Grades are a hygiene check, not a security guarantee.

MCP, MCP server

Mcp Server Things

A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that connects Claude and other AI assistants to Things 3 for natural language task management.

Compatibility: Not stated.

Grade C

One Medium finding. Read the report before installing.

Graded by PlugVetRubric v2

Not a guarantee. A hygiene check of the source at the commit shown, not a security audit.

INSTALL_REMOTE_SCRIPT

Why this grade

  • INSTALL_REMOTE_SCRIPT Medium

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

    .beads/README.md, line 64 curl -sSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/steveyegge/beads/main/scripts/install.sh | bash

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What was checked

Plain notes from the hygiene checks.

  • Permissions

    Note

    requests shell access. The manifest names this permission.

    PERMISSION_SHELL_DECLARED

    src/things_mcp/config.py, line 537

    result = subprocess.run(

    src/things_mcp/doctor.py, line 96

    return subprocess.run(

    src/things_mcp/doctor.py, line 116

    result = subprocess.run(

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    src/things_mcp/doctor.py, line 383

    result = subprocess.run(

    src/things_mcp/doctor.py, line 527

    result = subprocess.run(

    src/things_mcp/doctor.py, line 667

    result = subprocess.run(probe_cmd, capture_output=True, text=True, timeout=timeout)

    src/things_mcp/main.py, line 361

    result = subprocess.run(["which", "osascript"], capture_output=True)

    src/things_mcp/scoped_database.py, line 54

    self._launcher = subprocess.Popen(

  • Install and update

    Serious

    install fetches a script from the network.

    INSTALL_REMOTE_SCRIPT

    requirements.txt, line 2

    fastmcp>=3.4.0,<4

    .beads/README.md, line 64

    curl -sSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/steveyegge/beads/main/scripts/install.sh | bash

  • Network

    Pass

    No network call found.

  • Secrets

    Concern

    reads a credential or environment file.

    SECRETS_PATH_DOTENV

    src/things_mcp/config.py, line 431

    # Example environment variables (in .env file or system):

    src/things_mcp/config.py, line 443

    Load configuration from environment variables and optional .env file.

    src/things_mcp/config.py, line 446

    env_path: Optional path to .env file. If not provided, looks for .env in current directory.

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    src/things_mcp/config.py, line 451

    # Load from .env file if specified or if default .env exists

    src/things_mcp/config.py, line 454

    raise FileNotFoundError(f".env file not found: {env_path}")

    src/things_mcp/config.py, line 461

    "python-dotenv not installed. Install it to use .env files: pip install python-dotenv"

    src/things_mcp/config.py, line 464

    # Look for default .env file in current directory

    src/things_mcp/config.py, line 465

    default_env = Path(".env")

  • 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 06b94c6bc706. requests shell access. The manifest names this permission. install fetches a script from the network. reads a credential or environment file.

Date and source

Date checked:

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Commit graded: 06b94c6bc706ce516ededbf0dfc9be5c1f569666

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