Best MCP servers for MCP and agent security
We found 99 MCP servers for MCP and agent security in the catalog; these are the 15 that rank highest. The order comes from our rank, which weighs adoption, freshness, documentation and publisher identity. Nobody can pay for a place on this list. HOL Guard, Shellward and MCP Observatory lead it. Safeprompt is published by the company that makes it. HOL Guard has the most GitHub stars here (975). 13 of the 15 had activity in the last 30 days. Remote servers need no local install; local ones run on your machine and can reach local files. Each entry lists why it made the list and links to its install page.
Updated Oct 26, 2026 · Built from catalog data; how we rank and grade
Top 15 of 99
- 1HOL Guard
hashgraph-online
Local-first AI agent security evidence and approval workflows through HOL Guard's stdio MCP server.
- Most GitHub stars here (975)
- Most weekly downloads here (8.4K)
- Active in the last 30 days
★ 975↓ 8.4K/wkLast active Oct 24, 2026Local (stdio)Claude Code, Codex, VS Code, Cursor +2
AFreshness: A–Security: not graded yet - 2Shellward
jnMetaCode
AI agent security: 7 MCP tools for injection detection, PII scanning, command safety, DLP.
- Active in the last 30 days
- Open source (Apache-2.0)
★ 139Last active Sep 28, 2026Local (stdio)Claude Code, Codex, VS Code, Cursor +2
AFreshness: A–Security: not graded yet - 3MCP Observatory
KryptosAI
MCP security scanner.
- Active in the last 30 days
- Open source (MIT)
★ 135↓ 515/wkLast active Oct 21, 2026Local (stdio)Claude Code, Codex, VS Code, Cursor +2
AFreshness: A–Security: not graded yet - 4Agent Security Scanner MCP
sinewaveai
Security layer for AI agents: blocks prompt injection, detects fake packages, scans vulnerabilities.
- Open source (MIT)
★ 124Last active Sep 2, 2026Local (stdio)Claude Code, Codex, VS Code, Cursor +2
BFreshness: B–Security: not graded yet - 5Tool Poisoning Scanner
GuardBee
Scans MCP tool definitions for hidden instructions and confused-deputy sinks
- Active in the last 30 days
- Open source (MIT)
★ 1↓ 1.1K/wkLast active Oct 22, 2026Local (stdio)Claude Code, Codex, VS Code, Cursor +2
AFreshness: A–Security: not graded yet - 6Prompt Injection Scanner
GuardBee
Scans RAG content/scraped pages for indirect prompt injection
- Active in the last 30 days
- Open source (MIT)
★ 1↓ 1K/wkLast active Oct 22, 2026Local (stdio)Claude Code, Codex, VS Code, Cursor +2
AFreshness: A–Security: not graded yet - 7CodeInspectus
Synvoya
Local-first MCP security scanner and CLI for AI-generated applications.
- Active in the last 30 days
- Open source (Apache-2.0)
★ 49Last active Oct 4, 2026Local (stdio)Claude Code, Codex, VS Code, Cursor +2
AFreshness: A–Security: not graded yet - 8mcpm
getmcpm
MCP security guard + package manager: trust-scored installs, blocks prompt injection and rug-pulls.
- Active in the last 30 days
- Open source (MIT)
★ 3↓ 448/wkLast active Oct 23, 2026Local (stdio)Claude Code, Codex, VS Code, Cursor +2
AFreshness: A–Security: not graded yet - 9Mastyf AI
mastyf-ai
Runtime proxy for MCP security, cost governance & audit
- Active in the last 30 days
- Open source (AGPL-3.0)
★ 21↓ 35/wkLast active Oct 21, 2026Local (stdio)Claude Code, Codex, VS Code, Cursor +2
AFreshness: A–Security: not graded yet - 10AIShield Security Scanner
lm203688
Scans MCP servers for tool poisoning, prompt injection and supply chain risks.
- Active in the last 30 days
- Open source (MIT)
★ 2Last active Oct 24, 2026Local (stdio)Claude Code, Codex, VS Code, Cursor +2
AFreshness: A–Security: not graded yet - 11Safeprompt
safeprompt.devOfficial
Detect prompt injection, jailbreaks, and code injection in untrusted text before it reaches an LLM.
- Published by the vendor
- Active in the last 30 days
- Open source (MIT)
★ 2Last active Oct 6, 2026Local (stdio)Claude Code, Codex, VS Code, Cursor +2
AFreshness: A–Security: not graded yet - 12SEO Webmaster MCP
JvnnDev
Audit any public URL for SEO.
- Active in the last 30 days
- Open source (MIT)
★ 2Last active Oct 21, 2026Local (stdio)Claude Code, Codex, VS Code, Cursor +2
AFreshness: A–Security: not graded yet - 13Koma Gate MCP
swnotmetal
Classifies prompt injection, jailbreaks, and out-of-scope user input before agents act on it.
- Open source (MIT)
★ 13Last active Aug 18, 2026Local (stdio)Claude Code, Codex, VS Code, Cursor +2
BFreshness: B–Security: not graded yet - 14MCP Safeguard
cognivators.com
MCP server security scanner: detects prompt injection, credential leaks, SSRF, tool poisoning.
- Active in the last 30 days
↓ 183/wkLast active Jun 4, 2026Local (stdio)Claude Code, Codex, VS Code, Cursor +2
AFreshness: A–Security: not graded yet - 15MCP security checks — WARDEN and HISTOR
modelmarket.dev
Scan MCP tool definitions for poisoning, look up server history, count tool-list tokens.
- Remote server, no local install
- Active in the last 30 days
- Open source (MIT)
Last active Oct 23, 2026Remote (HTTP)Claude Code, VS Code, Cursor, Windsurf
AFreshness: A–Security: not graded yet