# Server and secret guardrails (remote · testedtemplates.com)

Local checks for sudo, systemd, sshd, ufw, and secret leaks before an agent applies them.

- Trust score: 79/100 (medium)
- Change this week: +3
- Registry status: active
- Liveness: live
- Owner verified: no
- Last scored: 2026-11-05

## Components

- remote · `testedtemplates.com`: 79/100 (this document), [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-testedtemplates-ops-guardrails/testedtemplates.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-testedtemplates-ops-guardrails/testedtemplates)

## Channel facts

- Endpoint: `https://testedtemplates.com/mcp`
- Transports: `streamable-http`
- Auth: `none`
- Version: `1.1.0`

## Trust breakdown

How this component scores in each security and reliability category. Every signal is checked automatically against the live server, and we only credit what we can confirm. Scores are 0–100 per category. Scoring method: https://verifymcp.io/docs/scoring (what has changed: https://verifymcp.io/docs/scoring/changelog)

Scored 2026-11-05.

- **Endpoint Security**: 83/100
  - The endpoint's TLS certificate is valid, in date, and uses a strong key.
  - No authorisation is required to call this server. Every tool declares its destructiveHint and none is destructive, so open access doesn't expose one.
  - HTTPS is enforced; there's no plaintext access path.
  - The HSTS (Strict-Transport-Security) header is present.
  - DNSSEC is configured correctly; the domain's records validate against the full chain to the root.
- **Transport & Reachability**: 100/100
  - Verified streamable-http transport via a live MCP handshake.
- **Schema Quality & AI Usability**: 67/100
  - AI-judged instruction clarity (good).
  - Tool/resource definitions use about 206 tokens (~51/item across 4 items; 4 tools + 0 resources), lean.
  - Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples.
- **Stability & Change Management**: 60/100
  - Stability observed for 18 of 30 days with no destabilising changes; credit accrues until the full window elapses.
- **Tool Coverage**: 67/100
  - 100% of tools have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the tool's name).
  - 0% of tool parameters carry a description.
- **Tool Safety**: 100/100
  - No prompt-injection markers were found in the server instructions, tool names or descriptions we captured.
  - We read all 4 captured tool definition(s), and no name or description among them implies an irreversible operation.
  - An AI judge read all 5 captured unit(s) of tool text and found none that tries to manipulate the model reading it.
- **Capabilities**: 100/100
  - Implements a supported MCP spec version (2025-11-25); the latest is 2026-07-28.

## Install

### How do I install the Server and secret guardrails MCP server?

Server and secret guardrails is a hosted endpoint at https://testedtemplates.com/mcp, so there is nothing to install locally. Ready-made configuration for Claude, Cursor, VS Code, Codex and 5 more is on this page, copied from each client's own documentation.

### Claude

```bash
claude mcp add --transport http com-testedtemplates-ops-guardrails 'https://testedtemplates.com/mcp'
```

### Cursor

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "com-testedtemplates-ops-guardrails": {
      "url": "https://testedtemplates.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### VS Code

```json
{
  "servers": {
    "com-testedtemplates-ops-guardrails": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://testedtemplates.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### Codex

```toml
[mcp_servers.com-testedtemplates-ops-guardrails]
url = "https://testedtemplates.com/mcp"
```

### opencode

```json
{
  "$schema": "https://opencode.ai/config.json",
  "mcp": {
    "com-testedtemplates-ops-guardrails": {
      "type": "remote",
      "url": "https://testedtemplates.com/mcp",
      "enabled": true
    }
  }
}
```

### OpenClaw

```bash
openclaw mcp add com-testedtemplates-ops-guardrails --url 'https://testedtemplates.com/mcp' --transport streamable-http
```

### Hermes

```yaml
mcp_servers:
  com-testedtemplates-ops-guardrails:
    url: "https://testedtemplates.com/mcp"
```

### Netclaw

```json
{
  "McpServers": {
    "com-testedtemplates-ops-guardrails": {
      "Transport": "http",
      "Url": "https://testedtemplates.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### Vellum

```bash
assistant mcp add com-testedtemplates-ops-guardrails -t streamable-http -u 'https://testedtemplates.com/mcp'
```

### Other

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "com-testedtemplates-ops-guardrails": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://testedtemplates.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

The mcpServers block is a cross-client convention. Remote transports vary, so check your client's docs.

## Changelog

Every change recorded for this component, newest first. Days that predate change tracking, or that we cannot explain, say so: "we were watching and nothing happened" and "we were not watching" are different claims.

### 2026-11-04 (score 79, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 53 to 57. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 16 days of observed history at the previous scan, 17 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-11-02 (score 78, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 47 to 50. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 14 days of observed history at the previous scan, 15 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-10-31 (score 77, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 40 to 43. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 12 days of observed history at the previous scan, 13 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-10-29 (score 76, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 33 to 37. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 10 days of observed history at the previous scan, 11 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-10-27 (score 75, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 27 to 30. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 8 days of observed history at the previous scan, 9 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-10-25 (score 74, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 20 to 23. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 6 days of observed history at the previous scan, 7 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-10-23 (score 73, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 13 to 17. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 4 days of observed history at the previous scan, 5 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-10-20 (score 72, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 3 to 7. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 1 days of observed history at the previous scan, 2 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

## MCP tools (4)

### `list_checks` (~38 tokens)

List local checks

List the local checks (audit_server_snippet, scan_secret_leak, rewrite_safe_curl). This endpoint cannot run them on text you send.

### `sample_findings` (~24 tokens)

Show sample findings

Show finding ids from built-in public fixtures. Does not read the request.

### `install_local` (~49 tokens)

Return the local install

Return the local install file, its sha256, and client config. Optional client: claude-desktop, claude-code, cursor, gemini, codex.

Input parameters:

- `client` (string)

### `products` (~33 tokens)

Kit and registry links

Return the $19 and $39 kit URLs, the install page, and the registry remote. This endpoint does not read files.

## Diagnostics

Captured diagnostic sections: TLS, DNSSEC, Authorisation, Transports. The full working is on the page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-testedtemplates-ops-guardrails/testedtemplates#diagnostics

## Score history

- 2026-11-05: 79
- 2026-11-04: 79
- 2026-11-03: 78
- 2026-11-02: 78
- 2026-11-01: 77
- 2026-10-31: 77
- 2026-10-30: 76
- 2026-10-29: 76
- 2026-10-28: 75
- 2026-10-27: 75
- 2026-10-26: 74
- 2026-10-25: 74
- 2026-10-24: 73
- 2026-10-23: 73
- 2026-10-22: 72
- 2026-10-21: 72
- 2026-10-20: 72
- 2026-10-19: 71
- 2026-10-18: 64

## Common questions

### What is the Server and secret guardrails MCP server?

Server and secret guardrails is an MCP server listed in the public MCP registry as com.testedtemplates/ops-guardrails. Local checks for sudo, systemd, sshd, ufw, and secret leaks before an agent applies them. This page covers its hosted endpoint (https://testedtemplates.com/mcp).

### Is the Server and secret guardrails MCP server safe to use?

Server and secret guardrails scores 79 out of 100 on VerifyMCP. 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 Server and secret guardrails MCP server expose?

Server and secret guardrails exposes 4 tools: list_checks, sample_findings, install_local, products. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 144 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.

### Does the Server and secret guardrails MCP server require authentication?

No. We connected to Server and secret guardrails without credentials and it answered, so anything it exposes is reachable by anyone who knows the address.

### Is the Server and secret guardrails MCP server still maintained?

Server and secret guardrails is still listed as active in the MCP registry. We last reached this channel on 5 November 2026. Those dates come from our own scans of the registry and the channel itself, not from anything the publisher announced.

## Links

- Remote endpoint: https://testedtemplates.com/mcp
- Website: https://testedtemplates.com/code/mcp-server/
- Changelog RSS feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-testedtemplates-ops-guardrails/testedtemplates.xml
- Changelog JSON feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-testedtemplates-ops-guardrails/testedtemplates.json
- HTML version of this page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-testedtemplates-ops-guardrails/testedtemplates