Paper Chaser MCP (joshuasundance-swca/paper-chaser-mcp) is an MCP server listed on the M8ven Trust Index. It scores 74 out of 100, grade C. It declares 1 tool. No publisher has claimed this listing.

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Paper Chaser MCP

Enables AI assistants to conduct academic research workflows such as paper discovery, literature mapping, citation chasing, author pivots, citation repair, and regulatory or species document retrieval.

→ joshuasundance-swca/paper-chaser-mcp· 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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joshuasundance-swca

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// key findings
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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.
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You'll be asked for 3 credentials: SCHOLARAPI_API_KEY, HF_TOKEN, HUGGINGFACEHUB_API_TOKEN
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.
configPAPER_CHASER_TOOL_PROFILEUse to choose the advertised surface:
configPAPER_CHASER_EVAL_BATCH_ID
configPAPER_CHASER_EVAL_RUN_ID
configPAPER_CHASER_ENABLE_EVAL_TRACE_CAPTUREOptional live eval-candidate capture can be enabled with =true and PAPER_CHASER_EVAL_TRACE_PATH=..., then converted into a review queue with scripts/build_eval_review_queue.py before promotion.
configPAPER_CHASER_EVAL_TRACE_PATH
🔐 secretSCHOLARAPI_API_KEYExplicit discovery, monitoring, full-text, and PDF family; also available as an opt-in broker target via preferredProvider or providerOrder. ScholarAPI-sourced paper results now include a separate contentAccess block for access/full-text metadata.
configAZURE_AI_PROJECT_ENDPOINT
🔐 secretHF_TOKEN
🔐 secretHUGGINGFACEHUB_API_TOKEN
// quality suggestions

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1/1 tools missing one or more hints — dynamic_tool_21 (missing: readOnlyHint, destructiveHint, idempotentHint, openWorldHint). 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 0/1 tools referenced in tests (0%)

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