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ai.smithery/ref-tools-ref-tools-mcp
Provide your AI coding tools with token-efficient access to up-to-date technical documentation for…
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Grade B
Minor issues only, no Medium or High. Worth a quick look at the findings below before installing.
Not a guarantee. A hygiene check of the source at the commit shown, not a security audit.
Rescanned at commit f5feb829cc7b, unchanged since the check below.
NETWORK_NO_FIXED_HOST SECRETS_PATH_DOTENV SECRETS_ENV_READ
Why this grade
- NETWORK_NO_FIXED_HOST Low
Makes a network call whose host is not written as a fixed address.
index.ts, line 279
const response = await axios.get(url, { - SECRETS_PATH_DOTENV Low
Mentions a .env file.
.mcpbignore, line 28
.env - SECRETS_ENV_READ Note
Reads an environment variable whose name contains KEY, SECRET, TOKEN, PASSWORD or CREDENTIAL.
index.ts, line 230
return process.env.REF_ALPHA || process.env.REF_API_KEY || currentApiKey
Any High, or two or more Medium findings, give D. One Medium gives C. Low findings or a security Note give B. Each code names a finding behind the letter.
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What was checked
Plain notes from the hygiene checks.
Permissions
Pass
No shell or command execution found, and no extra permission was declared.
Install and update
Pass
No install-time script found, and dependencies are pinned or absent.
Network
Concern
can reach a host that is not written as a fixed address.
NETWORK_NO_FIXED_HOST
index.ts, line 279
const response = await axios.get(url, {
index.ts, line 351
const response = await axios.get(readUrl, {
README.md, line 43
When reading a page of documentation, Ref will use the agent's session search history to dropout less relevant sections and return the most relevant 5k tokens. This helps Ref avoid
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README.md, line 112
ref_read_url(url) -> fetch(id)
Secrets
Concern
reads a credential or environment file.
SECRETS_ENV_READ SECRETS_PATH_DOTENV
index.ts, line 230
return process.env.REF_ALPHA || process.env.REF_API_KEY || currentApiKey
index.ts, line 238
(currentApiKey && !process.env.REF_API_KEY ? currentApiKey : undefined),
.mcpbignore, line 28
.env
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index.ts, line 240
process.env.REF_API_KEY ||
.mcpbignore, line 27
*.mcpb
Agent instructions
Pass
No instruction to ignore earlier instructions or to hide a step.
Obfuscation
Pass
No encoded or minified payload found.
Licence
Pass
A licence file is present (LICENSE).
Maintainer activity
Pass
The latest commit is within the last 365 days.
Note
Hygiene check of commit f5feb829cc7b. can reach a host that is not written as a fixed address. reads a credential or environment file.
Date and source
Date checked:
github.com
Commit graded: f5feb829cc7bdd18fb9b276c27e3f391b2c4132c
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