Is Memex MCP server safe?
Probably. Read the findings first.
Use with care. Some checks failed or could not be verified.
What to know before installing
- highShell command built from a string (injection risk)
How Memex compares
Against every graded AI and agents MCP server, from our own scans and uptime checks. Updated after each scan run.
- Safety score
- 66/100
- higher than 28% of 4,460 AI and agents servers
- Tools that change things
- 23%
- typical: 0%. Fewer write tools means less an agent can break
What its tools let an agent do: 9 read · 1 create · 2 change · 1 delete
Public scan report
scanner v0.1.9 · 2026-09-25 · same rubric, same numbers if you re-run it
1 high1 medium
- Code scan5 source files scanned8/25
- –Live reliabilityno gateway calls yet and no remote to proben/a
- –Tool poisoningtools not inspected (local package is not executed); not countedn/a
- Auth qualitylocal package, no credentials required12/15
- Maintenancelast push 5 days ago15/15
- Maintainer identityregistry namespace matches repository owner; GitHub account older than a year8/10
Findings (2)
- highShell command built from a string (injection risk)
exec.shell-concatdist/index.js: …X_FILES = 50; var git = (repo, args) => execSync(`git ${args}`, { cwd: repo, encoding: "utf8" })… - mediumeval / new Function used
exec.evaldist/mcp.js: …&&(d=this.opts.code.process(d,t));let m=new Function(`${ft.default.self}`,`${ft.default.scope…
Overall 66/100. Components that don't apply are left out of the denominator. Any critical finding is an F.RubricAppeal a findingJSON
Other servers that do what Memex does
- Basic MemoryLocal-first knowledge management with bi-directional LLM sync via Markdown files.not reviewedWidely usedB
- IWE (iwe.md)Markdown knowledge base as agent memory. Runs against the notes directory it is started in.not reviewedEstablishedA
- Serena MCP: the IDE for your agentA powerful toolkit for coding, providing semantic retrieval and editing capabilities.not reviewedWidely usedC