CLI — MCPTrust

Synopsis

mcptrust scan [flags] -- <server-command>

Description

Connects to an MCP server via stdio, interrogates it for tools/resources, and outputs a JSON security report.

Flags

Flag	Default	Description
`-p`, `--pretty`	`false`	Pretty-print JSON output
`-t`, `--timeout`	`10s`	Timeout for MCP operations

Output

JSON ScanReport with:

server_info: name, version, protocol
tools[]: name, description, inputSchema, risk_level
resources[]: name, uri, mimeType

Examples

# Basic scan
mcptrust scan -- "npx -y @modelcontextprotocol/server-filesystem /tmp"
 
# Pretty output
mcptrust scan --pretty -- "python mcp_server.py"
 
# Custom timeout
mcptrust scan --timeout 30s -- "slow-starting-server"