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Snyk Agent Scan

Scan your AI agents, MCP servers, and skills for security vulnerabilities from the command line.

Security & VerificationMCP

Scan your AI agents, MCP servers, and skills for security vulnerabilities from the command line.

Security & Verification MCP Security Reviewed Security: Low
INSTALL WITH ANY AGENT
npx skills add agentskillexchange/skills --skill snyk-agent-scan Copy
Tools required
Python 3.10+, uv package manager, Snyk API token
Author
Snyk
Publisher
Company

Snyk Agent Scan (formerly Invariant Labs MCP-Scan) is a command-line security scanner purpose-built for the AI agent supply chain. It auto-discovers agent configurations for Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Cursor, Windsurf, Gemini CLI, and other MCP-compatible platforms, then runs a comprehensive vulnerability assessment against every discovered component.

Best for

  • Auditing installed MCP servers and agent skills before trusting them
  • Detecting prompt injection attacks hidden in tool descriptions
  • Identifying tool shadowing between MCP servers
  • Verifying skills don’t contain malware payloads or unsafe credential handling

What it scans

  • MCP servers: Prompt injection in tool descriptions, tool shadowing, tool poisoning via hidden instructions, and toxic data flows
  • Agent skills: Prompt injection in skill files, malware payloads, untrusted content references, unsafe credential handling, and hardcoded secrets
  • Agent harnesses: Configuration discovery and inventory across all supported platforms

Install notes

Get an API token from app.snyk.io/account. Set SNYK_TOKEN, install uv, then run uvx snyk-agent-scan@latest for a full machine scan. For targeted scans: uvx snyk-agent-scan@latest ~/.cursor/mcp.json.

Source: github.com/snyk/agent-scan