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Scholar MCP
io-github-liyux3-scholar-mcp declares 6 capabilities across 6 tools, with 1 critical issue.
14/100 exposureLow exposure
Manifest recorded 2026-10-13 from tools/list answered by the PyPI package scholar-mcp==0.8.5 (published to PyPI as scholar-mcp, listed in the official MCP registry as io.github.Liyux3/scholar-mcp 0.8.5), run in an isolated container with no network access and placeholder credentials. The date changes only when the manifest does. Not verified by a maintainer.
Issues
These describe what this server's manifest declares. A product can provide controls that MCP has no
way to express — token revocation, an admin console, audit logs — and this page cannot see them. The absence of a
declaration is not evidence that a control is absent.
critical · no-revocation · All 6 tools
6 of 6 tools declare no way for the customer to switch them off once granted. This applies to every tool because MCP has no field in which to declare a revocation mechanism; the product may provide one outside MCP that a manifest cannot show.
high · no-expiry · All 6 tools
6 of 6 tools declare no expiry. This applies to every tool because MCP has no field in which to declare an expiry; the product may provide one outside MCP that a manifest cannot show.
high · no-audit-trail · All 6 tools
6 of 6 tools declare no record of their actions that the customer can read. This applies to every tool because MCP has no field in which to declare an audit requirement; the product may provide one outside MCP that a manifest cannot show.
high · uncapped-write · 1 of 6 tools
1 tool can modify data and declares no limit.
low · uncapped-read · 5 of 6 tools
5 tools can read data and declare no limit.
Declared capabilities
How each tool was read. declared means the server's own annotation said so — self-reported and
unverified. inferred is from the tool's name. assumed means nothing indicated either way.
| Tool | Read as | Basis |
|---|
search_papers | read |
declared |
paper_info | read |
declared |
recommend_papers | read |
declared |
search_authors | read |
declared |
download_paper | write |
assumed |
read_paper | read |
declared |
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