ToolTrust
B17/100
JackKuo666

google-scholar-mcp-server

mcpmain@738d60a4d694

@JackKuo666

A MCP Server for Google Scholar: 🔍 Enable AI assistants to search and access Google Scholar papers through a simple MCP interface.

By JackKuo666 | 10 findings | Scanned 6/3/2026 | tooltrust-scanner/v0.3.13 | 344

2 High2 Low6 Info

Risk Summary

Safe With Normal Controls

Missing Description 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 (10)

  • HighAS-002

    ⚠️Excessive Permissions ×2

    tool declares network permission

    search_google_scholar_key_wordssearch_google_scholar_advanced

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

  • LowAS-011

    ℹ️Missing Rate-Limit / Timeout ×2

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

    search_google_scholar_key_wordssearch_google_scholar_advanced

    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-007

    ℹ️Missing Description or Schema ×3

    Tool 'search_google_scholar_key_words' has no description - agents cannot reason about its purpose, and static analysis coverage is limited

    search_google_scholar_key_words

    Tool 'search_google_scholar_advanced' has no description - agents cannot reason about its purpose, and static analysis coverage is limited

    search_google_scholar_advanced

    Tool 'get_author_info' has no description - agents cannot reason about its purpose, and static analysis coverage is limited

    get_author_info

    Fix: Review and remediate the identified issue.

  • InfoAS-014

    ℹ️Dependency Inventory Unavailable ×3

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

    search_google_scholar_key_wordssearch_google_scholar_advancedget_author_info

    Fix: Review and remediate the identified issue.

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