Openalex Research — the complete, unedited output of the deterministic mcptrustchecker engine v1.13.0, scanned . Every finding, capability tag and score component below is exactly what the engine produced — no AI, no post-processing.
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"tool": {
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"version": "1.13.0",
"methodologyVersion": "mcptrustchecker-1.13"
},
"target": {
"id": "openalex-research-mcp",
"source": {
"kind": "package",
"origin": "openalex-research-mcp"
},
"server": {
"name": "openalex-research-mcp"
}
},
"grade": "A",
"score": {
"score": 100,
"threatScore": 100,
"grade": "A",
"band": "A",
"categorySubtotals": {
"injection": 0,
"exfiltration": 0,
"permissions": 0,
"supply-chain": 0,
"network": 0,
"hygiene": 0
},
"vector": [
{
"kind": "client",
"term": "capability-exposure",
"level": "minimal",
"label": "capability blast radius (minimal) — client exposure if the model is manipulated",
"appliedPenalty": 0
},
{
"kind": "client",
"term": "verification-discount",
"level": "source",
"label": "publisher verification (provenance) — cryptographic build provenance ties the artifact to its source",
"appliedPenalty": 0
},
{
"kind": "client",
"term": "coverage-honesty",
"level": "source",
"label": "inspection depth (source) — how much of the target the scan could see",
"appliedPenalty": 0
}
],
"gatesFired": [],
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},
"capability": {
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"reasons": [],
"tags": []
},
"coverage": {
"level": "source",
"inputs": {
"toolSurface": true,
"implementationSource": true,
"packageMetadata": true,
"liveTransport": false
},
"caveats": [
"Tools were statically extracted from the published source (31 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-SRC-003",
"title": "Hardcoded egress to an external endpoint in packaging/dev tooling (build/setup.js)",
"category": "exfiltration",
"severity": "low",
"confidence": "heuristic",
"description": "In a packaging/dev/install script (shipped, but not the server runtime) (`build/setup.js:138`): A hardcoded outbound call to a fixed external host inside server code is a classic exfiltration/telemetry channel — especially paired with reads of local data. This is read from the code itself — not from the tool description — so a poisoned server cannot hide it behind honest-looking metadata.",
"remediation": "Review this call path: confirm it never receives unsanitized tool input, constrain it, or remove it. Treat a server whose code reaches these sinks as high-capability regardless of what its tools claim.",
"location": {
"kind": "server",
"name": "build/setup.js"
},
"evidence": "const response = await axios.get('https://api.openalex.org/works', { params, timeout: 10000,",
"owasp": "LLM02:2025 Sensitive Information Disclosure",
"data": {
"rule": "MTC-SRC-003",
"file": "build/setup.js",
"line": 138,
"nonRuntime": true
}
}
],
"toxicFlows": [],
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{
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{
"tool": "get_related_works",
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},
{
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},
{
"tool": "autocomplete_search",
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},
{
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},
{
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},
{
"tool": "get_citation_network",
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},
{
"tool": "get_top_cited_works",
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},
{
"tool": "search_authors",
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},
{
"tool": "get_author_works",
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"reasons": {}
},
{
"tool": "get_author_collaborators",
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"reasons": {}
},
{
"tool": "search_institutions",
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},
{
"tool": "analyze_topic_trends",
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},
{
"tool": "compare_research_areas",
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},
{
"tool": "get_trending_topics",
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},
{
"tool": "analyze_geographic_distribution",
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},
{
"tool": "get_entity",
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},
{
"tool": "search_sources",
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},
{
"tool": "list_journal_presets",
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},
{
"tool": "search_in_journal_list",
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},
{
"tool": "search_works_in_venue",
"tags": [],
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},
{
"tool": "get_top_venues_for_field",
"tags": [],
"reasons": {}
},
{
"tool": "check_venue_quality",
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},
{
"tool": "get_author_profile",
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},
{
"tool": "search_authors_by_expertise",
"tags": [],
"reasons": {}
},
{
"tool": "find_review_articles",
"tags": [],
"reasons": {}
},
{
"tool": "find_seminal_papers",
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},
{
"tool": "batch_resolve_references",
"tags": [],
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},
{
"tool": "find_open_access_version",
"tags": [],
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},
{
"tool": "health_check",
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}
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"surfaceDigest": "1cf9b4c50fda245a47c5ad43c358240eeb4f8d8b4da513ba241d8ee1332c94b2",
"stats": {
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"prompts": 0,
"resources": 0,
"findingsBySeverity": {
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"high": 0,
"medium": 0,
"low": 1,
"info": 0
}
}
}