Grades are a hygiene check, not a security guarantee.

MCP, MCP server

Yt Transcripts

A local research archive for YouTube transcripts: bring in whole channels, search everything you have saved, and let an AI client read the library over MCP.

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.

NETWORK_HOST_FROM_INPUT

Why this grade

  • NETWORK_HOST_FROM_INPUT Medium

    A file takes a URL or endpoint as input and has no fixed host list.

    mcp_server.py, line 807 def fetch(id: str) -> FetchOutput:

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What was checked

Plain notes from the hygiene checks.

  • Permissions

    Concern

    can delete files.

    PERMISSION_DELETE_FILES

    run.py, line 34

    return subprocess.Popen([sys.executable, str(ROOT / "main.py")], cwd=str(ROOT), env=env)

    run.py, line 52

    return subprocess.Popen(

    run.py, line 65

    subprocess.run(["taskkill", "/F", "/T", "/PID", str(process.pid)], capture_output=True)

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    core/audio.py, line 81

    result = subprocess.run(

    core/audio.py, line 151

    result = subprocess.run(

    core/media_archive.py, line 290

    result = subprocess.run(command, capture_output=True, text=True, timeout=PROBE_TIMEOUT_SECONDS, check=False)

    core/media_archive.py, line 340

    process = subprocess.Popen(

    server/routers/storage_data.py, line 540

    os.remove(path)

  • Install and update

    Pass

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

  • Network

    Serious

    accepts a host from input, with no fixed list in this file.

    NETWORK_HOST_FROM_INPUT

    mcp_server.py, line 807

    def fetch(id: str) -> FetchOutput:

    core/fetcher.py, line 187

    items = transcript.fetch()

    core/fetcher.py, line 331

    r = requests.get(url, headers=h, timeout=min(10.0, http_timeout_seconds()))

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    core/ingest_queue.py, line 15

    one row per video still to fetch (or recently finished). ``status`` is

    core/speech.py, line 55

    response = requests.get(f"{base}/health", timeout=timeout)

    core/speech.py, line 84

    response = requests.post(

    core/speech.py, line 114

    response = requests.get(f"{base_url}/status/{job_id}", timeout=DEFAULT_TIMEOUT_SECONDS)

    core/speech.py, line 136

    response = requests.get(f"{base_url}/download/{job_id}", timeout=timeout)

    demo/build-fixtures.py, line 35

    with urllib.request.urlopen(f"{BASE}{path}", timeout=120) as response:

    frontend/e2e/a11y.spec.ts, line 82

    const detail = await page.evaluate(async (id) => (await fetch(`/api/transcripts/${id}`)).json(), videoId);

    frontend/e2e/library-links.spec.ts, line 45

    const rows: { video_id: string; segment_count?: number; duration_seconds?: number }[] = await (await fetch('/api/transcripts')).json();

    frontend/e2e/library-links.spec.ts, line 105

    const report = await page.evaluate(async () => (await fetch('/api/search?q=the&limit=3')).json());

    docker-compose.yml, line 46

    test: ["CMD", "python", "-c", "import urllib.request; urllib.request.urlopen('http://127.0.0.1:8000/api/status', timeout=5)"]

  • Secrets

    Concern

    reads a credential or environment file.

    SECRETS_PATH_DOTENV

    frontend/vite.config.ts, line 6

    // frontend/.env* file; the fallback is the backend's own default port.

    .env.example, line 1

    # Copy to .env (gitignored) next to docker-compose.yml, or set these in the

    .env.example, line 25

    # `docker compose` (verified with `docker compose config`), a .env entry does.

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    .gitignore, line 39

    # Environment and logs (the committed examples are the documentation)

    .gitignore, line 40

    .env

    .gitignore, line 42

    !.env.example

    .gitignore, line 43

    !frontend/.env.example

    README.md, line 170

    ├── .env.example Compose and runtime settings, with their defaults

  • Agent instructions

    Pass

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

  • Obfuscation

    Pass

    No encoded or minified payload found.

  • Licence

    Note

    no licence file found.

    LICENCE_MISSING

    No file path was stored.

    no licence file found.

  • Maintainer activity

    Pass

    The latest commit is within the last 365 days.

Note

Hygiene check of commit 8963c49fd325. can delete files. accepts a host from input, with no fixed list in this file. reads a credential or environment file. no licence file found.

Date and source

Date checked:

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github.com

Commit graded: 8963c49fd32532abdb2891f823357f66e24f36a5

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