nodus (Drakonis96/nodus) is an MCP server listed on the M8ven Trust Index. It scores 89 out of 100, grade B. It declares 154 tools. No publisher has claimed this listing.

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nodus

Open-source research workspace for connecting sources, evidence, notes and ideas. Built for academic research with Zotero integration. Available on MacOS, Windows and Linux.

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// key findings
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154 tools verified — handlers match their declared behaviour
101 read-only tools verified — handlers contain no write/delete/exec
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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.
// 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.
configNODUS_DATABASE_FORM_PORT
configNODUS_TESSDATA_CACHE
configNODUS_USERDATA
configVITE_DEV_SERVER_URL
configNODUS_COPILOT_BRIDGE
// quality suggestions

All four hints declared on every tool

154/154 tools missing one or more hints — nodus_get_capabilities (missing: destructiveHint, idempotentHint); nodus_list_ideas (missing: destructiveHint, idempotentHint); nodus_get_idea (missing: destructiveHint, idempotentHint), +151 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.

Tests exist

No test files found

Add tests that exercise each declared tool.

No eval / new Function

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

Replace eval / Function with explicit parsing or safer alternatives.

Dependency freshness

6/57 production deps abandoned (no release in 2+ years): pdf-lib@2022-05-12 (4.3y), citeproc@2023-04-17 (3.4y), mkcert@2023-11-07 (2.8y)

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commit: 1ac3ba09b269aabd51f19462f4c06c03c05efe09
code hash: d2816b47a8088b7ee15a087a3564a226ea3a574609be0739404089c3e3537bad
verified: 9/3/2026, 7:32:48 PM
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