Sheriff

MCP server for fixing static analysis issues from SARIF reports with AI agents

Quick Install

Automated & IDE Setup

Copy the AI prompt to install this server into Claude Code, Cursor, or another agent — or use 1-click editor setup below.

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Manual Client & Custom JSON ConfigExpand JSON ▾

Client Config & Setup

Choose your client or environment

Target File:~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

claude_desktop_config.json

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

💡 Paste the JSON block into your client's configuration file under mcpServers, then restart the application.

Documentation Overview

Sheriff-MCP

Sheriff is an MCP server that helps AI agents efficiently fix static analysis issues from SARIF reports.

Documentation | Installation | Tool Reference

Why Sheriff?

AI agents struggle with large static analysis reports:

Context overload - 100+ issues overwhelm context windows
Lost progress - Work is lost on context compaction or session restart
Inefficient navigation - No batching means jumping between files repeatedly

Sheriff solves this by acting as a work queue manager:

Intelligent batching - Issues grouped by file for efficient fixing
Persistent progress - State survives compaction, restarts, and agent switches
Scope filtering - Focus on specific rules, severities, or file patterns
Compact responses - Minimal context usage with abbreviated field names

Supported Static Analysis Tools

Sheriff works with any tool that produces SARIF output:

Tool	Language	SARIF Command
Qodana	Java/Kotlin/JS/Python	`qodana scan`
Semgrep	Multi-language	`semgrep --sarif -o results.sarif`
ESLint	JavaScript/TypeScript	`eslint --format @microsoft/sarif`
CodeQL	Multi-language	Built-in SARIF output
SpotBugs	Java	`spotbugs -sarif`
Bandit	Python	`bandit -f sarif`
Checkov	IaC	`checkov -o sarif`
Trivy	Container/IaC	`trivy --format sarif`
SonarQube	Multi-language	Built-in SARIF export

Quick Start

1. Install

JAR (All Platforms) — Requires Java 21+

Download sheriff-mcp-1.0.2-all.jar from Releases.

Docker

Terminal

docker pull ghcr.io/ryansmith4/sheriff-mcp:latest

MCP Registry

Clients that support the MCP Registry can install directly by name: io.github.ryansmith4/sheriff-mcp

See the Installation Guide for full details.

2. Configure Your MCP Client

Add Sheriff to your MCP client (Claude Code, Cursor, ChatGPT Desktop, etc.):

config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "sheriff": {
      "command": "java",
      "args": ["-jar", "/path/to/sheriff-mcp-1.0.2-all.jar", "start"]
    }
  }
}

Or with Docker:

config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "sheriff": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": ["run", "-i", "--rm", "-v", ".:/data", "ghcr.io/ryansmith4/sheriff-mcp:latest"]
    }
  }
}

See the Agent Setup Guide for client-specific instructions and recommended agent instructions.

3. Use It

Code

1. Run static analysis     →  qodana scan
2. Load into Sheriff       →  sheriff load target="results.sarif"
3. Get next file's issues  →  sheriff next
4. Fix all issues in file  →  [edit the code]
5. Mark as done            →  sheriff done fps=[...] status="fixed"
6. Repeat 3-5              →  until remaining = 0

Sheriff exposes a single sheriff tool with 7 actions: load, next, done, progress, summary, reopen, and export. See the Tool Reference for full documentation.

Example Session

Code

User: "Fix all ConstantValue issues in my codebase"

Agent: sheriff load target="build/qodana/qodana.sarif.json"
       → 136 total issues, 22 ConstantValue, 15 unused...

Agent: sheriff next scope={rule: "ConstantValue"}
       → 3 issues in Service.java with code snippets

Agent: [reads Service.java, fixes all 3 issues]

Agent: sheriff done fps=["88d32cab35478753", "ab1c2d3e12345678", "f9e8d7c6a1b2c3d4"] status="fixed"
       → 3 marked fixed, 19 remaining

       ... continues until remaining = 0

Security

All release artifacts are signed with Sigstore for supply chain security.

Verify JAR:

bash

VERSION=1.0.2
cosign verify-blob \
  --signature sheriff-mcp-${VERSION}-all.jar.sig \
  --certificate sheriff-mcp-${VERSION}-all.jar.pem \
  --certificate-identity-regexp "https://github.com/ryansmith4/sheriff-mcp" \
  --certificate-oidc-issuer "https://token.actions.githubusercontent.com" \
  sheriff-mcp-${VERSION}-all.jar

Verify Docker image:

bash

cosign verify ghcr.io/ryansmith4/sheriff-mcp:latest \
  --certificate-oidc-issuer=https://token.actions.githubusercontent.com \
  --certificate-identity-regexp="github.com/ryansmith4/sheriff-mcp"

See SECURITY.md for our security policy.

Contributing

Contributions welcome! See CONTRIBUTING.md for guidelines.

License

Apache License 2.0 - see LICENSE

Read the full README →View source on GitHub →

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Frequently Asked Questions about Sheriff

Add the following block to your claude_desktop_config.json under mcpServers: "mcpServers": { "sheriff": { "command": "npx", "args": ["-y", "Sheriff"] } }

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Sheriff

MCP server for fixing static analysis issues from SARIF reports with AI agents

Quick Install

Automated & IDE Setup

Copy the AI prompt to install this server into Claude Code, Cursor, or another agent — or use 1-click editor setup below.

Add to Cursor Add to VS Code

Manual Client & Custom JSON ConfigExpand JSON ▾

Client Config & Setup

Choose your client or environment

Target File:~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

claude_desktop_config.json

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

💡 Paste the JSON block into your client's configuration file under mcpServers, then restart the application.

Documentation Overview

Sheriff-MCP

Sheriff is an MCP server that helps AI agents efficiently fix static analysis issues from SARIF reports.

Documentation | Installation | Tool Reference

Why Sheriff?

AI agents struggle with large static analysis reports:

Context overload - 100+ issues overwhelm context windows
Lost progress - Work is lost on context compaction or session restart
Inefficient navigation - No batching means jumping between files repeatedly

Sheriff solves this by acting as a work queue manager:

Intelligent batching - Issues grouped by file for efficient fixing
Persistent progress - State survives compaction, restarts, and agent switches
Scope filtering - Focus on specific rules, severities, or file patterns
Compact responses - Minimal context usage with abbreviated field names

Supported Static Analysis Tools

Sheriff works with any tool that produces SARIF output:

Tool	Language	SARIF Command
Qodana	Java/Kotlin/JS/Python	`qodana scan`
Semgrep	Multi-language	`semgrep --sarif -o results.sarif`
ESLint	JavaScript/TypeScript	`eslint --format @microsoft/sarif`
CodeQL	Multi-language	Built-in SARIF output
SpotBugs	Java	`spotbugs -sarif`
Bandit	Python	`bandit -f sarif`
Checkov	IaC	`checkov -o sarif`
Trivy	Container/IaC	`trivy --format sarif`
SonarQube	Multi-language	Built-in SARIF export

Quick Start

1. Install

JAR (All Platforms) — Requires Java 21+

Download sheriff-mcp-1.0.2-all.jar from Releases.

Docker

Terminal

docker pull ghcr.io/ryansmith4/sheriff-mcp:latest

MCP Registry

Clients that support the MCP Registry can install directly by name: io.github.ryansmith4/sheriff-mcp

See the Installation Guide for full details.

2. Configure Your MCP Client

Add Sheriff to your MCP client (Claude Code, Cursor, ChatGPT Desktop, etc.):

config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "sheriff": {
      "command": "java",
      "args": ["-jar", "/path/to/sheriff-mcp-1.0.2-all.jar", "start"]
    }
  }
}

Or with Docker:

config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "sheriff": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": ["run", "-i", "--rm", "-v", ".:/data", "ghcr.io/ryansmith4/sheriff-mcp:latest"]
    }
  }
}

See the Agent Setup Guide for client-specific instructions and recommended agent instructions.

3. Use It

Code

1. Run static analysis     →  qodana scan
2. Load into Sheriff       →  sheriff load target="results.sarif"
3. Get next file's issues  →  sheriff next
4. Fix all issues in file  →  [edit the code]
5. Mark as done            →  sheriff done fps=[...] status="fixed"
6. Repeat 3-5              →  until remaining = 0

Sheriff exposes a single sheriff tool with 7 actions: load, next, done, progress, summary, reopen, and export. See the Tool Reference for full documentation.

Example Session

Code

User: "Fix all ConstantValue issues in my codebase"

Agent: sheriff load target="build/qodana/qodana.sarif.json"
       → 136 total issues, 22 ConstantValue, 15 unused...

Agent: sheriff next scope={rule: "ConstantValue"}
       → 3 issues in Service.java with code snippets

Agent: [reads Service.java, fixes all 3 issues]

Agent: sheriff done fps=["88d32cab35478753", "ab1c2d3e12345678", "f9e8d7c6a1b2c3d4"] status="fixed"
       → 3 marked fixed, 19 remaining

       ... continues until remaining = 0

Security

All release artifacts are signed with Sigstore for supply chain security.

Verify JAR:

bash

VERSION=1.0.2
cosign verify-blob \
  --signature sheriff-mcp-${VERSION}-all.jar.sig \
  --certificate sheriff-mcp-${VERSION}-all.jar.pem \
  --certificate-identity-regexp "https://github.com/ryansmith4/sheriff-mcp" \
  --certificate-oidc-issuer "https://token.actions.githubusercontent.com" \
  sheriff-mcp-${VERSION}-all.jar

Verify Docker image:

bash

cosign verify ghcr.io/ryansmith4/sheriff-mcp:latest \
  --certificate-oidc-issuer=https://token.actions.githubusercontent.com \
  --certificate-identity-regexp="github.com/ryansmith4/sheriff-mcp"

See SECURITY.md for our security policy.

Contributing

Contributions welcome! See CONTRIBUTING.md for guidelines.

License

Apache License 2.0 - see LICENSE

Read the full README →View source on GitHub →

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Reviews

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Frequently Asked Questions about Sheriff

Add the following block to your claude_desktop_config.json under mcpServers: "mcpServers": { "sheriff": { "command": "npx", "args": ["-y", "Sheriff"] } }

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CategoryDeveloper Tools

27Quality signal: Emerging · 27/100How this signal is calculated ▾

Server availabilityNot measured

Not scored for repo-hosted servers — we can't reach the running server, only its GitHub page. Hosted MCP endpoints are health-checked live.

Verified ownership8/20

Documentation & tools11/30

Adoption & activity1/15

Community engagement0/10

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