ToolTrust Scanner

Static security scanner for MCP tool definitions
Trust grades (A–F) before your agent calls a tool — run as an MCP server, CLI, or CI check.

Every MCP tool your agent calls is an attack surface — prompt injection, data exfiltration, privilege escalation, supply-chain backdoors. ToolTrust scans tool definitions before your agent trusts them and assigns a trust grade (A–F) so you know the risk. ToolTrust is an MCP Server and a CLI/CI tool — not a host, gateway, or runtime proxy. Coverage is expanding beyond today’s MCP-focused workflows; skills and additional agent tool formats are on the roadmap.

Browse the live ToolTrust Directory — trust grades and scan-backed reports before you install.

MCP demo: run a full config scan from your agent.

Scan your setup in 30 seconds

Add ToolTrust as an MCP server and let your agent audit its own tools (stdio transport — no network listener; your host launches it as a subprocess):

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

Then ask your agent: "Run tooltrust_scan_config"

It reads your MCP config, connects to each server in parallel, scans every tool, and returns a risk report with grades and enforcement decisions — all in seconds.

Or use the CLI:

curl -sfL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/AgentSafe-AI/tooltrust-scanner/main/install.sh | bash
tooltrust-scanner scan --server "npx -y @modelcontextprotocol/server-filesystem /tmp"

Example snapshot (research cohort)

The public ToolTrust Directory holds current grades and aggregates as scanning scales. One published research pass illustrates the shape of the problem — 207 MCP servers, 3,235 tools — not an exhaustive count of everything we scan today:

Only 10% of servers in that cohort had a clean Grade A. See tooltrust.dev for up-to-date directory-wide results (and use this table only as a labeled snapshot).

🔍 What it catches

ToolTrust runs 16 static tool-definition rules in this repo (AS-001–AS-011, AS-013–AS-017) plus 2 source-scan rules for embedded MCP implementations (AS-018, AS-019). AS-012 (tool drift) is evaluated in the ToolTrust Directory when new scan results are compared to previous runs.

Full rule details: docs/RULES.md

How it works

1. Parse — Connects to a live MCP server (or reads a JSON file) and extracts every tool definition
2. Analyze — Runs tool-definition rules against each tool's name, description, schema, and permissions; source scans add embedded MCP implementation checks
3. Grade — Assigns a numeric risk score and letter grade (A–F) per tool
4. Enforce — Maps each grade to a gateway policy: ALLOW, REQUIRE_APPROVAL, or BLOCK

Pure static analysis. No LLM calls. No data leaves your machine (except optional CVE lookups). Runs in milliseconds. Deterministic and reproducible.

Install

# One-line install (macOS / Linux)
curl -sfL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/AgentSafe-AI/tooltrust-scanner/main/install.sh | bash

# Go
go install github.com/AgentSafe-AI/tooltrust-scanner/cmd/tooltrust-scanner@latest

# npx (no install needed)
npx -y tooltrust-mcp

MCP tools

When running as an MCP server, ToolTrust exposes these tools to your agent:

CI / GitHub Actions

Block risky MCP servers in your pipeline:

- name: Audit MCP Server
  uses: AgentSafe-AI/tooltrust-scanner@main
  with:
    server: "npx -y @modelcontextprotocol/server-filesystem /tmp"
    fail-on: "approval"

Deployment and security

For deployment, use the install paths in Install or the workflow example in CI / GitHub Actions. For vulnerability reporting and disclosure policy, see docs/SECURITY.md.

Scan-before-install gate

Never add an untrusted MCP server to your config again:

# Scans the server, then auto-installs if Grade A/B, prompts on C/D, blocks on F
tooltrust-scanner gate @modelcontextprotocol/server-memory -- /tmp