MCPAmpel - MCP Security Scanner

Overview

MCPAmpel is a Model Context Protocol server that scans your installed MCP servers for security vulnerabilities using 16 detection engines. It integrates directly into AI assistants, exposing security scanning as tools your model can invoke to identify potential risks across your MCP ecosystem.

The server runs locally on your machine via the uvx mcpampel command, communicating over stdio. You'll need to provide an MCPAMPEL_API_KEY environment variable for authentication. MCPAmpel is released under the Apache-2.0 license with source code available at MCPAmpel/mcpampel on GitHub.

MCPAmpel belongs in the Security category on mcp.site and works with MCP clients including Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor, VS Code, Windsurf, and Zed. If you maintain this server, claim your listing to verify ownership and keep information up to date.

Installation

// claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcpampel_mcp_security_scanner": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "mcpampel"
      ],
      "env": {
        "MCPAMPEL_API_KEY": "<mcpampel-api-key>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Requires MCPAMPEL_API_KEY