sophotron (rookslog/sophotron) is an MCP server listed on the M8ven Trust Index. M8ven has not graded it: we have no way to read this server ourselves. No publisher has claimed this listing.
MCP server for searching and retrieving philosophy papers, combining Semantic Scholar, OpenAlex, Unpaywall, CrossRef, and PhilArchive with PDF resolution, taxonomy browsing, and a personal library.
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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Disclosed vulnerabilities in this server's declared npm dependencies (via OSV). Whether each is reachable depends on the installed versions.
When Vitest UI server is listening, arbitrary file can be read and executed
ARXIV_MCP_STORAGE_PATHCROSSREF_EMAILOPENALEX_API_KEYOPENALEX_EMAIL=you@example.comPHILARCHIVE_MIN_INTERVAL_MSSEMANTIC_SCHOLAR_API_KEY"env": { "": "optional" }SEMANTIC_SCHOLAR_MIN_INTERVAL_MSSKIP_INTEGRATIONnpm test # vitest (set =true to skip live tests)SOPHOTRON_DATA_DIRAdvanced overrides (SOPHOTRON_OAI_ENDPOINT, , SOPHOTRON_LIBRARY_PATH) are documented in .env.example.SOPHOTRON_LIBRARY_PATHAdvanced overrides (SOPHOTRON_OAI_ENDPOINT, SOPHOTRON_DATA_DIR, ) are documented in .env.example.SOPHOTRON_OAI_ENDPOINTAdvanced overrides (, SOPHOTRON_DATA_DIR, SOPHOTRON_LIBRARY_PATH) are documented in .env.example.UNPAYWALL_EMAIL=you@example.comGITHUB_TOKENGITHUB_REPOSITORYPR_NUMBERHEAD_SHACODEX_REVIEWER_LOGINCODEX_REVIEW_RERUN_EVENTSCODEX_REVIEW_WORKFLOW_IDCODEX_REVIEW_JOB_NAMETool 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
18/18 tools missing one or more hints — search_papers (missing: readOnlyHint, destructiveHint, idempotentHint, openWorldHint); get_paper (missing: readOnlyHint, destructiveHint, idempotentHint, openWorldHint); get_citations (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.
Tool test coverage
7/18 tools referenced in tests (39%)
Write tests that reference each tool by name so every tool has at least one test.
Secrets not logged
9 secret values sent to console.log
Redact or omit secret values from log output.
Dev dependencies
1 critical/high in dev-only deps (does not ship to users)
Upgrade dev dependencies when convenient.
Dependency freshness
1/6 production deps stale: fastest-levenshtein@2022-08-02 (4.1y)
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