{"id":"security-scanner-mcp-server","name":"security-scanner-mcp-server","af_score":42.8,"security_score":40.5,"reliability_score":7.5,"what_it_does":"Evaluates source artifacts for security issues via an MCP (Model Context Protocol) server interface, intended to be used by AI agents to run or orchestrate scanning workflows.","best_when":"You need a tool an AI agent can call to run security scanning steps in a consistent, automatable way (e.g., CI and developer workflows).","avoid_when":"You cannot securely provide the scan targets/credentials to the scanning runtime, or you require a strongly specified, documented API contract for regulated environments.","last_evaluated":"2026-04-04T21:45:02.367614+00:00","has_mcp":true,"has_api":false,"auth_methods":[],"has_free_tier":false,"known_gotchas":["Security scanning can be slow; agents may need timeouts/backoff to avoid premature failures.","If scan results depend on mutable repo state, repeated calls may yield different outputs unless pinning/commit hashes are used.","If tool inputs include file paths or credentials, agents may accidentally leak secrets into logs if the tool is not careful."],"error_quality":0.0}