Grades are a hygiene check, not a security guarantee.

MCP, MCP server

northcinder

Open-source MCP server for comparing products and asking the buyer before purchase.

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 d1343096a7af, unchanged since the check below.

NETWORK_NO_FIXED_HOST SECRETS_PATH_DOTENV SECRETS_ENV_READ OBFUSCATION_FILE_OVER_READ_CAP OBFUSCATION_FILE_CAP_REACHED

Why this grade

  • NETWORK_NO_FIXED_HOST Low

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

    adapters/ebay/src/ebay-adapter.ts, line 34 /** Injectable fetch (fixtures in tests). */

  • SECRETS_PATH_DOTENV Low

    Mentions a .env file.

    scripts/release/public-surface-audit.mjs, line 10 ".env.example", ".gitignore", "CHANGELOG.md", "CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md", "CONTRIBUTING.md",

  • SECRETS_ENV_READ Note

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

    adapters/ebay/scripts/live-check.mjs, line 10 if (!process.env.EBAY_CLIENT_ID || !process.env.EBAY_CLIENT_SECRET) {

  • OBFUSCATION_FILE_OVER_READ_CAP Note

    A file was over the read cap and was not fully read.

    northcinder/bin/northcinder.js, line 1 #!/usr/bin/env node

  • OBFUSCATION_FILE_CAP_REACHED Note

    The 400 file cap was reached before every file was read.

    northcinder/bin/northcinder.js, line 1 #!/usr/bin/env node

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

    Pass

    No install-time script found, and dependencies are pinned or absent.

  • Network

    Concern

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

    NETWORK_NO_FIXED_HOST

    adapters/ebay/src/ebay-adapter.ts, line 34

    /** Injectable fetch (fixtures in tests). */

    adapters/etsy/src/etsy-adapter.ts, line 22

    /** Injectable fetch (fixtures in tests). */

    adapters/shopify/src/shopify-adapter.ts, line 46

    /** Injectable fetch (fixtures in tests; real fetch in production). */

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    adapters/woocommerce/src/woocommerce-adapter.ts, line 29

    /** Injectable fetch (fixtures in tests; real fetch in production). */

    packages/adapter-kit/src/http.ts, line 20

    /** Injectable fetch (tests / instrumentation). */

    packages/orders/src/ingest/imap.ts, line 18

    * only budgets `fetch()` calls and is not used here). The socket factory is

    service/src/http/app.ts, line 216

    const prior = requests.get(clientId);

    site/scripts/check-live-seo.mjs, line 41

    const response = await fetch(origin, { headers: { 'User-Agent': userAgent }, redirect: 'follow' });

  • Secrets

    Concern

    reads a credential or environment file.

    SECRETS_ENV_READ SECRETS_PATH_DOTENV

    adapters/ebay/scripts/live-check.mjs, line 10

    if (!process.env.EBAY_CLIENT_ID || !process.env.EBAY_CLIENT_SECRET) {

    adapters/etsy/scripts/live-check.mjs, line 10

    if (!process.env.ETSY_API_KEY) {

    scripts/release/public-surface-audit.mjs, line 10

    ".env.example", ".gitignore", "CHANGELOG.md", "CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md", "CONTRIBUTING.md",

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    client/src/init-main.ts, line 303

    return { ...getDefaultEnvironment(), ...emittedMcpEntry(result).env };

    client/src/init-wizard.ts, line 157

    const materialized = { ...env };

    northcinder/src/launcher.ts, line 68

    if (process.env.NORTHCINDER_CLIENT_KEY?.trim() === "") {

    northcinder/src/launcher.ts, line 69

    delete process.env.NORTHCINDER_CLIENT_KEY;

    packages/protocol/src/config-dir.ts, line 24

    const normalized = { ...env };

    scripts/release/public-surface-audit.mjs, line 216

    if (value.length >= 16 && !/(?:test|fixture|example|placeholder|replace-me|dummy|changeme|generate|\$\{|process\.env)/i.test(value)) {

    .gitignore, line 6

    .next/

    .gitignore, line 7

    .env

  • 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. the file cap was reached before every file was read.

    OBFUSCATION_FILE_OVER_READ_CAP OBFUSCATION_FILE_CAP_REACHED

    northcinder/bin/northcinder.js, line 1

    #!/usr/bin/env node

    site/src/components/Footer.astro, line 1

    ---

  • 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 d1343096a7af. 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. the file cap was reached before every file was read.

Date and source

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Commit graded: d1343096a7afff58e0aee4fbf608daf2fa28dc03

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