ECC

The agent harness performance optimization system. Skills, instincts, memory, security, and research-first development for Claude Code, Codex, Opencode, Cursor and beyond.

Coding Agents JavaScript Listed MIT

Is ECC safe? Strong public trust posture, backed by multiple independent signals.

OSSF Scorecard 5.7 / 10
Provenance Attested
Signed commits 89%
Last push 2d ago
Advisories None known
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In detail: ECC scores 90.4/100 (Grade A), ranked #20 of 1378 tracked open-source AI agent projects, on evidence coverage B (3 of 5 independent signal types). The public evidence: its packages ship with cryptographic provenance; OSSF Scorecard rates its supply-chain practices 5.7/10; 89% of recent commits are signed; no published advisory affects its latest release (ecc-universal); last pushed 2026-10-15. Every point is earned from checkable signals — never paid placement. How scoring works →

How ECC could raise its score

Each line changes one public signal and recomputes with the live scoring function. The gains don't add up exactly, because the score is capped near the top.

Chain of custody

Scanners check what the code says. This traces who ships ECC and whether that has changed: from the source repository, through how changes are reviewed and released, to the package you install. These are the checks for OWASP ASI04 Agentic Supply Chain Vulnerabilities.

  1. Source Signed

    github.com/affaan-m/ECC, MIT, last pushed 2026-10-15. 89% of the last 100 commits carry a verified signature, so changes trace to a verified account.

  2. Review and release Mixed

    OpenSSF Scorecard rates the repository's practices 5.7/10 (scanned Oct 16, 2026). The checks that decide who can get a change released:

    • Code Review0
    • Branch Protection0
    • Signed Releases0
    • Dangerous Workflow10
    • Token Permissions0
    • Pinned Dependencies7
    All 18 Scorecard checks
    Binary-Artifacts 10
    Branch-Protection 0
    CI-Tests 10
    CII-Best-Practices 0
    Code-Review 0
    Contributors 10
    Dangerous-Workflow 10
    Dependency-Update-Tool 10
    Fuzzing 0
    License 10
    Maintained 10
    Packaging 10
    Pinned-Dependencies 7
    SAST 10
    Security-Policy 4
    Signed-Releases 0
    Token-Permissions 0
    Vulnerabilities 6
  3. Published packages Linked and attested

    • npm ecc-universal Source link points back to this repo Build provenance attested
  4. What you install today No known advisories

    Latest release checked: ecc-universal 2.2.3. No published advisory affects it (OSV, checked 2026-10-17).

Changes to this chain

  • 2026-07-28 Package provenance attestation detected

Evidence behind this score

Coverage B: 3 of 5 independent evidence types found.

  • GitHub repository data
  • Package downloads
  • Supply-chain checks
  • Public actions (missing)
  • Community mentions (missing)

Verify this score yourself

Every build re-issues ECC’s score as an Ed25519-signed credential, valid for 7 days. You can check it offline against HVTracker’s published key; if anyone changes a number after signing, verification fails.

What this score doesn’t check

It covers who ships the code, not what the code does. It doesn’t read tool descriptions or prompts for injected instructions, watch runtime behaviour, or find bugs nobody has disclosed yet. For that, run a content scanner before you connect it, such as Cisco MCP Scanner or Snyk Agent Scan.

How ECC compares in Coding Agents

  1. #1 Cline 91.7 +1.3
  2. #2 ECC 90.4 this agent
  3. #3 Codex 89.9 −0.5
  4. #4 Qwen Code 89.3 −1.1
  5. #5 Bernstein 89.2 −1.2

Bars show each HVTrust score; the tick marks ECC’s 90.4.

Where the 90.4 comes from

HVTrust dimensions vs the Coding Agents average

90.4 / 100 · 100.0% confidence

ECC Coding Agents average (77 agents)

Safety / Integrity50% OSSF Scorecard · 30% provenance · 20% signed commits
19.1 / 25
9.9 above avg 9.2
Identity / Provenance60% listing status · 40% build provenance
18.0 / 18
6.3 above avg 11.7
Transparency50% declared license · 50% OSSF Scorecard
13.3 / 17
1.4 above avg 11.9
Maintenance60% last-push freshness · 40% commit activity
19.9 / 20
5.1 above avg 14.8
AdoptionLog-scaled stars · package downloads
18.6 / 20
6.5 above avg 12.1

Quick Trust Read

What Would Improve It
Improve safety / integrity to lift the weakest part of the trust profile.
Recent Changes
2026-10-10
Rank Moved
Rank rose 24 spots (#46 → #22)
2026-09-30
Rank Moved
Rank dropped 20 spots (#23 → #43)
Maintainer Checklist
Raise Scorecard signals Current OSSF Scorecard is 5.7/10. Tighten the weakest checks to improve public safety evidence.
99.7
Activity sub-score · out of 100
#2

How to read this: HVTrust (0–100) weighs supply-chain signals (provenance, OSSF Scorecard, signed commits, open license) alongside real-world adoption. Grade A reflects the trust score band: A ≥ 80, B ≥ 65, C ≥ 50, D < 50. Evidence coverage B is separate — it grades how many independent signal types back the score (3 of 5), so a high score on thin evidence stays visible. Full methodology →

Signals refreshed 2026-10-17 20:06 UTC · Repo last pushed 2 days ago

Rank Trend

2026-09-29 2026-10-17

Activity & Reach

Stars
282.3k
Forks
42.0k
Last Push
2026-10-15
2 days ago
Commits (4 wk)
1007
Downloads (7d)
14,080
npm
HN mentions (30d)
—
Open Issues
89
Rank Change
▲1
was #21

Analysis

Activity Inputs

99.7 / 100
StarsRepository reach
30 / 30
FreshnessLast push recency
24.7 / 25
ActivityRecent commits
25 / 25
CommunityFork signal
20 / 20

Common questions about ECC

Public supply-chain signals for ECC are strong: it has multiple independent trust indicators in place. This does not replace your own security review, but ECC carries less obvious unverified-evidence risk than projects with thin signals.
Does ECC publish package provenance?
Yes. ECC's package releases carry build provenance attestations, which cryptographically link the published package back to its source repository and CI workflow.
Does ECC have an OpenSSF Scorecard?
ECC has an OpenSSF Scorecard score of 5.7/10. The Scorecard checks for branch protection, signed releases, dependency updates, fuzzing, code review, and other supply-chain hygiene items. See the full check breakdown on this page.
Is ECC actively maintained?
Actively maintained. The repository was pushed to within the last 2 day(s).
What license does ECC use?
ECC ships under MIT. A declared, OSI-approved license is one of the transparency signals HVTrust scores.
Are ECC's commits signed?
89% of the last 100 commits to ECC are verified-signed (GPG, SSH, S/MIME, or GitHub's signing flow). Signed commits help confirm that code was authored by who the commit claims.

Not a safety endorsement. HVTracker describes what public signals show, not whether a project is safe for your use case. Run your own security review before adopting in production.

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AI agent surface

MCP, providers, tool surface
Scored in HVTrust

These runtime-trust fields — detected from public repo docs and manifests — contribute a bounded adjustment to this project's HVTrust score alongside supply-chain evidence. The exact values each field can add or subtract are documented in the methodology → Compare this surface across every listed agent in the capability matrix →

MCP Server Support
high confidence
Implemented
ECC appears to expose MCP server capabilities.
Detailed evidence is not shown in the public view.
External Service Dependencies
high confidence
2 detected
Public provider/service dependencies detected.
Credential signal: API keys or service config markers documented.
Tool / Plugin Surface
high confidence
Declared
Declared plugin/integration surface detected.
Detailed evidence is not shown in the public view.
Package Provenance Drift
high confidence
Match
Published package metadata matches the tracked repo
Detailed evidence is not shown in the public view.
  • MCP signal live
  • External deps live
  • Tool / plugin surface live
  • Package provenance drift live
How this surface has changed

Detected changes to ECC's runtime surface and supply-chain posture, from daily public-signal snapshots. A change here means our detectors see something different — a genuinely changed capability, or better evidence of an existing one.

2026-08-12
Tool Surface Changed
Detected tool/plugin surface changed: marketplace → declared
2026-08-12
Provider Removed
Runtime surface shrank — no longer detected: Postgres, Redis
2026-07-28
Provenance Added
Package provenance attestation detected

Maintain ECC?

For maintainers

HVTrust scores ECC from public signals only — we never contact maintainers first. If a signal is wrong, stale, or missing (provenance you publish, a Scorecard you run, signed releases), tell us and we'll review it. Corrections are public and tracked on GitHub.

Reputation Timeline

Signal history
Rank 6HVTrust 1Grade 1Provenance 1Surface 1Surface 1
2026-10-10
Rank Moved
Rank rose 24 spots (#46 → #22)
2026-09-30
Rank Moved
Rank dropped 20 spots (#23 → #43)
2026-09-08
Rank Moved
Rank rose 11 spots (#36 → #25)
2026-08-27
Rank Moved
Rank dropped 11 spots (#19 → #30)
2026-08-12
Tool Surface Changed
Detected tool/plugin surface changed: marketplace → declared
2026-08-12
Provider Removed
Runtime surface shrank — no longer detected: Postgres, Redis
2026-08-12
Rank Moved
Rank rose 11 spots (#22 → #11)
2026-07-28
Provenance Added
Package provenance attestation detected
2026-07-28
Grade Changed
Trust grade B → A
2026-07-28
Rank Moved
Rank rose 47 spots (#69 → #22)
2026-07-28
HVTrust Changed
HVTrust up 11.2pts (76.3 → 87.5)

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Other agents in Coding Agents

Data sources
GitHub REST API (repo, commits, stars, forks, license) · npm Registry (downloads, provenance) · OpenSSF Scorecard CLI
Each agent's signals refresh once daily across 6 staggered batches. Methodology v4.4 · Raw JSON