# mcp-audit

Audits user- and project-scoped MCP servers via the Agent Monitor API. Identifies transport issues, duplicate configurations, and external HTTP endpoints.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · ★ 1121
- Author: hoangsonww
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/hoangsonww/Claude-Code-Agent-Monitor/tree/HEAD/plugins/ccam-config/skills/mcp-audit/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-23
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/mcp-audit

## What it does

The skill queries the Agent Monitor Config Explorer at `GET /api/cc-config/mcp` running on `http://localhost:4820`. It catalogs Model Context Protocol servers defined across personal settings and project paths, including files such as `~/.claude.json` and `~/.claude/settings.json`.

The resulting report groups servers by `stdio` and `http` transports. For `stdio`, it lists execution commands, arguments, and required environment variable names. For `http`, it exposes target URLs and request header keys. It never exposes actual secrets or values because the underlying API omits them. It also highlights duplicated server names across scopes and flags unparsed definitions marked as `unknown`.

Edits cannot be applied through this skill because Config Explorer is read-only. Adjusting definitions requires manually editing the source JSON file noted in the report. If the dashboard is not running on port `4820`, the skill fails until you start it via `npm start`.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add hoangsonww/Claude-Code-Agent-Monitor --skill mcp-audit -a claude-code
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/mcp-audit/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/mcp-audit/

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add hoangsonww/Claude-Code-Agent-Monitor --skill mcp-audit -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/mcp-audit/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add hoangsonww/Claude-Code-Agent-Monitor --skill mcp-audit -a cursor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/mcp-audit/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install hoangsonww/Claude-Code-Agent-Monitor mcp-audit
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/mcp-audit/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add hoangsonww/Claude-Code-Agent-Monitor --skill mcp-audit -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/hoangsonww/Claude-Code-Agent-Monitor --path plugins/ccam-config/skills/mcp-audit
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/mcp-audit/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add hoangsonww/Claude-Code-Agent-Monitor --skill mcp-audit -a opencode
```

### Claude.ai

**Claude.ai**
- Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/hoangsonww/Claude-Code-Agent-Monitor/tree/HEAD/plugins/ccam-config/skills/mcp-audit/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- catalog active MCP servers across user and project scopes
- detect naming collisions between global and project definitions
- flag malformed definitions with unknown transport types
- verify remote HTTP endpoints before connecting

## Example prompts
- Audit all configured MCP servers
- Run an MCP audit for stdio transports only
- Check MCP integrations for duplicates and unknown transports

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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```text
---
name: mcp-audit
description: >
  Audit the configured MCP servers (user + project scope) via the Agent
  Monitor Config Explorer API: transport (stdio vs http), command/args and env
  variable names, headers, and the source file each definition came from.
  Reads /api/cc-config/mcp. Use when reviewing MCP integrations for hygiene,
  duplication, or unexpected transports.
---

# MCP Audit

Inventory and audit every Model Context Protocol server the user has
configured — both user-scope and project-scope — read through the Agent Monitor
dashboard at `http://localhost:4820`.

## Input

The user provides: **$ARGUMENTS**

This may be:
- empty — audit all MCP servers (default).
- a server name fragment — focus on matching servers.
- "stdio" / "http" — restrict to one transport kind.

## Data Sources

| Endpoint | Returns |
|----------|---------|
| `GET /api/cc-config/mcp` | `{ user:[…], projectScoped:[…] }`. Each server: `{ name, source, kind }` where `kind` is `stdio` (with `command, args, envNames`), `http` (with `url, headers`), or `unknown`. `source` names the file the definition came from (e.g. `~/.claude.json (top-level)`, `~/.claude.json (projects[<root>])`, `~/.claude/settings.json`) |

## Report Sections

### 1. Server inventory
List every server from `user` and `projectScoped`. For each show `name`,
`source`, `kind`, and the transport detail:
- **stdio** — the `command`, its `args`, and the `envNames` (names only — values
  are not exposed by the API).
- **http** — the `url` and the `headers` key names (values not exposed).
- **unknown** — a definition the server could not classify; flag it for review.

### 2. Scope split & duplication
Separate user-scope from project-scope servers. Flag any `name` that appears in
both scopes (project may shadow user) and any duplicate definitions across
source files.

### 3. Hygiene flags
- **Unknown transport** — servers with `kind: "unknown"` (malformed or
  unsupported definition).
- **Env reliance** — stdio servers with many `envNames`; note they depend on
  environment variables being present at launch.
- **Remote endpoints** — http servers; surface the `url` host so the user can
  confirm they trust the remote.

## Output

- Section 1 as a table (`Scope | Name | Kind | Transport detail | Source`).
- Env names and header names listed by name only — never invent or print values
  (the API does not expose them).
- Cite only fields the API returned — never fabricate servers, commands, or
  hosts.
- Note: MCP servers are read-only via the Config Explorer (they are written
  concurrently by the running CLI); edit their definitions in the source file
  named by `source`.
- If the dashboard is unreachable at `http://localhost:4820`, say so and tell
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