Golf Scanner: Open-Source Go CLI Discovers MCP Server Configurations Across 7 IDEs with 20 Automated Security Checks

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Golf Scanner is a new open-source Go CLI designed for security teams to discover MCP server configurations across seven popular IDEs (VS Code, Cursor, Windsurf, and more) and automatically run 20 unique security checks against local environments. Part of the Adversa AI April 2026 agentic security roundup alongside mcp-sec-audit (100% detection on MCPTox benchmark) and STSS (cryptographic attestation via SHA-256 Merkle trees). Addresses the shadow IT problem of unaudited MCP servers becoming production dependencies.