MCP Plugin Setup - MCPAmpel

Installation

Run directly with uvx (recommended, no install needed):

uvx mcpampel

Or install with pip:

pip install mcpampel

1 Create an account

Sign up at mcpampel.com/register. 50 API calls/day included.

2 Generate an API key

Go to Account and create a new API key. Copy the key starting with sk_live_.

3 Set the environment variable

export MCPAMPEL_API_KEY="sk_live_your_key_here"

Add MCPAmpel to your editor's MCP config. Select your editor below:

Restart your editor after saving the configuration.

The plugin also supports SSE transport for use with the Agent SDK or any HTTP-based MCP client.

pip install mcpampel[http]

mcpampel --transport sse --port 8080

The SSE server listens on all interfaces by default. Use --host 127.0.0.1 to restrict to localhost.

Once configured, the plugin exposes four tools to your MCP client:

scan_my_servers - Discover all MCP servers in your config and scan them with 16 engines.
scan_url - Scan a single GitHub, GitLab, npm, or PyPI URL.
check_status - Show your daily usage and remaining quota.
get_scan_results - Get full detailed results for a specific scan by its ID.

Try these prompts after installing the plugin:

"Scan all my MCP servers for security issues."

"Scan https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/servers for security issues."

"Scan the npm package @modelcontextprotocol/server-everything for vulnerabilities."

"How many scans do I have left today on MCPAmpel?"

"Show me the detailed scan results for scan ID a1b2c3d4-..."

Questions? Check the API Reference or open an issue on GitHub.