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Labmate — the complete, unedited output of the deterministic mcptrustchecker engine v1.7.0, scanned . Every finding, capability tag and score component below is exactly what the engine produced — no AI, no post-processing.

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    "name": "mcptrustchecker",
    "version": "1.7.0",
    "methodologyVersion": "mcptrustchecker-1.7"
  },
  "target": {
    "id": "labmate-mcp",
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      "origin": "labmate-mcp"
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    "band": "A",
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      "permissions": 0,
      "supply-chain": 0,
      "network": 0,
      "hygiene": 0
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        "category": "injection",
        "severity": "low",
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        "level": "moderate",
        "label": "capability blast radius (moderate) — client exposure if the model is manipulated",
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      },
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        "term": "verification-discount",
        "level": "repo",
        "label": "publisher verification (public source) — no provenance, but the source is public and inspectable",
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      },
      {
        "kind": "client",
        "term": "coverage-honesty",
        "level": "source",
        "label": "inspection depth (source) — how much of the target the scan could see",
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      "ingests untrusted external content (a prompt-injection entry point)",
      "can send data / act on an external service"
    ],
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      "external-sink"
    ]
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  "coverage": {
    "level": "source",
    "inputs": {
      "toolSurface": true,
      "implementationSource": true,
      "packageMetadata": true,
      "liveTransport": false
    },
    "caveats": [
      "Tools were statically extracted from the published source (81 recovered), not enumerated from a running server. Tool-poisoning, Unicode-smuggling, capability and toxic-flow analysis ran on this inferred surface, but a mis-parsed registration could be missed or mis-attributed, so tool-derived findings are capped below “confirmed”. To grade the real runtime surface, scan the running server: --command \"npx -y <package>\"."
    ]
  },
  "findings": [
    {
      "ruleId": "MTC-FLOW-005",
      "title": "Untrusted input can drive an external action",
      "category": "exfiltration",
      "severity": "medium",
      "confidence": "strong",
      "description": "Untrusted-input tools ([search_web_of_science]) co-exist with external-action tools ([assign_peptide_ms_peaks]). A prompt injection could cause unwanted external actions, though no direct sensitive-data leak path was found.",
      "remediation": "Require confirmation for state-changing/egress actions triggered after processing untrusted content.",
      "location": {
        "kind": "flow"
      },
      "owasp": "LLM06:2025 Excessive Agency",
      "references": [],
      "data": {
        "untrusted": [
          "search_web_of_science"
        ],
        "sinks": [
          "assign_peptide_ms_peaks"
        ]
      }
    },
    {
      "ruleId": "MTC-INJ-AUTH-1",
      "title": "Authority framing in tool metadata",
      "category": "injection",
      "severity": "low",
      "confidence": "heuristic",
      "description": "Authority framing in tool metadata detected in the description of tool \"search_chemrxiv\". Instruction-like content in tool metadata is executed by the model, not the human, and is the primary tool-poisoning vector.",
      "remediation": "Tool descriptions should describe behavior, not instruct the assistant. Treat imperative / secrecy / sequencing language in metadata as hostile.",
      "location": {
        "kind": "tool",
        "name": "search_chemrxiv",
        "field": "description"
      },
      "evidence": "IMPORTANT",
      "owasp": "LLM01:2025 Prompt Injection",
      "data": {
        "kind": "authority"
      }
    },
    {
      "ruleId": "MTC-INJ-CAPS",
      "title": "Excessive ALL-CAPS emphasis in metadata",
      "category": "injection",
      "severity": "low",
      "confidence": "heuristic",
      "description": "A run of shouted words is a common way to give injected instructions false authority.",
      "location": {
        "kind": "tool",
        "name": "predict_product",
        "field": "description"
      },
      "evidence": "Predict reaction product(s) from reactants using IBM RXN AI.\n    The complement to retrosynthesis — give it starting mat"
    },
    {
      "ruleId": "MTC-INJ-CAPS",
      "title": "Excessive ALL-CAPS emphasis in metadata",
      "category": "injection",
      "severity": "low",
      "confidence": "heuristic",
      "description": "A run of shouted words is a common way to give injected instructions false authority.",
      "location": {
        "kind": "tool",
        "name": "text_to_procedure",
        "field": "description"
      },
      "evidence": "Extract machine-readable steps from experimental text using IBM RXN NLP.\n    Converts free-text experimental paragraphs "
    },
    {
      "ruleId": "MTC-INJ-CAPS",
      "title": "Excessive ALL-CAPS emphasis in metadata",
      "category": "injection",
      "severity": "low",
      "confidence": "heuristic",
      "description": "A run of shouted words is a common way to give injected instructions false authority.",
      "location": {
        "kind": "tool",
        "name": "predict_atom_mapping",
        "field": "description"
      },
      "evidence": "Map atoms from reactants to products using IBM RXN AI (atom-mapping-2020 model).\n    Shows which atom in the reactants b"
    },
    {
      "ruleId": "MTC-INJ-CAPS",
      "title": "Excessive ALL-CAPS emphasis in metadata",
      "category": "injection",
      "severity": "low",
      "confidence": "heuristic",
      "description": "A run of shouted words is a common way to give injected instructions false authority.",
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        "name": "lookup_buffer_recipe",
        "field": "description"
      },
      "evidence": "Search 20+ common laboratory buffer recipes. Returns: exact recipe with masses, preparation steps, pH range, pKa, and pr"
    }
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      "confidence": "strong",
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      "externalSink": [
        "assign_peptide_ms_peaks"
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      "description": "Untrusted input can drive an external action even though no sensitive source is exposed."
    }
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      "reasons": {}
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      "reasons": {}
    },
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    },
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      "reasons": {}
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      "reasons": {}
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    },
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      "tool": "get_safety_data",
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    },
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    },
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      "reasons": {}
    },
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      "reasons": {}
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      "reasons": {}
    },
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    },
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      "reasons": {}
    },
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      "reasons": {}
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    },
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      "reasons": {}
    },
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      "tool": "predict_nmr",
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      "reasons": {}
    },
    {
      "tool": "calculate_molarity",
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      "reasons": {}
    },
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      "reasons": {}
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      "reasons": {}
    },
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      "reasons": {}
    },
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      "tool": "lookup_protecting_group",
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      "reasons": {}
    },
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      "tool": "lookup_cooling_bath",
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      "reasons": {}
    },
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      "tool": "lookup_tlc_stain",
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      "reasons": {}
    },
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      "reasons": {}
    },
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      "reasons": {}
    },
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      "tool": "peptide_cyclization_options",
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      "reasons": {}
    },
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      "reasons": {}
    },
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      "reasons": {}
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    },
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      "reasons": {}
    },
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      "reasons": {}
    },
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    },
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      "reasons": {}
    },
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      "tool": "calculate_isotope_pattern",
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      "reasons": {}
    },
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      "tool": "validate_cas_number",
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    },
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    },
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      "tool": "lookup_periodic_table",
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    },
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      "reasons": {}
    },
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      "tool": "name_to_smiles",
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      "reasons": {}
    },
    {
      "tool": "format_molecular_formula",
      "tags": [],
      "reasons": {}
    },
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      "reasons": {}
    },
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    },
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    },
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      "tool": "get_thesis_guide",
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      "reasons": {}
    },
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      "reasons": {}
    },
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      "tool": "lookup_safety_card",
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    },
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      "info": 0
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