters.
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
scan_component ~143
Statically scan an AI component (agent skill, MCP server, npm/PyPI package, repository, local path or archive) for supply-chain risks, dangerous capabilities, prompt-injection surfaces, and exfiltration paths. Use this BEFORE installing or trusting a component. The scan is local, deterministic, and never executes the component's code. Returns the full SkillTotal report as JSON: verdict, risk_score (0-100), findings with file/line evidence, and capabilities.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| source | string | yes | What to scan: a local directory/file/archive path, a git URL, npm:<name>[@version], or pypi:<name>[==version]. |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
What is the SkillTotal MCP server?
SkillTotal is an MCP server listed in the public MCP registry as ai.skilltotal/skilltotal. Deterministic security scan of MCP servers, agent skills and npm/PyPI packages. Runs locally. This page covers its PyPI package (skilltotal).
Is the SkillTotal MCP server safe to use?
SkillTotal scores 85 out of 100 on VerifyMCP. We found no known CVEs affecting it as of 20 September 2026. That is a record of what we were able to check automatically, not an endorsement. The category breakdown on this page shows every signal behind the number, including the ones we could not confirm.
What tools does the SkillTotal MCP server expose?
SkillTotal exposes 3 tools: scan_component, diff_components, list_rules. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 311 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.
Is the SkillTotal MCP server still maintained?
SkillTotal is still listed as active in the MCP registry. We last reached this channel on 20 September 2026. Those dates come from our own scans of the registry and the channel itself, not from anything the publisher announced.
What licence is the SkillTotal MCP server under?
SkillTotal declares the Apache-2.0 licence, which is OSI-approved. That covers the source only, and says nothing about the cost of any service it calls.