Guides

Step-by-step guides for using MCP Hub

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Practical guides for everyday tasks with MCP Hub Platform. Whether you are discovering MCP servers, running them locally, or publishing your own, these guides walk you through every step.

Browsing the Catalog

Find and explore certified MCP servers. Search by name, filter by category, and compare security scores before you run anything.

Browse the catalog

Running MCP Servers

Install the CLI and run MCP servers with a single command. Automatic sandboxing, policy enforcement, and resource limits included.

Run your first MCP

Creating an MCP

Publish your own MCP server via the dashboard. Provide a Git repository URL, and MCP Hub handles analysis, certification, and distribution.

Publish your MCP

Viewing Vulnerabilities

Understand security analysis results. Learn how to read scores, findings, and security controls for any MCP server in the catalog.

Read security reports

Organizations

Create and manage organizations to publish MCP servers as a team. Same publishing flow, shared namespace, role-based access control.

Set up an organization

Managing Your MCPs

Monitor and manage your published MCP servers from the dashboard. Track scores, trigger rescans, and respond to security alerts.

Manage your MCPs

GRC Integration

Connect MCP Hub to your GRC platform using the OCSF v1.3.0 compliant API. Feed security data into Drata, Vanta, Splunk, and ServiceNow.

Set up GRC integration

LLM Security Warnings

When LLMs run MCP servers programmatically, smcp injects security warnings into the MCP protocol so the LLM informs users about risky packages.

Learn about LLM warnings
Browsing the Catalog

Find MCP servers in the public catalog at mcp-hub.info

Running MCP Servers

Install and run MCP servers using the smcp CLI

Creating an MCP

Publish a new MCP server via the MCP Hub dashboard

Organizations

Create and manage organizations to publish and govern MCP servers as a team

Viewing Vulnerabilities

Understand security analysis, scores, and findings for MCP servers

Managing Your MCPs

Monitor and manage your published MCP servers from the dashboard

LLM Security Warnings

How smcp injects security warnings into the MCP protocol so LLMs inform users about risky servers

GRC Integration Guide

Integrate MCP Hub with your Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC) tools using the OCSF-based API