Grades are a hygiene check, not a security guarantee.

MCP, MCP server

Artsdata

Search Artsdata for authoritative data on Canadian events, artists, organizations, and places.

Compatibility: Not stated.

Grade D

Two or more Medium findings, or a High finding. Only try it in a sandbox.

Graded by PlugVetRubric v2

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

Rescanned at commit 8ac39706e5c0, unchanged since the check below.

INSTALL_REMOTE_SCRIPT NETWORK_HOST_FROM_INPUT

Why this grade

  • INSTALL_REMOTE_SCRIPT Medium

    Fetches a script from the network and runs it (a pipe to a shell, or an install hook with a URL).

    .github/workflows/deploy-to-heroku.yml, line 24 run: curl https://cli-assets.heroku.com/install.sh | sh

  • NETWORK_HOST_FROM_INPUT Medium

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

    app/services/artsdata_client.rb, line 28 reconciliation_endpoint: ENV.fetch("ARTSDATA_RECONCILIATION_ENDPOINT")

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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

    Serious

    install fetches a script from the network.

    INSTALL_REMOTE_SCRIPT

    .github/workflows/deploy-to-heroku.yml, line 24

    run: curl https://cli-assets.heroku.com/install.sh | sh

  • Network

    Serious

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

    NETWORK_HOST_FROM_INPUT

    app/services/artsdata_client.rb, line 28

    reconciliation_endpoint: ENV.fetch("ARTSDATA_RECONCILIATION_ENDPOINT")

    app/services/artsdata_client.rb, line 54

    format_search_results(body.fetch("results", []))

    app/services/artsdata_client.rb, line 69

    name_prop.fetch("values", []).filter_map { |v| v["str"] }.find(&:present?)

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    app/services/artsdata_client.rb, line 110

    values_for = ->(ids) { ids.map { |id| props[id] }.compact.first&.first&.fetch("values", nil) }

    app/services/artsdata_client.rb, line 201

    format_get_entity_results(body.fetch("rows", []))

    app/services/artsdata_client.rb, line 268

    http.request(request)

    app/services/artsdata_client.rb, line 280

    candidates = rows.flat_map { |row| row.fetch("candidates", []) }

    app/services/artsdata_schema.rb, line 63

    Integer(ENV.fetch(CACHE_TTL_ENV, DEFAULT_CACHE_TTL_SECONDS))

    lib/mcp_analytics/ga4_client.rb, line 64

    response = http.request(request)

    lib/mcp_analytics/ga4_client.rb, line 86

    messages = JSON.parse(http.request(request).body.to_s)["validationMessages"]

  • Secrets

    Concern

    reads a credential or environment file.

    SECRETS_PATH_DOTENV

    lib/mcp_analytics/configuration.rb, line 11

    # The measurement id is not a secret and may live in env/*.env.

    .dockerignore, line 10

    /.env*

    .dockerignore, line 11

    !/.env*.erb

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    .gitignore, line 17

    /.env*

    .gitignore, line 18

    !/.env.example

    README.md, line 92

    config var, never in `env/*.env`, which is committed.**

  • Agent instructions

    Pass

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

  • Obfuscation

    Pass

    No encoded or minified payload found.

  • 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.

Note

Hygiene check of commit 8ac39706e5c0. install fetches a script from the network. accepts a host from input, with no fixed list in this file. reads a credential or environment file. no licence file found.

Date and source

Date checked:

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Commit graded: 8ac39706e5c0717d2cd7de05da50cfe13059e952

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