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Repo Run Check

NPM · DEVX-REPO-CHECK · 2 COMPONENTS

Check GitHub repos and shell commands for malware-delivery tricks before an AI agent runs them

63 Trust /100

Last scanned (1 hour ago)

Scores higher than 31% of npm servers

Category Security

Trust breakdown (7 categories)

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 Security81
  • No malware found by supply-chain analysis.Pass
  • CVE check failed: a known high-severity CVE affects zod 3.25.76, a direct dependency. A fixed version is available. View diagnostics → Fail
  • No install/post-install scripts declared.Pass
  • 30 of 93 dependencies flagged as unhealthy. View diagnostics → Partial
Provenance & Transparency45
Schema Quality & AI Usability65
  • AI-judged instruction clarity (excellent).Pass
  • Context-footprint check failed: tool/resource definitions use about 1035 tokens (~345/item across 3 items; 3 tools + 0 resources), over budget; trim descriptions and params. See how to fix → Fail
  • Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples. See how to fix → Fail
Stability & Change Management0
  • Stability not yet verified: not enough scan history yet (needs a 30-day window).Unverified
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
  • Structured output schemas are declared (100% of tools); any adoption earns full credit.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
Capabilities100
  • Implements a supported MCP spec version (2025-11-25); the latest is 2026-07-28.Pass

Unverified: 1 category

A category scored 0 because we could not verify it: a data source with nothing on this package, evidence we could not reach, or a check we could not run. We only credit what we can confirm.

Changelog

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.

  • 31 Oct 26 +15
    • Malware scan: unverified → pass ▲ security
  • 30 Oct 26 48

    First indexed and scored.

Diagnostics

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 5 Nov 2026 · Analysed npm/devx-repo-check@1.1.0

Provenance No attestation

The registry publishes no build provenance for this version, so there is nothing to verify.

Result No attestation
Ecosystem npm

Background: How many MCP packages publish verified provenance →

Vulnerabilities 1 finding
ID CVE Severity Vector Fix available
GHSA-mrhx-c7xc-m3w5 CVE-2023-54404 high CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H yes

Background: What a vulnerability scan can and cannot prove →

Dependencies 93 packages
Packages resolved 93
Stale 30
Tree resolution Complete

Background: SBOMs and build attestations, explained →

MCP tools · 3 exposed · ~929 tokens

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 →

Tool Tokens
check_command ~301

Statically scans one shell, bash or PowerShell command (or a short script) for malware-installer patterns before anyone runs it. Use it whenever an agent is about to run a command copied from a README, issue, gist, website, chat or AI answer, and for one-liners like curl | sh or iwr | iex. It flags download-and-execute (curl/wget piped to a shell, iwr/irm piped to iex) from unknown hosts, encoded or obfuscated PowerShell, Windows LOLBins (mshta, certutil, rundll32...), commands that disable antivirus or Defender, and known malware domains. Well-known installers (rustup, Foundry, Anza and similar) are reported as info only. Offline: nothing is sent anywhere and the command is never executed. Returns verdict: no_red_flags (nothing matched; not proof of safety), review_before_running (at least one warning: read the flagged lines first) or dangerous (download-and-execute, encoded payloads, known malware hosts and similar: do not run), plus findings (level, code, message, line, evidence). For a whole cloned folder use check_local_repo. For a GitHub repo that is not cloned yet use check_repo.

NameTypeReqDescription
cmdstringyesThe exact command or script text you plan to run, unmodified (1-20000 characters). Multi-line input is fine; each line is checked.
NameTypeReqDescription
advicestringyes–
findingsarrayyes–
verdictstringyes–

No examples provided.

check_local_repo ~300

Statically scans a repository folder on the machine running this MCP server before you run npm install, pip install, make or its setup steps. It reads only these files if present (each up to 300 KB): README.md, package.json, install.sh, setup.sh, setup.py, requirements.txt, .vscode/tasks.json and Makefile. It looks for npm lifecycle scripts (preinstall/postinstall) that download or run code, typosquatted or URL dependencies, setup.py side effects, VS Code tasks that autorun on folder open, and dangerous commands in the README and scripts. Read-only: it never executes anything, never writes files and sends nothing over the network. Other source files are not inspected, so this is not a full malware scan. Returns verdict: no_red_flags (nothing matched; not proof of safety), review_before_running (at least one warning: read the flagged lines first) or dangerous (download-and-execute, encoded payloads, known malware hosts and similar: do not run), plus advice, files_checked, findings (level, code, message, file, line, evidence) and install_commands found in README code blocks. Use check_repo instead when the repo is only on GitHub and not cloned yet.

NameTypeReqDescription
pathstringyesPath to the repo's root folder on this machine, absolute or relative to the server's working directory. In Docker, the folder must be mounted into the container.
NameTypeReqDescription
advicestringyes–
files_checkedarrayyes–
findingsarrayyes–
install_commandsarrayyes–
pathstringyes–
verdictstringyes–

No examples provided.

check_repo ~328

Fetches a public GitHub repo's README (raw.githubusercontent.com, up to 300 KB) and scans its install instructions before you clone it or follow them. Use it when a user or agent is told to 'clone this repo and run the setup' or is evaluating a starter kit, trading bot, wallet tool or MCP server from GitHub. Free and read-only: one unauthenticated HTTPS request to GitHub; nothing is cloned or executed. Only the README is checked here. The optional paid hosted check (https://repo-run-check.nextill-pos.workers.dev/v1/check, 0.005 USDC via x402 on Base) also reads package.json install scripts, dependencies, setup files and repo metadata such as age and fake-star signals. This tool does not pay for it; it only returns its URL. Returns verdict: no_red_flags (nothing matched; not proof of safety), review_before_running (at least one warning: read the flagged lines first) or dangerous (download-and-execute, encoded payloads, known malware hosts and similar: do not run), plus repo, url, advice, files_checked, findings, install_commands, tier, full_report (URL of the paid check) and full_report_price_usdc. Errors if the repo is private, renamed or missing. If the repo is already cloned, check_local_repo covers more files at no cost.

NameTypeReqDescription
repostringyesPublic GitHub repository as owner/repo or https://github.com/owner/repo (a trailing .git or path is fine). Other hosts are not supported.
NameTypeReqDescription
advicestringyes–
files_checkedarrayyes–
findingsarrayyes–
full_reportstringyes–
full_report_price_usdcnumberyes–
install_commandsarrayyes–
repostringyes–
tierstringyes–
urlstringyes–
verdictstringyes–

No examples provided.

Install

How do I install the Repo Run Check MCP server?

Repo Run Check runs locally as an npm package, launched with npx -y devx-repo-check. Ready-made configuration for Claude, Cursor, VS Code, Codex and 5 more is on this page, copied from each client's own documentation.

npm · devx-repo-check

# add to Claude Code
claude mcp add devx-agent-repo-run-check -- npx -y devx-repo-check
Common questions

What is the Repo Run Check MCP server?

Repo Run Check is an MCP server listed in the public MCP registry as io.github.devx-agent/repo-run-check. Check GitHub repos and shell commands for malware-delivery tricks before an AI agent runs them. This page covers its npm package (devx-repo-check).

Is the Repo Run Check MCP server safe to use?

Repo Run Check scores 63 out of 100 on VerifyMCP. We recorded 1 known advisory against it as of 5 November 2026. It declares no install or post-install scripts. 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 Repo Run Check MCP server expose?

Repo Run Check exposes 3 tools: check_command, check_local_repo, check_repo. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 929 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.

Is the Repo Run Check MCP server still maintained?

Repo Run Check 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.

What licence is the Repo Run Check MCP server under?

Repo Run Check declares the MIT licence, which is OSI-approved. That covers the source only, and says nothing about the cost of any service it calls.