Socket MCP server for scanning dependencies
Socket MCP MCP server exists for a simple reason — assistants are far more useful when they can act on Socket MCP directly instead of describing what you should do. Socket MCP server for scanning dependencies.
A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server for Socket integration — lets AI assistants query dependency vulnerability scores and security metadata.
Once Socket MCP is connected, these are the calls the assistant has available:
depscore — Query the Socket API for dependency scoring information. Returns supply chain, quality, maintenance, vulnerability, and license scores per packageorganizations — List the Socket organizations the authenticated user belongs to. Takes no parameters. Use it to discover the org_slug value that the org-scoped toolsalerts — List the latest security alerts for one Socket organization: supply-chain, vulnerability, quality, license, and maintenance issues across the org'sBeing a remote server, there is no local install. You register the endpoint with your client, authorise it once, and the tools appear.
You will need 8 environment variables: SOCKET_API_TOKEN, SOCKET_OAUTH_INTROSPECTION_CLIENT_ID, SOCKET_OAUTH_INTROSPECTION_CLIENT_SECRET, SOCKET_API_BASE_URL, SOCKET_API_KEY, SOCKET_CLI_API_TOKEN, SOCKET_CLI_API_KEY, SOCKET_SECURITY_API_TOKEN. The server will not start without them, which is usually why the tools fail to appear on a first run. Keep credentials in your client's env block or a secrets manager rather than in a file you might commit.
This sits in the developer tooling group, where several servers overlap in what they claim to do but differ sharply once you actually set them up. Socket MCP's toolset — depscore, organizations, alerts — is a fair guide to whether it matches your workflow. It is maintained by SocketDev; worth a glance at recent repository activity before you build anything load-bearing on it.
This entry was verified against Socket MCP's own documentation before publication; SyncDev keeps the directory reviewed rather than auto-generated.
| Tool | What it does |
|---|---|
| depscore | Query the Socket API for dependency scoring information. Returns supply chain, quality, maintenance, vulnerability, and license scores per package. |
| organizations | List the Socket organizations the authenticated user belongs to. Takes no parameters. Use it to discover the org_slug value that the org-scoped tools (alerts, threat_feed) require. |
| alerts | List the latest security alerts for one Socket organization: supply-chain, vulnerability, quality, license, and maintenance issues across the org's monitored packages. Backed by GET /v0/orgs/{org_slug}/alerts. Results ar |
{
"mcpServers": {
"socket-mcp": {
"type": "http",
"url": "https://mcp.socket.dev/"
}
}
}Configuration as documented by the project. Restart the client after saving.
| Variable | Description | Required |
|---|---|---|
| SOCKET_API_TOKEN | Credential the server authenticates with. | Yes |
| SOCKET_OAUTH_INTROSPECTION_CLIENT_ID | Configuration value read at startup. | Optional |
| SOCKET_OAUTH_INTROSPECTION_CLIENT_SECRET | Credential the server authenticates with. | Yes |
| SOCKET_API_BASE_URL | Endpoint or connection string the server talks to. | Yes |
| SOCKET_API_KEY | Credential the server authenticates with. | Yes |
| SOCKET_CLI_API_TOKEN | Credential the server authenticates with. | Yes |
| SOCKET_CLI_API_KEY | Credential the server authenticates with. | Yes |
| SOCKET_SECURITY_API_TOKEN | Credential the server authenticates with. | Yes |
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