How do I install PCI DSS V4.0.1 Compliance Checker?

Copy the stdio config for Cursor, Claude Desktop, Claude Code, or VS Code on this page. It uses the publisher's install, not a PlugMCP proxy.

Does PCI DSS V4.0.1 Compliance Checker need an API key?

No required environment variable is listed on this record.

What transport does PCI DSS V4.0.1 Compliance Checker use?

PCI DSS V4.0.1 Compliance Checker runs locally over stdio.

When was PCI DSS V4.0.1 Compliance Checker last checked?

Last checked 2026-11-10. PCI DSS v4.0.1 compliance scanner for Go payment services, delivered as an MCP server

PCI DSS V4.0.1 Compliance Checker MCP server

Power your agent

Add this server

The publisher's own command. Not a PlugMCP endpoint.

Add to Cursor Add to VS Code Run on PlugMCP

Host a copy with our keys and logs.

Local command

docker run -i --rm ghcr.io/shyshlakov/pci-dss-mcp:v0.7.1

Claude Code has no install link for a local command. Copy the command below and run it in a terminal.

shClaude Code

1claude mcp add io.github.shyshlakov-pci-dss-mcp -- docker run -i --rm ghcr.io/shyshlakov/pci-dss-mcp:v0.7.1

Run in a terminal.

jsonClaude Desktop

1{2  "mcpServers": {3    "io.github.shyshlakov-pci-dss-mcp": {4      "command": "docker",5      "args": [6        "run",7        "-i",8        "--rm",9        "ghcr.io/shyshlakov/pci-dss-mcp:v0.7.1"10      ]11    }12  }13}

claude_desktop_config.json

Local · ociPublisher installStep-by-step: add this in Claude

Remote URL or a command on your machine? How the two installs differ

Run on PlugMCP

Host a copy with our keys and logs.

A new server you create. It is not this listing's official endpoint. Use the publisher install when you want their URL and their credentials.

Launch

Server facts

Local

Transport: stdio
Version: 0.7.1
Last checked

Tools

No tool list yet. Remote servers get one after the first health check.

FAQ

Questions

pci-dss-mcp

Static analysis MCP server for Go payment service codebases. Every detected PCI DSS v4.0.1 violation in a Go payment service codebase is mapped to the specific requirement number before the code ships.

What it does

pci-dss-mcp is a stdio MCP server that runs 12 scanners, an orchestrator, and an AI triage engine over a Go payment service codebase. Each finding carries a requirement_id mapped to a specific PCI DSS v4.0.1 line item; see docs/requirement-mapping.md for the canonical rule-to-requirement table and testdata/vulnerable-payment-service/EXPECTED-FINDINGS.md for live golden output.

What pci-dss-mcp catches today

HTTP framework input flow into log / error / panic sinks. Tier 1 frameworks (gin, chi, gorilla/mux, net/http (Go 1.22+), echo v4, fiber v2) and Tier 1 loggers (log/slog, logrus, zap, zerolog, logr, klog, hclog) ship in v0.7. Tier 2 (kratos, apex/log, charmbracelet/log) lands in v0.8. Tier 3 (fasthttp, beego, iris, httprouter, project-internal) is user-configurable via Phase 25 YAML once shipped. See docs/http_input_taint.md.

What pci-dss-mcp is NOT

Not a replacement for broad SAST. Use Semgrep, CodeQL, or gosec for OWASP Top-10 and language-agnostic vulnerabilities.
Not a replacement for LLM-based code review. pci-dss-mcp maps payment-specific issues to PCI DSS requirement IDs; LLM agents catch broad bugs via reasoning. The two layers compose.
Not Go-agnostic. Go-specific AST patterns and taint flow tracing are what make the precision possible.
Not a QSA replacement. Static analysis covers ~6% of PCI DSS v4.0.1 requirements. A Qualified Security Assessor must sign off on the rest.

Install

Go install (primary)

Requires Go 1.25+; use Go 1.26.9 or newer, because Go 1.25 is past end of life:

go install github.com/shyshlakov/pci-dss-mcp@latest

The binary lands at $(go env GOPATH)/bin/pci-dss-mcp. See docs/install-from-source.md for PATH resolution, the macOS codesign provenance fix, cosign verification, and the MCP client JSON config.

Docker (alternative)

docker pull ghcr.io/shyshlakov/pci-dss-mcp:v0.6.2

Useful for CI pipelines, QSA auditors who do not develop Go locally, or any environment without a host Go toolchain.

MCP Registry

Listed as io.github.shyshlakov/pci-dss-mcp at registry.modelcontextprotocol.io. Auto-published on every tag.

Usage

Add to your MCP client config (Claude Desktop claude_desktop_config.json, Cursor .cursor/mcp.json, or claude mcp add for Claude Code):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pci-dss-mcp": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": ["run", "-i", "--rm",
        "--mount", "type=bind,src=/Users/you/go/src,dst=/Users/you/go/src,readonly",
        "ghcr.io/shyshlakov/pci-dss-mcp:v0.6.2"]
    }
  }
}

src= and dst= mirror the same absolute path so the container sees your code at the same path your host uses; prompts pass the normal host path with no translation. For the go install variant and per-client examples, see docs/usage.md.

Two prompts to paste into your MCP client:

Run pci-dss-mcp triage on /Users/you/payments-service. Use min_severity=MEDIUM and group findings by PCI DSS requirement.
Generate a PCI DSS compliance report for /Users/you/payments-service in JSON format. Show requirement-level pass/fail status and severity counts.

Tools

Tool	Purpose	Docs
`triage_findings`	All scanners + AI classification + file:line context in one call	docs/triage_findings.md
`generate_compliance_report`	Raw requirement pass/fail report (orchestrator over all scanners)	docs/generate_compliance_report.md
`scan_pan_data`	PAN/SAD storage and logging (3.3.1, 3.4.1, 3.5.1)	docs/scan_pan_data.md
`check_encryption`	Weak hashing, hardcoded keys, plain HTTP (4.2.1, 6.2.4)	docs/check_encryption.md
`check_tls_config`	Insecure TLS configs (4.2.1)	docs/check_tls_config.md
`check_secrets_in_configs`	Credentials in config files (8.6.2)	docs/check_secrets_in_configs.md
`check_error_handling`	Error responses leaking sensitive context (6.2.4)	docs/check_error_handling.md
`check_auth_strength`	Hardcoded passwords, weak policy, missing MFA, webhook signatures (8.3.1, 8.3.6, 8.4.2, 8.6.2)	docs/check_auth_strength.md
`audit_log_coverage`	Missing audit logs on payment flows (10.2.1)	docs/audit_log_coverage.md

All tools declare typed OutputSchema. See docs/tools.md for the catalog index and migration history.

Documentation

docs/usage.md, client setup, prompt templates, suppressing findings
docs/severity.md, severity model and rule-to-severity mapping
docs/taint.md, taint analysis defaults and toggles
docs/scoping.md, package exclusion and CDE scope
docs/comparison.md, pci-dss-mcp vs Semgrep / CodeQL / gosec / Snyk Code
docs/ci-cd.md, GitHub Actions and GitLab CI integration
docs/pci-coverage.md, PCI DSS v4.0.1 requirement coverage matrix
docs/install-from-source.md, source build, cosign verification, reload
docs/requirement-mapping.md, canonical rule_id to requirement_id table
CONTRIBUTING.md, development setup, fuzz targets
ROADMAP.md, planned features
CHANGELOG.md, version history

Status

Active development, pre v1.0. See ROADMAP.md and CHANGELOG.md.

License

MIT, see LICENSE.

pci-dss-mcp is a static analysis tool. It cannot replace a Qualified Security Assessor. Use its output as input to your compliance process, not as the compliance itself.