Is ketch-cli safe?
Fast, stateless CLI for web search, OSS code search, library docs, scraping, and crawling — with an MCP server for agents.
This server can change things — files, a browser, a database, or paid online services. Limit what it can reach.
Why: writes or deletes files.
What it can do
- Starts other programs
- Writes or deletes files
How to use it safely
- ✓ It starts another program (often a browser for sign-in, or a bundled binary). Install it only from the official package.
- ✓ Point it at one project folder, never your home directory or a whole drive.
- ✓ 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 (1).
Install it pinned
{
"mcpServers": {
"ketch-cli": {
"command": "npx",
"args": ["-y", "ketch-cli@0.20.2"]
}
}
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