Grades are a hygiene check, not a security guarantee.

MCP, MCP server

Us Legal Mcp

Comprehensive US legal data in your AI workflow. Search Congress bills, Federal Register documents, court opinions, and committees.

Compatibility: Not stated.

Grade C

One Medium finding. Read the findings 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 cde6f3b4ff7e, unchanged since the check below.

INSTALL_LIFECYCLE_HOOK

Why this grade

  • INSTALL_LIFECYCLE_HOOK Medium

    A package install hook (preinstall, install, postinstall or prepare) runs a script.

    package.json, line 11 postinstall

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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

    runs a script at install time.

    INSTALL_LIFECYCLE_HOOK

    package.json, line 11

    postinstall

  • Network

    Concern

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

    NETWORK_NO_FIXED_HOST

    src/rss.ts, line 104

    const response = await axios.get(url, {

    src/us-legal-apis.ts, line 13

    // universally available and works. This helper shells out to curl and returns

    src/us-legal-apis.ts, line 497

    const govResponse = await axios.post(

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    src/us-legal-apis.ts, line 512

    const response = await axios.get(

    src/us-legal-apis.ts, line 594

    const response = await axios.get(

    src/us-legal-apis.ts, line 665

    const response = await axios.get(recentUrl);

    src/us-legal-apis.ts, line 713

    const response = await axios.get(

    src/us-legal-apis.ts, line 766

    const response = await axios.get(

  • Secrets

    Concern

    reads a credential or environment file.

    SECRETS_ENV_READ SECRETS_PATH_UNCONFIRMED

    scripts/mcp-test-search.mjs, line 13

    CONGRESS_API_KEY: process.env.CONGRESS_API_KEY || "",

    scripts/mcp-test-search.mjs, line 14

    COURT_LISTENER_API_KEY: process.env.COURT_LISTENER_API_KEY || "",

    scripts/mcp-test-search.mjs, line 15

    GOVINFO_API_KEY: process.env.GOVINFO_API_KEY || "",

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    scripts/postinstall.js, line 84

    CONGRESS_API_KEY: process.env.CONGRESS_API_KEY || "",

    scripts/postinstall.js, line 86

    process.env.COURT_LISTENER_API_KEY ||

    scripts/postinstall.js, line 88

    GOVINFO_API_KEY: process.env.GOVINFO_API_KEY || "",

    scripts/postinstall.js, line 89

    TYPESAFE_API_KEY: process.env.TYPESAFE_API_KEY || "",

    scripts/postinstall.js, line 103

    config.mcpServers[serverName].env &&

    scripts/postinstall.js, line 104

    config.mcpServers[serverName].env.CONGRESS_API_KEY

    scripts/postinstall.js, line 107

    config.mcpServers[serverName].env.CONGRESS_API_KEY;

    scripts/postinstall.js, line 110

    config.mcpServers[serverName].env &&

    scripts/postinstall.js, line 111

    config.mcpServers[serverName].env.COURT_LISTENER_API_KEY

    scripts/postinstall.js, line 114

    config.mcpServers[serverName].env.COURT_LISTENER_API_KEY;

    scripts/postinstall.js, line 117

    config.mcpServers[serverName].env &&

    scripts/postinstall.js, line 118

    config.mcpServers[serverName].env.GOVINFO_API_KEY

    src/index.ts, line 37

    congress: process.env.CONGRESS_API_KEY,

  • Agent instructions

    Pass

    No instruction to ignore earlier instructions or to hide a step.

  • Obfuscation

    Concern

    contains an encoded blob in a file that should be readable.

    OBFUSCATION_ENCODED_BLOB

    README.md, line 270

    lnbc1pjhhsqepp5mjgwnvg0z53shm22hfe9us289lnaqkwv8rn2s0rtekg5vvj56xnqdqqcqzzsxqyz5vqsp5gu6vh9hyp94c7t3tkpqrp2r059t4vrw7ps78a4n0a2u52678c7yq9qyyssq7zcferywka50wcy75skjfrdrk930cuyx24rg

  • Licence

    Pass

    A licence file is present (LICENSE.md).

  • Maintainer activity

    Pass

    The latest commit is within the last 365 days.

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Note

Hygiene check of commit cde6f3b4ff7e. runs a script at install time. can reach a host that is not written as a fixed address. reads a credential or environment file. contains an encoded blob in a file that should be readable.

Date and source

Date checked:

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Commit graded: cde6f3b4ff7ee9ee98b1cc20782f3237bd4d7b7a

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