# tools.knurl/secret-scanner (remote · mcp.knurl.tools)

Scan configs, files, or text for leaked secrets and obvious misconfigurations. Nothing stored.

- Trust score: 68/100 (medium)
- Change this week: +7
- Registry status: active
- Liveness: live
- Owner verified: no
- Last scored: 2026-08-03

## Components

- remote · `mcp.knurl.tools`: 68/100 (this document), [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/tools-knurl-secret-scanner/mcp.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/tools-knurl-secret-scanner/mcp)

## Channel facts

- Endpoint: `https://mcp.knurl.tools/mcp`
- Transports: `streamable-http`
- Auth: `none`
- Version: `0.1.0`

## 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 2026-08-03.

- **Endpoint Security**: 74/100
  - 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.
  - HSTS check failed: the Strict-Transport-Security header is absent.
  - DNSSEC check failed: this domain isn't protected by DNSSEC.
- **Transport & Reachability**: 100/100
  - Verified streamable-http transport via a live MCP handshake.
- **Schema Quality & AI Usability**: 49/100
  - 0% of prompts and resources have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the item's name).
  - AI-judged instruction clarity (excellent).
  - Tool/resource definitions use about 211 tokens (~105/item across 2 items; 1 tools + 1 resources), lean.
  - Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples.
- **Stability & Change Management**: 27/100
  - Stability observed for 8 of 30 days with no destabilising changes; credit accrues until the full window elapses.
- **Tool Coverage**: 100/100
  - 100% of tools have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the tool's name).
  - 100% of tool parameters carry a description.
- **Capabilities**: 100/100
  - Implements a supported MCP spec version (2025-11-25); the latest is 2026-07-28.
  - Supports UI / widget rendering.

## Install

### Claude

```bash
claude mcp add --transport http tools-knurl-secret-scanner https://mcp.knurl.tools/mcp
```

### Codex

```toml
[mcp_servers.tools-knurl-secret-scanner]
url = "https://mcp.knurl.tools/mcp"
```

### opencode

```json
{
  "$schema": "https://opencode.ai/config.json",
  "mcp": {
    "tools-knurl-secret-scanner": {
      "type": "remote",
      "url": "https://mcp.knurl.tools/mcp",
      "enabled": true
    }
  }
}
```

### OpenClaw

```bash
openclaw mcp add tools-knurl-secret-scanner --url https://mcp.knurl.tools/mcp --transport streamable-http
```

### Hermes

```yaml
mcp_servers:
  tools-knurl-secret-scanner:
    url: "https://mcp.knurl.tools/mcp"
```

### Other

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "tools-knurl-secret-scanner": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://mcp.knurl.tools/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.

### 2026-08-02 (score 68, +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.

### 2026-07-31 (score 67, +4)

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

### 2026-07-30 (score 63, 0)

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

### 2026-07-29 (score 63, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 7 to 10. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 2 days of observed history at the previous scan, 3 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-07-28 (score 62, +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.

### 2026-07-27 (score 61, 0)

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

### 2026-07-26 (score 61)

First indexed and scored.

## MCP tools (1)

### `scan_for_secrets` (~205 tokens)

Scan for exposed secrets & misconfigurations

Scan a pasted config, file, code snippet, or blob for exposed credentials and obvious security misconfigurations. Use whenever a user shares a .env, docker-compose.yml, nginx.conf, JSON/YAML config, or any text and asks "is this safe to share/commit?", "any leaked API keys/secrets?", or "what's misconfigured?". Detects cloud credentials, Stripe/GitHub/GitLab tokens, OpenAI/Anthropic/Gemini/Hugging Face/Groq/Replicate keys, private-key blocks, JWTs, DB connection strings, plus misconfigs like debug-on, 0.0.0.0 binds, disabled TLS verification, privileged containers, and weak passwords. Deterministic. It analyzes the provided text and returns findings only — it never stores, transmits, or requires any live credential.

Input parameters:

- `files` (array): Multiple named files to scan.
- `text` (string): A single blob to scan.

## Diagnostics

Captured diagnostic sections: TLS, DNSSEC, Authorisation, Transports. The full working is on the page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/tools-knurl-secret-scanner/mcp#diagnostics

## Score history

- 2026-08-03: 68
- 2026-08-02: 68
- 2026-08-01: 67
- 2026-07-31: 67
- 2026-07-30: 63
- 2026-07-29: 63
- 2026-07-28: 62
- 2026-07-27: 61
- 2026-07-26: 61

## Links

- Remote endpoint: https://mcp.knurl.tools/mcp
- Website: https://knurl.tools/secret-scanner
- Changelog RSS feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/tools-knurl-secret-scanner/mcp/changelog.xml
- Changelog JSON feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/tools-knurl-secret-scanner/mcp/changelog.json
- HTML version of this page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/tools-knurl-secret-scanner/mcp