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io.github.Saidiibrahim/search-papers

Empower your agents to search, analyse, and explore academic papers from arXiv autonomouly.

Compatibility: Not stated.

Grade C

One Medium finding. Read the findings 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 a3dfae599ee6, unchanged since the check below.

INSTALL_LIFECYCLE_HOOK

Why this grade

  • INSTALL_LIFECYCLE_HOOK Medium

    A package install hook (preinstall, install, postinstall or prepare) runs a script.

    package.json, line 35 prepare

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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

    Concern

    runs a script at install time.

    INSTALL_LIFECYCLE_HOOK

    package.json, line 35

    prepare

  • Network

    Concern

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

    NETWORK_NO_FIXED_HOST

    src/index.ts, line 41

    async fetch(request: Request, env: Env, ctx: ExecutionContext) {

    src/index.ts, line 64

    return ResearchMCP.serveSSE("/sse").fetch(request, env, ctx);

    src/index.ts, line 69

    return ResearchMCP.serve("/mcp").fetch(request, env, ctx);

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    src/utils/arxiv.ts, line 224

    const response = await fetch(`${baseUrl}?${urlParams}`, {

    src/utils/arxiv.ts, line 260

    const response = await fetch(`${baseUrl}?${params}`, {

    worker-configuration.d.ts, line 219

    fetch(input: RequestInfo | URL, init?: RequestInit<RequestInitCfProperties>): Promise<Response>;

    worker-configuration.d.ts, line 315

    declare function fetch(input: RequestInfo | URL, init?: RequestInit<RequestInitCfProperties>): Promise<Response>;

    worker-configuration.d.ts, line 402

    fetch(request: Request): Response | Promise<Response>;

  • Secrets

    Concern

    reads a credential or environment file.

    SECRETS_PATH_UNCONFIRMED

    .gitignore, line 1

    # Environment files

    .gitignore, line 3

    .dev.vars*

  • 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

    worker-configuration.d.ts, line 1

    /* eslint-disable */

  • Licence

    Note

    no licence file found.

    LICENCE_MISSING

    No file path was stored.

    no licence file found.

  • Maintainer activity

    Note

    the latest commit is more than 365 days old.

    MAINTAINER_STALE

    No file path was stored.

    2025-10-01T00:49:06+09:30

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Note

Hygiene check of commit a3dfae599ee6. runs a script at install time. 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. no licence file found. the latest commit is more than 365 days old.

Date and source

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Commit graded: a3dfae599ee66e9cde1879aa6b390bb69248ec8d

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