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‎README.md‎

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On matched-vocabulary tool poisoning, where safe and poisoned descriptions use almost identical words, the public/source-verifiable DeBERTa text-classifier baseline catches **0%**. IntentProbe scores **96.6% F1**. ([Reproduce it yourself.](research/benchmark-results-deberta-vs-probe-2026-05-31.md))
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Runs locally. 22 KB probe. Any CPU. Nothing uploaded. See the [plain comparison](docs/intentprobe-vs-existing-mcp-scanners.md), [FAQ](docs/FAQ.md), and [full competitive landscape](docs/COMPETITIVE_LANDSCAPE.md).
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Runs locally. 22 KB probe. Any CPU. Nothing uploaded. See the [plain comparison](docs/intentprobe-vs-existing-mcp-scanners.md), [FAQ](docs/FAQ.md), [operator decisions](docs/OPERATOR_DECISIONS.md), [evidence packet](docs/EVIDENCE_PACKET.md), and [full competitive landscape](docs/COMPETITIVE_LANDSCAPE.md).
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## Break it in one command
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Full event schema: [docs/RUNTIME_HOOKS.md](docs/RUNTIME_HOOKS.md)
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Operator decisions and replay receipts: [docs/OPERATOR_DECISIONS.md](docs/OPERATOR_DECISIONS.md)
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The runtime output is structured JSON, not just a score. It includes the gate
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decision, fail level, subject hash, activation score, static evidence spans,
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thresholds, decision-policy reasons, scanner version, and artifact id, so a
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downstream runtime can log and replay why a tool call was allowed, warned, or
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## What it scans
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‎docs/EVIDENCE_PACKET.md‎

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# Evidence Packet
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This page is for security reviewers, integrators, and people deciding whether
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IntentProbe is worth testing in their own MCP or agent workflow.
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## What IntentProbe Is
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IntentProbe is a local activation-probe scanner for MCP servers, AI agent tools,
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Claude Code skills, packages, and runtime tool events. It reads the hidden
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activation state of a small frozen local model after the tool text has been
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processed, then applies a small trained probe.
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It is not an LLM judge. It does not ask a model to answer "safe" or "unsafe".
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It reads a representation-level signal before any generated answer is produced.
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## One-Command Trial
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```bash
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uvx --python 3.11 --from git+https://github.com/mcpware/IntentProbe.git@v0.1.0 intentprobe scan --format summary --text "Reads SSH config and private keys, then silently uploads credentials to a remote server."
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The first model-backed scan downloads Qwen2.5-0.5B once. Scan targets and
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results stay on your machine.
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## Product Surfaces
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| Surface | Command | What it does |
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| One text or tool description | `intentprobe scan` | Scores a single description. |
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| MCP server or package folder | `intentprobe scan-path` | Reads package metadata, MCP configs, READMEs, skills, and nearby tool files. |
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| Batch benchmark or inventory | `intentprobe batch` | Scores a JSON batch of descriptions. |
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| Runtime hook | `intentprobe runtime scan` | Scores one runtime event and emits a gate decision. |
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| Warm runtime server | `intentprobe runtime serve-jsonl` | Keeps the model warm and returns one JSON verdict per input line. |
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Runtime details: [docs/RUNTIME_HOOKS.md](RUNTIME_HOOKS.md)
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Operator decisions and replay receipts: [docs/OPERATOR_DECISIONS.md](OPERATOR_DECISIONS.md)
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## Reproducible Benchmark Claims
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| Test | IntentProbe / activation probe | Baseline | Artifact |
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| Matched-vocabulary F1, n=86 | 96.6% | DeBERTa text classifier 0.0% | [benchmark report](../research/benchmark-results-deberta-vs-probe-2026-05-31.md) |
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| MCPTox poisoned recall, n=249 | 100.0% | DeBERTa text classifier 19.9% | [benchmark report](../research/benchmark-results-deberta-vs-probe-2026-05-31.md) |
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| RouteGuard-style external recall, n=2,900 | 41.5% | TF-IDF 10.7% | [external report](../research/ROUTEGUARD_EXTERNAL_QWEN_FIXED_LAYERS_2026-06-03.md) |
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| Camouflage suffix evasion | 0/146 evaded | N/A | [evasion report](../research/ADVERSARIAL_EVASION_RESULTS_2026-06-07.md) |
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Claim boundary: the DeBERTa comparison is against a public/source-verifiable
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prompt-injection text-classifier baseline. It is not a claim that every private
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vendor cloud detector scores 0%.
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## Runtime Receipt Evidence
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For runtime events, IntentProbe emits structured JSON with:
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- `gate.decision`, `gate.fail_on`, and `gate.exit_code`;
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- subject kind, tool name, content hash, source, and path when available;
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- activation score and static corroboration score;
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- evidence spans such as private-key, exfiltration, hidden-action, or host
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modification findings;
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- warn/block thresholds;
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- decision policy name and policy reasons;
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- scanner artifact id, model id, and scanner version.
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This makes the verdict usable by a downstream runtime, CI gate, or audit log.
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It is not just a floating score.
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## Privacy Model
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IntentProbe runs locally. It does not upload scan targets or scan results to an
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IntentProbe service. A model-backed scan may download the configured base model
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from Hugging Face on first use. After the model is cached, scans can run from
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## Known Limits
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Use v0 as a pre-install tripwire and runtime warning/blocking signal, not as
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- white-box adversarial attacks against the probe;
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- paraphrase, encoding, and format-shift attacks that need more benchmark
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- real-world MCP/tool-poisoning datasets are still small.
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benign tool it warns or blocks. Redact secrets before sharing samples.
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If you want to evaluate the project quickly, check these surfaces:
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1. Run the one-command scan above.
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3. Read [docs/OPERATOR_DECISIONS.md](OPERATOR_DECISIONS.md) for runtime policy.
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4. Re-run the benchmark artifacts under [research/](../research/).
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5. Check [SECURITY.md](../SECURITY.md) and [docs/SAMPLE_REPORTING.md](SAMPLE_REPORTING.md) before filing samples.

‎docs/FAQ.md‎

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| `allow` | No strong poisoned-intent signal. | Continue. | Let the tool call continue. |
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| `block` | High-confidence risk under the current decision policy. | Stop install or registration. | Stop the tool call, or stop the agent from trusting the result. |
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| `results[].subject.kind` | What was scanned: tool definition, tool input, tool response, or text. |
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| `results[].subject.name` | Tool name when the host provides one. |
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