mcpgawk
PYPI · MCPGAWK
Measure MCP servers, pin the approved tool surface, refuse calls to tools that changed. Local-first.
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Last scanned (6 hours ago)
Scores higher than 82% of PyPI servers
Category Security
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 Security50
- Malware scan not yet available for this package.Unverified
- No known CVEs affecting this package version or its production dependencies.Pass
- Runs hatchling.build at install time, a recognised build step with no custom scripting around it. View diagnostics → Pass
- 1 of 41 dependencies flagged as unhealthy. View diagnostics → Partial
Provenance & Transparency100
- Source repository is publicly reachable at the declared URL. View diagnostics → Pass
- Cryptographically verified build provenance (signed, bound to gawk-dev/mcpgawk). View diagnostics → Pass
- Clear OSI-approved license (Apache-2.0).Pass
- Actively maintained (last published 0 days ago).Pass
- Publishes a security disclosure policy (SECURITY.md).Pass
Schema Quality & AI Usability80
- AI-judged instruction clarity (excellent).Pass
- Tool/resource definitions use about 191 tokens (~95/item across 2 items; 2 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 2 captured tool definition(s), and no name or description among them implies an irreversible operation.Pass
- An AI judge read all 2 captured unit(s) of tool text and found none that tries to manipulate the model reading it.Pass
Capabilities100
- Implements a current MCP spec version (2026-07-28).Pass
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.
- 4 Nov 26 0
- Package version: 0.1.82 → 0.1.83 functional
- 3 Nov 26 −15
- Malware scan: pass → unverified ▼ security
- 2 Nov 26 0
- Stability: 0.97 → pass security
- 1 Nov 26 +1
- Stability: 0.93 → unverified ▼ security
- Tool safety: pass → unverified ▼ security
- Capabilities: pass → unverified ▼ functional
- Tool coverage: 100 → unverified ▼ functional
- Package version: 0.1.81 → 0.1.82 functional
- 31 Oct 26 +15
- Malware scan: unverified → pass ▲ security
- 29 Oct 26 −14
- Malware scan: pass → unverified ▼ security
- 27 Oct 26 +16
- Malware scan: unverified → pass ▲ security
- 26 Oct 26 −15
- Malware scan: pass → unverified ▼ security
- Package version: 0.1.80 → 0.1.81 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 4 Nov 2026 · Analysed pypi/mcpgawk@0.1.83
Provenance Verified
A signed build attestation was found and verified, binding this exact artifact to the source repository it claims to come from.
| Result | Verified |
|---|---|
| Ecosystem | pypi |
| Reason | Verified |
| Discovered via | Registry attestation endpoint |
| Source repo | gawk-dev/mcpgawk |
| Certificate issuer | https://token.actions.githubusercontent.com |
| Certificate SAN | https://github.com/gawk-dev/mcpgawk/.github/workflows/publish-pypi.yml@refs/heads/main |
| Rekor log index | 3691780517 |
| Predicate type | PyPI publish attestation https://docs.pypi.org/attestations/publish/v1 |
| Subject digest | sha256:e3ad616850d3aa6e5afc3bdaa34aa923c68dd50cd482d94e1cf02b836551b270 |
Background: How many MCP packages publish verified provenance →
Install scripts 1 script
| Hook | Tier | Command |
|---|---|---|
| build_backend | allowlisted | hatchling.build |
Background: Why install scripts are a supply-chain risk →
Dependencies 41 packages
| Packages resolved | 41 |
|---|---|
| No linked repository | 1 |
| 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 →
scan_mcp_fleet ~93
Report every MCP server configured on this machine, grouped by the tool it is configured in, with what each one can do and what it costs the context window. Runs locally; no inventory is uploaded. Local servers are not started unless launch_local is set, because starting one runs its code.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| launch_local | boolean | – | Start local (stdio) servers in order to scan them. This runs their code. |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
scan_mcp_server ~98
Scan one MCP server and return its full report: cost, which tools can change data or reach the network, and any findings. Give either a remote url or a local launch command. Supplying a command will run it, which starts that server on this machine; a url is connected to and starts nothing.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| command | string | – | Local launch command; running it starts the server. |
| url | string | – | Remote MCP endpoint. |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
How do I install the mcpgawk MCP server?
mcpgawk runs locally as a PyPI package, launched with uvx mcpgawk. Ready-made configuration for Claude, Cursor, VS Code, Codex and 5 more is on this page, copied from each client's own documentation.
pypi · mcpgawk
claude mcp add gawk-dev-mcpgawk -- uvx mcpgawk
What is the mcpgawk MCP server?
mcpgawk is an MCP server listed in the public MCP registry as io.github.gawk-dev/mcpgawk. Measure MCP servers, pin the approved tool surface, refuse calls to tools that changed. Local-first. This page covers its PyPI package (mcpgawk).
Is the mcpgawk MCP server safe to use?
mcpgawk scores 81 out of 100 on VerifyMCP. We found no known CVEs affecting it as of 4 November 2026. Its build provenance is signed and verified. 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 mcpgawk MCP server expose?
mcpgawk exposes 2 tools: scan_mcp_fleet, scan_mcp_server. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 191 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.
Is the mcpgawk MCP server still maintained?
mcpgawk is still listed as active in the MCP registry. We last reached this channel on 4 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 mcpgawk MCP server under?
mcpgawk 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.