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PlaceRoot

PlaceRoot is an MCP server that answers spatial questions using open map data from Overture Maps, without requiring API keys or signup. It provides tools for place search, area analysis, routing, and geometry operations.

→ chuofringer/placeroot· listed on glama

Emerging. No concerning findings. Grades remain capped until the project builds reputation through adoption. Grades reflect the full trust pyramid: code, verification depth, and reputation. New projects cap at C until adoption is earned.

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Who stands behind it

chuofringer

Source: Glama

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// key findings
✅
No credential exfiltration, no sensitive file access, no obfuscation
Static analysis found nothing flowing your secrets to unexpected places.
✅
Open source with a license and README
Anyone can audit the code, the license is declared, and the publisher documents what it does.
🔐
You'll be asked for 2 credentials: AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY, PLACEROOT_S3_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY
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.
configPLACEROOT_TOOLS
configPLACEROOT_WARM_REGION
configPLACEROOT_CACHE_SYNC
configPLACEROOT_CACHE_DIR
configPLACEROOT_OVERTURE_RELEASE
configPLACEROOT_CACHE
configAWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID
🔐 secretAWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY
configPLACEROOT_S3_ENDPOINT
configPLACEROOT_S3_REGION
configPLACEROOT_TOKEN_BUDGET
configPLACEROOT_CACHE_FETCH_CONCURRENCY
configPLACEROOT_CACHE_MAX_MB
configPLACEROOT_S3_ACCESS_KEY_ID
🔐 secretPLACEROOT_S3_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY
configPLACEROOT_DUCKDB_THREADS
configPLACEROOT_ARTIFACT_DIR
configPLACEROOT_UPSTREAM_BASE
configPLACEROOT_RELEASE_TTL_HOURS
configPLACEROOT_STALE_RELEASE_DAYS
configPLACEROOT_TRACE
configPLACEROOT_TRACE_SLOW_S
// 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

32/32 tools missing one or more hints — find_places (missing: readOnlyHint, destructiveHint, idempotentHint, openWorldHint); summarize_area (missing: readOnlyHint, destructiveHint, idempotentHint, openWorldHint); place_details (missing: readOnlyHint, destructiveHint, idempotentHint, openWorldHint), +29 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.

No eval / new Function

1 eval() or new Function() call — dynamic code execution

Replace eval / Function with explicit parsing or safer alternatives.

Shell command execution

3 child_process/subprocess calls in production code — runs shell commands (npm/index.js:13, benchmarks/competitors/capture/capture_mapbox_tools_list.mjs:24, benchmarks/competitors/capture/capture_answers.mjs:67)

Prefer library functions over shell-outs. If you must shell out, ensure all inputs are properly escaped.

Claim the listing to review these findings one by one and send us a correction where you disagree, straight to the team. Claiming also means we tell you when the grade moves, and reach you first if we find anything urgent.

// full audit trail
The findings above are the summary. The full trail, every check we ran, each deduction, the network hosts observed and the dependency advisories, goes to verified publishers, along with an alert whenever a new one lands. Verified publishers can also review each finding and dispute it in one click. Publisher corrections have sharpened several of our checks this month, because the maintainer knows the codebase better than any scanner.
// improvement guidance — verified publishers only
We have 4 concrete improvements we can share with the publisher of this MCP. Each comes with specific guidance to raise the trust score.
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commit: 062204bf42f883927c5e28e70f6f65962b42aa2c
code hash: 79fad4305074e43cb5ff868356e0056e2a2d58974b6af3f87d00e5781ab3a735
verified: 8/15/2026, 9:26:02 AM
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