Use cases
Built for the people who ship, connect and sign off on MCP servers.
MCP servers are the connectors that let AI assistants and agents use your tools and data. mcpprobe tests them the way an attacker would. Here is what that looks like for each of the three groups who use it.
Teams connecting AI agents
Know which MCP servers your agents can safely use.
Your developers and agents connect to internal and third-party MCP servers. You need to decide which ones to allow, and to notice when one changes after you approved it.
What mcpprobe does
- Tests every MCP server you run before an agent can reach it, as a gate in CI.
- Stores a fingerprint of each server's tool list and flags a tool description that changes after you approved it (META-02).
- Once hosted scanning opens (mid-November 2026, planned), re-tests on a weekly schedule and alerts you when something changes.
- Third-party servers can only be tested with their owner's permission. For those, ask the vendor for their report.
What you get
A CI gate for the servers you own, and a record of what each server exposed when you approved it.
What to run
name: MCP security
on: [push, pull_request]
permissions:
contents: read
security-events: write
jobs:
mcpprobe:
runs-on: ubuntu-latest
steps:
- uses: actions/checkout@v4
- uses: mcpprobe-dev/mcpprobe@v0.1.0
with:
target: https://staging.your-server.example/mcp
fail-on: high
sarif-output: mcpprobe.sarif
- uses: github/codeql-action/upload-sarif@v3
if: always()
with:
sarif_file: mcpprobe.sarif
category: mcpprobeTrack tool-list changes locally with --baseline .mcpprobe/baseline.json.
Security and compliance
Evidence MCP risk for audits and questionnaires.
Customers and auditors now ask about AI agents and MCP in security questionnaires. You need evidence you can attach to an answer, not a statement of intent.
What mcpprobe does
- Maps every finding to the OWASP MCP Top 10 (beta), the OWASP Top 10 for Agentic Applications and the OWASP Top 10 for LLM Applications. Mapped to, not certified against.
- Records the exact request and response behind every finding, and lists the items a scan cannot see as things to confirm yourself.
- Once hosted scanning opens (mid-November 2026, planned), re-tests daily on the Business plan, with evidence export.
What you get
A JSON report and SARIF file today; scheduled evidence on hosted plans.
What to run
mcpprobe https://your-server.example/mcp \
--json mcpprobe.json --sarif mcpprobe.sarifSee what a report looks like in the sample report, and how each item maps in the OWASP coverage table.
Not a fit
What mcpprobe is not.
mcpprobe is not a runtime proxy that sits between your agent and its tools, and it is not an LLM red-teaming tool that tests prompts or models. It will not test a server you do not control. If you need one of those, the comparisons below say which tools fit.
Start with one server you own.
The CLI is free and open source. One command, read-only by default.