# HTPD (pypi · htpd-reader)

Answer questions from PDFs converted to .htpd: exact text with pages, or 'Not found in this file.'

- Trust score: 62/100 (medium)
- Change this week: 0
- Registry status: active
- Liveness: live
- Owner verified: no
- Last scored: 2026-11-05

## Components

- pypi · `htpd-reader`: 62/100 (this document), [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/narendrachampaneri-htpd/htpd-reader.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/narendrachampaneri-htpd/htpd-reader)

## Channel facts

- Registry: `pypi`
- Package: `htpd-reader`
- Version: `0.1.2.post1`
- 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 2026-11-05.

- **Supply Chain Security**: 50/100
  - Malware scan not yet available for this package.
  - No known CVEs affecting this package version or its production dependencies.
  - Runs setuptools.build_meta at install time, a recognised build step with no custom scripting around it.
  - No production dependencies, so there is no dependency health to assess.
- **Provenance & Transparency**: 97/100
  - Source repository is publicly reachable at the declared URL.
  - Cryptographically verified build provenance (signed, bound to narendrachampaneri/htpd).
  - Clear OSI-approved license (Apache-2.0).
  - Actively maintained (last published 12 days ago).
  - Disclosure check failed: no security disclosure policy was found in the source repository.
- **Schema Quality & AI Usability**: 65/100
  - AI-judged instruction clarity (good).
  - Tool/resource definitions use about 542 tokens (~77/item across 7 items; 7 tools + 0 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**: 90/100
  - 100% of tools have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the tool's name).
  - 69% of tool parameters carry a description.
- **Tool Safety**: 100/100
  - No prompt-injection markers were found in the server instructions, tool names or descriptions we captured.
  - We read all 7 captured tool definition(s), and no name or description among them implies an irreversible operation.
  - An AI judge read all 8 captured unit(s) of tool text and found none that tries to manipulate the model reading it.
- **Capabilities**: 60/100
  - Spec-recency check failed: implements MCP spec 2025-06-18; the latest is 2026-07-28.

**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.

## Install

### 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.

### Claude

```bash
claude mcp add narendrachampaneri-htpd -- uvx htpd-reader
```

### Cursor

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "narendrachampaneri-htpd": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "htpd-reader"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

### VS Code

```json
{
  "servers": {
    "narendrachampaneri-htpd": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "htpd-reader"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

### Codex

```bash
codex mcp add narendrachampaneri-htpd -- uvx htpd-reader
```

### opencode

```json
{
  "$schema": "https://opencode.ai/config.json",
  "mcp": {
    "narendrachampaneri-htpd": {
      "type": "local",
      "command": [
        "uvx",
        "htpd-reader"
      ],
      "enabled": true
    }
  }
}
```

### OpenClaw

```bash
openclaw mcp add narendrachampaneri-htpd --command uvx --arg htpd-reader
```

### Hermes

```yaml
mcp_servers:
  narendrachampaneri-htpd:
    command: "uvx"
    args: ["htpd-reader"]
```

### Netclaw

```json
{
  "McpServers": {
    "narendrachampaneri-htpd": {
      "Transport": "stdio",
      "Command": "uvx",
      "Arguments": [
        "htpd-reader"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

### Vellum

```bash
assistant mcp add narendrachampaneri-htpd -t stdio -c uvx -a htpd-reader
```

### Other

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "narendrachampaneri-htpd": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "htpd-reader"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

## 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.

### 2026-11-05 (score 62, −15)

- [security regression] Malware scan: pass → unverified

### 2026-10-31 (score 77, +15)

- [security improvement] Malware scan: unverified → pass

### 2026-10-23 (score 62)

First indexed and scored.

## MCP tools (7)

### `list_bundles` (~25 tokens)

List the HTPD bundles (converted documents) this server can read.

### `contents` (~74 tokens)

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.

Input parameters:

- `bundle` (string, required): Name of a bundle (see list_bundles) or the path of a bundle folder.
- `depth` (integer): Show only this many levels.

### `open_section` (~88 tokens)

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').

Input parameters:

- `bundle` (string, required): Name of a bundle (see list_bundles) or the path of a bundle folder.
- `section` (string, required)

### `search` (~58 tokens)

Sections that hold all the given words (exact word search).

Input parameters:

- `bundle` (string, required): Name of a bundle (see list_bundles) or the path of a bundle folder.
- `limit` (integer)
- `words` (string, required)

### `ask` (~103 tokens)

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.

Input parameters:

- `budget` (integer): Most tokens of text to return (default 3000).
- `bundle` (string, required): Name of a bundle (see list_bundles) or the path of a bundle folder.
- `question` (string, required)

### `figure` (~99 tokens)

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.

Input parameters:

- `bundle` (string, required): Name of a bundle (see list_bundles) or the path of a bundle folder.
- `figure` (string, required): e.g. 'F12'

### `check` (~50 tokens)

List every problem of a bundle (broken links, a tree that disagrees, ...).

Input parameters:

- `bundle` (string, required): Name of a bundle (see list_bundles) or the path of a bundle folder.

## Diagnostics

Captured diagnostic sections: Provenance, Install scripts, Dependencies. The full working is on the page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/narendrachampaneri-htpd/htpd-reader#diagnostics

## Score history

- 2026-11-05: 62
- 2026-11-04: 77
- 2026-11-03: 77
- 2026-11-02: 77
- 2026-11-01: 77
- 2026-10-31: 77
- 2026-10-30: 62
- 2026-10-29: 62
- 2026-10-28: 62
- 2026-10-27: 62
- 2026-10-26: 62
- 2026-10-25: 62
- 2026-10-24: 62
- 2026-10-23: 62

## Common questions

### 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.

## Links

- PyPI project: https://pypi.org/project/htpd-reader/
- Socket report: https://socket.dev/pypi/package/htpd-reader
- Repository: https://github.com/narendrachampaneri/htpd
- Changelog RSS feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/narendrachampaneri-htpd/htpd-reader.xml
- Changelog JSON feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/narendrachampaneri-htpd/htpd-reader.json
- HTML version of this page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/narendrachampaneri-htpd/htpd-reader