HTPD
PYPI · HTPD-READER
Answer questions from PDFs converted to .htpd: exact text with pages, or 'Not found in this file.'
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Last scanned (8 hours ago)
Scores higher than 59% of PyPI servers
Category Documents and Files
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. How we score → Why this is hard to score →
Supply Chain Security50
- Malware scan not yet available for this package.Unverified
- No known CVEs affecting this package version or its production dependencies.Pass
- Runs setuptools.build_meta at install time, a recognised build step with no custom scripting around it. View diagnostics → Pass
- No production dependencies, so there is no dependency health to assess. View diagnostics → Pass
Provenance & Transparency97
- Source repository is publicly reachable at the declared URL. View diagnostics → Pass
- Cryptographically verified build provenance (signed, bound to narendrachampaneri/htpd). View diagnostics → Pass
- Clear OSI-approved license (Apache-2.0).Pass
- Actively maintained (last published 12 days ago).Pass
- Disclosure check failed: no security disclosure policy was found in the source repository. See how to fix → Fail
Schema Quality & AI Usability65
- AI-judged instruction clarity (good).Pass
- Tool/resource definitions use about 542 tokens (~77/item across 7 items; 7 tools + 0 resources), lean.Pass
- Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples. See how to fix → Fail
Stability & Change Management0
- Stability not yet verified: not enough scan history yet (needs a 30-day window).Unverified
Tool Coverage90
- 100% of tools have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the tool's name).Pass
- 69% of tool parameters carry a description.Partial
Tool Safety100
- No prompt-injection markers were found in the server instructions, tool names or descriptions we captured.Pass
- We read all 7 captured tool definition(s), and no name or description among them implies an irreversible operation.Pass
- An AI judge read all 8 captured unit(s) of tool text and found none that tries to manipulate the model reading it.Pass
Capabilities60
- Spec-recency check failed: implements MCP spec 2025-06-18; the latest is 2026-07-28. See how to fix → Fail
Unverified: 1 category
A category scored 0 because we could not verify it: 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.
Every change we have recorded for this component, newest first. Security-relevant changes are always shown. ▲ marks a change for the better, ▼ a change for the worse; unmarked changes are neutral.
- 5 Nov 26 −15
- Malware scan: pass → unverified ▼ security
- 31 Oct 26 +15
- Malware scan: unverified → pass ▲ security
- 23 Oct 26 62
First indexed and scored.
Diagnostic detail from the automated scan of this channel: what the scanner observed at each step, so you can see exactly where a check passed or failed. It is informational only and never changes the trust score.
Captured 5 Nov 2026 · Analysed pypi/htpd-reader@0.1.2.post1
Provenance Verified
A signed build attestation was found and verified, binding this exact artifact to the source repository it claims to come from.
| Result | Verified |
|---|---|
| Ecosystem | pypi |
| Reason | Verified |
| Discovered via | Registry attestation endpoint |
| Source repo | narendrachampaneri/htpd |
| Certificate issuer | https://token.actions.githubusercontent.com |
| Certificate SAN | https://github.com/narendrachampaneri/htpd/.github/workflows/publish.yml@refs/heads/main |
| Rekor log index | 3418221086 |
| Predicate type | PyPI publish attestation https://docs.pypi.org/attestations/publish/v1 |
| Subject digest | sha256:ab4868e02278b6b6dc763ebc711ea6001f89ff79703f1e11221ddd6e5168d9b6 |
Background: How many MCP packages publish verified provenance →
Install scripts 1 script
| Hook | Tier | Command |
|---|---|---|
| build_backend | allowlisted | setuptools.build_meta |
Background: Why install scripts are a supply-chain risk →
Dependencies 0 packages
| Packages resolved | 0 |
|---|---|
| Tree resolution | Complete |
Background: SBOMs and build attestations, explained →
The tools this component advertises to a client, with an estimated token cost for each. Expand a tool to see its parameters and schema. The per-tool counts are indicative and are not scored directly; the schema's total context footprint is one signal in Schema Quality & AI Usability. A tool's description is untrusted text the model reads on every call, which is what makes this list a security surface and not just an inventory: how tool poisoning works →
ask ~103
Give a question; get back only the few sections of the document that answer it, with their exact text and pages - or NOT FOUND when the document does not answer it. Quote the text and cite the pages in the answer.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| budget | integer | – | Most tokens of text to return (default 3000). |
| bundle | string | yes | Name of a bundle (see list_bundles) or the path of a bundle folder. |
| question | string | yes | – |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
check ~50
List every problem of a bundle (broken links, a tree that disagrees, ...).
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| bundle | string | yes | Name of a bundle (see list_bundles) or the path of a bundle folder. |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
contents ~74
The table of contents of a bundle: every section with its ID, number, title and pages. Start here to see how the document is built.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| bundle | string | yes | Name of a bundle (see list_bundles) or the path of a bundle folder. |
| depth | integer | – | Show only this many levels. |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
figure ~99
The picture of one figure (a diagram, chart or photo of the document) as an image, with its caption, page and section. Figures stand in the text as a line '![F12: caption]'; ask for 'F12' to see it.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| bundle | string | yes | Name of a bundle (see list_bundles) or the path of a bundle folder. |
| figure | string | yes | e.g. 'F12' |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
list_bundles ~25
List the HTPD bundles (converted documents) this server can read.
Input schema present but exposes no named parameters.
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
open_section ~88
The exact text of one section, with the page of every paragraph, its place in the document, its parent, subsections and neighbours. Use the ID, the file name or the section number (e.g. '3.1').
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| bundle | string | yes | Name of a bundle (see list_bundles) or the path of a bundle folder. |
| section | string | yes | – |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
search ~58
Sections that hold all the given words (exact word search).
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| bundle | string | yes | Name of a bundle (see list_bundles) or the path of a bundle folder. |
| limit | integer | – | – |
| words | string | yes | – |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
How do I install the HTPD MCP server?
HTPD runs locally as a PyPI package, launched with uvx htpd-reader. Ready-made configuration for Claude, Cursor, VS Code, Codex and 5 more is on this page, copied from each client's own documentation.
pypi · htpd-reader
claude mcp add narendrachampaneri-htpd -- uvx htpd-reader
What is the HTPD MCP server?
HTPD is an MCP server listed in the public MCP registry as io.github.narendrachampaneri/htpd. Answer questions from PDFs converted to .htpd: exact text with pages, or 'Not found in this file.'. This page covers its PyPI package (htpd-reader).
Is the HTPD MCP server safe to use?
HTPD scores 62 out of 100 on VerifyMCP. We found no known CVEs affecting it as of 5 November 2026. Its build provenance is signed and verified. That is a record of what we were able to check automatically, not an endorsement. The category breakdown on this page shows every signal behind the number, including the ones we could not confirm.
What tools does the HTPD MCP server expose?
HTPD exposes 7 tools: list_bundles, contents, open_section, search, ask, and 2 more. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 497 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.
Is the HTPD MCP server still maintained?
HTPD is still listed as active in the MCP registry. We last reached this channel on 5 November 2026. Those dates come from our own scans of the registry and the channel itself, not from anything the publisher announced.
What licence is the HTPD MCP server under?
HTPD declares the Apache-2.0 licence, which is OSI-approved. That covers the source only, and says nothing about the cost of any service it calls.