Grades are a hygiene check, not a security guarantee.

MCP, MCP server

DispatchSEO

Connect a website's repo to a DispatchSEO backend and install its content pipeline.

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 318a45dea838.

INSTALL_REMOTE_SCRIPT

Why this grade

  • INSTALL_REMOTE_SCRIPT High

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

    start.sh, line 134 echo " curl -fsSL https://dispatchseo.com/install.sh | sh"

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What was checked

Plain notes from the hygiene checks.

  • Permissions

    Pass

    No shell or command call was found in the code. This check does not read permissions an entry declares. A permission line to run shell commands was found in this repository, and it may apply to this entry.

  • Install and update

    Serious

    install fetches a script from the network. The docs document an installer that pipes a download into a shell.

    INSTALL_REMOTE_SCRIPT INSTALL_DOCUMENTED_INSTALLER

    start.sh, line 134

    echo " curl -fsSL https://dispatchseo.com/install.sh | sh"

    public/install.sh, line 4

    # curl -fsSL https://dispatchseo.com/install.sh | sh

    public/install.sh, line 23

    curl -fsSL https://get.docker.com | sh

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    public/setup.sh, line 4

    # curl -fsSL https://dispatchseo.com/setup.sh | bash -s -- <project-key> <slug> [backend-url] [bundled] [agent]

    public/setup.sh, line 70

    cursor) die "Cursor's CLI isn't installed. Install it first (curl https://cursor.com/install -fsS | bash), make sure ~/.local/bin is on your PATH, then rerun." ;;

    src/proxy.ts, line 26

    // The self-host one-liner: curl -fsSL https://dispatchseo.com/install.sh | sh

    .github/workflows/cursor-canary.yml, line 63

    curl https://cursor.com/install -fsS | bash

    src/lib/mcp-connect.ts, line 279

    return `curl -fsSL ${origin}/setup.sh | bash -s -- ${token} ${slug} ${origin} ${bundled ? "1" : "0"}${suffix}`;

    src/content/docs/docker-compose.mdx, line 26

    curl -fsSL https://get.docker.com | sh

    src/content/docs/install-claude-code.mdx, line 58

    curl -fsSL https://claude.ai/install.sh | bash

    src/content/docs/install-cursor.mdx, line 54

    curl https://cursor.com/install -fsS | bash

    src/content/docs/vps.mdx, line 34

    curl -fsSL https://dispatchseo.com/install.sh | sh

  • Network

    Concern

    can reach a host that is not written as a fixed address. can reach api.openai.com. The description does not name that host. can reach api.github.com.

    NETWORK_NO_FIXED_HOST NETWORK_UNNAMED_HOST NETWORK_NAMED_HOST

    start.sh, line 147

    # "Connection refused" (curl exit 7) is the free signal - anything that

    start.sh, line 155

    if command -v curl >/dev/null 2>&1; then

    cli/dispatchseo.mjs, line 76

    res = await fetch(`${base}/api/mcp`, {

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    docker/builder/run.sh, line 40

    resp=$(curl -sG --max-time 30 -w '\n%{http_code}' -H "Authorization: Bearer ${CRON_SECRET}" \

    docker/builder/run.sh, line 52

    resp=$(curl -sG --max-time 30 -w '\n%{http_code}' -H "Authorization: Bearer ${CRON_SECRET}" \

    docker/builder/run.sh, line 57

    resp=$(curl -sG --max-time 30 -w '\n%{http_code}' -H "Authorization: Bearer ${CRON_SECRET}" \

    docker/builder/run.sh, line 306

    code=$(curl -s -o /dev/null -w "%{http_code}" --max-time 30 -X POST "$APP/api/mcp" \

    docker/builder/run.sh, line 459

    pcode=$(curl -s --max-time 30 -o /tmp/probe.json -w "%{http_code}" https://api.openai.com/v1/responses \

  • Secrets

    Concern

    reads a credential or environment file.

    SECRETS_ENV_READ SECRETS_PATH_DOTENV

    next.config.ts, line 103

    authToken: process.env.SENTRY_AUTH_TOKEN,

    start.sh, line 83

    echo "CRON_SECRET=$SECRET" >> .env

    cli/dispatchseo.mjs, line 65

    const token = process.env.DISPATCHSEO_TOKEN;

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    public/setup.sh, line 141

    c.mcpServers[process.env.CURSOR_NAME]={url:process.env.CURSOR_URL,headers:{Authorization:"Bearer "+process.env.CURSOR_TOKEN}};

    scripts/backfill-conventions.mjs, line 11

    const token = process.env.MCP_API_KEY;

    scripts/backfill-launch-dates.mjs, line 14

    const key = process.env.SUPABASE_SERVICE_ROLE_KEY;

    scripts/gate-test.mjs, line 9

    const password = process.env.DATAFORSEO_PASSWORD;

    scripts/keyword-ideas-test.mjs, line 27

    const token = process.env.MCP_API_KEY;

    scripts/mcp-install-test.mjs, line 7

    const token = process.env.MCP_API_KEY;

    CLAUDE.md, line 26

    # one-off maintenance scripts (require .env.local loaded), e.g.:

    start.sh, line 7

    # What it does: creates .env from the example on first run, generates the

    start.sh, line 63

    [ -f .env ] || cp .env.docker.example .env

    start.sh, line 65

    # Notepad (and friends) save CRLF, and docker compose reads .env raw - a \r

    start.sh, line 69

    if grep -q "$(printf '\r')" .env 2>/dev/null; then

    start.sh, line 70

    tr -d '\r' < .env > .env.crlf-fix && mv .env.crlf-fix .env

    start.sh, line 76

    if ! grep -q '^CRON_SECRET=..*' .env; then

  • 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. the file cap was reached before every file was read.

    OBFUSCATION_FILE_OVER_READ_CAP OBFUSCATION_FILE_CAP_REACHED

    src/app/api/[transport]/route.ts, line 1

    import { createMcpHandler } from "mcp-handler";

    src/components/wordpress-connect.tsx, line 1

    "use client";

  • 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 318a45dea838. install fetches a script from the network. can reach a host that is not written as a fixed address. can reach api.openai.com. The description does not name that host. can reach api.github.com. reads a credential or environment file. a file was over the read cap and was not fully read. the file cap was reached before every file was read.

Date and source

Date checked:

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github.com

Commit graded: 318a45dea838df4b4f1b9c57639c8cb164c7c4ba

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