MCP, MCP server
Mcp Chatbot
A modular, async research assistant that combines Anthropic Claude 3 with the Model Context Protocol (MCP), delivering on‐demand literature search and summarisation for academics and engineers.
Compatibility: Not stated.
Grade B
Minor issues only, no Medium or High. Worth a quick look at the findings below before installing.
Not a guarantee. A hygiene check of the source at the commit shown, not a security audit.
Rescanned at commit 40558fed4df0, unchanged since the check below.
SECRETS_PATH_UNCONFIRMED INSTALL_DOCUMENTED_INSTALLER SECRETS_ENV_READ
Why this grade
- SECRETS_PATH_UNCONFIRMED Low
The Secrets check reports a credential or environment file, but no quoted line shows a recognisable path.
mcp_chatbot/core.py, line 23
MAX_TOKENS = int(os.getenv("MAX_TOKENS", "2024")) - INSTALL_DOCUMENTED_INSTALLER Note
Documentation shows an installer that pipes a download into a shell.
README.md, line 42
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.
mcp_chatbot/core.py, line 23
MAX_TOKENS = int(os.getenv("MAX_TOKENS", "2024"))
Any High, or two or more Medium findings, give D. One Medium gives C. Low findings or a security Note give B. Each code names a finding behind the letter.
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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 42
curl -LsSf https://astral.sh/uv/install.sh | sh
Network
Pass
No network call found.
Secrets
Concern
reads a credential or environment file.
SECRETS_ENV_READ SECRETS_PATH_UNCONFIRMED
mcp_chatbot/core.py, line 23
MAX_TOKENS = int(os.getenv("MAX_TOKENS", "2024"))
.gitignore, line 130
# Environments
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
Note
the latest commit is more than 365 days old.
MAINTAINER_STALE
No file path was stored.
2025-05-24T22:57:03+09:00
Note
Hygiene check of commit 40558fed4df0. README documents an installer that pipes a download into a shell. reads a credential or environment file. no licence file found. the latest commit is more than 365 days old.
Date and source
Date checked:
github.com
Commit graded: 40558fed4df0f0024936ff503921b1f7112ce314
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