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MCP, MCP server

Ai Research Assistant

A production-oriented AI research assistant that discovers academic papers, validates and reads open-access PDFs, builds a session-isolated RAG corpus, and generates citation-checked research PDFs.

Compatibility: Not stated.

Grade C

One Medium finding. Read the report before installing.

Graded by PlugVetRubric v2

Not a guarantee. A hygiene check of the source at the commit shown, not a security audit.

NETWORK_HOST_FROM_INPUT

Why this grade

  • NETWORK_HOST_FROM_INPUT Medium

    A file takes a URL or endpoint as input and has no fixed host list.

    src/reliability.py, line 136 response = requests.request(method, url, **kwargs)

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What was checked

Plain notes from the hygiene checks.

  • Permissions

    Note

    requests shell access. The manifest names this permission.

    PERMISSION_SHELL_DECLARED

    src/tools/write_pdf.py, line 243

    result = subprocess.run(

    src/tools/write_pdf.py, line 260

    result = subprocess.run(

  • Install and update

    Pass

    No install-time script found, and dependencies are pinned or absent.

  • Network

    Serious

    accepts a host from input, with no fixed list in this file.

    NETWORK_HOST_FROM_INPUT

    src/reliability.py, line 136

    response = requests.request(method, url, **kwargs)

    Dockerfile, line 74

    CMD ["python", "-c", "import urllib.request; urllib.request.urlopen('http://127.0.0.1:8501/_stcore/health', timeout=3).read()"]

    compose.yaml, line 44

    - "import urllib.request; urllib.request.urlopen('http://127.0.0.1:8501/_stcore/health', timeout=3).read()"

  • Secrets

    Concern

    reads a credential or environment file.

    SECRETS_PATH_DOTENV

    src/config.py, line 14

    env_file=".env",

    .dockerignore, line 3

    .venv

    .dockerignore, line 4

    .env

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    .dockerignore, line 6

    !.env.example

    .gitignore, line 18

    # Local secrets and environment overrides

    .gitignore, line 19

    .env

    .gitignore, line 21

    !.env.example

    README.md, line 174

    ├── .env.example

  • Agent instructions

    Pass

    No instruction to ignore earlier instructions or to hide a step.

  • Obfuscation

    Note

    a file was over the read cap and was not fully read.

    OBFUSCATION_FILE_OVER_READ_CAP

    uv.lock, line 1

    version = 1

  • Licence

    Note

    no licence file found.

    LICENCE_MISSING

    No file path was stored.

    no licence file found.

  • Maintainer activity

    Pass

    The latest commit is within the last 365 days.

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Note

Hygiene check of commit 13d353539cac. requests shell access. The manifest names this permission. accepts a host from input, with no fixed list in this file. reads a credential or environment file. a file was over the read cap and was not fully read. no licence file found.

Date and source

Date checked:

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github.com

Commit graded: 13d353539cac19eb7347532da6ecaffa85f10ded

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