fix(scanner): discover .mcp.json so the MCP rules see the project config - #123
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Discovery matched only "mcp.json", so ".mcp.json" at the repository root
was never read. Because it was never handed to the rule engine, the MCP
rules never ran on it, and a repository shipping its MCP servers the
standard way scanned clean.
Verified against ecc-agentshield@1.5.0: with byte-identical content,
mcp.json produced 7 findings and .mcp.json produced 0. A directory whose
only Claude artifact was .mcp.json was not even treated as a Claude root.
Four call sites in discovery.ts compared against "mcp.json" by equality:
CLAUDE_ROOT_MARKERS, the hasRuntimeCompanion list, the directFiles
allowlist, and inferType, where basename(".mcp.json") falls through to
the generic .json branch and is typed settings-json.
The harness adapter and the two README confidence lists carried the same
omission.
Adds three regression tests: .mcp.json is discovered, it types identically
to mcp.json, and a directory holding only .mcp.json counts as a Claude root.
Closes affaan-m#122
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| Layer / File(s) | Summary |
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Claude MCP configuration contract src/harness-adapters/index.ts, README.md |
Claude detection and documentation now include .mcp.json as an MCP configuration source. |
MCP file scanning src/scanner/discovery.ts, tests/scanner/discovery.test.ts |
Discovery recognizes .mcp.json as a Claude root marker, scans it directly, classifies it as mcp-json, and verifies parity with mcp.json. |
MCP runtime classification and rule coverage src/source-context.ts, src/rules/mcp.ts, tests/scanner/source-context.test.ts, tests/scanner/harness-adapters.test.ts, tests/scanner/scanner.test.ts, tests/rules/mcp.test.ts |
MCP rules classify strong documentation examples as docs-example, suppress placeholder secrets in those paths, and preserve active-runtime findings for demo paths. Tests cover path classification, Claude evidence, scanner severity, and rule behavior. |
Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~25 minutes
Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to 34c0c
The PR adds project-scoped .mcp.json discovery and classification with focused regression coverage. It is mergeable with owner awareness of a remaining test-fixture helper-pattern follow-up; no current production correctness or availability blocker is evidenced.
Sequence Diagram(s)
sequenceDiagram
participant Repository
participant Discovery
participant Scanner
participant MCPRules
Repository->>Discovery: provide .mcp.json
Discovery->>Discovery: classify file as mcp-json
Discovery->>Scanner: return discovered MCP file
Scanner->>MCPRules: evaluate MCP configuration
MCPRules->>MCPRules: classify documentation or active runtime path
MCPRules-->>Scanner: return findings and severity
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| Docstring Coverage | Docstring coverage is 0.00% which is insufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 9 functions across 9 files. | Write docstrings for the functions missing them to satisfy the coverage threshold. |
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| Description Check | ✅ Passed | Check skipped - CodeRabbit’s high-level summary is enabled. |
| Title check | ✅ Passed | The title clearly identifies the primary change: scanner discovery of root-level .mcp.json so MCP rules process the project configuration. |
| Linked Issues check | ✅ Passed | The pull request satisfies issue #122. It discovers .mcp.json, classifies it as mcp-json, passes it to MCP rules, recognizes .mcp.json-only Claude roots, updates related markers and documentatio… |
| Out of Scope Changes check | ✅ Passed | The changes remain within MCP discovery, classification, confidence handling, secret filtering, documentation, and regression coverage. No unrelated product changes are present. |
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The pull request satisfies issue #122. It discovers .mcp.json, classifies it as mcp-json, passes it to MCP rules, recognizes .mcp.json-only Claude roots, updates related markers and documentation, and adds regression tests.
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In `@src/scanner/discovery.ts`:
- Line 147: Update isExampleOnlyClaudeRoot to extract the runtime companion
names into an explicitly typed ReadonlyArray before calling .some(...), ensuring
the new ".mcp.json" entry is not inferred as a mutable string[].
In `@tests/scanner/discovery.test.ts`:
- Around line 71-77: Update the test case around discoverConfigFiles to create a
child directory with mkdirSync, place .mcp.json there, and verify the result
contains the exact nested relative path and mcp-json type rather than only
asserting a nonempty result. Add mkdirSync to the existing filesystem imports.
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Covers nested root discovery, MCP marker confidence, and docs-example handling.
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Apply docs-example context before active-runtime fallback for MCP findings.
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Treat .mcp.json as supporting evidence, consistent with the other MCP markers.
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Define the Claude runtime companion names as ReadonlyArray<string>.
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In `@tests/scanner/discovery.test.ts`:
- Around line 46-84: Add a shared makeMcpConfig() fixture factory with override
support, then use it for the root, parity, and nested .mcp.json fixtures in
tests/scanner/discovery.test.ts:46-84, the MCP marker contents in
tests/scanner/harness-adapters.test.ts:35-52, and the secret fixture with its
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In `@README.md`:
- Line 198: Update the README statement about highest-confidence runtime
exposure to reference only active Claude configuration roots, while preserving
the exception for example and template files such as examples/demo/.mcp.json.
In `@src/harness-adapters/index.ts`:
- Around line 50-51: Update the `.mcp.json` entry in the harness adapter
evidence configuration to use `strength: "strong"` instead of `"supporting"`,
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`"strong"` confidence.
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Suppress recognized placeholders in MCP documentation and examples while preserving critical findings for real secrets.
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Verify that recognized placeholder values in MCP documentation do not produce hardcoded-secret findings.
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Scope highest-confidence runtime exposure to active Claude configuration roots.
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Preserve the reviewed discovery update with repository-standard line endings.
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Preserve the reviewed adapter confidence update with repository-standard line endings.
Preserve the focused scanner regressions with repository-standard line endings.
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In `@src/source-context.ts`:
- Around line 1-23: Restore source-context.ts as a production module by removing
the embedded MCP Vitest test helpers and implementing/exporting
isExampleLikePath and isStrongDocumentationExamplePath for the imports in
scanner/discovery.ts and rules/mcp.ts. Keep isLikelyMcpTemplatePath and
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In `@src/rules/mcp.ts`:
- Around line 116-118: Update finalizeMcpFindings to handle the docs-example
classification returned by isStrongDocumentationExamplePath: apply the
documented example-specific title and structural-finding severity, while
preserving critical severity for genuine hardcoded-secret findings. Leave
template-file handling and runtime findings unchanged.
In `@src/source-context.ts`:
- Around line 25-27: Update STRONG_DOCUMENTATION_EXAMPLE_SEGMENTS to explicitly
use ReadonlyArray<(typeof EXAMPLE_LIKE_SEGMENTS)[number]>, preserving the
existing filter logic while preventing later mutation.
- Around line 46-48: Update isStrongDocumentationExamplePath to use the existing
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STRONG_DOCUMENTATION_EXAMPLE_PATH_PATTERN.test(), preserving the current
backslash-to-slash normalization and boolean result.
In `@tests/rules/mcp.test.ts`:
- Around line 116-125: Update both MCP config fixtures in the affected tests to
use the existing makeMcpConfig() helper, overriding only each fixture’s path
while preserving their current test-specific values and behavior.
In `@tests/scanner/scanner.test.ts`:
- Around line 271-290: Update the test case around scan and its assertions to
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@affaan-m The remaining review feedback is now addressed. The four valid cleanup items are applied, and the documentation-example comment was resolved after confirming that the policy is already applied globally in |
Bump package, CLI, and example workflow pin to 1.5.0. Move the Unreleased changelog into a 1.5.0 section covering the action bundling fix (#118), .mcp.json discovery (#123), and the evidence-pack, policy-pack, supply-chain, threat-intel, and reporting work merged since v1.4.0. Rebuild dist so the committed action bundle matches the release source. Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01CcMpAWLnEUWWy7qAz7yDCn Co-authored-by: Claude Fable 5.1 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Closes #122.
Discovery matched only
"mcp.json", so.mcp.jsonat the repository root was never read. It was therefore never handed to the rule engine, and the 23 MCP rules never ran on it. The rules themselves were fine: they gate onfile.type !== "mcp-json" && file.type !== "settings-json", so they would have fired had the file ever reached them.Evidence
Against the published
ecc-agentshield@1.5.0, with byte-identical content copied under both names:Removing
mcp.jsonand rescanning drops the MCP findings to zero. A directory whose only Claude artifact is.mcp.jsonreturnsfindings: 0and is not recognised as a Claude root at all.What changed
Four call sites in
src/scanner/discovery.tscompared against"mcp.json"by string equality:CLAUDE_ROOT_MARKERS, which decides whether a directory counts as a Claude roothasRuntimeCompanionlist used byisExampleOnlyClaudeRootdirectFilesallowlist, which is what actually reads the fileinferType, wherebasename(".mcp.json")returns".mcp.json", the equality fails, and the file falls through toif (ext === ".json") return "settings-json"src/harness-adapters/index.tscarried the same omission in its Claude signature, and the two runtime-confidence lists in the README namedmcp.jsonwithout the dotted form.I kept the change to adding
".mcp.json"next to each existing"mcp.json"rather than switching to a normalised comparison, so the diff stays reviewable. Normalising with something likebasename(name).replace(/^\./, "")would be more future proof, and I am happy to do that instead if you prefer.Tests
Three regression tests added to
tests/scanner/discovery.test.ts:.mcp.jsonis discovered, it types identically tomcp.json, and a directory holding only.mcp.jsoncounts as a Claude root.npx vitest run tests/scanner/discovery.test.ts tests/rules/mcp.test.tsThe same 13 failures occur on a clean checkout and are unrelated. They assert forward-slash paths such as
".vscode/tasks.json"and".claude/router_runtime.js", whichjoin()produces with backslashes on Windows, where I ran them. Worth a separate look if you want those green on Windows contributors' machines.Summary by CodeRabbit
New Features
.mcp.jsonas a Claude MCP configuration file..mcp.jsonare now recognized as Claude configuration roots..mcp.json.Bug Fixes
Documentation
.mcp.json.Tests
Greptile Summary
.mcp.jsonis now recognized consistently across Claude configuration discovery, scanning, and harness detection. Documentation examples receive documentation context, placeholder credentials are ignored only where appropriate, and production projects nameddemoretain active-runtime MCP classification.Confidence Score: 5/5
No blocking failure remains.
Focused MCP regression coverage, scanner and rule suites, and TypeScript typechecking completed successfully. The exercised paths confirm consistent
.mcp.jsonconfidence, documentation handling, placeholder suppression, productiondemoclassification, and source-context exports.What T-Rex did
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