@pascalcouturier/skill-builder-mcp 1.0.1 → 1.0.2

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  1. package/CHANGELOG.md +15 -0
  2. package/README.md +14 -9
  3. package/SECURITY.md +41 -4
  4. package/dist/cli.js +11 -5
  5. package/package.json +1 -1
package/CHANGELOG.md CHANGED
@@ -7,6 +7,21 @@ Builder speaks, so any `1.x` connector works with the current site.
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  To update, change the version in your AI tool's settings and restart its MCP server (see
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  **Updating** in the [README](./README.md#updating)).
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+ ## 1.0.2
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+ Keeps secrets out.
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+ - The AI is told never to read, open, search for, copy, quote or send secrets (`.env` files,
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+ API keys, tokens, passwords, private keys, credentials), in your project, home folder or
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+ messages, and to write only placeholders such as `YOUR_API_KEY`.
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+ - The descriptions of the tools that write text remind the AI not to include secrets.
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+ - Works with the current Skill Builder, which now refuses text that looks like a secret in
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+ anything the AI writes (more key and token formats, `.env`-style lines, passwords in
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+ connection strings, and files named like secrets).
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+ - For maintainers: the sandbox test records every file and environment variable the connector
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+ touches and fails on anything beyond its own code and a short allowlist, and checks the
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+ shipped file loads no module for files, folders, programs or DNS.
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  ## 1.0.1
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  - Builds with blocks first: the AI reads the skill or agent and the block types, puts each
package/README.md CHANGED
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  Every tool runs the same command, with an exact version:
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  ```bash
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- npx -y @pascalcouturier/skill-builder-mcp@1.0.1
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+ npx -y @pascalcouturier/skill-builder-mcp@1.0.2
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  ```
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  **VS Code (GitHub Copilot).** Command Palette → **MCP: Add Server…** → **Command (stdio)** →
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  "skill-builder": {
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  "type": "stdio",
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  "command": "npx",
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- "args": ["-y", "@pascalcouturier/skill-builder-mcp@1.0.1"]
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+ "args": ["-y", "@pascalcouturier/skill-builder-mcp@1.0.2"]
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  }
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  }
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  }
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  **Claude Code** (CLI and the VS Code extension), once in a terminal:
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  ```bash
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- claude mcp add --scope user skill-builder -- npx -y @pascalcouturier/skill-builder-mcp@1.0.1
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  ```
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  **OpenAI Codex** (CLI and the VS Code extension), in `~/.codex/config.toml`
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  ```toml
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  command = "npx"
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- args = ["-y", "@pascalcouturier/skill-builder-mcp@1.0.1"]
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+ args = ["-y", "@pascalcouturier/skill-builder-mcp@1.0.2"]
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  ```
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  **Cursor** (`~/.cursor/mcp.json`), **Claude Desktop** (**Settings → Developer → Edit
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  "mcpServers": {
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  "skill-builder": {
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  "command": "npx",
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  }
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  }
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  }
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  ```
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+ `"args": ["/c", "npx", "-y", "@pascalcouturier/skill-builder-mcp@1.0.2"]`.
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  ### 2. Turn on Connect AI in Skill Builder
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  - **Only Skill Builder can connect from a browser:** the WebSocket `Origin` must be exactly
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  `https://skill-builder.pascalcouturier.com`, and the `Host` header must be `127.0.0.1` or
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  `localhost` (DNS-rebinding protection).
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+ - **Never reads or uses secrets:** no files except its own code, no environment variables
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+ except two WebSocket switches and Node's own, no tokens or keys. A test records everything the
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+ published file touches. Skill Builder also refuses secrets in what the AI writes (API keys,
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+ tokens, `.env` lines, private keys, secret-named files); see [SECURITY.md](./SECURITY.md) for
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+ how to lock your AI tool down too.
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  - **Pairing with a code only you see,** proven in both directions (ECDH P-256 and
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  HMAC-SHA256); the code itself is never sent.
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  - **Every message is signed and numbered** (HMAC-SHA256), so it can not be forged, replayed
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  - **Inputs are checked** against schemas, and text the AI writes goes through Skill
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+ - **Exact versions:** install `@1.0.2`, not `@latest`. Published npm versions can never be
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  | _"AI tools are connected in another tab"_ | Click **Use this tab** in Skill Builder, or close the other tab or window. |
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  | _"Connector x.y.z; the current one is …"_ in the app | See [Updating](#updating). |
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  | _"Not saved: the security check refused it"_ | The text contains something the scanner does not allow (for example an API key or a `curl … \| sh` command). Remove it and try again. |
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- | Company network blocks `npx` | Ask for `registry.npmjs.org` to be allowed, or install once with `npm install -g @pascalcouturier/skill-builder-mcp@1.0.1` and use `skill-builder-mcp` as the command. |
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+ | Company network blocks `npx` | Ask for `registry.npmjs.org` to be allowed, or install once with `npm install -g @pascalcouturier/skill-builder-mcp@1.0.2` and use `skill-builder-mcp` as the command. |
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  | Safari | Not supported: Safari blocks websites from connecting to programs on your computer. Use Chrome, Edge or Firefox. |
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package/SECURITY.md CHANGED
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+ ## Secrets
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+ - **The connector never reads or uses secrets.** It reads no files except its own code and no
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+ environment variables except the WebSocket library's `WS_NO_*` switches and Node's own
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+ internals. It never lists the environment, and it uses no token or key (the pairing code is
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+ new for each connection). A test runs the exact published file through a full session and
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+ networking, crypto and streams.
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+ - **Skill Builder refuses secrets in what the AI writes:** credentials by format (AWS, GitHub,
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+ Anthropic, OpenAI, Stripe, Google, npm, Slack tokens, JWTs, private keys), `.env`-style lines
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+ (`.env`, `*.pem`, `id_rsa`, `credentials.json`). Placeholders such as `YOUR_API_KEY` are fine.
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+ The AI is told never to look for, repeat or store a secret.
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+ - **Your AI tool is what reads your project**, and only its own settings can limit that. For
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+ ```
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+ secrets in a secrets manager, never paste one into a chat, and rotate any an AI tool has seen.
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package/dist/cli.js CHANGED
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