Shellquote MCP server
Safe shell argument escaping for bash, cmd.exe, and PowerShell.
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Shellquote tools (4)
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quote_bashEscape an argument for safe use in bash / sh / zsh. Returns a single-quoted form (or bareword if safe), guaranteed to suppress all metacharacter expansion. Pass argv to quote_bash_argv if you have multiple args.
quote_bash_argvEscape a list of arguments for bash and join with single spaces. Returns a single command-ready string.
quote_cmdEscape an argument for Windows cmd.exe. Wraps in double quotes and doubles embedded quotes. Note: cmd.exe has unfixable corner cases with delayed expansion (`^ ! %`). Prefer PowerShell when you control the shell choice.
quote_powershellEscape an argument for PowerShell. Returns a single-quoted PS string with embedded single quotes doubled. No variable expansion.
Public scan report
scanner v0.1.9 · 2026-09-27 · same rubric, same numbers if you re-run it
- Code scan3 source files scanned25/25
- –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 29 days ago15/15
- Maintainer identityregistry namespace matches repository owner; GitHub account older than a year8/10
How Shellquote compares
Against every graded MCP server, from our own scans and uptime checks. Updated after each scan run.
- Safety score
- 92/100
- higher than 90% of 48,273 servers
- Tools
- 4
- the typical server has 7
- Tools that change things
- 0%
- typical: 0%. Fewer write tools means less an agent can break
- Downloads a week
- 21
- more than 8% of 11,915 servers with a package
What its tools let an agent do: 4 read
Install Shellquote in Claude Code, Cursor or VS Code
Runs npx -y @mukundakatta/shellquote-mcp on your machine. Read the scan report first; the gateway never runs local packages.
claude mcp add shellquote-mcp -- npx -y @mukundakatta/shellquote-mcp
What the publisher says
From the Shellquote repository's README, as published. We do not edit it. Read it on GitHub
mcp-stack
Fourteen small MCP servers for everyday LLM / RAG / agent work. Each ships independently on npm, listed in the official MCP Registry, and is callable from Claude Desktop, Cursor, Cline, Windsurf, Zed, and any other MCP-compatible client.
RAG / agent helpers
Reliable transforms LLMs reach for tools instead of imagining
Sibling libraries
The first four wrap or re-implement logic from the user's Rust + Python work:
ragdrift-py (PyPI) — five-dimensional drift detection
- ragdrift (crates.io) /
stopstream, citecite, ragmetric — pure-Rust crates from the rust-llm-stack workspace
- embedrank, promptbudget,
The MCP servers are independent: they implement the logic they need in plain JavaScript so installing them doesn't pull a Rust toolchain.
Install (any of them)
Add to your MCP client config. Example for Claude Desktop:
Shortened. The full README is on GitHub.
Nothing above is checked by us. What we check is on the safety report.
Shellquote: common questions
- Is Shellquote MCP server safe?
- Yes, by our scan: it is graded A (92/100). Read the Shellquote safety report
- How do I install Shellquote?
- It runs on your machine. Copy the Claude Code, Cursor, VS Code or Claude Desktop config from the install section.
- Does Shellquote need an API key?
- Not as far as the registry entry and our scan can tell: no credentials are declared or required.
- Is Shellquote maintained?
- The last commit was 65 days ago (2026-08-29). The latest release is v0.1.0.
- What can I use instead of Shellquote?
- Servers from other publishers that do the same job: Computer MCP server.
- How does Shellquote compare with other MCP servers?
- safety score 92/100 (higher than 90% of 48,273 servers); tools 4 (the typical server has 7); tools that change things 0% (typical: 0%. Fewer write tools means less an agent can break). Full comparison.
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