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DimensionMCP ScannerScan MCP servers for potential threats & security findings.GitHub MCP ServerGitHub's official MCP server for managing repos, issues, PRs, and workflows via natural language
FMRS44 / 100 · D76 / 100 · B
Reliability4 / 2013 / 20
Security and permissions7 / 2014 / 20
Maintenance8 / 2018 / 20
Documentation15 / 2017 / 20
Setup experience10 / 2014 / 20
Best for
  • Security teams needing to ensure the security of MCP servers.
  • Developers checking for vulnerabilities in MCP servers before deployment.
  • Organizations looking to integrate security scanning into CI/CD pipelines.
  • Teams that want an AI assistant to directly operate on GitHub repos and collaboration workflows
  • Users already in the GitHub Copilot ecosystem who want a zero-deployment remote option
Not for
  • People looking for an MCP server implementation or client.
  • Users needing real-time monitoring or active defense solutions.
  • Organizations with strict privacy requirements regarding commercial APIs or external services.
  • Scenarios where you don't want the assistant to have write access to repos (enable only read-only toolsets)
  • Environments with strict network isolation for private repos that can't reach the official remote endpoint
Required permissions
  • Requires access to Cisco AI Defense API key (optional).
  • Requires an LLM provider API key (optional, for LLM analyzer).
  • Requires a VirusTotal API key (optional, for malware scanning).
  • A personal access token (PAT) or OAuth App token; effective scope depends on the token's own permissions
  • Enabling toolsets like actions/issues/pull_requests grants write access — request tokens on a least-privilege basis
Risks and side effects
  • Relies on external API services, which may raise data privacy concerns.
  • Scanning may produce false positives or negatives.
  • Requires proper configuration of environment variables; otherwise, may fail to run.
  • Write toolsets (creating/merging PRs, triggering workflows) can cause accidental changes if the token is overscoped — try a read-only toolset first
  • In hosted mode, credentials travel via the Authorization header — make sure the client-to-api.githubcopilot.com connection is trusted
Supported clientsClaude Desktop, Claude Code, VS Code, Cursor, Windsurf, JetBrains IDEs, Zed, Amp
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