Connection String & Secret Audit — 8 Stacks

Runs the same checker as our npm package on a Node.js runtime that pip installs for you (nodejs-wheel-binaries) - no system Node.js needed. Your files are checked locally.

26 rules and 32 safe-replacement snippets for hardcoded connection strings, keys and kubeconfigs across 8 VS Code stacks. Runs on your machine and sends nothing anywhere.

Install

connection-string-secret-audit file

Node 18+. The same 26 rules as the VS Code extension, from a terminal or CI.

Free

• Audits the file you have open, or only the lines you highlighted, against all 26 rules and prints every finding with its line number; inserts any of the 32 safe replacement snippets at the cursor; lists every rule and snippet that ships inside. No key, no account, nothing leaves the machine.
• --rules lists every rule

With a licence ($29 once)

• Runs that same audit across every file in the workspace instead of one, and writes the findings out as a CSV, JSON or HTML file you keep in the repo and hand to a reviewer or an auditor.

connection-string-secret-audit --dir ./templates --report html --out report.html

GitHub Secret Protection is published at $19 per active committer per month, billed every month and re-counted as committers come and go (GitHub Docs, checked 2026-09-08)

Use from an AI agent (MCP)

Claude Code · Cursor · Windsurf · any MCP client - add to your MCP config:

{ "mcpServers": { "connection-string-secret-audit": { "command": "connection-string-secret-audit", "args": ["--mcp"] } } }

Tools: check_text and check_file (free) · check_dir (licence). The agent gets every finding with the line number.

Use in CI

- name: Connection String & Secret Audit — 8 Stacks
  run: pip install rulestamp-connection-string-secret-audit && connection-string-secret-audit --dir . --ci

The folder sweep, reports and CI mode need one licence — one payment, no subscription. Set READYSTACK_LICENSE=<key> or run --license <key> once.

Get a licence

Install (PyPI)

pip install rulestamp-connection-string-secret-audit
connection-string-secret-audit --help