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      "Title": "Add JSDoc comments to API client functions",
      "Excerpt": "## Summary\n\nAdd JSDoc documentation comments to all exported functions in the API client files (`src/api/depsdev.ts` and `src/api/osv.ts`).\n\n## Why\n\nGood documentation helps new contributors understand the codebase. JSDoc comments:\n- Provide context on what each function does\n- Document parameters and return types\n- Show up in IDE tooltips for better DX\n- Make onboarding easier for new contributors\n\n## Implementation\n\nAdd JSDoc comments following this pattern:\n\n```typescript\n/**\n * Fetch package",
      "SourceUrl": "https://github.com/tiluckdave/hound-mcp/issues/66",
      "PublishedAt": "2026-05-23T11:43:28.000Z",
      "State": "open",
      "Comments": 6,
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      "Title": "Add `composer.lock` parser for PHP projects",
      "Excerpt": "## Summary\n\nAdd support for parsing `composer.lock` files from PHP projects that use [Composer](https://getcomposer.org/) for dependency management.\n\n## Why\n\nComposer is the standard package manager for PHP. Adding `composer.lock` support enables vulnerability scanning for PHP/Laravel/Symfony projects.\n\n## Implementation\n\n1. Add `parseComposerLock()` function in `src/parsers/index.ts`\n2. Add ecosystem `\"packagist\"` to the `ParsedDep` type (Composer uses Packagist registry)\n3. Add dispatch in `pa",
      "SourceUrl": "https://github.com/tiluckdave/hound-mcp/issues/60",
      "PublishedAt": "2026-05-23T11:42:29.000Z",
      "State": "closed",
      "Comments": 6,
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      "Title": "Add double-character typos to typosquat detection",
      "Excerpt": "## Summary\n\nEnhance the \\`hound_typosquat\\` tool to detect double-character typos, such as:\n- \\`lodash\\` → \\`llodash\\` (doubled first letter)\n- \\`lodash\\` → \\`loddash\\` (doubled middle letter)\n- \\`express\\` → \\`expresss\\` (doubled last letter)\n\n## Why\n\nAccidentally holding a key too long is a common typing mistake. Attackers exploit this by registering packages like \\`expresss\\` or \\`llodash\\`.\n\n## Implementation\n\nEdit the \\`generateTypos()\\` function in \\`src/tools/typosquat.ts\\`:\n\n\\`\\`\\`typesc",
      "SourceUrl": "https://github.com/tiluckdave/hound-mcp/issues/68",
      "PublishedAt": "2026-05-23T11:43:42.000Z",
      "State": "closed",
      "Comments": 5,
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      "Title": "Add `gradle.lockfile` parser",
      "Excerpt": "### What problem does this solve?\n\nAdds support for Gradle (Java/Android) ecosystem\n\n### Proposed solution\n\nNew parser for `gradle.lockfile`\n\n### Type of request\n\nNew lockfile parser\n\n### Compatibility check\n\n- [x] This does not require an API key or account\n- [x] This does not require a paid service",
      "SourceUrl": "https://github.com/tiluckdave/hound-mcp/issues/33",
      "PublishedAt": "2026-03-14T08:13:40.000Z",
      "State": "closed",
      "Comments": 5,
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    {
      "Title": "MCP tools should not be named with prefix `hound`",
      "Excerpt": "### What happened?\n\nMost MCP clients already prefix tools with the MCP server name. Just a UX thing, but it would be prefered if the tools do not come with `hound_` already prefixed to it.\n\n### What did you expect?\n\nTool names should not have the `hound_` prefix.\nFor example `hound_audit` should be just `audit`\n\n### Steps to reproduce\n\n1. Install MCP in the cursor\n2. Call any tool\n3. Tool name comes with hound prefixed twice\n\n### Which tool?\n\nNot tool-specific / general\n\n### Node.js version\n\nNA\n",
      "SourceUrl": "https://github.com/tiluckdave/hound-mcp/issues/9",
      "PublishedAt": "2026-03-11T16:56:13.000Z",
      "State": "open",
      "Comments": 5,
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      "Title": "Add example lockfiles for Python, Rust, and Go ecosystems",
      "Excerpt": "## Summary\n\nAdd example projects with lockfiles for Python, Rust, and Go ecosystems to help users understand how to use Hound with different languages.\n\n## Why\n\nCurrently, the `examples/` folder only has npm examples (`examples/audit-npm-project/`). Adding examples for other ecosystems:\n- Helps users see Hound in action with their preferred language\n- Provides test fixtures for manual testing\n- Improves documentation\n\n## Implementation\n\nCreate the following example directories:\n\n### 1. Python (r",
      "SourceUrl": "https://github.com/tiluckdave/hound-mcp/issues/65",
      "PublishedAt": "2026-05-23T11:43:14.000Z",
      "State": "open",
      "Comments": 4,
      "Reporter": "Maintainer",
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      "Title": "Add `pubspec.lock` parser for Dart/Flutter projects",
      "Excerpt": "## Summary\n\nAdd support for parsing `pubspec.lock` files from Dart/Flutter projects.\n\n## Why\n\nFlutter is extremely popular for mobile app development. Adding `pubspec.lock` support enables vulnerability scanning for the Dart/Flutter ecosystem.\n\n## Implementation\n\n1. Add `parsePubspecLock()` function in `src/parsers/index.ts`\n2. Add ecosystem `\"pub\"` to the `ParsedDep` type (Dart uses pub.dev registry)\n3. Add dispatch in `parseLockfile()`:\n   ```typescript\n   if (base === \"pubspec.lock\") return p",
      "SourceUrl": "https://github.com/tiluckdave/hound-mcp/issues/62",
      "PublishedAt": "2026-05-23T11:42:41.000Z",
      "State": "closed",
      "Comments": 4,
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      "Title": "Add `bun.lockb` parser",
      "Excerpt": "### What problem does this solve?\n\nExtends functionality with also support for bun ecosystem\n\n### Proposed solution\n\nNew parser for `bun.lockb`\n\n### Type of request\n\nNew lockfile parser\n\n### Compatibility check\n\n- [x] This does not require an API key or account\n- [x] This does not require a paid service",
      "SourceUrl": "https://github.com/tiluckdave/hound-mcp/issues/32",
      "PublishedAt": "2026-03-14T08:12:41.000Z",
      "State": "closed",
      "Comments": 4,
      "Reporter": "Maintainer",
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      "Title": "Docs: add a \"How to add a lockfile parser\" checklist",
      "Excerpt": "Nearly every parser PR misses a step (tests, or the tool descriptions, or the ecosystem enum), costing a review round-trip each time. A short checklist would prevent it.\n\nAdd a \"Adding a lockfile parser\" section to `CONTRIBUTING.md` (or `CLAUDE.md`) covering:\n1. `parseXxx()` in `src/parsers/index.ts` + dispatch in `parseLockfile()`.\n2. Add the ecosystem to `src/constants/ecosystems.ts` if new.\n3. Update the supported-format strings/descriptions in `src/tools/audit.ts` and `src/tools/license-chec",
      "SourceUrl": "https://github.com/tiluckdave/hound-mcp/issues/95",
      "PublishedAt": "2026-07-03T16:06:42.000Z",
      "State": "closed",
      "Comments": 2,
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      "Title": "Add `packages.lock.json` parser for NuGet/.NET projects",
      "Excerpt": "We support npm, pip/poetry/pipenv, Cargo, Go, RubyGems, and Dart — but not NuGet (.NET), a major ecosystem. Both OSV (`NuGet`) and deps.dev (`nuget`) support it.\n\n`packages.lock.json` is JSON: `dependencies` → per-target-framework map of `{ \"<name>\": { \"resolved\": \"<version>\" } }`.\n\n**Acceptance**\n- `parseNuGetLock()` added and dispatched for `packages.lock.json`, ecosystem `nuget`.\n- `nuget` present in `src/constants/ecosystems.ts` (`ECOSYSTEM_VALUES`).\n- Added to the supported-format strings i",
      "SourceUrl": "https://github.com/tiluckdave/hound-mcp/issues/94",
      "PublishedAt": "2026-07-03T16:06:40.000Z",
      "State": "closed",
      "Comments": 0,
      "Reporter": "Maintainer",
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      "Title": "Single source of truth for supported lockfile formats",
      "Excerpt": "The supported-lockfile list is duplicated across the dispatch in `src/parsers/index.ts` and the tool descriptions + \"unsupported format\" error strings in `src/tools/audit.ts` and `src/tools/license-check.ts`. They drift — several recent parser PRs added a parser but forgot to update the descriptions, so the tools advertised the wrong set.\n\n**Proposal:** derive the supported-format list from one exported constant/registry and build the descriptions + error messages from it.\n\n**Acceptance**\n- One ",
      "SourceUrl": "https://github.com/tiluckdave/hound-mcp/issues/93",
      "PublishedAt": "2026-07-03T16:06:38.000Z",
      "State": "open",
      "Comments": 0,
      "Reporter": "Maintainer",
      "Rank": "recent",
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      "Title": "Refactor: split `src/parsers/index.ts` into per-format modules",
      "Excerpt": "`src/parsers/index.ts` now holds ~10 lockfile parsers (package-lock, yarn, pnpm, requirements, Cargo, go.sum, Gemfile, pubspec, Pipfile, poetry) plus the `parseLockfile()` dispatch — all in one file. Every new parser PR piles into it, causing repeated merge conflicts.\n\n**Proposal:** move each parser into `src/parsers/<format>.ts` and keep `parseLockfile()` as a thin dispatcher (a small registry mapping basename → parser fn). No behaviour change.\n\n**Acceptance**\n- Each parser in its own file unde",
      "SourceUrl": "https://github.com/tiluckdave/hound-mcp/issues/92",
      "PublishedAt": "2026-07-03T16:06:36.000Z",
      "State": "open",
      "Comments": 1,
      "Reporter": "Maintainer",
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      "Title": "Improve error message when lockfile format is unrecognized",
      "Excerpt": "## Summary\n\nWhen a user provides an unsupported lockfile name, the error message should be more helpful by suggesting similar supported formats.\n\n## Current Behavior\n\n```\nUnsupported lockfile format: package.json\n\nSupported formats: package-lock.json, yarn.lock, pnpm-lock.yaml, requirements.txt, Cargo.lock, go.sum\n```\n\n## Desired Behavior\n\n```\nUnsupported lockfile format: package.json\n\nDid you mean: package-lock.json?\n\nSupported formats:\n  • package-lock.json (npm)\n  • yarn.lock (npm/Yarn)\n  • p",
      "SourceUrl": "https://github.com/tiluckdave/hound-mcp/issues/67",
      "PublishedAt": "2026-05-23T11:43:35.000Z",
      "State": "closed",
      "Comments": 3,
      "Reporter": "Maintainer",
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      "Title": "Add unit tests for `generateTypos()` function",
      "Excerpt": "## Summary\n\nAdd dedicated unit tests for the `generateTypos()` helper function in `src/tools/typosquat.ts`.\n\n## Why\n\nThe `generateTypos()` function is a critical piece of the typosquat detection logic, but it's only tested indirectly through the tool handler. Direct unit tests would:\n- Ensure each typo generation strategy works correctly\n- Make it easier to add new strategies with confidence\n- Improve code coverage\n\n## Current State\n\nThe existing tests in `tests/tools/typosquat.test.ts` mock the",
      "SourceUrl": "https://github.com/tiluckdave/hound-mcp/issues/64",
      "PublishedAt": "2026-05-23T11:43:05.000Z",
      "State": "closed",
      "Comments": 2,
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      "Title": "Add character substitution (leet-speak) to typosquat detection",
      "Excerpt": "## Summary\n\nEnhance the `hound_typosquat` tool to detect character substitution attacks (leet-speak), such as:\n- `l` → `1` (lodash → 1odash)\n- `o` → `0` (lodash → l0dash)\n- `e` → `3` (express → 3xpress)\n- `a` → `4` (axios → 4xios)\n- `s` → `5` (requests → reque5ts)\n\n## Why\n\nCharacter substitution is a common typosquatting technique that the current implementation doesn't detect. Attackers publish packages like `1odash` hoping developers mistype the package name.\n\n## Implementation\n\nEdit the `gene",
      "SourceUrl": "https://github.com/tiluckdave/hound-mcp/issues/63",
      "PublishedAt": "2026-05-23T11:42:56.000Z",
      "State": "closed",
      "Comments": 2,
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      "Title": "Add retry with exponential backoff to API clients",
      "Excerpt": "### What problem does this solve?\n\nBoth API clients make a single attempt and fail immediately. A transient 429 or 503 from deps.dev/OSV kills the whole tool response.\n\n\n\n### Proposed solution\n\nFailed requests retry up to 2 times with exponential backoff (100ms, 400ms). Retry-After headers are honored. Add tests with mocked failures.\n\n### Type of request\n\nPerformance improvement\n\n### Compatibility check\n\n- [x] This does not require an API key or account\n- [x] This does not require a paid service",
      "SourceUrl": "https://github.com/tiluckdave/hound-mcp/issues/43",
      "PublishedAt": "2026-03-18T08:30:48.000Z",
      "State": "closed",
      "Comments": 3,
      "Reporter": "Maintainer",
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      "Title": "Inconsistent default version fallback across tools",
      "Excerpt": "### What happened?\n\nhound_compare and hound_preinstall pick versions[versions.length - 1] (last), but hound_popular picks versions[0] (first). If the API changes sort order, one of these silently breaks.\n\n### What did you expect?\n\nA shared getDefaultVersion(versions) utility is used by all three tools. Add a unit test for the helper.\n\n### Steps to reproduce\n\nNA\n\n### Which tool?\n\nNot tool-specific / general\n\n### Node.js version\n\nNA\n\n### hound-mcp version\n\nNA\n\n### MCP client\n\nOther\n\n### Relevant l",
      "SourceUrl": "https://github.com/tiluckdave/hound-mcp/issues/42",
      "PublishedAt": "2026-03-18T08:29:27.000Z",
      "State": "closed",
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      "Title": "Add integration test that all 12 tools are registered",
      "Excerpt": "### What problem does this solve?\n\nIf someone creates a tool but forgets to call register() in server.ts, it silently doesn't exist. No test catches this.\n\n### Proposed solution\n\nCreate tests/server.test.ts\nTest creates a server via createServer(), lists registered tools, and asserts all 12 expected tool names are present.\n\n### Type of request\n\nOther\n\n### Compatibility check\n\n- [x] This does not require an API key or account\n- [x] This does not require a paid service",
      "SourceUrl": "https://github.com/tiluckdave/hound-mcp/issues/41",
      "PublishedAt": "2026-03-18T08:28:02.000Z",
      "State": "closed",
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      "Title": "Add `Gemfile.lock` parser",
      "Excerpt": "### What problem does this solve?\n\nrubygems is listed as a supported ecosystem, but there's no lockfile parser for it. hound_audit can't scan Ruby projects.\n\n### Proposed solution\n\nparseLockfile(\"Gemfile.lock\", content) returns parsed deps with ecosystem: \"rubygems\". Add tests.\n\n### Type of request\n\nNew lockfile parser\n\n### Compatibility check\n\n- [x] This does not require an API key or account\n- [x] This does not require a paid service",
      "SourceUrl": "https://github.com/tiluckdave/hound-mcp/issues/40",
      "PublishedAt": "2026-03-18T08:26:39.000Z",
      "State": "closed",
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