Codex-research-skill (akovanda/Codex-research-skill) is an MCP server listed on the M8ven Trust Index. M8ven has not graded it: there is no public source to read and no endpoint we can reach, so there is nothing for us to inspect. No publisher has claimed this listing.

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7 days ago

Codex-research-skill

Research cache and support for codex to help facilitate better research. Think of it like going to the librarian for additional useful sources. It’s goal isn’t to know everything, but you help you find what you might want/need.

→ akovanda/Codex-research-skill· listed on github_code

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// key findings
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No credential exfiltration, no sensitive file access, no obfuscation
Static analysis found nothing flowing your secrets to unexpected places.
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Open source with a license and README
Anyone can audit the code, the license is declared, and the publisher documents what it does.
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You'll be asked for 2 credentials: RESEARCH_REGISTRY_ADMIN_TOKEN, RESEARCH_REGISTRY_SESSION_SECRET
These are read from process.env at runtime. Make sure you trust where they’ll be sent.
// environment variables
To run this server yourself, you supply these values. They go in your own MCP client configuration and stay on your machine. The secret label means the value is sensitive, not that the server mishandles it.
configTEST_DATABASE_URL
🔐 secretRESEARCH_REGISTRY_ADMIN_TOKEN"$(python3 -c 'import secrets; print(secrets.token_urlsafe(32))')" \
configRESEARCH_REGISTRY_HOST
configRESEARCH_REGISTRY_PORT
configRESEARCH_REGISTRY_DATABASE_URLRESEARCH_REGISTRY_DB_PATH remains supported for local SQLite setups. If is unset, the app derives a local SQLite URL from that path.
configRESEARCH_REGISTRY_DB_PATHremains supported for local SQLite setups. If RESEARCH_REGISTRY_DATABASE_URL is unset, the app derives a local SQLite URL from that path.
configRESEARCH_REGISTRY_CAPTURE_MODES
🔐 secretRESEARCH_REGISTRY_SESSION_SECRET
configRESEARCH_REGISTRY_CAPTURE_GIT_REPOSITORIES
configCODEX_HOME, migration, uninstall, and security behavior.
configRESEARCH_REGISTRY_IMAGE
configRESEARCH_REGISTRY_LOCAL_RESEARCH_ROOTSexport ="/path/to/repo-a:/path/to/repo-b"
configRESEARCH_REGISTRY_LOCAL_RESEARCH_ROOTS_FILE
configRESEARCH_REGISTRY_MANAGED_CONFIG_DIR
configXDG_CONFIG_HOME${:-~/.config}/research-registry/config.toml
configRESEARCH_REGISTRY_MANAGED_DATA_DIR
configXDG_DATA_HOME${:-~/.local/share}/research-registry/registry.sqlite3
configRESEARCH_REGISTRY_DATA_DIR
// quality suggestions

Tool annotations

No tools have read-only/destructive annotations

Add readOnlyHint or destructiveHint annotations to every tool so hosts can warn users before invoking.

All four hints declared on every tool

27/27 tools missing one or more hints — research_status (missing: readOnlyHint, destructiveHint, idempotentHint, openWorldHint); research_search (missing: readOnlyHint, destructiveHint, idempotentHint, openWorldHint); research_get (missing: readOnlyHint, destructiveHint, idempotentHint, openWorldHint), +24 more. OpenAI's directory rejects tools where any of the four hints are missing or non-boolean.

For every tool, set all four hints (readOnlyHint, destructiveHint, idempotentHint, openWorldHint) to explicit true/false values that match the handler’s actual behaviour.

Secrets not logged

4 secret values sent to console.log

Redact or omit secret values from log output.

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code hash: f26747f5419f28b820e54c6f18e430c8a8d53fd5354fd6be779333a2f4e2ab4c
verified: 8/19/2026, 9:18:29 AM
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