Scholar Feed MCP Server (YGao2005/scholar-feed-mcp) is an MCP server listed on the M8ven Trust Index. It scores 74 out of 100, grade C. It declares 26 tools. No publisher has claimed this listing.

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74/100
2 months ago

Scholar Feed MCP Server

Enables searching and analyzing over 560,000 CS/AI/ML research papers with LLM-powered novelty scoring and summaries. Supports literature reviews, trend monitoring, benchmark tracking, and deep research sessions through 23 specialized tools.

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YGao2005

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// key findings
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26 tools verified — handlers match their declared behaviour
17 read-only tools verified — handlers contain no write/delete/exec
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No credential exfiltration, no sensitive file access, no obfuscation
Static analysis found nothing flowing your secrets to unexpected places.
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Open source with a license and README
Anyone can audit the code, the license is declared, and the publisher documents what it does.
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You'll be asked for 2 credentials: SF_API_KEY, SF_MCP_PROVISION_SECRET
These are read from process.env at runtime. Make sure you trust where they’ll be sent.
// known CVEs in dependencies1 low

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

lowtsup@8.0.0GHSA-3mv9-4h5g-vhg3

tsup DOM Clobbering vulnerability

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// 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.
configSF_API_BASE_URLNo Production URL Override API base URL
🔐 secretSF_API_KEYclaude mcp add scholar-feed -e =sf_your_key_here -- npx -y scholar-feed-mcp@latest
configSF_API_TIMEOUT_MS
configSF_MCP_AUDIENCE
configSF_MCP_ICON_URL
configSF_MCP_KEY_CACHE_TTL_MS
🔐 secretSF_MCP_PROVISION_SECRET
configSF_MCP_RESOURCE_URI
configSF_OAUTH_ENFORCE_ISSUER
configSF_OAUTH_ISSUER
configSF_OAUTH_JWKS_URL
configSF_SERVER_VERSION
Deployment configuration, supplied by whoever hosts the server. Users are not asked for these.
deployPORT
// quality suggestions

All four hints declared on every tool

26/26 tools missing one or more hints — ask_library (missing: idempotentHint, openWorldHint); check_drift (missing: idempotentHint, openWorldHint); get_citations (missing: idempotentHint, openWorldHint), +23 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 inputs are validated

24/26 tool handlers declare input schemas (92%)

Declare an inputSchema with zod/joi/yup on every tool definition.

Shell command execution

1 child_process call — runs shell commands

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

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commit: 848de813db29110a60ece26bef255339186a9e05
code hash: b2de3832b7bf24813ef4e6aae6a1254af139adf15d041aad2e2382d83e868bda
verified: 6/17/2026, 12:02:35 PM
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