Earshot (retrocodes12/earshot) is an MCP server listed on the M8ven Trust Index. It scores 74 out of 100, grade C. It declares 6 tools. No publisher has claimed this listing.

C
Emerging
74/100

Earshot

MCP server for Earshot, a buying-intent radar for the open social web. Lets agents monitor scored leads, search stored conversations, ask questions, and manage watch lists.

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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retrocodes12

Source: Glama

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The grade above is for the source repository. Registries can serve a different version, so we mark the ones we were not able to read.

// key findings
🚨
Secret credentials may flow to a network call
5 flows detected: GEMINI_API_KEY, LLM_API_KEY, BLUESKY_APP_PASSWORD. We can’t prove the destination matches the brand the credential belongs to.
🔐
You'll be asked for 9 credentials: ANTHROPIC_API_KEY, BLUESKY_APP_PASSWORD, EARSHOT_ADMIN_TOKEN, EARSHOT_TRY_GEMINI_KEY, GEMINI_API_KEY, GITHUB_TOKEN, LLM_API_KEY, POCKETSFLOW_WEBHOOK_SECRET, RESEND_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.
🔐 secretANTHROPIC_API_KEYWith set, scoring runs on Claude (batched, budgeted, capped per sweep). Without it, a transparent heuristic does its best. Either way the score's reason is always shown — no black-box verdicts.
🔐 secretBLUESKY_APP_PASSWORD
configBLUESKY_IDENTIFIER
🔐 secretEARSHOT_ADMIN_TOKEN
configEARSHOT_BATCH_GAP_MS
configEARSHOT_BATCH_SIZE
configEARSHOT_BILLING_URL
configEARSHOT_DB
configEARSHOT_DISCOURSE_HOSTSany instance via EARSHOT_DISCOURSE_HOSTS
configEARSHOT_FROM_EMAIL
configEARSHOT_GEMINI_MODELS
configEARSHOT_MASTODON_HOSTSset instances via EARSHOT_MASTODON_HOSTS
configEARSHOT_MAX_AI_ITEMS
configEARSHOT_POLL_SECONDS
configEARSHOT_SCORE_MODEL
configEARSHOT_SE_SITESpick sites via EARSHOT_SE_SITES
configEARSHOT_SITE_URL
configEARSHOT_SOURCEShn,bluesky narrows the set without a code change. Adding a source is one small file implementing the adapter contract — see [src/sources/](src/sources/).
configEARSHOT_TRIAL_DAYS
configEARSHOT_TRY_AI_ITEMS
configEARSHOT_TRY_BAR
configEARSHOT_TRY_CACHE_MS
configEARSHOT_TRY_DAYS
🔐 secretEARSHOT_TRY_GEMINI_KEY
configEARSHOT_TRY_LIMIT
configEARSHOT_VIS_MODEL
🔐 secretGEMINI_API_KEY
🔐 secretGITHUB_TOKEN
🔐 secretLLM_API_KEY
configLLM_BASE_URL
configLLM_MODEL
🔐 secretPOCKETSFLOW_WEBHOOK_SECRET
🔐 secretRESEND_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

6/6 tools missing one or more hints — earshot_stats (missing: readOnlyHint, destructiveHint, idempotentHint, openWorldHint); earshot_leads (missing: readOnlyHint, destructiveHint, idempotentHint, openWorldHint); earshot_ask (missing: readOnlyHint, destructiveHint, idempotentHint, openWorldHint), +3 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.

Tool test coverage

Only 0/6 tools referenced in tests (0%)

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

Secrets stay with their owner

5 secrets sent to a request target we could not resolve (GEMINI_API_KEY → dynamic, LLM_API_KEY → dynamic) — often a configured endpoint, not necessarily third-party

Audit where credentials are sent. A NOTION_TOKEN should only reach api.notion.com — never a third-party host.

Claim the listing to review these findings one by one and send us a correction where you disagree, straight to the team. Claiming also means we tell you when the grade moves, and reach you first if we find anything urgent.

// full audit trail
The findings above are the summary. The full trail, every check we ran, each deduction, the network hosts observed and the dependency advisories, goes to verified publishers, along with an alert whenever a new one lands. Verified publishers can also review each finding and dispute it in one click. Publisher corrections have sharpened several of our checks this month, because the maintainer knows the codebase better than any scanner.
// improvement guidance — verified publishers only
We have 4 concrete improvements we can share with the publisher of this MCP. Each comes with specific guidance to raise the trust score.
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