C
Emerging
74/100
2 days ago

Botany MCP

Remote MCP server for authoritative plant information from the VicFlora API. Enables searching plants, fetching profiles, finding occurrences near a point, and looking up botanical terms.

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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Source: Glama

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// key findings
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Known vulnerabilities in dependencies: 1 critical, 1 high
Affects packages this MCP installs at runtime. Upgrade or remove the affected dependency.
🔐
You'll be asked for 2 credentials: BOTANY_MCP_TOKEN, OAUTH_CLIENT_SECRET
These are read from process.env at runtime. Make sure you trust where they’ll be sent.
// known CVEs in dependencies1 critical1 high2 medium

Disclosed vulnerabilities in this server's declared npm dependencies (via OSV). Whether each is reachable depends on the installed versions.

criticalvitest@2.1.9GHSA-5xrq-8626-4rwp

When Vitest UI server is listening, arbitrary file can be read and executed

highvite@5.4.21GHSA-fx2h-pf6j-xcff

vite: `server.fs.deny` bypass on Windows alternate paths

mediumvite@5.4.21GHSA-4w7w-66w2-5vf9

Vite Vulnerable to Path Traversal in Optimized Deps `.map` Handling

mediumvite@5.4.21GHSA-v6wh-96g9-6wx3

launch-editor: NTLMv2 hash disclosure via UNC path handling on Windows

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// 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.
configALA_BIE_SEARCH_ENDPOINT
configALA_CACHE_TTL_MS
configALA_PROFILES_BASE_URL
configALA_TIMEOUT_MS
configALLOWED_ORIGINS
configAUTH_REQUIREDWhen NODE_ENV=production, auth is required by default unless =false is set explicitly.
🔐 secretBOTANY_MCP_TOKENgenerate-a-long-random-token
configHOSTSet =0.0.0.0 on hosted platforms that require binding on all interfaces.
configIMAGE_PROXY_ALLOWED_HOSTSThe image proxy defaults to VicFlora hosts only; override with a comma-separated host list if VicFlora changes image CDNs.
configIMAGE_PROXY_PATH
configLOG_LEVEL
configMCP_ENDPOINT_PATH
configOAUTH_ACCESS_TOKEN_TTL_SECONDS
configOAUTH_CLIENT_IDbotany-mcp
🔐 secretOAUTH_CLIENT_SECRETgenerate-another-long-random-secret
configPUBLIC_BASE_URLOn Railway, can be omitted when RAILWAY_PUBLIC_DOMAIN is present; the server will derive https://<RAILWAY_PUBLIC_DOMAIN>.
configVICFLORA_CACHE_TTL_MS
configVICFLORA_GRAPHQL_ENDPOINT
configVICFLORA_TIMEOUT_MS
Deployment configuration, supplied by whoever hosts the server. Users are not asked for these.
deployPORT
// quality suggestions

Dependencies

17 dependencies, 1 flagged: @playwright/test

All four hints declared on every tool

4/4 tools missing one or more hints — search_plants (missing: destructiveHint, idempotentHint); get_plant_profile (missing: destructiveHint, idempotentHint); find_plants_near_point (missing: destructiveHint, idempotentHint), +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.

Tool test coverage

Only 0/4 tools referenced in tests (0%)

Write tests that reference each tool by name so every tool has at least one test.

Shell command execution

1 child_process/subprocess call in production code — runs shell commands (harness/dev.ts:10)

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

Dev dependencies

2 critical/high in dev-only deps (does not ship to users)

Upgrade dev dependencies when convenient.

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