Grades are a hygiene check, not a security guarantee.

MCP, MCP server

YTDL RMCP

yt-dlp search, download, metadata, delivery, and Plex workflows over MCP and CLI.

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 3ba0f91db099, unchanged since the check below.

SECRETS_PATH_CREDENTIAL

Why this grade

  • SECRETS_PATH_CREDENTIAL Medium

    Mentions a credential store path (~/.ssh, id_rsa, .npmrc, .aws/credentials, credentials.json, .netrc).

    .claude-plugin/plugin.json, line 60 "description": "Additional ssh options parsed with shell-word syntax, e.g. -i \"~/.ssh/ytdl key\" -o ProxyJump=media-bastion. Appended after -o BatchMode=yes. Malformed quoting is

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What was checked

Plain notes from the hygiene checks.

  • Permissions

    Concern

    can delete files.

    PERMISSION_DELETE_FILES

    packages/ytdl-rmcp/scripts/check-package.js, line 450

    fs.rmSync(tempDir, { recursive: true, force: true });

    packages/ytdl-rmcp/scripts/install.js, line 92

    fs.rmSync(destination, { recursive: true, force: true });

    packages/ytdl-rmcp/scripts/install.js, line 130

    fs.rmSync(tempDir, { recursive: true, force: true });

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    packages/ytdl-rmcp/scripts/sync-readme.js, line 12

    fs.unlinkSync(packageReadme);

    packages/ytdl-rmcp/scripts/sync-readme.js, line 22

    fs.unlinkSync(destination);

  • Install and update

    Note

    README documents an installer that pipes a download into a shell.

    INSTALL_DOCUMENTED_INSTALLER

    README.md, line 326

    curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/dinglebear-ai/rytdl/main/scripts/install.sh | bash

    packages/ytdl-rmcp/README.md, line 326

    curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/dinglebear-ai/rytdl/main/scripts/install.sh | bash

  • Network

    Concern

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

    NETWORK_NO_FIXED_HOST

    packages/ytdl-rmcp/scripts/check-package.js, line 335

    const request = https.request(url, { method: "HEAD" }, (response) => {

    scripts/install.sh, line 76

    curl -fsSL "${url}" -o "${tmpdir}/${asset}"

    src/downloader.rs, line 278

    pub async fn fetch(tools: &Tools, url: &str, options: FetchOptions<'_>) -> ItemResult {

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    src/service.rs, line 146

    let r = downloader::fetch(

  • Secrets

    Concern

    reads a credential or environment file.

    SECRETS_PATH_CREDENTIAL SECRETS_PATH_DOTENV

    packages/ytdl-rmcp/scripts/check-package.js, line 238

    ".env",

    scripts/check-packaging.sh, line 96

    jq -r '.mcpServers."ytdl-rmcp".env | keys[]' .mcp.json | sort -u > "$tmp_dir/mcp_env_vars"

    .claude-plugin/plugin.json, line 60

    "description": "Additional ssh options parsed with shell-word syntax, e.g. -i \"~/.ssh/ytdl key\" -o ProxyJump=media-bastion. Appended after -o BatchMode=yes. Malformed quoting is

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    scripts/check-tootie-compose.sh, line 10

    cp "$TMP/.env.example" "$TMP/.env"

    scripts/check-tootie-compose.sh, line 12

    for required in CLAUDE.md AGENTS.md GEMINI.md CHANGELOG.md README.md .env.example docker-compose.yaml mcp-stdio.sh; do

    scripts/check-tootie-compose.sh, line 38

    if git ls-files --error-unmatch ops/compose/tootie/.env >/dev/null 2>&1; then

    scripts/check-tootie-compose.sh, line 39

    echo 'live .env must not be tracked' >&2

    .github/actions/setup-rust-kache/action.yml, line 121

    credentials_file="$HOME/.aws/credentials"

  • 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.

    OBFUSCATION_FILE_OVER_READ_CAP

    assets/ext-apps-vendored.js, line 1

    var McpExtAppsBundle=(()=>{var Kg=Object.defineProperty;var Ge=(t=>typeof require<"u"?require:typeof Proxy<"u"?new Proxy(t,{get:(r,n)=>(typeof require<"u"?require:r)[n]}):t)(functi

  • 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 3ba0f91db099. can delete files. README documents an installer that pipes a download into a shell. 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.

Date and source

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Commit graded: 3ba0f91db0995f9d167da506d0ac253ed133d44d

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