gate-mcp-claude-installer

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Audited by Socket on Mar 12, 2026

1 alert found:

Anomaly
AnomalyLOW
SKILL.md

The skill presents a coherent orchestration for installing Gate MCP and all gate-skills, but it exhibits several security concerns that keep it at a suspicious-to-moderate risk level. The most notable issues are: embedding a fixed API key for Gate-Dex in client-side config, potential unverified remote code execution during installation, and credential exposure risk through local config files. The overall footprint is proportionate to its stated purpose (one-click install) but the data flows and credential handling are not strictly constrained or verified, which warrants heightened scrutiny and mitigations (use of signed releases, per-session keys, explicit integrity checks, and minimized local credential exposure). Therefore, classification leans toward SUSPICIOUS with notable securityRisk and moderate malware risk until mitigations are clearly demonstrated.

Confidence: 72%Severity: 62%
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Analyzed At
Mar 12, 2026, 09:58 PM
Package URL
pkg:socket/skills-sh/gate%2Fgate-skills%2Fgate-mcp-claude-installer%2F@3ef225664f3340a8905745bcda3b19d196f44e19