# mcp-shield-cli

> Security scanner, runtime proxy, and audit logger for 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-shield-cli/claim

## Declared
- homepage: https://github.com/thuggeelya/mcp-shield
- repository: https://github.com/thuggeelya/mcp-shield
- version: 0.2.3
- protocols: mcp
- tags: audit, mcp, model-context-protocol, proxy, security, testing
- endpoints:
  - package_pypi: pypi:mcp-shield-cli

### Description (declared)

# MCP Shield

[![License: Apache 2.0](https://img.shields.io/badge/License-Apache_2.0-blue.svg)](https://opensource.org/licenses/Apache-2.0)
[![Python 3.11+](https://img.shields.io/badge/python-3.11+-blue.svg)](https://www.python.org/downloads/)

Like [Bandit](https://github.com/PyCQA/bandit) for Python code, but for MCP servers.

Security scanner, runtime proxy, and audit logger for [Model Context Protocol](https://modelcontextprotocol.io/) servers.

## Install

```bash
pip install mcp-shield-cli
```

Requires Python 3.11+ and Node.js (for npx-based MCP servers).

## Usage

### `mcp-shield test` — scan a server

```bash
# Scan a local stdio server
mcp-shield test "npx -y @modelcontextprotocol/server-filesystem /tmp"

# Scan a remote HTTP server
mcp-shield test "http://localhost:8080/mcp"

# Run only specific suites (compliance, security, advisory, or all)
mcp-shield test "npx server" --suite security
mcp-shield test "npx server" --suite security --suite advisory

# Pass environment variables to the server process
mcp-shield test "npx server" --env API_KEY=sk-123 --env DB_URL=postgres://host/db

# Save JSON report to file
mcp-shield test "npx server" --output report.json

# JSON to stdout (for piping)
mcp-shield test "npx server" --format json

# SARIF output (for GitHub Code Scanning)
mcp-shield test "npx server" --format sarif

# SARIF to file (can combine with any --format)
mcp-shield test "npx server" --sarif-output report.sarif

# Both terminal and JSON output
mcp-shield test "npx server" --format both --output report.json

# CI mode: exit code 1 if any high+ severity check fails
mcp-shield test "npx server" --fail-on high

# Enable ML-based poisoning detection (DeBERTa, slower but more accurate)
mcp-shield test "npx server" --ml

# Set connection/check timeout (default 30s)
mcp-shield test "npx server" --timeout 10
```

Example output:

```
 Check        | Result | Severity | Message
 COMP-001     |  PASS  | critical | Handshake OK
 COMP-002     |  PASS  | er…

## Capabilities (derived by Wellknown)
- code.testing (1, declared)
- dev.filesystem (0.882, derived)
- dev.terminal (0.779, derived)

## Provenance
- pypi: https://pypi.org/project/mcp-shield-cli/ (first seen 2026-09-10T04:22:59.272Z)

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