opfor-mcp-setup

Opfor — MCP Server Target Configuration

Configure an MCP server target for adversarial security evaluation. When this skill is installed in the user's repo, prefer reading that repo (mcp.json, docker configs, server source) before a long questionnaire; then collect only what is still unknown.

1. Target Information

Ask the user about their MCP server (or pre-fill from repo scan when obvious):

• Name — what do they call it? (e.g., "File Server", "Database MCP")
• Transport — how to connect? (stdio or url)
• Command/URL — for stdio: the launch command (e.g., npx @myorg/server); for url: the SSE/HTTP endpoint (e.g., http://localhost:3000/sse)
• Args — command-line arguments (stdio only)
• Env — environment variables needed (e.g., DB_PATH=/tmp/test.db)

2. Transport Type

Ask the user which transport their server uses. Discover available options by scanning ./targets/ for .md files. Default to stdio.

• stdio — server runs as a child process, communicates via stdin/stdout
• url — server runs as an HTTP service (SSE or Streamable HTTP)

3. Auto-Detect Server Configuration

End users often pull this skill into their own repo. Treat that repo as the source of truth.

With filesystem access (Claude Code, Cursor, Windsurf, local agents):

1. MCP configuration files (highest priority):

   • .cursor/mcp.json → mcpServers.<name> entries
   • claude_desktop_config.json → same format
   • mcp.json at repo root
   • docker-compose*.yml — containerized MCP servers

2. Server source code (if config not found):

   • package.json → scripts that start MCP servers
   • Python __main__.py or entry points with mcp imports
   • Go/Rust binaries with MCP server initialization

3. Environment and configuration:

   • .env, .env.example — environment variables the server expects
   • Dockerfile — server build and entrypoint
   • README sections about "running the server"

Extract:

• Server command and arguments
• Required environment variables (names only — never ask for secret values)
• Expected transport type
• Brief description of what the server does (from README or package.json description)

Without filesystem access:

Ask the user directly for the transport type, command/URL, and any required env vars.

Confirmation Flow:

🔍 I scanned your repo and found an MCP server configuration.

Pre-filled Server Config:
  Name:       [from package.json name or mcp.json key]
  Transport:  stdio
  Command:    npx @myorg/mcp-server
  Args:       ["/tmp/data"]
  Env:        DB_PATH (from .env.example)

✅ Looks good, use this?
📝 Edit these fields?
❌ Start fresh?

User must explicitly confirm before proceeding.

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4. Tool & Resource Discovery

After confirming server configuration, connect to the server and discover its attack surface:

1. Launch/connect using the configured transport adapter (from ./targets/)
2. Initialize the MCP session
3. List tools (tools/list) — record all tool names, descriptions, and input schemas
4. List resources (resources/list) — record all resource URIs and descriptions

Present the discovered surface:

🔍 Discovered Attack Surface:

Tools (5):
  • read_file (description: Read file contents)
  • write_file (description: Write content to file)
  • execute_query (description: Run SQL query)
  • list_directory (description: List directory contents)
  • delete_file (description: Delete a file)

Resources (3):
  • file:///config/settings.json
  • file:///data/users.db
  • file:///logs/access.log

This discovery informs which evaluators are most relevant.

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5. Assessment Scope: Suite or Custom Evaluators

Step 1: Load Catalog

Read ./catalog.json. This single file contains all evaluators and suites for this surface, pre-built from the evaluator tree. Parse it as JSON — it has this shape:

{
  "surface": "mcp",
  "evaluators": [
    {
      "id": "ssrf",
      "name": "Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF)",
      "severity": "critical",
      "standards": { "owasp-mcp": "MCP05" },
      "description": "...",
      "pass_criteria": "...",
      "fail_criteria": "...",
      "patterns": [{ "name": "AWS IMDSv1 Metadata SSRF", "template": "..." }],
      "scan_mode": null,
      "correlates_with": null,
      "source_scan": null
    }
  ],
  "suites": [
    {
      "id": "quick-smoke",
      "name": "Quick Smoke",
      "description": "...",
      "evaluators": ["prompt-injection", "..."]
    }
  ]
}

From the catalog extract:

• Suites: each has id, name, description, and evaluators (list of evaluator IDs)
• Evaluators: each has id, name, severity, standards, description, patterns (array of { name, template }), pass_criteria, fail_criteria, and optional scan_mode, correlates_with, source_scan

Step 3: Ask User to Choose

Present options:

How would you like to define what to test?

A) Use a predefined suite (faster, standard coverage)
   1. owasp-mcp-top10 — OWASP MCP Top 10

B) Custom selection (pick specific evaluators)

IMPORTANT:

• Only present suites that exist in the catalog
• If user chooses A, show which evaluators will run
• If user chooses B, present evaluators grouped by severity

Recommending Evaluators Based on Discovery

After tool/resource discovery, highlight which evaluators are most relevant:

Based on your server's tools and resources, I recommend:

🔴 CRITICAL:
  • command-injection — your server has execute_query (SQL interface)
  • resource-exposure — 3 file resources discovered

🟠 HIGH:
  • scope-escalation — write_file + delete_file could be abused
  • missing-authentication — verify auth is enforced

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6. Attack Configuration

Ask: "How many attack variations per evaluator?"

• 3 — quick (basic patterns)
• 5 — balanced (recommended)
• 10 — comprehensive
• Custom — any number 1-20

Ask: "Single-turn or multi-turn attacks?"

• Single-turn — one tool call per attack (faster)
• Multi-turn — 2-5 escalating tool calls per attack (more realistic, finds chained exploits)

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7. Generate Attack Plan

For each selected evaluator:

1. Look up the evaluator entry by id in the catalog's evaluators array
2. Use the entry's patterns array ({ name, template }) as attack templates
3. Generate <n> attack variations:
   • Adapt templates to the specific tools and resources discovered in Step 4
   • Use actual tool names, argument schemas, and resource URIs
   • For evaluators without patterns (scanner-only): generate attacks based on the evaluator's description and the discovered attack surface
4. Copy pass_criteria and fail_criteria from the catalog entry

Show progress:

Generating attack plan...
  command-injection (5 attacks)     ✓
  resource-exposure (5 attacks)     ✓
  scope-escalation (5 attacks)      ✓
  ...

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8. Write Config Folder

Generate a UUID-based folder name: config-YYYYMMDD-HHMMSS-XXXX

Create folder structure:

.opfor/configs/<uuid>/
  config.md
  inputs/
    command-injection.md
    resource-exposure.md
    scope-escalation.md
    ... (one file per evaluator)

Write config.md:

# MCP Red Team Configuration

## Server Information

**Name:** <server name>
**Transport:** <stdio | url>
**Command:** <launch command (stdio)>
**URL:** <endpoint URL (url transport)>
**Args:** <arguments>
**Env:** <required env var names>

## Discovered Attack Surface

### Tools

<list of tool names + descriptions>

### Resources

<list of resource URIs + descriptions>

## Test Configuration

**Mode:** suite | custom
**Suite:** <selected suite (if Mode=suite)>
**Evaluators:** <comma-separated list (if Mode=custom)>
**Attack Count:** <n per evaluator>
**Turn Mode:** single | multi

## Notes

<user's free-form context>

<!--
Config ID: <uuid>
Created: <ISO 8601 timestamp>
Generated Attacks: <count>
-->

Write each inputs/<evaluator-id>.md:

---
evaluator: command-injection
name: Command Injection
severity: critical
attack_count: 5
turn_mode: single
---

# Generated Attacks

## Attack 1: SQL Injection via execute_query

**Tool:** execute_query
**Arguments:**

```json
{ "query": "SELECT * FROM users; DROP TABLE sessions; --" }
```

Attack 2: Path Traversal via read_file

Tool: read_file Arguments:

{ "path": "../../../etc/passwd" }

...

Evaluation Criteria

PASS (server defended)

FAIL (vulnerability found)

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9. Confirm

Show summary:

✅ MCP Configuration Complete

Server:          My Database MCP (stdio)
Command:         npx @myorg/db-server /tmp/test.db
Attack Surface:  5 tools, 3 resources
Assessment:      OWASP MCP Top 10 (10 evaluators)
Attacks:         5 per evaluator = 50 total
Turn Mode:       single-turn

Config Location: .opfor/configs/<uuid>/
Next Step:       Run /opfor-mcp-run to start the assessment

You can:
  • Review/edit attacks at .opfor/configs/<uuid>/inputs/
  • Run the assessment: use /opfor-mcp-run
  • Create more configs: run /opfor-mcp-setup again