MCP Substack Server (michalnaka/mcp-substack) is an MCP server listed on the M8ven Trust Index. It scores 47 out of 100, grade D. It declares 1 tool. No publisher has claimed this listing.

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MCP Substack Server

๐Ÿค– MCP Server for Substack integration with Claude AI Desktop. Download and parse Substack posts directly in your Claude conversations.

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michalnaka

Source: mcp.so

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// key findings
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Known vulnerabilities in dependencies: 5 high
Affects packages this MCP installs at runtime. Upgrade or remove the affected dependency.
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No credential exfiltration, no sensitive file access, no obfuscation
Static analysis found nothing flowing your secrets to unexpected places.
// known CVEs in dependencies5 high11 low

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

high@modelcontextprotocol/sdk@0.6.1GHSA-w48q-cv73-mx4w

Model Context Protocol (MCP) TypeScript SDK does not enable DNS rebinding protection by default

highundici@6.21.0GHSA-f269-vfmq-vjvj

Undici: Malicious WebSocket 64-bit length overflows parser and crashes the client

highundici@6.21.0GHSA-v9p9-hfj2-hcw8

Undici has Unhandled Exception in WebSocket Client Due to Invalid server_max_window_bits Validation

highundici@6.21.0GHSA-vrm6-8vpv-qv8q

Undici has Unbounded Memory Consumption in WebSocket permessage-deflate Decompression

highundici@6.21.0GHSA-vxpw-j846-p89q

undici WebSocket client vulnerable to denial of service via fragment count bypass

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// quality suggestions

Tool annotations

No tools have read-only/destructive annotations

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All four hints declared on every tool

1/1 tools missing one or more hints โ€” download_substack (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 handlerโ€™s actual behaviour.

License file

No license file

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Tests exist

No test files found

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Production dependencies are patched

0 critical, 5 high severity in production deps โ€” @modelcontextprotocol/sdk@0.6.1 (high), undici@6.21.0 (high)

Run npm audit fix, or upgrade the affected packages to a non-vulnerable version.

Dependency freshness

1/4 production deps stale: node-fetch@2023-11-30 (2.8y)

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