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hound_preinstall

MCP tool from Hound MCP by tiluckdave

GO / CAUTION / NO-GO verdict before installing a package

How to use it

hound_preinstall is exposed by the Hound MCP MCP server. Add the server to your MCP client (Claude Desktop, Cursor, Windsurf and others), and the hound_preinstall tool becomes available to the model automatically. See the full listing for setup details and every tool this server provides.

Install Hound MCP

$claude mcp add hound -- npx -y hound-mcp
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Other tools in Hound MCP (10)

hound_advisories

Full advisory details by GHSA, CVE, or OSV ID

hound_compare

Side-by-side comparison of two packages with a recommendation

hound_inspect

Full package profile — license, vulns, scorecard, stars, dep count

hound_license_check

Scan a lockfile for license compliance against a policy

hound_popular

Scan popular packages for known vulnerabilities

hound_score

0–100 Hound Score (vulns + scorecard + recency + license) with letter grade

hound_tree

Full resolved dependency tree with transitive deps

hound_typosquat

Detect typosquatting variants of a package name

hound_upgrade

Find the minimum safe version upgrade that resolves all known vulns

hound_vulns

All known vulnerabilities for a package version, grouped by severity