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See what an agent can do with Snyk before you ever sign up. Pick a story: recorded sessions replay real probe-harness transcripts; sandboxed self-drive sessions are designed and gated (docs/TRY-IT.md).

$snyk --versionrecorded session — replayed, not live
recorded 2026-09-04 · exit 0 · captured verbatim by our probe harness, secrets redacted

Verified integrations

Connections to other tracked products — hover a chip for the verbatim evidence quote behind it.

By theme — the product's score on each story themeBy theme

Agenticness — how well agents can access and operate the productAgenticnessevidence →

How well agents can access and operate the product

35.7/100

Automation depth — how much of the product can run unattendedAutomation depthevidence →

How much of the product can run unattended

26.5/100

Ci precommit — stories about ci precommit in this arenaCi precommitevidence →

Stories about ci precommit in this arena

33.7/100

Container scanning — stories about container scanning in this arenaContainer scanningevidence →

Stories about container scanning in this arena

74.0/100

Coverage accuracy — stories about coverage accuracy in this arenaCoverage accuracyevidence →

Stories about coverage accuracy in this arena

35.0/100

Dependency sca — stories about dependency sca in this arenaDependency scaevidence →

Stories about dependency sca in this arena

48.9/100

Openness — open source, data portability, and self-hosting storiesOpennessevidence →

Open source, data portability, and self-hosting stories

0.0/100

Privacy posture — data-handling and privacy storiesPrivacy postureevidence →

Data-handling and privacy stories

0.0/100

Sast rules — stories about sast rules in this arenaSast rulesevidence →

Stories about sast rules in this arena

43.3/100

Secret detection — stories about secret detection in this arenaSecret detectionevidence →

Stories about secret detection in this arena

0.0/100

Supply chain sbom — stories about supply chain sbom in this arenaSupply chain sbomevidence →

Stories about supply chain sbom in this arena

12.0/100

Triage noise — stories about triage noise in this arenaTriage noiseevidence →

Stories about triage noise in this arena

31.5/100

Story verdicts — every judged story with its evidenceStory verdicts

What’s free: 1 free · 0 paid · 0 enterprise · 25 not stated in evidence

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Sorted by importance (agentic first) (high → low) · 55/55 stories · click a row’s chevron for the rationale and evidence

Connect an agent via an official MCP server G

Agent access

ai-native userAgenticness — how well agents can access and operate the productAgenticness3full8/10T

Delegate tasks to a built-in AI assistant inside the product G

Agentic features

ai-native userAgenticness — how well agents can access and operate the productAgenticness3full7/10T

Drive the product through a documented public API G

Agent access

ai-native userAgenticness — how well agents can access and operate the productAgenticness3none0/10

Plug MCP servers into this product so it can use their tools G

Agent access

ai-native userAgenticness — how well agents can access and operate the productAgenticness3none0/10

Use an official CLI G

Agent access

ai-native userAgenticness — how well agents can access and operate the productAgenticness2full9/10T

Operate the product with natural-language commands G

Agentic features

ai-native userAgenticness — how well agents can access and operate the productAgenticness2full8/10T

Point an agent at llms.txt or agent-oriented docs G

Agent access

ai-native userAgenticness — how well agents can access and operate the productAgenticness2full8/10T

Run the product headlessly / in CI for automation G

Agent access

ai-native userAgenticness — how well agents can access and operate the productAgenticness2full8/10C

Get AI-generated insights and suggestions from my data inside the product G

Agentic features

ai-native userAgenticness — how well agents can access and operate the productAgenticness2full7/10T

Set up automations that run autonomously in the background G

Agentic features

ai-native userAgenticness — how well agents can access and operate the productAgenticness2partial6/10X

Build against official SDKs G

Agent access

ai-native userAgenticness — how well agents can access and operate the productAgenticness2none0/10

Download a machine-readable API spec (OpenAPI or equivalent) G

Api quality

ai-native userAgenticness — how well agents can access and operate the productAgenticness2none0/10

Explore an interactive API reference with runnable examples G

Api quality

ai-native userAgenticness — how well agents can access and operate the productAgenticness2none0/10

Issue scoped/least-privilege API credentials for an agent G

Agent access

ai-native userAgenticness — how well agents can access and operate the productAgenticness2none0/10

Rely on versioned APIs with a documented deprecation policy G

Api quality

ai-native userAgenticness — how well agents can access and operate the productAgenticness2none0/10

Subscribe to events via webhooks G

Agent access

ai-native userAgenticness — how well agents can access and operate the productAgenticness2noneuntestednone yet

Test against a sandbox environment without touching production data G

Api quality

ai-native userAgenticness — how well agents can access and operate the productAgenticness1noneuntestednone yet

Run static analysis that finds vulnerability classes like injection and XSS in my source code C

Code analysis

developerSast rules — stories about sast rules in this arenaSast rules3full8/10C

Scan my dependency manifests and lockfiles for packages with known vulnerabilities C

Sca scanning

developerDependency sca — stories about dependency sca in this arenaDependency sca3fullfree8/10T

Scan container images for OS-package and application-layer vulnerabilities before deploying them C

Containers

devops-leadContainer scanning — stories about container scanning in this arenaContainer scanning3full7/10X

Run scans in CI on every pull request and fail the build on new findings via exit codes C

Ci gates

devops-leadCi precommit — stories about ci precommit in this arenaCi precommit3partial6/10T

Baseline or ignore existing and false-positive findings so only new issues alert C

Fp management

security-engineerTriage noise — stories about triage noise in this arenaTriage noise3partial5/10C

Have an agent run a scan headlessly via the CLI, parse machine-readable results, and file issues for real findings G

Agent scanning

ai-native userCi precommit — stories about ci precommit in this arenaCi precommit3partial5/10T

Use AI to triage findings — explaining them, deduplicating, and flagging likely false positives C

Ai triage

ai-native userTriage noise — stories about triage noise in this arenaTriage noise3partial5/10X

Define rules that trigger actions automatically on events G

ai-native userAutomation depth — how much of the product can run unattendedAutomation depth3partial4/10X

Export all of my data in open formats and leave G

ai-native userOpenness — open source, data portability, and self-hosting storiesOpenness3none0/10

Prevent my data from being used to train AI models G

ai-native userPrivacy posture — data-handling and privacy storiesPrivacy posture3none0/10

Run the scanner as a pre-commit hook so secrets and issues never enter my git history C

Pre commit

developerCi precommit — stories about ci precommit in this arenaCi precommit3none0/10

Scan a repository and its full git history for hardcoded secrets and credentials C

Secret scanning

developerSecret detection — stories about secret detection in this arenaSecret detection3none0/10

Self-host the core product G

ai-native userOpenness — open source, data portability, and self-hosting storiesOpenness3none0/10

Wire the scanner into my coding agent so AI-generated code is scanned for issues before it lands C

Agent scanning

ai-native userCi precommit — stories about ci precommit in this arenaCi precommit2full9/10T

Scan Terraform, Kubernetes, and other IaC files for security misconfigurations C

Iac misconfig

devops-leadContainer scanning — stories about container scanning in this arenaContainer scanning2full8/10C

Detect taint-style vulnerabilities that flow across files and function boundaries C

Code analysis

security-engineerSast rules — stories about sast rules in this arenaSast rules2full7/10C

Perform bulk operations across many items at once G

ai-native userAutomation depth — how much of the product can run unattendedAutomation depth2full7/10X

Scan projects across all the major languages and package ecosystems my organization uses C

Coverage

developerCoverage accuracy — stories about coverage accuracy in this arenaCoverage accuracy2full7/10X

Apply suggested or automatic code fixes for findings instead of only reading reports C

Fix suggestions

developerSast rules — stories about sast rules in this arenaSast rules2disputed6/10D

Filter and gate on findings by severity or confidence so low-value noise does not block builds C

Fp management

developerTriage noise — stories about triage noise in this arenaTriage noise2partial6/10C

Prioritize dependency alerts by whether the vulnerable code is actually reachable from my code C

Sca scanning

security-engineerDependency sca — stories about dependency sca in this arenaDependency sca2partial6/10C

Get concrete upgrade paths or automated fix pull requests that remediate vulnerable dependencies C

Dependency fixes

developerDependency sca — stories about dependency sca in this arenaDependency sca2disputed5/10D

See scan findings surfaced as pull-request comments or checks in GitHub or GitLab C

Ci gates

developerCi precommit — stories about ci precommit in this arenaCi precommit2partial5/10C

Have AI draft remediation pull requests for security findings that I review and merge C

Ai remediation

ai-native userSast rules — stories about sast rules in this arenaSast rules2disputed4/10D

Write custom static-analysis rules in a simple syntax and share them across repositories C

Custom rules

security-engineerSast rules — stories about sast rules in this arenaSast rules2partial3/10C

Control data retention and deletion G

ai-native userPrivacy posture — data-handling and privacy storiesPrivacy posture2none0/10

Do everything through the API that I can do in the UI G

ai-native userOpenness — open source, data portability, and self-hosting storiesOpenness2none0/10

Emit scan results in machine-readable formats like JSON or SARIF for downstream tooling C

Output formats

developerCoverage accuracy — stories about coverage accuracy in this arenaCoverage accuracy2none0/10

Read the product's source under an open license G

ai-native userOpenness — open source, data portability, and self-hosting storiesOpenness2none0/10

Choose where my data is stored (region/residency) G

ai-native userPrivacy posture — data-handling and privacy storiesPrivacy posture2noneuntestednone yet

Define custom detection rules for my organization's internal token and secret formats C

Custom detection

security-engineerSecret detection — stories about secret detection in this arenaSecret detection2noneuntestednone yet

Generate a software bill of materials (SPDX or CycloneDX) for my project or image C

Sbom

security-engineerSupply chain sbom — stories about supply chain sbom in this arenaSupply chain sbom2noneuntestednone yet

Have detected secrets verified against the issuing service so I know which ones are live C

Secret scanning

security-engineerSecret detection — stories about secret detection in this arenaSecret detection2noneuntestednone yet

Opt out of telemetry and usage tracking G

ai-native userPrivacy posture — data-handling and privacy storiesPrivacy posture2noneuntestednone yet

Scan non-git sources like S3 buckets, Docker images, and CI logs for leaked secrets C

Secret scanning

security-engineerSecret detection — stories about secret detection in this arenaSecret detection2noneuntestednone yet

Schedule recurring jobs or workflows G

ai-native userAutomation depth — how much of the product can run unattendedAutomation depth2noneuntestednone yet

Detect the licenses of my dependencies and enforce a license policy in scans C

Licenses

devops-leadSupply chain sbom — stories about supply chain sbom in this arenaSupply chain sbom1partial6/10C

Version, review, and roll back my automations G

ai-native userAutomation depth — how much of the product can run unattendedAutomation depth1noneuntestednone yet

Opportunities — the stories that would move this product's scores, from its own judged verdictsOpportunitiestop 8 of 37 stories with headroom

What would move Snyk’s scores — derived from its own judged verdicts, biggest headroom first. Each line quotes what the judge found missing; shipping it (or evidencing it publicly) is the fix.

  1. Agenticness — how well agents can access and operate the productPlug MCP servers into this product so it can use their tools

    nonemoves agent-readyimpact 45

    All MCP-related evidence describes Snyk shipping its own local MCP server (snyk-docs-28, snyk-probe-3, snyk-probe-6) so other agents/IDEs can call Snyk's tools — this is Snyk acting as an MCP tool provider, not as a client that plugs in external MCP servers to use their tools.

  2. Agenticness — how well agents can access and operate the productDrive the product through a documented public API

    nonemoves agent-readyimpact 45

    The evidence pack shows CLI and MCP-server access but no documented public REST/GraphQL API; a direct probe for OpenAPI/swagger specs on docs.snyk.io returned 404 for all candidate paths, indicating no discoverable public API documentation.

  3. Secret detection — stories about secret detection in this arenaScan a repository and its full git history for hardcoded secrets and credentials

    nonemoves PA Scoreimpact 30

    The evidence pack covers Snyk Open Source (dependency vulnerabilities), Snyk Code (SAST), Snyk Container, and Snyk IaC, but contains no mention of secret/credential detection or git-history scanning for hardcoded secrets.

  4. Openness — open source, data portability, and self-hosting storiesExport all of my data in open formats and leave

    nonemoves PA Scoreimpact 30

    Evidence shows Snyk can export individual issues to Jira and CLI scan reports print to terminal, but there is no documentation of a comprehensive data export feature (projects, scan history, findings) in open/portable formats, nor any account-deletion/data-portability guidance for users wanting to leave the platform.

  5. Openness — open source, data portability, and self-hosting storiesSelf-host the core product

    nonemoves PA Scoreimpact 30

    No evidence anywhere in the pack of a self-hosted/on-prem deployment option for Snyk's core scanning platform; instead, hands-on probe evidence shows the opposite — `snyk test` fails with a 401 Authentication error unless connected to Snyk's cloud, and the CLI/MCP server function as clients to a hosted backend, with only a 'Broker' for connecting on-prem SCM to Snyk's cloud (not a self-hosted core).

  6. Ci precommit — stories about ci precommit in this arenaRun the scanner as a pre-commit hook so secrets and issues never enter my git history

    nonemoves PA Scoreimpact 30

    Missing: any documentation of a pre-commit hook workflow, and any secrets-detection capability.

  7. Privacy posture — data-handling and privacy storiesPrevent my data from being used to train AI models

    nonemoves PA Scoreimpact 30

    The evidence pack contains no documentation of an opt-out or data-usage policy specifically preventing customer code/data from being used to train Snyk's AI models (DeepCode AI, Remediation Agent, MCP-based agents).

  8. Agenticness — how well agents can access and operate the productIssue scoped/least-privilege API credentials for an agent

    nonemoves agent-readyimpact 30

    Missing: any documentation of scoped API tokens, role/permission-limited credentials, or agent-specific least-privilege auth mechanisms.

Showing the top 8 of 37 — every none/partial verdict in the story verdicts table is headroom.

Think a verdict is wrong? Every verdicts-table row has a Flag link — see the methodology.

Coverage map — which docs area, API section, or community source covers which judged storiesCoverage map11 surfaces · 29 covered stories

Where the cited evidence behind each covered verdict came from — the same citations the verdicts table shows, no extra judging.

Scan fix and prevent docs25 stories

Probe proofs — replayable recordings from the probe harnessProbe proofs

Replayable recordings from our probe harness — see the Prove-It protocol to submit one.

$snyk --versionreproduced
$ snyk --version
1.1307.0
proves: Use an official CLIrecorded 2026-09-04
$echo '<jsonrpc initialize>' | snyk mcp -t stdioreproduced
$ echo '<jsonrpc initialize>' | snyk mcp -t stdio
{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"result":{"protocolVersion":"2025-03-26","capabilities":{"logging":{},"prompts":{"listChanged":true},"resources":{"subscribe":true,"listChanged":true},"tools":{"listChanged":true}},"serverInfo":{"name":"Snyk MCP Server","version":"1.1307.0"}}}

Claims vs evidence — vendor claims reconciled against independent verdictsClaims vs evidence

7 of 20 testable claims verified · 4 contradictedintegrity 0/100

34 distinct capability claims found in Snyk’s own claimed-docs/GitHub materials, reconciled against our judge’s independent verdicts.

7

Verified

9

Unverified

4

Contradicted

10

Undersold

Verified (13)
Unverified (15)
Contradicted (7)
Undersold (10)
Claims outside our story set (5)

Real capability claims found in Snyk’s own materials, but no story in this arena’s taxonomy covers them yet — that’s feedback on the taxonomy, not a mark against the product.

  • Tracks and exports issues to Jira projects

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  • Detects manually created (drifted) resources in cloud environments

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  • Free tier available for AI code security tools without credit card

    source ↗
  • Scans and prioritizes/fixes vulnerabilities across code, open-source deps, containers, and cloud configs in one product

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  • Includes policy management capability

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Business model

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Free plan with monthly test limits; Team plans are priced per contributing developer per month; Enterprise is custom with SSO, reporting, and governance features.

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Score trend

How this product’s scores have moved as evidence and verdicts are re-derived — a point per change, not per day.

PA Score24 (Sep 4 '26)24 (Sep 14 '26)
Agent-ready39 (Sep 4 '26)35 (Sep 14 '26)

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Data

⚿ auth1 auth-gated probe

Agent surface uptime llms.txt 100% (30d, checked every 6h since Sep 8 '26)