In-depth architectural comparison of the Web Exposure MCP and Codeinspectus 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.
At a Glance & Executive Verdict
Web Exposure MCP
Security · Local stdio
Quality: 57/100 (Good) | Auth: No auth required
Codeinspectus
Security · Local stdio
Quality: 68/100 (Great) | Auth: No auth required
Verdict Summary: Choose Web Exposure MCP if you need specialized Security tools running via a local process. Choose Codeinspectus if your workspace requires Security integration with local subprocess execution. Both servers can be configured concurrently in your client's mcpServers manifest.
Which MCP Server Should You Choose?
Choose Web Exposure MCP 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).
Points an AI agent at a live URL and confirms publicly-served secret files by fetching the bytes — exposed .git, .env, JS source maps, backup/SQL dumps, directory listing, and dotfiles. Zero dependencies, read-only.
Local-first, zero-egress security scanner for AI-generated / "vibe-coded" JS/TS. Bundles Opengrep, Gitleaks & Trivy behind one CWE-keyed schema and adds AI-code-specific checks (client-side secret exposure, Supabase RLS, prompt-injection & LLM-output XSS sinks). No account, no telemetry.
Category & Scope
Tools & Capabilities Breakdown
Web Exposure MCP Tools (2)
scan_web_exposure
Probe a live URL and return only the secret files genuinely served, with evidence. Args: `url` (required), `only` (optional check filter), `timeout_ms`.
list_exposure_checks
List every check id, severity and the paths it probes — feed ids into `only`.
Codeinspectus Tools (6)
codeinspectus_scan
Run a full local security scan of a path: bundled engines (Opengrep SAST, Gitleaks secrets, Trivy SCA/IaC/license), CodeInspectus's offline native Pub SCA, plus AI-code-specific checks (client-side secret exposure, Supabase RLS/inverted-auth, prompt-injection sinks, API-boundary failures, and explicit runtime-control misconfiguration). Returns CWE-keyed findings with fix recommendations, detected repository technologies, explicit native-pack execution counts, compliance tags, and three-state repository evidence for supported runtime controls. Fully offline — zero network egress at scan time. Never writes to your code or repo.
codeinspectus_rescan
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).
Web Exposure MCP is categorized under Security and uses a local stdio subprocess. In contrast, Codeinspectus belongs to Security using local stdio subprocess. Select Web Exposure MCP when you need capabilities focused on security and Codeinspectus when you require tools for security.
Re-run a scan after fixes were applied and diff against a prior scan_id (or the most recent scan of the same path). Reports which findings are resolved, which remain, and which were newly introduced, plus fresh technology and native-pack execution coverage. Use this to verify fixes. Never writes to your code or repo.
codeinspectus_compliance_report
Produce a per-framework code-level control-coverage view for a prior scan (NIST CSF 2.0, ISO 27001:2022, SOC 2, CIS v8.1, Essential Eight, OWASP Web/LLM). Reports 'X of N code-visible controls have findings' with the code-visible subset as the explicit denominator. This is NOT a compliance audit, certification, or attestation — code-level evidence only.
codeinspectus_explain_finding
Return a deep explanation and full remediation plan for a single finding id from a prior scan: what the weakness is, why it matters, concrete fix steps, and references.
codeinspectus_generate_sbom
Generate a CycloneDX or SPDX SBOM for the target project using Trivy plus the first-party offline Pub lockfile inventory, with native Pub fallback when Trivy is unavailable. Writes the SBOM file to the chosen output path and returns its location and component count. Offline.
codeinspectus_list_rules
List the active detectors and engine versions, the CodeInspectus detection-database version and date, Trivy vulnerability-DB freshness, bundled Pub advisory-database provenance/freshness, and the custom CodeInspectus AI-code rules and native detector packs currently shipped.