SurfSense (MODSetter/SurfSense) is an MCP server listed on the M8ven Trust Index. It scores 40 out of 100, grade D. It declares 42 tools. No publisher has claimed this listing.

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SurfSense

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// key findings
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Hardcoded credentials detected
1 live-looking API key in source: 1 Google API key
🔐
You'll be asked for 1 credential: SURFSENSE_API_KEY
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.
configSURFSENSE_MCP_TRANSPORT
configPERF_DEBUG
configCAPTCHA_SOLVING_ENABLED
🔐 secretSURFSENSE_API_KEY
configSURFSENSE_BASE_URL
configSURFSENSE_TIMEOUT
configSURFSENSE_WORKSPACE
configSURFSENSE_MCP_HOST
configSURFSENSE_MCP_PORT
// quality suggestions

Tool annotations

26/44 tools have annotations

Add readOnlyHint or destructiveHint annotations to every tool so hosts can warn users before invoking.

All four hints declared on every tool

18/44 tools missing one or more hints — _warmup_tool_a (missing: readOnlyHint, destructiveHint, idempotentHint, openWorldHint); _warmup_tool_b (missing: readOnlyHint, destructiveHint, idempotentHint, openWorldHint); create_calendar_event (missing: readOnlyHint, destructiveHint, idempotentHint, openWorldHint), +15 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.

No hardcoded API keys

1 live-looking API key in source: 1 Google API key

Move secrets to environment variables (process.env.X) or your secret manager.

Tool test coverage

15/44 tools referenced in tests (34%)

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

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commit: 3448772bd3d5d439114f810ac5da8e5a86967917
code hash: 345b82a5216be94eff50f080d1aec16a3c42aefed22e20b74da28a35a515eed8
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