Grades are a hygiene check, not a security guarantee.

MCP, MCP server

Mcp Semantic Scholar Server

Made with mcp-python-sdk

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 71829347fbcf, unchanged since the check below.

INSTALL_UNPINNED SECRETS_ENV_READ

Why this grade

  • INSTALL_UNPINNED Low

    Dependencies use a range or git URL with no lockfile.

    requirements.txt, line 1 mcp>=1.3.0

  • SECRETS_ENV_READ Note

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

    semantic-scholar-plugin.py, line 13 API_KEY = os.environ.get("SEMANTIC_SCHOLAR_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

    Concern

    dependencies are not pinned.

    INSTALL_UNPINNED

    requirements.txt, line 1

    mcp>=1.3.0

  • Network

    Pass

    No network call found.

  • Secrets

    Note

    reads an environment variable.

    SECRETS_ENV_READ

    semantic-scholar-plugin.py, line 13

    API_KEY = os.environ.get("SEMANTIC_SCHOLAR_API_KEY")

  • 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

    Note

    the latest commit is more than 365 days old.

    MAINTAINER_STALE

    No file path was stored.

    2025-04-05T02:20:12+02:00

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Note

Hygiene check of commit 71829347fbcf. dependencies are not pinned. reads an environment variable. the latest commit is more than 365 days old.

Date and source

Date checked:

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Commit graded: 71829347fbcfe15fb5604c49c7d4e9b2f19401c9

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