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bibverify

Cross-platform BibTeX verification for researchers and AI assistants — CLI, Python API, MCP server, and explainable multi-source matching.

→ Hylouis233/bibverify· listed on github_topic

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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Hylouis233

Source: github_topic · also listed on 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.
// 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.
configBIBVERIFY_BINARY
configBIBVERIFY_CACHE_DIR
configBIBVERIFY_RELEASE_BASE_URL
configXDG_CACHE_HOME
configRUNNER_OS
configPROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE
configBIBVERIFY_EMAILCrossref polite pool and contact information
// 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

4/4 tools missing one or more hints — doi_to_bibtex (missing: readOnlyHint, destructiveHint, idempotentHint, openWorldHint); rank_lookup_sources (missing: readOnlyHint, destructiveHint, idempotentHint, openWorldHint); explain_update_diff (missing: readOnlyHint, destructiveHint, idempotentHint, openWorldHint), +1 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.

Shell command execution

1 child_process/subprocess call in production code — runs shell commands (npm/lib/runner.js:100)

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

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// 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 3 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: 9421e3916c4cc202fc369e72ad3f5770973507f9
code hash: 300854e7a316c2c4f9fe0c44b90b5ff375f0541b8e73d4bb5ca2fc2d88c6bfc5
verified: 8/19/2026, 9:24:47 AM
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