Is compound-mcp safe?
MCP server from Compound Labs, eight read-only lookups over live public data: agent skills and configs, shadcn component registries, AI model pricing and routing, dependency maintenance status, SaaS pricing and stack cost estimates. No key, no signup.
If an AI agent using this server were tricked, the damage it could do through this server is limited.
Why: reads files but does not change them.
What it can do
- Reads files
- Calls internet services
How to use it safely
- ✓ Only give it the folders it needs; files it reads can end up in the AI’s context.
- ✓ Content it fetches from the internet can carry prompt-injection instructions.
- ✓ Pin the version (below) so an update can't change what it does without you noticing.
Code patterns worth reviewing
No risky code patterns matched in the files we read (3).
Install it pinned
{
"mcpServers": {
"compound": {
"command": "npx",
"args": ["-y", "compound-mcp@0.5.4"]
}
}
}npm · UNLICENSED license · 125 downloads last week
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