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A2/100
arabold

docs-mcp-server

mcp2.4.5

@arabold

Grounded Docs MCP Server: Open-Source Alternative to Context7, Nia, and Ref.Tools

By arabold | 58 findings | Scanned 7/28/2026 | tooltrust-scanner/v0.3.19 | 1.6k

2 Low56 Info

Risk Summary

Safe With Normal Controls

Dep Visibility is the main signal, but overall risk remains within an acceptable range.

Potential impact: This finding indicates the tool should be reviewed before it is trusted.

Recommended action: No high-risk findings were detected in this scan, but you should still apply least-privilege defaults and rescan after changes.

Suggested policy: keep this tool behind manual approval, do not allow unattended runs, and re-scan after narrowing risky permissions.

Security Findings (58)

  • LowAS-011

    ℹ️Missing Rate-Limit / Timeout ×2

    tool performs network or execution operations but declares no rate-limit, timeout, or retry configuration

    GOOGLEDOCS_INSERT_INLINE_IMAGEGOOGLEDOCS_SEARCH_DOCUMENTS

    Fix: Declare explicit rate-limit, timeout, and retry configuration for all network and execution tools. Implement exponential back-off and surface resource state to the calling agent.

  • InfoAS-002

    ⚠️Excessive Permissions ×23

    declared capabilities: filesystem access

    GOOGLEDOCS_COPY_DOCUMENTGOOGLEDOCS_CREATE_DOCUMENTGOOGLEDOCS_CREATE_DOCUMENT_MARKDOWNGOOGLEDOCS_CREATE_FOOTERGOOGLEDOCS_CREATE_FOOTNOTEGOOGLEDOCS_CREATE_HEADERGOOGLEDOCS_CREATE_NAMED_RANGEGOOGLEDOCS_CREATE_PARAGRAPH_BULLETSGOOGLEDOCS_DELETE_CONTENT_RANGEGOOGLEDOCS_DELETE_FOOTERGOOGLEDOCS_DELETE_HEADERGOOGLEDOCS_DELETE_NAMED_RANGEGOOGLEDOCS_DELETE_PARAGRAPH_BULLETSGOOGLEDOCS_DELETE_TABLEGOOGLEDOCS_DELETE_TABLE_COLUMNGOOGLEDOCS_DELETE_TABLE_ROWGOOGLEDOCS_UPDATE_DOCUMENT_MARKDOWNGOOGLEDOCS_UPDATE_DOCUMENT_SECTION_MARKDOWNGOOGLEDOCS_UPDATE_DOCUMENT_STYLEGOOGLEDOCS_UPDATE_EXISTING_DOCUMENTGOOGLEDOCS_UPDATE_TABLE_ROW_STYLE

    declared capabilities: network access

    GOOGLEDOCS_INSERT_INLINE_IMAGEGOOGLEDOCS_SEARCH_DOCUMENTS

    Fix: Tool requests broad permissions (exec/fs/network). Validate input parameters using Enums where possible, and restrict file system operations to explicit allowed directories.

  • InfoAS-014

    ℹ️Dependency Inventory Unavailable ×33

    Tool did not expose metadata.dependencies or repo_url, so supply-chain coverage is limited.

    GOOGLEDOCS_COPY_DOCUMENTGOOGLEDOCS_CREATE_DOCUMENTGOOGLEDOCS_CREATE_DOCUMENT_MARKDOWNGOOGLEDOCS_CREATE_FOOTERGOOGLEDOCS_CREATE_FOOTNOTEGOOGLEDOCS_CREATE_HEADERGOOGLEDOCS_CREATE_NAMED_RANGEGOOGLEDOCS_CREATE_PARAGRAPH_BULLETSGOOGLEDOCS_DELETE_CONTENT_RANGEGOOGLEDOCS_DELETE_FOOTERGOOGLEDOCS_DELETE_HEADERGOOGLEDOCS_DELETE_NAMED_RANGEGOOGLEDOCS_DELETE_PARAGRAPH_BULLETSGOOGLEDOCS_DELETE_TABLEGOOGLEDOCS_DELETE_TABLE_COLUMNGOOGLEDOCS_DELETE_TABLE_ROWGOOGLEDOCS_GET_CHARTS_FROM_SPREADSHEETGOOGLEDOCS_GET_DOCUMENT_BY_IDGOOGLEDOCS_INSERT_INLINE_IMAGEGOOGLEDOCS_INSERT_PAGE_BREAKGOOGLEDOCS_INSERT_TABLE_ACTIONGOOGLEDOCS_INSERT_TABLE_COLUMNGOOGLEDOCS_INSERT_TEXT_ACTIONGOOGLEDOCS_LIST_SPREADSHEET_CHARTS_ACTIONGOOGLEDOCS_REPLACE_ALL_TEXTGOOGLEDOCS_REPLACE_IMAGEGOOGLEDOCS_SEARCH_DOCUMENTSGOOGLEDOCS_UNMERGE_TABLE_CELLSGOOGLEDOCS_UPDATE_DOCUMENT_MARKDOWNGOOGLEDOCS_UPDATE_DOCUMENT_SECTION_MARKDOWNGOOGLEDOCS_UPDATE_DOCUMENT_STYLEGOOGLEDOCS_UPDATE_EXISTING_DOCUMENTGOOGLEDOCS_UPDATE_TABLE_ROW_STYLE

    Fix: Review and remediate the identified issue.

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