No red flags found in any of the 11 categories — no credential harvesting, no data exfiltration, no curl-pipe-shell installer. Scanned against the SlowMist agent-security taxonomy, refreshed every 8 hours. Full audit →
by rusiaaman · MCP Server · ★ 674
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Shell and Coding agent for Claude and other mcp clients Empowering chat applications to code, build and run on your local machine. wcgw is an MCP server with tightly integrated shell and code editing tools. ⚠️ Warning: This MCP server provides unfiltered access to your machine's shell and files. It does not restrict LLMs from executing arbitrary commands or making unintended changes. This tool can be misused by attackers or run dangerous commands if the AI hallucinates. Run this repository only if you fully understand and accept the risks associated with running AI agents with no restrictions. As of 2026 the reason you could use is that it provides fully interactive shell experience that you and the agent both can control (including sending key-strokes). Combined with the wcgw vscode extension that attaches the agent's shell in your editor, you can get the best agentic shell experience that is out there. The file editing tricks and the general minimalism also helps agent be more productive. [](https://github.com/rusi
| Stars | 674 |
| Forks | 64 |
| Language | Python |
| Category | MCP Server |
| License | Apache-2.0 |
| Quality Score | 65.2738300111529/100 |
| Open Issues | 5 |
| Last Updated | 2026-09-12 |
| Created | 2024-09-20 |
| Platforms | claude-code, cli, mcp, python |
| Est. Tokens | ~17k |
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wcgw is Shell and coding agent on mcp clients. It is categorized as a MCP Server with 674 GitHub stars.
wcgw is primarily written in Python. It covers topics such as agent, ai-agent, ai-coding.
You can find installation instructions and usage details in the wcgw GitHub repository at github.com/rusiaaman/wcgw. The project has 674 stars and 64 forks, indicating an active community.
wcgw is released under the Apache-2.0 license, making it free to use and modify according to the license terms.
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Grades come from a rule-based scan built on the SlowMist agent-security taxonomy, covering 11 red-flag categories including credential harvesting, data exfiltration, and curl | sh installers. It is a first-layer scan, not a manual audit — we say so rather than overstate it.
The scale of the problem is documented independently: Liu et al. (2026), in a study of 31,132 agent skills, report that 26.1% contain security vulnerabilities. Our own full-catalog census is published as a citable open dataset.
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