Skill Total MCP Server
AI Component Security Platform - open-source CLI engine. SkillTotal statically analyzes AI-related components - agent skills/plugins, MCP servers, npm / Python packages, repositories, and AI-generated projects you upload as an archive or file - to surface supply-chain risks, dangerous capabilities, prompt-injection surfaces, and data-exfiltration paths before the component is installed or trusted. Point it at a…
People who work with ai security, devsecops and prompt injection and want it reachable from Claude, Cursor, VS Code, or another MCP client. The project is written in Python.
VERIFIED ACTIVE
LAST COMMIT 2026-09-18 · ★ 2 · #36 OF 204 MAINTAINED SECURITY · VERIFIED 2026-09-18
Apache-2.0 · Python servers · how we verify → /methodology
01 · Install Skill Total
before you install - you'll need
The README does not document required environment variables for a basic install.
Claude Code
claude mcp add pezhik-skilltotal -- uvx skilltotal Claude Desktop / Cursor / VS Code - add to config
{
"mcpServers": {
"pezhik-skilltotal": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"skilltotal"
]
}
}
} Same JSON for Cursor. For VS Code, rename the top-level key from `mcpServers` to `servers`.
Using another client? Same JSON, different key
Claude Desktop · mcpServers
Cursor · mcpServers
VS Code · servers
Windsurf · mcpServers
Zed · context_servers
Cline · mcpServers
Roo Code · mcpServers
Continue · mcpServers
LibreChat · mcpServers
Gemini CLI · mcpServers
Codex CLI · mcp_servers
Full setup guides: every client.
02 · Evidence
Security posture
What to check before giving this server access to your agent - from the registry, GitHub, and our own probes. We don't score safety; we show what's verifiable.
runs as local process (stdio) - runs on your machine with your user's permissions
license Apache-2.0 - declared in the repository
pypi package skilltotal - check the name against the project README before installing (PyPI has no namespace ownership)
registry vendor namespace ai.skilltotal - domain-verified with the official MCP registry
03 · What Skill Total can do
Prose above is summarized from the project's README and registry record - no invented capabilities.
Latest releases
v0.48.3 · 2026-09-17
Fixed · The high tier of the registry survey, read by hand (ruleset 58). Five shapes still read as · a command printed through several arguments (printf "%s" "$C" "curl … | bash"), a · PowerShell # comment, a sentence…
v0.48.2 · 2026-09-17
Fixed · A command printed for a person is not a command the line runs (ruleset 57). An installer that · prints curl … | sh or powershell -c "irm … | iex" as a hint (echo, Write-Host, print, · console.log) scored as…
v0.48.1 · 2026-09-16
Fixed · Parsing a URL is not network egress (ruleset 56). urllib.parse and urllib.error counted · as an HTTP client, so a component that only splits URLs read as "can reach the network" and could · supply the egress…
04 · Who maintains Skill Total
SkillTotal is maintained by pezhik. It's the only MCP server we track from this author; the repo dates to Jun 2026.
05 · Facts
- repository
- github.com/pezhik/skilltotal
- website
- https://www.skilltotal.ai/
- category
- security - ranked #36 of 204 actively-maintained security servers as of 2026-09-18.
- release cadence
- 10+ releases in the last 90 days (latest 2026-09-17)
- registry
- ai.skilltotal/skilltotal (active, first published 2026-08-19 · 14 versions)
- packages
- pypi:skilltotal
06 · Skill Total FAQ
What is Skill Total?
AI Component Security Platform - open-source CLI engine. SkillTotal statically analyzes AI-related components - agent skills/plugins, MCP servers, npm / Python packages, repositories, and AI-generated projects you upload as an archive or file - to surface supply-chain risks, dangerous capabilities, prompt-injection surfaces, and data-exfiltration paths before the component is installed or trusted. Point it at a…
Is Skill Total still maintained?
Yes - as of 2026-09-18, its last commit was 2026-09-18 and it shipped 10+ releases in the last 90 days. We re-verify nightly.
How do I install Skill Total?
Run `uvx skilltotal`. The README does not document required environment variables for a basic install. You can also paste the ready-made client config above.
Does Skill Total run locally?
Yes - it's a stdio server: it runs on your machine (via uvx) with your user's permissions. Your data stays local unless the server itself calls external APIs.
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