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Netallion Mcp Lite MCP Server

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Local secret & credential checks for AI-assisted dev — runs on your machine, results redacted.

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Local secret & credential checks for AI-assisted dev — runs on your machine, results redacted.

Security Report

5.7
Moderate5.7Moderate Risk

Netallion MCP Lite is a well-designed, security-conscious MCP server with strong credential detection capabilities and excellent operational security. The codebase demonstrates proper input validation, path confinement, sensitive file blocking, and comprehensive secret redaction. No authentication vulnerabilities, credential leaks, or dangerous code patterns were identified. Permissions align with the server's purpose of local secret scanning. Supply chain analysis found 5 known vulnerabilities in dependencies (0 critical, 5 high severity). Package verification found 1 issue.

7 files analyzed · 9 issues found

Security scores are indicators to help you make informed decisions, not guarantees. Always review permissions before connecting any MCP server.

Permissions Required

This plugin requests these system permissions. Most are normal for its category.

File System Read

Reads files on your machine. Normal for tools that analyze or process local data.

env_vars

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system_info

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How to Install

Add this to your MCP configuration file:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "io-github-netallion-netallion-mcp-lite": {
      "args": [
        "netallion-mcp-lite"
      ],
      "command": "uvx"
    }
  }
}

Documentation

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From the project's GitHub README.

Netallion MCP Lite

PyPI Python CI License: MIT

Free, local, IP-safe AI-development security — an MCP server from Netallion.

Netallion MCP Lite is a small Model Context Protocol server that helps you and your AI coding assistants avoid the most common mistake in AI-assisted development: leaking a credential. It flags a curated set of commodity, high-confidence secrets and credentials (AWS, GitHub, Stripe, OpenAI, private keys, database URIs, and more) in text and files.

It runs entirely on your machine. No account. No data sent to Netallion. Detected secrets are redacted before results are returned, so they are safe to hand back into an AI assistant's context.

Part of Netallion's Agentic Development Governance approach — secret detection is one capability, not the whole story.


What it is (and isn't)

Netallion MCP Lite (this package)Netallion AI Assurance (the platform)
PriceFreeCommercial (free trial)
RunsLocally, no accountSaaS + IDE + CI
Detection~27 commodity, high-confidence checksAdvanced detection well beyond commodity patterns
AI/MCP governanceAI provider governance, MCP governance
Policy & visibilityCentral policy management, org-wide visibility
ComplianceCompliance and audit evidence
DataNothing leaves your machineEnterprise controls

MCP Lite is deliberately limited. It is a genuinely useful local utility and an on-ramp: if you want advanced detection, AI/MCP governance, central policy, and audit evidence across your organisation, that lives in Netallion AI Assurance.

This package does not contain or depend on Netallion's proprietary detection engine.


Install & run

Requires Python 3.10+.

pip install netallion-mcp-lite
# or, zero-install:
uvx netallion-mcp-lite

It speaks MCP over stdio. Add it to any MCP-compatible client (Claude, Cursor, Windsurf, VS Code, …):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "netallion-mcp-lite": {
      "command": "netallion-mcp-lite"
    }
  }
}

Optionally confine scan_file to a specific directory:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "netallion-mcp-lite": {
      "command": "netallion-mcp-lite",
      "env": { "NETALLION_MCP_LITE_WORKSPACE_ROOT": "/path/to/your/project" }
    }
  }
}

Tools

ToolWhat it does
scan_textScan a string for commodity secrets; returns redacted findings (rule, severity, line/column, remediation).
scan_fileScan a file inside the workspace root; sensitive files (.env, keys) are refused; findings redacted.
list_supported_checksList the commodity checks (no secrets).
aboutAbout the tool, privacy posture, and Lite vs AI Assurance.

Run list_supported_checks to see the full set. Findings never include the full secret value.

Privacy

Local-only. No telemetry. No source, file contents, prompts, or secrets are sent anywhere. See PRIVACY.md.

Scope & limitations

  • Commodity, high-confidence formats only — it will not catch obfuscated, encoded, or org-specific secrets. That is by design; advanced detection is part of Netallion AI Assurance.
  • scan_file reads only within a single workspace root and refuses obviously-sensitive files.
  • No generic high-entropy scanning (it produces noise without advanced technique).

We make no claims about detection rates, false-positive rates, customer adoption, certifications, or regulatory compliance for this free utility.

Links

License

MIT — see LICENSE.

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