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Grade B

Minor issues only, no Medium or High. Worth a quick look at the findings below before installing.

Graded by PlugVetRubric v2

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

NETWORK_NO_FIXED_HOST SECRETS_PATH_DOTENV SECRETS_ENV_READ OBFUSCATION_FILE_OVER_READ_CAP

Why this grade

  • NETWORK_NO_FIXED_HOST Low

    Makes a network call whose host is not written as a fixed address.

    report.md, line 214 response = requests.post(endpoint, headers=headers, data=json.dumps(data), stream=False) #Consider Streaming

  • SECRETS_PATH_DOTENV Low

    Mentions a .env file.

    src/mcp-server.ts, line 16 // Load environment variables from .env.local

  • SECRETS_ENV_READ Note

    Reads an environment variable whose name contains KEY, SECRET, TOKEN, PASSWORD or CREDENTIAL.

    .cursorrules, line 204 apiKey: process.env.GEMINI_API_KEY,

  • OBFUSCATION_FILE_OVER_READ_CAP Note

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

    package-lock.json, line 1 {

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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

    report.md, line 214

    response = requests.post(endpoint, headers=headers, data=json.dumps(data), stream=False) #Consider Streaming

  • Secrets

    Concern

    reads a credential or environment file.

    SECRETS_ENV_READ SECRETS_PATH_DOTENV

    .cursorrules, line 204

    apiKey: process.env.GEMINI_API_KEY,

    .cursorrules, line 263

    const genAI = new GoogleGenerativeAI(process.env.GEMINI_API_KEY);

    src/mcp-server.ts, line 16

    // Load environment variables from .env.local

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    .cursorrules, line 302

    const serpApiClient = new SerpApi.GoogleSearch(process.env.SERPAPI_API_KEY);

    .cursorrules, line 306

    api_key: process.env.SERPAPI_API_KEY,

    src/mcp-server.ts, line 17

    config({ path: resolve(__dirname, '../.env.local') });

    src/mcp-server.ts, line 21

    hasGeminiKey: !!process.env.GEMINI_API_KEY,

    src/ai/providers.ts, line 17

    const API_KEY = process.env.GEMINI_API_KEY;

    src/ai/providers.ts, line 28

    const MAX_TOKENS = clampNumber(parseInt(process.env.GEMINI_MAX_OUTPUT_TOKENS || '65536', 10), 1024, 65000);

    src/ai/providers.ts, line 33

    const THINKING_BUDGET_TOKENS = clampNumber(parseInt(process.env.THINKING_BUDGET_TOKENS || '1500', 10), 0, 8000);

    .cursorrules, line 99

    @requirement(type: "env-variable", name: "GEMINI_API_KEY", location: ".env.local", description: "`GEMINI_API_KEY` environment variable in `.env.local` file: **Must be set to your

    .cursorrules, line 100

    @requirement(type: "env-variable", name: "FIRECRAWL_API_KEY", location: ".env.local", description: "`FIRECRAWL_API_KEY` environment variable in `.env.local` file: **Must be set to

    .cursorrules, line 101

    @requirement(type: "env-variable", name: "FIRECRAWL_BASE_URL", location: ".env.local (optional)", description: "`FIRECRAWL_BASE_URL` environment variable (optional) in `.env.local`

    .cursorrules, line 103

    @note: "**API Key Management:** Storing API keys as environment variables in `.env.local` is a best practice for security and configuration management. **Never commit your `.env.l

    .cursorrules, line 104

    @example(title: "Example .env.local file:", content: "```env\nGEMINI_API_KEY=YOUR_GEMINI_API_KEY_HERE\nFIRECRAWL_API_KEY=YOUR_FIRECRAWL_API_KEY_HERE\n# FIRECRAWL_BASE_URL=http://lo

    .cursorrules, line 111

    @setup-step(stepNumber: 3, description: "**Configure API Keys in `.env.local`:** Create a file named `.env.local` in the project root directory. Open `.env.local` in a text editor

  • 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

    package-lock.json, line 1

    {

  • Licence

    Pass

    A licence file is present (LICENSE).

  • Maintainer activity

    Note

    the latest commit is more than 365 days old.

    MAINTAINER_STALE

    No file path was stored.

    2025-08-12T03:35:01-04:00

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Note

Hygiene check of commit 3b9d7171eaa0. can reach a host that is not written as a fixed address. reads a credential or environment file. a file was over the read cap and was not fully read. the latest commit is more than 365 days old.

Date and source

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Commit graded: 3b9d7171eaa0ecda735bb28943f750401c5d7e72

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