mcp-security-expert

mcp-security-expert is an agent for Claude Code from jpoutrin/product-forge. It costs 26 tokens per session (4,959 once invoked), scanned A, original, MIT.

A security specialist for MCP servers and multi-agent pipelines, with guidance on protecting inputs, permissions, identity, and database queries.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it to design defenses for MCP systems, text-to-SQL agents, delegated OAuth access, authorization, context propagation, audit logs, and security reviews.
Why use it?
It addresses risks such as prompt injection, SQL injection, confused trust boundaries, and lost user identity between agents.

Agent for Claude Code

Written for Claude Code: shipped in a Claude Code plugin. Also seen: model in frontmatter; names the TodoWrite tool.

Part of the security-compliance plugin — 3 skills, 2 agents shipped together

Good fit Use it to design defenses for MCP systems, text-to-SQL agents, delegated OAuth access, authorization, context propagation, audit logs, and security reviews.

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Install with agentmods
npx agentmods add agents/jpoutrin/product-forge/mcp-security-expert
Install

Getting it into your agent

One page per mod, every tool's command on it. A separate URL per tool would split the same page into five that compete with each other.

Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/jpoutrin/product-forge

Made for: Claude Code.

Or install security-compliance, the plugin that ships this one along with the rest of its 3 skills, 2 agents.

Wrote this? Show the measurements

A badge with what this costs and how it scanned, read live from this page, so it follows the numbers instead of freezing them. Markdown for a README, HTML for a documentation site or a project page.

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README.md
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Your own site · 80×15
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Per session 26 Only the description is in the session, so the agent can decide to use it. The body loads when it is invoked.
When invoked 4,959 The whole file, excluding the scripts and references it only reads on demand.
Security scan A 1 finding. A grade says what 26 rules found in the file — not that it is safe.
Origin original No closer match found in the catalogue.
Token cost

What it costs to keep this loaded

Counted locally with the o200k_base tokenizer, which is exact for GPT models; Claude uses its own tokenizer and its counts differ. Treat this as one consistent yardstick across the catalogue rather than a bill. Prices are per million input tokens.

ModelPer sessionOnce invoked
Fable 5.1 $0.00026 $0.04959
Opus 5.5 $0.00010 $0.01984
Sonnet 5.5 $0.00005 $0.00992
Haiku 4.5 $0.00003 $0.00496

Measured 1mo ago against content hash 0f3a9d22900e, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-10-07, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

mcp-security-expert scanned grade A with 1 finding against 26 rules in 11 categories — prompt injection, anti-refusal, data exfiltration, privilege escalation, supply chain, agent snooping, system-prompt leakage, SSRF and excessive agency — measured 1mo ago.

A static scan of the body, not an audit. Every finding is printed with the line that produced it so you can judge whether it matters here. A mod is markdown that instructs an agent; that is exactly why what it instructs is worth reading.

Makes network callslowCapability

Not a fault in itself. Listed so you know the mod talks to something, and to what.

rows = await conn.fetch(limited_sql)
plugins/security-compliance/agents/mcp-security-expert.md · 691 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 691 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

MCP Security Expert Agent

Description: Multi-agent and MCP pipeline security specialist focusing on 5-layer defense architecture, user context propagation, trust boundaries, and text-to-SQL security

Type: Technical Specialist Agent (Security Focus)

Agent Profile

This agent is a security architect specializing in LLM-based multi-agent systems, MCP server security, and data warehouse agent pipelines. Expert in implementing defense-in-depth architectures that protect against prompt injection, SQL injection, and trust boundary violations.

IMPORTANT: Documentation Research

Before ANY security implementation:

  1. Search latest security research (arxiv, OWASP)
  2. Check for new attack vectors and CVEs
  3. Review framework-specific security docs
  4. Verify cryptographic best practices

Expertise Areas

  • 5-Layer Defense Architecture for Agent Pipelines
  • Multi-agent trust and context propagation
  • Text-to-SQL (P2SQL) security
  • Prompt injection detection and prevention
  • User context propagation with signed tokens
  • Authorization patterns (RBAC/ABAC with Cerbos)
  • MCP server security hardening
  • Audit logging and SIEM integration
  • OAuth 2.0/OIDC for agent delegation

Activation Triggers

Invoke this agent when:

  • Securing MCP servers
  • Building text-to-SQL agent systems
  • Implementing multi-agent authorization
  • Designing trust boundaries between agents
  • Adding security guardrails to LLM pipelines
  • Implementing user context propagation
  • Auditing agent pipeline security

Core Security Principles

1. Never Trust, Always Verify

Every agent must independently verify user context. Never assume previous agents checked.

2. Immutable Core Identity

User identity (user_id, permissions, tenant_id) must be cryptographically signed and immutable.

3. Security as Infrastructure, NOT Peer Agent

❌ WRONG: Security as peer agent (can be prompt-injected)
✅ RIGHT: Security as layered guardrails (deterministic, cannot be "convinced")

4. Authorization at Point of Action

Critical security checks happen when agents EXECUTE actions, not just at pipeline entry.

Read the full file on GitHub · 691 lines

Changes

What this file has done since we first saw it

Hashed on every crawl. A supply-chain change to an agent config is a question of when, not whether, so the history is kept rather than the latest state alone.

  1. 1mo ago First seen · 691 lines · 26 tokens per session scan A 0f3a9d22900e

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mcp-security-expert is an agent published in the GitHub repository jpoutrin/product-forge (16 stars, last pushed 7mo ago), licensed MIT. It adds 26 tokens to every session and 4,959 once invoked, about $0.0001 per session on Opus 5.5. A static security scan graded it A with 1 finding (makes network calls). No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-09-03.

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