Grades are a hygiene check, not a security guarantee.

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Paper Scout

A personal AI research paper ingestion and scoring pipeline.

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.

NETWORK_NO_FIXED_HOST SECRETS_PATH_DOTENV

Why this grade

  • NETWORK_NO_FIXED_HOST Low

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

    src/paper_scout/sources/arxiv.py, line 123 resp = httpx.get(url, timeout=30, follow_redirects=True)

  • SECRETS_PATH_DOTENV Low

    Mentions a .env file.

    src/paper_scout/config.py, line 7 model_config = {"env_file": ".env", "env_file_encoding": "utf-8", "extra": "ignore"}

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

    src/paper_scout/sources/arxiv.py, line 123

    resp = httpx.get(url, timeout=30, follow_redirects=True)

    src/paper_scout/sources/hf_papers.py, line 21

    resp = httpx.get(HF_PAPERS_URL, timeout=30, follow_redirects=True)

    src/paper_scout/sources/semantic_scholar.py, line 45

    resp = httpx.get(url, params=params, headers=_headers(), timeout=30)

  • Secrets

    Concern

    reads a credential or environment file.

    SECRETS_PATH_DOTENV

    src/paper_scout/config.py, line 7

    model_config = {"env_file": ".env", "env_file_encoding": "utf-8", "extra": "ignore"}

    .dockerignore, line 1

    .git

    README.md, line 49

    cp .env.example .env

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    README.md, line 52

    Edit `.env` with your settings:

    README.md, line 58

    All scoring weights, scheduling, arXiv categories, and other settings are configurable in `.env`. See `.env.example` for the full list.

    README.md, line 122

    - `MONGODB_URI` - same connection string from your `.env`

    README.md, line 160

    By default it runs at 5:00 AM Eastern and also runs once immediately on startup. Configure the schedule in `.env`:

    README.md, line 203

    ├── .env.example # All configuration options

  • 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 9797b9a2002f. can reach a host that is not written as a fixed address. reads a credential or environment file.

Date and source

Date checked:

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github.com

Commit graded: 9797b9a2002f1d0c17ab18d5c5c62efd0af31e5e

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