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C27/100
Smithery

yangg40-scholar-feed

mcpsmithery

@Smithery

Search 600,000+ CS/AI/ML research papers with LLM-generated novelty analysis, without leaving Claude Code, Cursor, or any MCP client. Built for researchers running a literature review where they already work: search, trace citations, pull full text, and export BibTeX in the same session.

By Smithery | 49 findings | Scanned 7/17/2026 | tooltrust-scanner/v0.3.19

1 Critical8 Low40 Info

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 (49)

  • CriticalAS-006

    💻Arbitrary Code Execution

    heuristic signal

    update_watch:tool name or description implies arbitrary script/code execution (evaluate_script, execute javascript, etc.)

    Fix: This tool can execute arbitrary code or shell commands on the host system. Remove it unless strictly required. If kept: (1) restrict access to trusted users/agents only, (2) require human approval before each invocation (Claude Desktop: set approval_required: true; other clients: enable equivalent confirmation), (3) use the most restrictive sandbox or read-only mode available, and (4) never expose this tool to untrusted input sources.

  • LowAS-002

    ⚠️Excessive Permissions ×2

    input schema exposes 20 properties (threshold: 10)

    search_papers

    input schema exposes 11 properties (threshold: 10)

    create_watch

    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 ×6

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

    search_papersget_paperfetch_fulltextembed_textupdate_watchpreview_watch

    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 ×15

    declared capabilities: network access, HTTP requests

    search_papers

    declared capabilities: network access

    get_paperfetch_fulltextpreview_watch

    declared capabilities: filesystem access

    get_citationsfind_authorsave_paperunsave_papercreate_collectionadd_to_collectionremove_from_collectioncreate_watchdelete_watch

    declared capabilities: database access, HTTP requests

    embed_text

    declared capabilities: code/command execution, filesystem access

    update_watch

    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 ×25

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

    search_papersget_paperget_citationsfetch_fulltextfind_authorco_author_graphembed_textget_field_orientationget_foundational_lineagesave_paperunsave_paperlike_paperlist_librarylist_collectionscreate_collectionadd_to_collectionremove_from_collectioncreate_watchlist_watchescheck_watchesdelete_watchupdate_watchpreview_watchfind_gapsask_library

    Fix: Review and remediate the identified issue.

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