Is Parallel Task MCP safe?

No malicious indicators - review capabilities before installing

Notable — review in context (capabilities are not malware):

Node.js network egress

What to do: Nothing here argues against installing it. Grant the capabilities it lists only if you expect the tool to need them.

Parallel Task MCP is an npm package analyzed by SkillTotal's deterministic static scanner. The scan found no malicious indicators. It can: network egress — capabilities are what the code can do, not a verdict on intent. Risk score 0/100 (low).

repo

npm_package · https://github.com/parallel-web/task-mcp

LOW

/ 100 risk score

Snapshot · scanned Oct 8, 2026 · repo@bc0daf6 · engine 0.56.4 / ruleset 62

Automated static-analysis result. It can contain false positives and false negatives, and is not a claim about the intent of Parallel Task MCP's authors. Report a false positive.

Capabilities — what this component can do (not a risk score):

network egress

Behavioral traits

How this component maps to the CSA agentic threat model. Descriptive — it never affects the risk score.

Network egress

Interaction & Communication / Direct Communication

Findings (1)

MEDIUMNode.js network egressST-NET-NODE

The component makes outbound network requests.

main.ts:9-9

const response = await fetch("https://task-mcp.parallel.ai/mcp", {

Why it matters: Usually legitimate, but confirm the destinations are expected and no sensitive data leaves.

Fix: Confirm the destination hosts are expected and that no sensitive data is sent off-host.

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