ToolTrust
C32/100
Smithery

vestara-america-law-graph

mcpsmithery

@Smithery

US federal and state statutory law MCP server. 529K sections across 50 states, the US Code, and Code of Federal Regulations. 11 tools: fulltext search, citation graph traversal, cross-reference navigation, risk surface analysis, doctrinal lineage. Free tier — no API key needed.

By Smithery | 24 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 (24)

  • HighAS-002

    ⚠️Excessive Permissions ×6

    tool declares network permission

    search_legislationfind_relevant_lawsemantic_searchsearch_within_work

    tool declares exec permission

    get_risk_surfacecompare_jurisdictions

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

  • HighAS-003

    🔀Scope Mismatch

    get_risk_surface:tool name "get_risk_surface" implies read-only operation but declares exec permission

    Fix: Ensure tool names, descriptions, and permission declarations are internally consistent. Use explicit naming conventions that fully reflect actual capabilities.

  • LowAS-011

    ℹ️Missing Rate-Limit / Timeout ×6

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

    search_legislationfind_relevant_lawget_risk_surfacesemantic_searchsearch_within_workcompare_jurisdictions

    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 ×11

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

    search_legislationfind_relevant_lawtraverse_graphget_act_structureget_related_actsget_risk_surfacesemantic_searchsearch_within_workget_recent_changescompare_jurisdictionsget_doctrinal_lineage

    Fix: Review and remediate the identified issue.

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