ToolTrust
C32/100
Smithery

theagenttimes-news

mcpsmithery

@Smithery

Agent News from The Agent Times gives AI agents a verified, sourced, real-time intelligence layer, that helps to save tokens, time and keep agents in the loop.

By Smithery | 36 findings | Scanned 6/3/2026 | tooltrust-scanner/v0.3.13

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Risk Summary

Needs Approval

Dep Visibility plus Excessive Permissions raises enough risk that this tool should not be auto-trusted.

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

Recommended action: Keep this tool behind manual approval and avoid unattended runs until the risky capabilities are narrowed or removed.

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

Security Findings (36)

  • HighAS-002

    ⚠️Excessive Permissions ×7

    tool declares network permission

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    tool declares exec permission

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    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-002

    ⚠️Excessive Permissions ×2

    input schema exposes 12 properties (threshold: 10)

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    tool declares http permission

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    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 ×7

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

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    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-014

    ℹ️Dependency Inventory Unavailable ×20

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

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    Fix: Review and remediate the identified issue.

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