LocalRoots MCP

Item: LocalRoots MCP
Rating: 68
Author: M8ven

Enables discovery and scoring of independent local businesses by inverting algorithmic rankings that favor chains, using Google Places API with an opinionated independence-scoring engine.

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// key findings

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Known vulnerabilities in dependencies: 2 high

Affects packages this MCP installs at runtime. Upgrade or remove the affected dependency.

✅

No credential exfiltration, no sensitive file access, no obfuscation

Static analysis found nothing flowing your secrets to unexpected places.

✅

Open source with a license and README

Anyone can audit the code, the license is declared, and the publisher documents what it does.

🔐

You'll be asked for 1 credential: GOOGLE_PLACES_API_KEY

These are read from process.env at runtime. Make sure you trust where they’ll be sent.

// known CVEs in dependencies2 high

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

high@modelcontextprotocol/sdk@1.0.4GHSA-8r9q-7v3j-jr4g

Anthropic's MCP TypeScript SDK has a ReDoS vulnerability

high@modelcontextprotocol/sdk@1.0.4GHSA-w48q-cv73-mx4w

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

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// required environment variables

This server reads these from process.env. You'll be asked to provide them before it can run.

🔐 secretGOOGLE_PLACES_API_KEY— 4. Set in your MCP server environment.

configRATE_LIMIT_RPS

configWAYBACK_TIMEOUT_MS

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commit: aa24d8e63566c79a1e8d34b5a8ff72d3c367da8e

code hash: 089baf2da577aeea56d1381a57f4fce838860fc0b6240d08da65513fe9906f65

verified: 6/18/2026, 10:32:04 AM

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