basic-mcp-server (TahiryMSX/ai-news-mcp) is an MCP server listed on the M8ven Trust Index. It scores 74 out of 100, grade C. It declares 5 tools. No publisher has claimed this listing.

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C
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74/100
9 days ago

basic-mcp-server

Provides arithmetic addition, string reversal, server info resource, and greeting prompts via Model Context Protocol over Streamable HTTP.

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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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TahiryMSX

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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 1 credential: MCP_AUTH_TOKEN
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.
configDIRECT_URLFallback if DATABASE_URL is unset
configHOSTBind address. Set 127.0.0.1 for local-only
🔐 secretMCP_AUTH_TOKENOff unless is set. Set it. Every tool reads your database, so an
configMCP_PATHEndpoint path
configPGPOOL_MAXPool size; keep small, poolers have connection limits
configPG_STATEMENT_TIMEOUT_MSPer-query ceiling
Deployment configuration, supplied by whoever hosts the server. Users are not asked for these.
deployDATABASE_URL
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

5/5 tools missing one or more hints — search_news (missing: readOnlyHint, destructiveHint, idempotentHint, openWorldHint); get_article (missing: readOnlyHint, destructiveHint, idempotentHint, openWorldHint); list_categories (missing: readOnlyHint, destructiveHint, idempotentHint, openWorldHint), +2 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.).

Tests exist

No test files found

Add tests that exercise each declared tool.

Secrets never reach shell commands

1 secret value passed to a subprocess as an argument — no shell is invoked, so there is nothing to inject into

Never pass secrets through shell commands. Use library APIs that accept credentials as arguments.

Secrets not logged

4 secret values sent to warn/log

Redact or omit secret values from log output.

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code hash: ae6811d7f664d1eba82fa47aceb47a0cc20d2a51a167713d78cbf600339e0138
verified: 9/1/2026, 5:13:57 PM
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