Checkmarx Agentic AI
Checkmarx application security, built for AI coding agents.
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Table of Contents
- Overview
- Checkmarx Security MCP
- Developer Assist Plugins
- Checkmarx One CLI
- Documentation
- Contributing
- License
- Feedback
- Contact
Overview
AI coding assistants generate code quickly, but that code can carry the same security risks as code written by hand. This repository connects Checkmarx One — Checkmarx's application security platform — to those assistants, so generated code is scanned for vulnerabilities as it's written, not after the fact.
This repository ships two complementary ways to bring Checkmarx One into an AI-assisted workflow. Use them together or separately — they solve different halves of the problem.
- Checkmarx Security MCP — a hosted MCP server any MCP-capable assistant can call to scan, inspect findings, and apply AI remediation on demand.
- Developer Assist plugins — fail-closed gates that scan scannable file writes before they land on disk, for Claude Code, Cursor, GitHub Copilot CLI, Codex CLI, and Gemini CLI.
| Piece | What it does | When to use it |
|---|
| Checkmarx Security MCP | Tools the assistant can call — scan a project, inspect findings, apply AI remediation | You want on-demand scanning and fix-it workflows in any MCP client |
| Developer Assist plugins | A fail-closed gate — scannable file writes are scanned before they land on disk | You want the check to be automatic and non-optional |
The plugins wrap the Checkmarx One CLI (ast-cli) (cx) for install, authentication, and native hook scanning, and they start the same MCP server for remediation.
Checkmarx Security MCP
A hosted MCP server that connects any MCP-capable AI client — Claude, Cursor, Copilot, Windsurf, Kiro — to Checkmarx One. It exposes scanning, findings, project management, and AI-generated remediation as tools your assistant can call in conversation.
Configure it once (see examples/ for per-client config) and ask.
Details → README-MCP.md
Cursor: MCP-only install
plugins/cx-cursor-plugin is a lightweight Cursor marketplace plugin that registers the Checkmarx MCP server only — no hook chain, no file-write gate, just the MCP tools. Use it when you want Checkmarx MCP tools in Cursor without adopting the Developer Assist gate.
Details → plugins/cx-cursor-plugin/README.md
Developer Assist Plugins
Each plugin provides the same fail-closed security gate, wired in as a native hook for its client. Before the agent writes or edits a scannable file, the Checkmarx cx CLI scans the proposed content — real vulnerabilities are blocked rather than silently allowed, as is the case where the scanner itself can't be trusted to run. Shell commands are never gated. Findings are remediated through the bundled Checkmarx MCP server. Marketplace install and guided cx setup follow the same pattern across clients; only the client integration differs.
Checkmarx One CLI
The plugins install and drive the Checkmarx One CLI (cx) from Checkmarx/ast-cli. That CLI wraps Checkmarx One APIs for scans, authentication, and the native agent-hook scanners (ASCA, KICS, SCA).
Releases and platform downloads: ast-cli releases.
Documentation: Checkmarx One CLI tool.
Documentation
Contributing
We appreciate feedback and contributions. Before you get started, please see:
License
Distributed under the Apache 2.0 license. It governs everything in this repository, including the MCP server and all plugins.
Feedback
We'd love to hear your feedback! If you come across a bug or have a feature request, please let us know by submitting an issue in GitHub Issues.
Checkmarx One Integrations Team
Project Link: https://github.com/Checkmarx/cx-agentic-ai.
Website: Checkmarx.
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