In-depth architectural comparison of the Codeinspectus and Sast MCP Server 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
Codeinspectus
Security · Local stdio
Quality: 68/100 (Great) | Auth: No auth required
Sast MCP Server
Security · Local stdio
Quality: 57/100 (Good) | Auth: API Key required
Verdict Summary: Choose Codeinspectus if you need specialized Security tools running via a local process. Choose Sast MCP Server 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 Codeinspectus 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).
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.
SAST/DAST server exposing 11 security scanners (Bandit, Semgrep, Trivy, CodeQL, Checkov, Gitleaks, OSV-Scanner, Grype, OWASP ZAP, and more) with closed-loop remediation (scan→patch→re-scan→verify), SARIF/SBOM/VEX export, compliance reporting, and CI integrations (GitHub Advanced Security, DefectDojo, Slack, Jira).
Category & Scope
Tools & Capabilities Breakdown
Codeinspectus Tools (7)
codeinspectus_scan
Run a full local security scan of a path: managed 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. Also returns the V3 repository-trust contract with deterministic V3.1 source-integrity evidence for bidi controls, hidden/default-ignorable characters, Unicode tag and variation-selector payloads, and bounded mixed-script confusables. V3.2 additionally audits explicit AI attribution in source/git/media metadata and validates supported local C2PA assets with the official optional Content Authenticity Initiative library. Remote manifests and revocation endpoints are never fetched. Statistical-watermark detection remains explicitly unavailable. Fully offline — zero network egress at scan time. Never writes to your code or repo.
codeinspectus_setup
Inspect external-engine health and exact platform download sizes, save declined choices, or install selected Opengrep/Gitleaks/Trivy components after explicit confirmation. Plan is offline. Install writes only to ~/.codeinspectus, verifies immutable pins/publisher provenance, and never modifies the target repository.
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).
Codeinspectus is categorized under Security and uses a local stdio subprocess. In contrast, Sast MCP Server belongs to Security using local stdio subprocess. Select Codeinspectus when you need capabilities focused on security and Sast MCP Server 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. Repository-trust artifacts are diffed separately with fail-closed resolved, remaining, introduced and not-rechecked states. Use this to verify approved 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.
Sast MCP Server Tools (27)
scan_vulnerabilities
Scan a target directory for security vulnerabilities using a SAST tool.
ignore_vulnerability
Ignore a specific vulnerability finding so it won't appear in future scans.
unignore_vulnerability
Remove a vulnerability from the ignore list so it appears in future scans again.
list_scanners
List all available SAST scanners, their status, and supported languages.
Returns information about each scanner including whether it is installed
and ready to use, what languages it supports, and how to install it.
list_ignored_vulnerabilities
List all currently ignored vulnerability findings for a project.
scan_git_history
Scan the entire git history for leaked secrets and credentials using Gitleaks.
Traditional SAST only scans the current state of files. This tool deeply
analyzes the `.git` directory to find API keys, passwords, and tokens
that were committed in the past but may still be valid.
run_active_scan
Run an active dynamic scan (DAST) using OWASP ZAP.
Unlike SAST which only looks at code, this orchestrates spinning up the
application via Docker Compose, waiting for it to be ready, and then
running a ZAP dynamic baseline scan against the running instance.
export_sarif
Run a SAST scan and export results in SARIF 2.1.0 format for CI/CD integration.
SARIF is the industry standard format consumed by GitHub Code Scanning,
GitLab SAST, Azure DevOps, and other CI/CD platforms.
scan_all
Scan with ALL installed scanners in parallel, returning deduplicated results.
Automatically detects which scanners are installed, runs them concurrently,
and deduplicates findings across scanners using content-based hashing.
This is the recommended tool for comprehensive security scanning.
scan_image
Scan a container image for vulnerabilities and secrets.
Pulls and analyzes a container image reference (e.g. `nginx:1.25`,
`ghcr.io/org/app@sha256:...`) with Trivy or Grype, returning the same
normalized findings as a source scan.
save_baseline
Run a scan and save the results as a named baseline for future comparison.
compare_baseline
Compare current scan results against a saved baseline.
Shows new vulnerabilities, fixed vulnerabilities, and severity trends.