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A4/100
Smithery

theagenttimes-news

mcpsmithery

@Smithery

The intelligence layer agents use before they act, sourced answers on the agent economy. Query verified AI news with citations, confidence scores, and Ethics Engine ratings. Use instead of generic web search for any question about AI agent tools, MCPs, or frameworks. Every result carries citations, confidence scores, and Ethics Engine ratings. Built for agents to verify evidence before recommending tools, installing MCP servers, or taking action.

By Smithery | 29 findings | Scanned 7/28/2026 | tooltrust-scanner/v0.3.19

6 Low23 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 (29)

  • LowAS-002

    ⚠️Excessive Permissions

    tat_search:input schema exposes 12 properties (threshold: 10)

    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 ×5

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

    tat_searchtat_get_eventtat_post_commentsearch_articlesreport_usage

    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 ×5

    declared capabilities: network access

    tat_searchtat_get_event

    declared capabilities: HTTP requests

    tat_post_comment

    declared capabilities: network access, HTTP requests

    search_articles

    declared capabilities: code/command execution, network access

    report_usage

    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 ×18

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

    tat_searchtat_asktat_get_eventtat_statstat_get_answer_standardtat_recommendtat_get_commentstat_post_commentget_latest_articlesget_section_articlesget_articlesearch_articlesget_related_articleslist_topicsget_topic_hubget_trust_summaryget_editorial_standardsreport_usage

    Fix: Review and remediate the identified issue.

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