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Have you actually read your MCP config? I built a tiny CLI that flags shell-exec tools, sudo servers and hardcoded API keys in 10 seconds

Most of us add MCP servers to Claude Desktop or Cursor by copy-pasting JSON from a README. It works, so nobody re-reads it. But that file can hold a server launched with sudo , an API token sitting in plain text in env , or a tool whose description says "execute an arbitrary shell command". None of…

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  1. 2026-10-13 04:38 · r/LocalLLM
    Have you actually read your MCP config? I built a tiny CLI that flags shell-exec tools, sudo servers and hardcoded API keys in 10 seconds

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