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// key findings

⚠️

Known vulnerabilities in dependencies: 4 high

Affects packages this MCP installs at runtime. Upgrade or remove the affected dependency.

✅

8 tools verified — handlers match their declared behaviour

7 read-only tools verified — handlers contain no write/delete/exec

✅

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.

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You'll be asked for 3 credentials: EXA_API_KEY, KV_REST_API_TOKEN, UPSTASH_REDIS_REST_TOKEN

These are read from process.env at runtime. Make sure you trust where they’ll be sent.

// required environment variables

This server reads these from process.env. You'll be asked to provide them before it can run.

configAGNOST_LOG_LEVEL

configENABLED_TOOLS

🔐 secretEXA_API_KEY— "": "your_api_key"

configEXA_API_KEY_BYPASS

🔐 secretKV_REST_API_TOKEN

configKV_REST_API_URL

configOAUTH_AUDIENCE

configOAUTH_ISSUER

configOAUTH_USER_AGENTS

configRATE_LIMIT_BYPASS

configRATE_LIMIT_DAILY

configRATE_LIMIT_QPS

🔐 secretUPSTASH_REDIS_REST_TOKEN

configUPSTASH_REDIS_REST_URL

// full audit trail

The full breakdown of what we checked, the deductions that landed, the network hosts, the dependency advisories, and concrete fix guidance is available to verified publishers.

// improvement guidance — verified publishers only

We have 2 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: c72daa64957b33c98d8a1b884ecf00018b0e2e5d

code hash: 10105b2c1f27b3a5895c086ec1c7bb4dd0a26e9e6e89a7b745ae96114bdd9269

verified: 4/18/2026, 5:57:29 PM

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