# io.github.MukundaKatta/shellquote-mcp (npm · @mukundakatta/shellquote-mcp)

Safe shell argument escaping for bash, cmd.exe, and PowerShell.

- Trust score: 72/100 (medium)
- Change this week: +54
- Registry status: active
- Liveness: live
- Owner verified: no
- Last scored: 2026-08-07

## Components

- npm · `@mukundakatta/shellquote-mcp`: 72/100 (this document), [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/mukundakatta-shellquote-mcp/mukundakatta-shellquote-mcp.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/mukundakatta-shellquote-mcp/mukundakatta-shellquote-mcp)

## Channel facts

- Registry: `npm`
- Package: `@mukundakatta/shellquote-mcp`
- Version: `0.1.0`
- Transport: `stdio`

## Trust breakdown

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. Scores are 0–100 per category. Scoring method: https://verifymcp.io/docs/scoring (what has changed: https://verifymcp.io/docs/scoring/changelog)

Scored 2026-08-07.

- **Supply Chain Security**: 98/100
  - No malware found by supply-chain analysis.
  - No known CVEs affecting this package version or its production dependencies.
  - No install/post-install scripts declared.
  - 30 of 95 dependencies flagged as unhealthy.
- **Provenance & Transparency**: 45/100
  - Source repository is publicly reachable at the declared URL.
  - Provenance check failed: no build-provenance attestation is published.
  - Clear OSI-approved license (MIT OR Apache-2.0).
  - Actively maintained (last published 88 days ago).
  - Disclosure check failed: no security disclosure policy was found in the source repository.
- **Schema Quality & AI Usability**: 77/100
  - AI-judged instruction clarity (excellent).
  - 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**: 40/100
  - Stability observed for 12 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.
- **Capabilities**: 100/100
  - Implements a supported MCP spec version (2025-11-25); the latest is 2026-07-28.

## Install

### Claude

```bash
claude mcp add mukundakatta-shellquote-mcp -- npx -y @mukundakatta/shellquote-mcp
```

### Codex

```bash
codex mcp add mukundakatta-shellquote-mcp -- npx -y @mukundakatta/shellquote-mcp
```

### opencode

```json
{
  "$schema": "https://opencode.ai/config.json",
  "mcp": {
    "mukundakatta-shellquote-mcp": {
      "type": "local",
      "command": [
        "npx",
        "-y",
        "@mukundakatta/shellquote-mcp"
      ],
      "enabled": true
    }
  }
}
```

### OpenClaw

```bash
openclaw mcp add mukundakatta-shellquote-mcp --command npx --arg -y --arg @mukundakatta/shellquote-mcp
```

### Hermes

```yaml
mcp_servers:
  mukundakatta-shellquote-mcp:
    command: "npx"
    args: ["-y", "@mukundakatta/shellquote-mcp"]
```

### Other

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mukundakatta-shellquote-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@mukundakatta/shellquote-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

## 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.

### 2026-08-07 (score 72, +5)

- [security improvement] Known CVEs: partial → pass
- [functional] Dependency health: partial → 0.85

### 2026-08-05 (score 67, +1)

- [security improvement] CVE-2026-69207 no longer affects this package
- [security improvement] Known CVEs: fail → partial

### 2026-08-04 (score 66, 0)

- [security regression] CVE-2026-69207 affects this package: medium
- [security regression] Known CVEs: partial → fail

### 2026-08-03 (score 66, +4)

- [functional improvement] Stability: unverified → 0.27

### 2026-08-02 (score 62, +44)

- [security regression] Provenance: unverified → fail
- [security improvement] Install scripts: unverified → pass
- [security improvement] Known CVEs: unverified → partial
- [security improvement] Malware scan: unverified → pass
- [security] Stability: Stability not yet verified: not enough scan history yet (needs a 30-day window).
- [functional regression] Tool coverage: 100 → unverified
- [functional improvement] Schema quality: unverified → excellent
- [functional improvement] License: unverified → pass
- [functional improvement] Maintenance: unverified → pass
- [functional improvement] MCP protocol: unverified → pass
- [functional improvement] Dependency health: unverified → partial
- [functional] Licence: MIT OR Apache-2.0

### 2026-07-31 (score 18, −24)

- [functional] We updated how we score, so this day's move reflects our rubric, not a change to the server

### 2026-07-30 (score 42, +18)

- [functional improvement] Tool coverage: unverified → 100

### 2026-07-28 (score 24, −18)

- [functional regression] Tool coverage: 100 → unverified
- [functional] First check of Schema quality: unverified

## MCP tools (4)

### `quote_bash` (~66 tokens)

Escape an argument for safe use in bash / sh / zsh. Returns a single-quoted form (or bareword if safe), guaranteed to suppress all metacharacter expansion. Pass argv to quote_bash_argv if you have multiple args.

Input parameters:

- `arg` (string, required)

### `quote_bash_argv` (~38 tokens)

Escape a list of arguments for bash and join with single spaces. Returns a single command-ready string.

Input parameters:

- `args` (array, required)

### `quote_cmd` (~61 tokens)

Escape an argument for Windows cmd.exe. Wraps in double quotes and doubles embedded quotes. Note: cmd.exe has unfixable corner cases with delayed expansion (`^ ! %`). Prefer PowerShell when you control the shell choice.

Input parameters:

- `arg` (string, required)

### `quote_powershell` (~41 tokens)

Escape an argument for PowerShell. Returns a single-quoted PS string with embedded single quotes doubled. No variable expansion.

Input parameters:

- `arg` (string, required)

## Diagnostics

Captured diagnostic sections: Provenance, Dependencies. The full working is on the page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/mukundakatta-shellquote-mcp/mukundakatta-shellquote-mcp#diagnostics

## Score history

- 2026-08-07: 72
- 2026-08-06: 67
- 2026-08-05: 67
- 2026-08-04: 66
- 2026-08-03: 66
- 2026-08-02: 62
- 2026-08-01: 18
- 2026-07-31: 18
- 2026-07-30: 42
- 2026-07-28: 24
- 2026-07-27: 42

## Links

- npm package: https://www.npmjs.com/package/@mukundakatta/shellquote-mcp
- Socket report: https://socket.dev/npm/package/@mukundakatta/shellquote-mcp
- Repository: https://github.com/MukundaKatta/mcp-stack
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