# Paper Chaser MCP (oci · ghcr.io/joshuasundance-swca/paper-chaser-mcp:0.2.2)

MCP server for academic papers, citations, authors, ECOS dossiers, and Federal Register text.

- Trust score: 39/100 (low)
- Change this week: −5
- Registry status: active
- Liveness: live
- Owner verified: no
- Last scored: 2026-08-03

## Components

- oci · `ghcr.io/joshuasundance-swca/paper-chaser-mcp:0.2.2`: 39/100 (this document), [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/joshuasundance-swca-paper-chaser-mcp/ghcr-io-joshuasundance-swca-paper-chaser-mcp-0-2-2.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/joshuasundance-swca-paper-chaser-mcp/ghcr-io-joshuasundance-swca-paper-chaser-mcp-0-2-2)

## Channel facts

- Registry: `oci`
- Package: `ghcr.io/joshuasundance-swca/paper-chaser-mcp:0.2.2`
- Transport: `stdio`

## Trust breakdown

How this component scores in each security and reliability category. Every signal is checked automatically from public evidence about the published package, including repeated runs of it in an isolated sandbox, and we only credit what we can confirm. Scores are 0–100 per category. Scoring method: https://verifymcp.io/docs/scoring (what has changed: https://verifymcp.io/docs/scoring/changelog)

Scored 2026-08-03.

- **Supply Chain Security**: 0/100
  - Malware scan not yet available for this package.
  - CVE data not yet available for this package.
  - Install-script risk not yet assessed.
  - Dependency-health data not yet available.
- **Provenance & Transparency**: 45/100
  - Source repository is publicly reachable at the declared URL.
  - Provenance check failed: no build-provenance attestation is published.
  - Clear OSI-approved license (MIT).
  - Actively maintained (last published 122 days ago).
  - Disclosure check failed: no security disclosure policy was found in the source repository.
- **Schema Quality & AI Usability**: 82/100
  - 100% of prompts and resources have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the item's name).
  - AI-judged instruction clarity (good).
  - Tool/resource definitions use about 679 tokens (~113/item across 6 items; 5 tools + 1 resources), lean.
  - Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples.
- **Stability & Change Management**: 0/100
  - Stability not yet verified: not enough scan history yet (needs a 30-day window).
- **Tool Coverage**: 82/100
  - 100% of tools have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the tool's name).
  - 45% of tool parameters carry a description.
- **Capabilities**: 100/100
  - Implements a supported MCP spec version (2025-11-25); the latest is 2026-07-28.

**Unverified: 2 categories.** Categories scored 0 because we could not verify them: a data source with nothing on this package, evidence we could not reach, or a check we could not run. We only credit what we can confirm.

## Install

### Claude

```bash
claude mcp add joshuasundance-swca-paper-chaser-mcp -- docker run --rm -i ghcr.io/joshuasundance-swca/paper-chaser-mcp:0.2.2
```

### Codex

```bash
codex mcp add joshuasundance-swca-paper-chaser-mcp -- docker run --rm -i ghcr.io/joshuasundance-swca/paper-chaser-mcp:0.2.2
```

### opencode

```json
{
  "$schema": "https://opencode.ai/config.json",
  "mcp": {
    "joshuasundance-swca-paper-chaser-mcp": {
      "type": "local",
      "command": [
        "docker",
        "run",
        "--rm",
        "-i",
        "ghcr.io/joshuasundance-swca/paper-chaser-mcp:0.2.2"
      ],
      "enabled": true
    }
  }
}
```

### Hermes

```yaml
mcp_servers:
  joshuasundance-swca-paper-chaser-mcp:
    command: "docker"
    args: ["run", "--rm", "-i", "ghcr.io/joshuasundance-swca/paper-chaser-mcp:0.2.2"]
```

### Other

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "joshuasundance-swca-paper-chaser-mcp": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "--rm",
        "-i",
        "ghcr.io/joshuasundance-swca/paper-chaser-mcp:0.2.2"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

## Changelog

Every change recorded for this component, newest first. Days that predate change tracking, or that we cannot explain, say so: "we were watching and nothing happened" and "we were not watching" are different claims.

### 2026-07-31 (score 39, −5)

- [functional] We updated how we score, so this day's move reflects our rubric, not a change to the server

### 2026-07-27 (score 44, +33)

- [functional improvement] Tool coverage: unverified → 100
- [functional improvement] Schema quality: unverified → 100
- [functional] First check of Schema quality: fail
- [functional] First check of Tool coverage: 45
- [functional] First check of Schema quality: good
- [functional] First check of Schema quality: pass

### 2026-07-26 (score 11)

First indexed and scored.

- [functional] We updated how we score, so this day's move reflects our rubric, not a change to the server

## MCP tools (5)

### `research` (~193 tokens)

Research

Default guided entry point for low-context research requests. Use this for topic discovery, known-item recovery, citation repair, and regulatory or species-history questions when you want one trust-graded response instead of choosing among raw tools. The server picks the safest retrieval path, returns a compact evidence summary plus source records, and abstains or marks partial results when evidence is weak, off-topic, or incomplete.

Input parameters:

- `focus` (string): Optional focus hint to steer the research goal.
- `latencyProfile` (string): Research depth profile: fast, balanced, or deep. Default is balanced.
- `limit` (integer): Max evidence-bearing sources to keep in the guided result set (default 5, max 10).
- `query` (string, required)
- `venue` (string): Optional venue hint to narrow the request.
- `year` (string): Optional year or year range hint, e.g. 2022:2025.

### `follow_up_research` (~77 tokens)

Follow Up Research

Grounded follow-up over a prior guided research result. Use searchSessionId from research and ask one specific question. This tool answers only when the saved evidence is strong enough; otherwise it returns an explicit abstention or insufficient-evidence response plus next actions.

Input parameters:

- `question` (string, required)
- `searchSessionId` (string, required)

### `resolve_reference` (~77 tokens)

Resolve Reference

Resolve one reference-like input into the safest next anchor. Accepts citations, DOI strings, DOI URLs, arXiv IDs, title fragments, and regulatory references. Returns the best match when one is trustworthy, alternatives when ambiguity remains, and direct next actions when the input should pivot into a primary-source path.

Input parameters:

- `reference` (string, required)

### `inspect_source` (~67 tokens)

Inspect Source

Inspect one source from a prior guided research result. Pass the searchSessionId and a source id from the research response to get provenance, trust state, source-access details, and the best direct-read follow-through.

Input parameters:

- `searchSessionId` (string, required)
- `sourceId` (string, required)

### `get_runtime_status` (~44 tokens)

Get Runtime Status

Guided runtime and provider-status summary. Use this to confirm the active tool profile, transport, effective smart provider, enabled coverage, and high-level warnings without reading low-level diagnostics.

## Diagnostics

Captured diagnostic sections: Provenance. The full working is on the page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/joshuasundance-swca-paper-chaser-mcp/ghcr-io-joshuasundance-swca-paper-chaser-mcp-0-2-2#diagnostics

## Score history

- 2026-08-03: 39
- 2026-08-02: 39
- 2026-08-01: 39
- 2026-07-31: 39
- 2026-07-30: 44
- 2026-07-29: 44
- 2026-07-28: 44
- 2026-07-27: 44
- 2026-07-26: 11

## Links

- Repository: https://github.com/joshuasundance-swca/paper-chaser-mcp
- Changelog RSS feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/joshuasundance-swca-paper-chaser-mcp/ghcr-io-joshuasundance-swca-paper-chaser-mcp-0-2-2/changelog.xml
- Changelog JSON feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/joshuasundance-swca-paper-chaser-mcp/ghcr-io-joshuasundance-swca-paper-chaser-mcp-0-2-2/changelog.json
- HTML version of this page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/joshuasundance-swca-paper-chaser-mcp/ghcr-io-joshuasundance-swca-paper-chaser-mcp-0-2-2