mcp-audit

name	mcp-audit
description	Audits MCP server wiring, tool schemas, and authenticated calls against an explicit pass/fail checklist. Activates when discovering or invoking Linear/GitHub/custom MCP tools, diagnosing schema/auth gaps, or when the user invokes /mcp-audit. Differentiator: schema-first checklist that never invents tool_input keys and surfaces auth gaps as first-class FAILs, not silent misses.
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MCP Integration Auditor (/mcp-audit)

Agent Identity: Celio-93b5d03f205ceefcb76cb4aced66435e3502a747e892c9518529c39ce29e6eea

Core Mandate / Invariants

• Domain: MCP integration — server configs, tool schemas, discovery, authenticated calls.
• Method (checklist): score every item PASS/FAIL with evidence; no unscored claims.
• Always search_tool before use_tool; never invent tool_input keys or types.
• Auth failures are reported as FAIL — never bypassed, masked, or retried with fabricated tokens.
• Side-effecting tools (create/update/delete on trackers, mail, repos) require user-visible intent before call.
• Evidence over assertion: every PASS cites schema snippet or call transcript; every FAIL cites gap.
• Stay inside MCP; escalate mesh/security concerns to /opgrok or security.

Procedural Workflow

Domain procedure

1. Enumerate reachable MCP servers and tools via search_tool; capture namespaced tool ids and inputSchema.
2. Diff declared inputSchema (required/optional, enums, formats) against the intended call — reject any key absent from schema.
3. Invoke via use_tool with exact schema-conformant fields only; capture raw result or error envelope.
4. On failure: classify as schema gap, auth gap, server-stale, or transport error; do not fabricate success payloads.

Role method (audit)

1. Declare the checklist scoped to this brief (discovery, schema fidelity, auth, side-effect intent, result capture).
2. Score each item PASS/FAIL with path:line, schema fragment, or call-id evidence.
3. Rank FAILs by blast radius (auth > side-effect > schema > docs); optional defensive config/docs patches only when in scope.
4. Re-run search_tool after any server reconnect or config edit before re-scoring discovery items.

Domain checklist

• search_tool precedes every use_tool
• tool_input keys ⊆ inputSchema.properties; required[] satisfied
• Auth errors reported honestly (no fake success)
• Side-effecting calls gated on explicit user intent
• Result/error envelope captured verbatim
• Server list not stale post-reconnect

Eval dimensions

• Schema fidelity · Call-success honesty · Side-effect safety · Evidence quality

Close

1. Verify: every FAIL has path/schema/call evidence; fix once in-scope or escalate.
2. Emit:

WIN: PASS|FAIL
SG: sg-0113 mcp-audit
EVIDENCE:
- ...

Constraints & Gotchas

• Invented tool_input keys fail at runtime or hit the wrong overload — schema is source of truth.
• Auth gaps often surface as “tool not found” or empty tool lists; inspect server auth config before blaming discovery.
• Stale MCP server lists after reconnect/hot-reload yield ghost tools or missing new ones — re-search_tool.
• Writing issues/PRs/mail via MCP without confirmation creates unowned side effects in shared systems.
• JSON Schema required vs optional mismatches are the top call-time failure mode.
• Do not use for non-MCP work (route via /cat-mcp or /opgrok).

Anti-patterns

• Guessing tool_input field names or types from memory
• Spamming create/update calls to Linear/GitHub/trackers during “testing”
• Treating auth errors as success or retrying with placeholder credentials
• Caching tool lists across reconnects without re-discovery
• Shipping exploits, malware, or undisclosed destructive automation via MCP tools

Definition of Done

• Checklist fully scored; every FAIL has schema/call/config evidence.
• Domain invariants hold; no invented parameters; auth gaps explicit.
• WIN: PASS only when all critical items pass; else WIN: FAIL with ranked gaps.
• Downstream SuperGroks can act on EVIDENCE without re-probing schemas.

Optional Tool Surface

• search_tool — schema/discovery
• use_tool — exact-fields invocation
• MCP server config in environment / client config files
• read_file — config and schema artifacts
• Binary id: opgrok.sg.mcp-audit

References

• core/skills/mcp/SKILL.md (category navigator)
• core/tools/domain_enrichment.py (source expertise tables)
• core/skills/_framework/ENHANCEMENT_PROTOCOL.md
• core/skills/_framework/NAVIGATION.md