JW Research MCP (prreobby/jw-research-mcp) is an MCP server listed on the M8ven Trust Index. It scores 74 out of 100, grade C. It declares 36 tools. No publisher has claimed this listing.

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JW Research MCP

A remote MCP server for traceable research across JW.org and the Watchtower Online Library, providing tools for searching, retrieving articles, footnotes, cross-references, and daily texts with optional AI-powered synthesis.

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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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// key findings
✅
No credential exfiltration, no sensitive file access, no obfuscation
Static analysis found nothing flowing your secrets to unexpected places.
🔐
You'll be asked for 3 credentials: KIMI_API_KEY, MCP_AUTH_SECRET, MOONSHOT_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.
configCACHE_TTL_SECONDS900 In-memory fetch cache TTL
configDEFAULT_LANGUAGEE Default langwritten value
🔐 secretKIMI_API_KEYRequired only by analyze_research
configKIMI_BASE_URL
configKIMI_MODELkimi-k3 Kimi model used for research synthesis
configMCP_AUTHMCP_TRANSPORT=http =false npm run start:http
🔐 secretMCP_AUTH_SECRETRequired when OAuth is enabled; minimum 8 characters
configMCP_BASE_URLlocal URL Public Railway URL used in OAuth metadata
configMCP_PORTPORT / 8080 HTTP listen port
configMCP_TRANSPORThttp MCP_AUTH=false npm run start:http
🔐 secretMOONSHOT_API_KEY
Deployment configuration, supplied by whoever hosts the server. Users are not asked for these.
deployPORT
// quality suggestions

Tool annotations

No tools have read-only/destructive annotations

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

All four hints declared on every tool

36/36 tools missing one or more hints — get_jw_captions (missing: readOnlyHint, destructiveHint, idempotentHint, openWorldHint); getWorkbookLinks (missing: readOnlyHint, destructiveHint, idempotentHint, openWorldHint); getWorkbookContent (missing: readOnlyHint, destructiveHint, idempotentHint, openWorldHint), +33 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.

License file

No license file

Add a LICENSE file (MIT, Apache-2.0, etc.).

Tool test coverage

Only 1/36 tools referenced in tests (3%)

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

Shell command execution

2 child_process calls — runs shell commands

Prefer library functions over shell-outs. If you must shell out, ensure all inputs are properly escaped.

Dependency freshness

1/6 production deps stale: node-fetch@2023-11-30 (2.7y)

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