skillsync-mcp: Instructions file for Claude Code

CLAUDE.md

skillsync-mcp CLAUDE.md is an instructions file for Claude Code from adityasugandhi/skillsync-mcp. It costs 1,276 tokens per session, scanned A, original, MIT.

A project guide for SkillSync MCP, a server that lets Claude Code search, scan, install, remove, and monitor skills. MCP, or Model Context Protocol, is a standard for connecting an AI assistant to tools and services.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it when developing or publishing the TypeScript server, working with its command-line scripts, or changing skill search, threat scanning, installation, and startup verification.
Why use it?
It explains how the project is structured, built, tested, and started, while requiring security scanning before skills are installed. This gives developers a consistent way to maintain the server safely.

Instructions file for Claude Code

Written for Claude Code: the file is CLAUDE.md. Also seen: reads .claude/ paths; mentions CLAUDE.md; mentions Claude Code.

This is adityasugandhi/skillsync-mcp's own configuration. It tells Claude Code how to work on skillsync-mcp itself, so it is not a mod to install elsewhere. Copy it as a starting point and replace the rules that are about this project. Everything skillsync-mcp configures →

Reuse

Borrowing it

Nothing to install: this file belongs to adityasugandhi/skillsync-mcp. Take a copy, put it at the same path in your own repository, and replace the rules that are about this project with yours.

Copy the file
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Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/adityasugandhi/skillsync-mcp

Made for: Claude Code.

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ModelPer sessionOnce invoked
Fable 5.1 $0.01276 $0.01276
Opus 5 $0.00638 $0.00638
Sonnet 5 $0.00255 $0.00255
Haiku 4.5 $0.00128 $0.00128

Measured 8d ago against content hash fd3c93f541ab, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-09-08, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

skillsync-mcp CLAUDE.md scanned grade A with 0 findings 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 8d 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.

Nothing flagged

None of the 26 patterns this scan looks for appear in this file: no shell pipes, no recursive deletes, no credential paths, no hidden text, no instruction-override or anti-refusal phrasing, no agent-config snooping. That is not a guarantee, it is the absence of the things that are checkable.

CLAUDE.md · 104 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 104 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

CLAUDE.md

This file provides guidance to Claude Code (claude.ai/code) when working with code in this repository.

Project Overview

SkillSync MCP Server (@stranzwersweb2/skillsync-mcp) — a Model Context Protocol server that provides security-gated skill management for Claude Code. Users can search the SkillsMP marketplace, scan GitHub skill repos for 60+ threat patterns, install/uninstall skills to ~/.claude/skills/, and monitor installed skills with startup verification and live sync. Every installation is gated behind a security scan.

Development Commands

npm install            # Install dependencies
npm run build          # Compile TypeScript → build/
npm run dev            # Watch mode (tsx watch src/index.ts)
npm run start          # Run compiled server (node build/index.js)
npm run test           # Run tests (requires prior build)
npm run test:build     # Build + run tests (recommended)

Publishing: npm publish --access public (scoped package, prepublishOnly runs build automatically)

Architecture

Transport: MCP over stdio (StdioServerTransport). All logging goes to stderr.

Startup Sequence:

1. McpServer created
2. registerTools(server)          — registers all 8 tools
3. server.connect(transport)      — MCP is live, tools available
4. skillManager.initialize()      — BACKGROUND (fire-and-forget)
   4a. Discover skills in ~/.claude/skills/
   4b. Security scan each skill via scanSkillContent()
   4c. Start fs.watch for live additions/removals
5. Tools respond immediately; list_installed returns partial data if scan still running

Data Flow:

MCP Client (stdio) → tools.ts (8 tool handlers) → Business Logic → Response
                                                    ├── api-client.ts (SkillsMP REST API)
                                                    ├── security-scanner.ts (GitHub fetch + threat scan)
                                                    ├── skill-manager.ts (installed skill registry + fs.watch)
                                                    ├── installer.ts (filesystem + npm install)
                                                    └── sanitize.ts (output safety)

Read the full file on GitHub · 104 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.

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skillsync-mcp CLAUDE.md is an instructions file published in the GitHub repository adityasugandhi/skillsync-mcp (4 stars, last pushed 6mo ago), licensed MIT. It adds 1,276 tokens to every session, about $0.0064 per session on Opus 5. A static security scan graded it A with 0 findings. No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-08-31.

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