Skimless
NPM · SKIMLESS · SCANNED SEP 25
Reading order for big pull requests: what to read first, what can wait. Offline, no model.
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
- No install/post-install scripts declared.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 (MIT).Pass
- Actively maintained (last published 1 days ago).Pass
- Publishes a security disclosure policy (SECURITY.md).Pass
Schema Quality & AI Usability72
- AI-judged instruction clarity (good).Pass
- Context-footprint check failed: tool/resource definitions use about 327 tokens (~163/item across 2 items; 2 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 Coverage97
- 100% of tools have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the tool's name).Pass
- 90% of tool parameters carry a description.Partial
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 3 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.
How do I install the Skimless MCP server?
Skimless runs locally as an npm package, launched with npx -y skimless. Ready-made configuration for Claude, Cursor, VS Code, Codex and 5 more is on this page, copied from each client's own documentation.
npm · skimless
claude mcp add pedroofrancaa-skimless -- npx -y skimless
{
"mcpServers": {
"pedroofrancaa-skimless": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"skimless"
]
}
}
} {
"servers": {
"pedroofrancaa-skimless": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"skimless"
]
}
}
} codex mcp add pedroofrancaa-skimless -- npx -y skimless
{
"$schema": "https://opencode.ai/config.json",
"mcp": {
"pedroofrancaa-skimless": {
"type": "local",
"command": [
"npx",
"-y",
"skimless"
],
"enabled": true
}
}
} openclaw mcp add pedroofrancaa-skimless --command npx --arg -y --arg skimless
mcp_servers:
pedroofrancaa-skimless:
command: "npx"
args: ["-y", "skimless"] {
"McpServers": {
"pedroofrancaa-skimless": {
"Transport": "stdio",
"Command": "npx",
"Arguments": [
"-y",
"skimless"
]
}
}
} assistant mcp add pedroofrancaa-skimless -t stdio -c npx -a -y skimless
{
"mcpServers": {
"pedroofrancaa-skimless": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"skimless"
]
}
}
} 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.
- 25 Sept 26 0
- We updated how we score, so this day's move reflects our rubric, not a change to the server See what changed → functional
- 23 Sept 26 70
First indexed and scored.
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 25 Sept 2026 · Analysed npm/skimless@0.1.2
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 →
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 →
list_rules Skimless rules ~29
List every Skimless rule with its severity and one-line meaning.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| lang | string | – | – |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
review_diff Reading order for a diff ~220
Build a Skimless review packet: which files to read first, which can wait, and the rule behind every flag. Pass a unified diff, or omit it to run git diff in the repository. Secret-shaped strings are always redacted. No network, no model.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| base | string | – | Compare base...HEAD, the way a pull request does. Example: origin/main. |
| budgetMinutes | number | – | Flag a packet that takes longer than this to read. |
| cwd | string | – | Repository directory. Defaults to the directory the server started in. |
| diff | string | – | A unified diff. If omitted, Skimless runs git diff in the repository. |
| format | string | – | summary (Markdown, default) or json (full packet without diff lines). |
| ignore | array | – | Glob patterns to skip. |
| lang | string | – | Packet language. Default: en, or skimless.config.json. |
| order | string | – | story (default) or risk. |
| staged | boolean | – | Review only staged changes. |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
What is the Skimless MCP server?
Skimless is an MCP server listed in the public MCP registry as io.github.pedroofrancaa/skimless. Reading order for big pull requests: what to read first, what can wait. Offline, no model. This page covers its npm package (skimless).
Is the Skimless MCP server safe to use?
Skimless scores 70 out of 100 on VerifyMCP. We found no known CVEs affecting it as of 25 September 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 Skimless MCP server expose?
Skimless exposes 2 tools: review_diff, list_rules. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 249 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.
Is the Skimless MCP server still maintained?
Skimless is still listed as active in the MCP registry. We last reached this channel on 25 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 Skimless MCP server under?
Skimless declares the MIT licence, which is OSI-approved. That covers the source only, and says nothing about the cost of any service it calls.