Grades are a hygiene check, not a security guarantee.

MCP, MCP server

io.github.CKBrennan/overtone-news-mcp

Overtone intelligence toolkit.

Compatibility: Not stated.

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.

Rescanned at commit dfe037c77f1c, unchanged since the check below.

NETWORK_NO_FIXED_HOST SECRETS_PATH_DOTENV INSTALL_DOCUMENTED_INSTALLER SECRETS_ENV_READ

Why this grade

  • NETWORK_NO_FIXED_HOST Low

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

    scripts/news.sh, line 26 REG_RESPONSE=$(curl -s --max-time 15 \

  • SECRETS_PATH_DOTENV Low

    Mentions a .env file.

    .gitignore, line 19 .env

  • INSTALL_DOCUMENTED_INSTALLER Note

    Documentation shows an installer that pipes a download into a shell.

    README.md, line 54 curl -LsSf https://astral.sh/uv/install.sh | sh

  • SECRETS_ENV_READ Note

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

    src/overtone_news_mcp/server.py, line 40 env_key = os.environ.get("OVERTONE_NEWS_API_KEY")

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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

    Note

    README documents an installer that pipes a download into a shell.

    INSTALL_DOCUMENTED_INSTALLER

    README.md, line 54

    curl -LsSf https://astral.sh/uv/install.sh | sh

  • Network

    Concern

    can reach a host that is not written as a fixed address.

    NETWORK_NO_FIXED_HOST

    scripts/news.sh, line 26

    REG_RESPONSE=$(curl -s --max-time 15 \

    scripts/news.sh, line 57

    curl -s --max-time 10 \

    scripts/news.sh, line 77

    RESPONSE=$(curl -s --max-time 30 \

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    scripts/news.sh, line 154

    RESPONSE=$(curl -s --max-time 30 \

  • Secrets

    Concern

    reads a credential or environment file.

    SECRETS_ENV_READ SECRETS_PATH_DOTENV

    src/overtone_news_mcp/server.py, line 40

    env_key = os.environ.get("OVERTONE_NEWS_API_KEY")

    .gitignore, line 18

    env/

    .gitignore, line 19

    .env

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    .gitignore, line 21

    !.env.example

  • 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.

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Note

Hygiene check of commit dfe037c77f1c. README documents an installer that pipes a download into a shell. can reach a host that is not written as a fixed address. reads a credential or environment file.

Date and source

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Commit graded: dfe037c77f1c2ca39db48ea6b1584212644b6bad

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