Agent Bom vs Depguard

In-depth architectural comparison of the Agent Bom and Depguard MCP servers. Compare execution transports, security boundaries, tool capabilities, quality scores, and ready-to-paste client installation snippets for Claude, Cursor, Windsurf, and VS Code.

Which MCP Server Should You Choose?

Choose Agent Bom when:

• You need dedicated capabilities in the Security domain.
• You prefer local stdio subprocess transport architecture.
• Your security boundary fits: No auth required (Free / Open Source).
• You have access to required keys: AGENT_BOM_API_KEY, AGENT_BOM_DB_URL, AGENT_BOM_CLOUD_CREDENTIALS.
• Primary tools included: Auto-discovers 20 MCP clients and supports 15 package ecosystems, Detects CVEs using OSV, NVD, EPSS, and CISA KEV databases, Maps blast radius from vulnerabilities to exposed credentials and tools.

Explore Agent Bom Details

Choose Depguard when:

• You need dedicated capabilities in the Security domain.
• You prefer local stdio subprocess transport architecture.
• Your security boundary fits: No auth required (Free / Open Source).
• Primary tools included: Pre-install package verification and typosquat detection, Static install-script and code-pattern analysis, Workspace, project, bulk, and transitive dependency audits.

Feature & Specification Comparison

Specification	Agent Bom msaad00 Security	Depguard mopanc Security
Summary	AI supply chain security scanner with 18 MCP tools. Auto-discovers 20 MCP clients, scans dependencies for CVEs (OSV/NVD/EPSS/CISA KEV), maps blast radius from vulnerabilities to exposed credentials and tools, runs CIS benchmarks, generates CycloneDX/SPDX SBOMs, and enforces compliance across OWASP LLM Top 10, MITRE ATLAS, NIST AI RMF, and EU AI Act.	Pre-install guardian for npm packages with static code analysis, supply-chain attack detection, vulnerability audit (npm + GitHub Advisory Database), AI hallucination guard, and CycloneDX 1.6 SBOM generation with VEX. 28 MCP tools. Zero runtime dependencies — the SBOM serializer is implemented natively against the public CycloneDX schema.
Category & Scope

Tools & Capabilities Breakdown

Ready-to-Paste Client Configurations

Paste either (or both) of these JSON server blocks into your client config file (e.g. claude_desktop_config.json or ~/.cursor/mcp.json).

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "msaad00-agent-bom": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "agent-bom"
      ],
      "env": {
        "AGENT_BOM_API_KEY": "YOUR_AGENT_BOM_API_KEY_HERE",
        "AGENT_BOM_DB_URL": "YOUR_AGENT_BOM_DB_URL_HERE",
        "AGENT_BOM_CLOUD_CREDENTIALS": "YOUR_AGENT_BOM_CLOUD_CREDENTIALS_HERE"
      }
    }
  }
}

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mopanc-depguard": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "mopanc-depguard"
      ]
    }
  }
}

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