# mcp-server-shield

> Author-side hardening primitives for Python MCP servers.

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## Observed
- status: unknown
- reason: Distributed as a package to run locally; no network endpoint to check.
- 30-day reliability: no checks yet

## Verification
- owner verified: no — claim at https://wellknown.network/agents/mcp-server-shield/claim

## Declared
- publisher: mcp-server-shield contributors
- homepage: https://github.com/Trihedron1240/mcp-server-shield
- repository: https://github.com/Trihedron1240/mcp-server-shield
- version: 0.1.0
- license: Apache-2.0
- protocols: mcp
- tags: fastmcp, hardening, mcp, model-context-protocol, security
- endpoints:
  - package_pypi: pypi:mcp-server-shield

### Description (declared)

# mcp-server-shield

`mcp-server-shield` is a Python-first hardening library for MCP server authors. It is not
a scanner, gateway, proxy, or hosted security service. It protects the MCP tool function
boundary directly: validate arguments before execution, use safe wrappers for dangerous
operations, filter outputs before they reach the MCP client, lint tool descriptions, lock
tool manifests, and emit structured audit logs.

The project is built for the way FastMCP and the official Python MCP SDK expose tools:
ordinary Python functions decorated as tools.

## Install

```bash
pip install mcp-server-shield
```

For local development:

```bash
pip install -e ".[dev]"
```

## Quickstart

```python
from mcp_server_shield import ShieldPolicy, shield
from mcp_server_shield.output_filters import PromptInjectionFilter, SecretRedactor
from mcp_server_shield.validators import PathGuard, StringGuard, URLGuard

policy = ShieldPolicy.strict(
    paths={"file_path": PathGuard(root="./workspace", read=True, write=False)},
    urls={"url": URLGuard(allowed_schemes=["https"], allowed_hosts=["api.github.com"])},
    strings={
        "query": StringGuard(
            max_len=5000,
            deny_substrings=["ignore previous instructions"],
        )
    },
    output_filters=[SecretRedactor(), PromptInjectionFilter()],
)

@shield(policy)
def read_file(file_path: str) -> str:
    with open(file_path, encoding="utf-8") as handle:
        return handle.read()
```

## FastMCP Example

Use `@shield(policy)` closest to the function so FastMCP sees the preserved signature and
metadata after the wrapper is applied:

```python
from fastmcp import FastMCP
from mcp_server_shield import ShieldPolicy, shield
from mcp_server_shield.validators import PathGuard

mcp = FastMCP("secure-files")

policy = ShieldPolicy.strict(
    paths={"file_path": PathGuard(root="./workspace", read=True, write=False)},
)

@mcp.tool()
@shield(policy)
def read_file(file_path: str) -> str:
    with open(file_path, encod…

## Capabilities (derived by Wellknown)
- dev.filesystem (0.802, derived)

## Provenance
- pypi: https://pypi.org/project/mcp-server-shield/ (first seen 2026-09-10T04:22:22.773Z)

Machine surfaces: status https://wellknown.network/api/v1/agents/mcp-server-shield/status · API https://wellknown.network/api/v1/agents/mcp-server-shield · ARD identifier urn:air::server:mcp-server-shield