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REA vs Snyk Agent Scan

REA leads on trust: 89.8/100 (Grade A) against 63.4/100 (Grade C), a 26.4-point gap. REA leads on supply-chain integrity and provenance, and rests on broader evidence.

A REA 89.8

Reverse engineer anything with agents, from app behavior down to native binaries.

morluto/rea · #31 overall · #2 Security & Guardrails · coverage B (3/5)

Choose REA if supply-chain integrity and provenance matter most.

+8.6Safety / Integrity: OSSF Scorecard 6.6 against 5.7
+7.2Identity / Provenance: package provenance attested, against none
+5.2Adoption: 449.9k GitHub stars against 3.2k
+2.1Maintenance

C Snyk Agent Scan 63.4

Security scanner for AI agents, MCP servers and agent skills.

snyk/agent-scan · #587 overall · #8 Security & Guardrails · coverage C (2/5)

Snyk Agent Scan doesn't lead on any scored dimension in this pair.

Where they differ

20.7

Safety / IntegrityREA +8.6

12.1

18.0

Identity / ProvenanceREA +7.2

10.8

14.1

TransparencyREA +0.8

13.3

19.9

MaintenanceREA +2.1

17.8

13.6

AdoptionREA +5.2

8.4

+3.5

Runtime calibrationREA +2.5

+1.0

Full evidence table

An independent, evidence-based trust comparison of REA and Snyk Agent Scan, two Security & Guardrails projects in the HVTracker registry. Scores come from public, checkable signals — supply-chain provenance, OSSF Scorecard, maintenance, and adoption — not popularity.

Full evidence

Signal	REAmorluto/rea	Snyk Agent Scansnyk/agent-scan
HVTrust score	89.8	63.4
Evidence grade	A	C
Coverage grade	B	C
Overall rank	#31	#587
Rank in Security & Guardrails	#2	#8
GitHub stars	449.9k	3.2k
Last updated	1d ago	1d ago
Build provenance	Yes	No
OSSF Scorecard	6.6 / 10	5.7 / 10
License	MIT	Apache-2.0
Downloads	—	—
Trust dimensions (points earned)
Safety / integrity / 25	20.7	12.1
Identity & provenance / 18	18.0	10.8
Transparency / 17	14.1	13.3
Maintenance / 20	19.9	17.8
Adoption / 20	13.6	8.4
Runtime capability surface (full matrix)
MCP server	Implemented	Implemented
External providers	1 — Anthropic	1 — Anthropic
Requires API keys	No	Yes
Plugin surface	plugins	—
Provenance drift	Match	—

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How to read this: HVTrust (0–100) weighs supply-chain signals (provenance, OSSF Scorecard, signed commits, open license) alongside real-world adoption, scaled by an evidence-confidence factor. Grade bands: A ≥ 80, B ≥ 65, C ≥ 50, D < 50. Signals refresh daily. Full methodology v4.4 →