VirusTotalSAFE
MCP server for VirusTotal API — analyze URLs, files, IPs, and domains with comprehensive security reports, relationship analysis, and pagination support.
Overview
From the repository's own README, as read at the audited commit. Badges and raw HTML are left out.
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A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server for querying the VirusTotal API. This server provides comprehensive security analysis tools with automatic relationship data fetching. It integrates seamlessly with MCP-compatible applications like Claude Desktop.
Quick Start (Recommended)
Claude Code
claude mcp add --transport stdio --env VIRUSTOTAL_API_KEY=your-key virustotal -- npx -y @burtthecoder/mcp-virustotal
Codex CLI
codex mcp add virustotal --env VIRUSTOTAL_API_KEY=your-key -- npx -y @burtthecoder/mcp-virustotal
Gemini CLI
gemini mcp add -e VIRUSTOTAL_API_KEY=your-key virustotal npx -y @burtthecoder/mcp-virustotal
Installing via Smithery
To install VirusTotal Server for Claude Desktop automatically via Smithery:
npx -y @smithery/cli install @burtthecoder/mcp-virustotal --client claude
Installing Manually
- Install the server globally via npm:
npm install -g @burtthecoder/mcp-virustotal
- Add to your Claude Desktop configuration file:
{
"mcpServers": {
"virustotal": {
"command": "mcp-virustotal",
"env": {
"VIRUSTOTAL_API_KEY": "your-virustotal-api-key"
}
}
}
}Configuration file location:
- macOS:
~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json - Windows:
%APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json
- Restart Claude Desktop
Using with VS Code
To use this MCP server in VS Code with GitHub Copilot:
- Install the server globally via npm:
npm install -g @burtthecoder/mcp-virustotal
- Create or update your VS Code MCP
d7f4e88b42c9OBSERVED · 2026-10-07Connect
Built from this server's own package name, version and transport as found in its source — not copied from anyone's documentation, so it cannot drift against a page we do not control. Replace the environment placeholders with a token scoped to the least it needs.
claude mcp add mcp-virustotal --env VIRUSTOTAL_API_KEY=${VIRUSTOTAL_API_KEY} -- npx -y @burtthecoder/[email protected]Exposed tools (5)
5 read · 0 write · 0 destructive.
| Tool | Risk | Description |
|---|---|---|
get_domain_relationship | read | Query a specific relationship type for a domain with pagination support. Choose from ${RELATIONSHIPS.domain.length} relationship types including subdomains, resolutions, SSL certificates, WHOIS history, and threat actors. Useful for detailed investigation of specific relationship types. |
get_domain_report | read | Get a comprehensive domain analysis report including DNS records, WHOIS data, and key relationships (SSL certificates, subdomains, historical data). Optionally specify which relationships to include in the report. Returns both the basic analysis and relationship data. |
get_ip_report | read | Get a comprehensive IP address analysis report including geolocation, reputation data, and key relationships (communicating files, historical certificates/WHOIS, resolutions). Returns both the basic analysis and automatically fetched relationship data. |
get_url_report | read | Get a comprehensive URL analysis report including security scan results and key relationships (communicating files, contacted domains/IPs, downloaded files, redirects, threat actors). Returns the cached VirusTotal report when available, or submits the URL for scanning and waits for results. |
search_vt | read | Search the VirusTotal corpus for files, URLs, domains, IPs, or comments matching a query. Accepts plain IOCs (hash, URL, domain, IP), free text against comments, or VTI-style search modifiers like |
Trust audit
SAFEgrade B · trust 89/100 Nothing in the source contradicts what it says it does. Grade A is reserved for packages that have also passed the behavioural sandbox.
| Layer | What it checks | Result |
|---|---|---|
| L0 | Provenance & inventory | PASS |
| L1 | Static analysis of the code | PASS |
| L2 | Instruction surface (what it tells the agent) | PASS |
| L3 | Class-specific surface | PASS |
| L4 | Behavioural (sandbox) | SKIPPED |
What the source does
- Filesystem
- none-observed
- Network
- declared (2 observation(s))
- Shell
- none-observed
- Dependencies
- not all pinned
- Secrets in source
- none-found
Findings (5)
rule_msg: 'C2 Beacon',
assert.match(out.text, /C2 Beacon \[high\]/);
rule_msg: 'Beacon',
baseURL: `http://127.0.0.1:${server.address().port}/api/v3`,dotenv, fastmcp, zod, @types/node, typescript
Gates applied: no_behavioural_pass.
d7f4e88b42c9full audit observations/trust-audit/mcp-server/burtthecoder__virustotal.json · Report an issue / request a re-scanAudit history
Every audit this server has had. A grade with a past is a grade somebody is still checking.
| Date | Source | Verdict | Grade | Score | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-07 | d7f4e88b42c9 | SAFE | B | 89 | first audit |
Questions
What is the VirusTotal MCP server?
MCP server for VirusTotal API — analyze URLs, files, IPs, and domains with comprehensive security reports, relationship analysis, and pagination support.
What tools does VirusTotal expose?
5 in total: 5 read-only, 0 that write, and 0 that can delete or overwrite. Every one is listed on this page with its risk.
Is VirusTotal safe to connect to an agent?
The audit found nothing in the source that contradicts what it says it does, and graded it B (89/100). Grade A is held back for packages that have also passed a sandboxed behavioural run, which is why a clean server reads B.
What credentials does VirusTotal need?
It reads VIRUSTOTAL_API_KEY from the environment. Give it a token scoped to the least it needs — an agent that can be talked into calling a tool can be talked into calling it with your credentials.
How does VirusTotal run?
It speaks stdio, so it runs as a local process your client starts. It is published on npm as @burtthecoder/mcp-virustotal at 1.0.28.
How current is this page?
The grade is for one exact copy of the source (d7f4e88b42c9), read on 2026-10-07. The repository is watched and re-audited when it changes.