Is Hound MCP safe to use?

Hound MCP has an HVTrust score of 73.0/100 (Grade B), ranked #249 of 1328 tracked AI agent projects. This score reflects verifiable supply-chain integrity, transparency, maintenance, and adoption signals.

What is the trust score for Hound MCP?

Hound MCP scores 73.0/100 on HVTracker's evidence-weighted HVTrust scale. It has 17 GitHub stars and is categorized under MCP Servers.

Hound MCP

tiluckdave/hound-mcp

The dependency bloodhound for AI coding agents. Free, no API keys.

MCP Servers TypeScript Grade B Listed MIT

73.0/100

Rank #249 of 1328

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Listing state

Listed

Evidence coverage

Grade B · 3/5 signals

Last push

2026-09-02 · 6d ago

Recent change

Rank +5

Is Hound MCP safe? Hound MCP scores 73.0/100 (Grade B), ranked #249 of 1328 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 6.3/10; 60% of recent commits are signed; last pushed 2026-09-02. Every point is earned from checkable signals — never paid placement. How scoring works →

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Quick Trust Read

What Would Improve It

Improve adoption to lift the weakest part of the trust profile.

Recent Changes

2026-09-07

Rank Moved

Rank dropped 22 spots (#221 → #243)

2026-09-05

Rank Moved

Rank dropped 54 spots (#165 → #219)

2026-09-03

Grade Changed

Trust grade D → B

Maintainer Checklist

Raise Scorecard signals Current OSSF Scorecard is 6.3/10. Tighten the weakest checks to improve public safety evidence.

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37.9

Activity sub-score · out of 100

#146

In MCP Servers

How to read this: HVTrust (0–100) weighs supply-chain signals (provenance, OSSF Scorecard, signed commits, open license) alongside real-world adoption. Grade B 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 →

Rank Trend

2026-08-11 2026-09-08

Activity & Reach

Stars

Forks

Last Push

2026-09-02

6 days ago

Commits (4 wk)

Downloads (7d)

npm

HN mentions (30d)

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Open Issues

Rank Change

▼6

was #243

Analysis

HVTrust Dimensions vs MCP Servers

73.0 / 100 · 100.0% confidence

Hound MCP MCP Servers average (778 agents)

Safety / Integrity50% OSSF Scorecard · 30% provenance · 20% signed commits

18.4 / 25

8.5 above avg 9.9

Identity / Provenance60% listing status · 40% build provenance

18.0 / 18

4.6 above avg 13.4

Transparency50% declared license · 50% OSSF Scorecard

13.9 / 17

1.9 above avg 12.0

Maintenance60% last-push freshness · 40% commit activity

11.6 / 20

0.6 below avg 12.2

AdoptionLog-scaled stars · package downloads

5.1 / 20

1.8 below avg 6.9

Activity Inputs

37.9 / 100

StarsRepository reach

7.5 / 30

FreshnessLast push recency

24.2 / 25

ActivityRecent commits

0.0 / 25

CommunityFork signal

6.2 / 20

Supply Chain Trust

Package Provenance

Verified

npm attestation

OSSF Scorecard

6.3 / 10

OpenSSF Scorecard · scanned Sep 7, 2026

Signed Commits

60%

of last 100 commits verified

Binary-Artifacts 10

Branch-Protection 5

CI-Tests 10

CII-Best-Practices 0

Code-Review 5

Contributors 6

Dangerous-Workflow 10

Dependency-Update-Tool 10

Fuzzing 0

License 10

Maintained 10

Packaging 10

Pinned-Dependencies 0

SAST 9

Security-Policy 10

Signed-Releases -1

Token-Permissions 0

Vulnerabilities 0

Is Hound MCP safe?

Hound MCP has a mixed signal profile. Some trust indicators are present, others are missing. Whether it is safe for your use case depends on which gaps matter to you — review the breakdown below before adopting in production.

Does Hound MCP publish package provenance?

Yes. Hound MCP's package releases carry build provenance attestations, which cryptographically link the published package back to its source repository and CI workflow.

Does Hound MCP have an OpenSSF Scorecard?

Hound MCP has an OpenSSF Scorecard score of 6.3/10. 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 Hound MCP actively maintained?

Actively maintained. The repository was pushed to within the last 6 day(s).

What license does Hound MCP use?

Hound MCP ships under MIT. A declared, OSI-approved license is one of the transparency signals HVTrust scores.

Are Hound MCP's commits signed?

60% of the last 100 commits to Hound MCP 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.

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

Hound MCP appears to expose MCP server capabilities.

Detailed evidence is not shown in the public view.

External Service Dependencies

None detected

No clear third-party provider dependency detected.

Credential signal: No explicit API-key/config marker detected.

Tool / Plugin Surface

None detected

No clear plugin system or broad tool 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

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For maintainers

HVTrust scores Hound MCP 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.

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Reputation Timeline

Signal history

2026-09-07

Rank Moved

Rank dropped 22 spots (#221 → #243)

2026-09-05

Rank Moved

Rank dropped 54 spots (#165 → #219)

2026-09-03

Grade Changed

Trust grade D → B

2026-09-03

Rank Moved

Rank rose 560 spots (#723 → #163)

2026-09-03

HVTrust Changed

HVTrust up 24.2pts (49.5 → 73.7)

2026-09-01

Rank Moved

Rank dropped 31 spots (#691 → #722)

2026-08-31

Rank Moved

Rank dropped 34 spots (#657 → #691)

2026-08-30

Scorecard Added

OSSF Scorecard: 6.3/10

2026-08-30

Rank Moved

Rank rose 179 spots (#836 → #657)

2026-08-30

HVTrust Changed

HVTrust up 8.8pts (39.6 → 48.4)

2026-08-29

Rank Moved

Rank dropped 45 spots (#791 → #836)

2026-08-28

Rank Moved

Rank dropped 49 spots (#742 → #791)

2026-08-28

Activity Score Changed

Activity score down 8pts (43 → 35)

2026-08-27

Rank Moved

Rank dropped 22 spots (#720 → #742)

2026-08-26

Rank Moved

Rank dropped 99 spots (#621 → #720)

2026-08-16

Rank Moved

Rank dropped 11 spots (#607 → #618)

2026-08-10

Rank Moved

Rank dropped 22 spots (#575 → #597)

2026-08-08

Newly Listed

First tracked at rank #575

GitHub → npm: hound-mcp

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