hn-tech-signal-mcp

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// key findings

✅

7 tools verified — handlers match their declared behaviour

7 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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You'll be asked for 2 credentials: GITHUB_TOKEN, MCP_BEARER_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.

🔐 secretGITHUB_TOKEN— No authentication required. All four data sources are public APIs. Optional: set for higher GitHub rate limits (5,000 req/h vs. 60 req/h unauthenticated).

configMCP_HOST— 127.0.0.1 Bind host for HTTP transport. Non-loopback values require MCP_BEARER_TOKEN.

configMCP_PORT— 8000 Port for HTTP transport

🔐 secretMCP_BEARER_TOKEN— MCP_HOST 127.0.0.1 Bind host for HTTP transport. Non-loopback values require .

configLOG_LEVEL

configMCP_TRANSPORT— stdio Transport: stdio or streamable_http

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// improvement guidance — verified publishers only

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commit: 0ddbaca3bd5e5d539ed00a5c11aafb4baa577817

code hash: 7a8d2af98442ff1241ea6d69bdee94630a5cebda71934d0d324d8e8153fe5c44

verified: 6/18/2026, 10:56:15 AM

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