io.github.penny4nonsense/mcp-scholaris
PYPI · MCP-SCHOLARIS · SCANNED SEP 21
Academic paper search and retrieval via arXiv, Semantic Scholar, PubMed, Unpaywall.
Available components
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 Security100
- No malware found by supply-chain analysis.Pass
- No known CVEs affecting this package version or its production dependencies.Pass
- Runs hatchling.build at install time, a recognised native-build step with no shell scripting around it. View diagnostics → Pass
- 0 of 11 dependencies flagged as unhealthy. View diagnostics → Pass
Provenance & Transparency32
- Source repository is publicly reachable at the declared URL. View diagnostics → Pass
- Provenance check failed: no build-provenance attestation is published. See how to fix → View diagnostics → Fail
- License check failed: the license (MIT License) isn't a recognized OSI-approved license. See how to fix → Fail
- Actively maintained (last published 86 days ago).Pass
- Disclosure check failed: no security disclosure policy was found in the source repository. See how to fix → Fail
Schema Quality & AI Usability69
- AI-judged instruction clarity (good).Pass
- Tool/resource definitions use about 237 tokens (~118/item across 2 items; 2 tools + 0 resources), lean.Pass
- Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples. See how to fix → Fail
Stability & Change Management93
- Stability observed for 28 of 30 days with no destabilising changes; credit accrues until the full window elapses.Partial
Tool Coverage100
- 100% of tools have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the tool's name).Pass
- 100% of tool parameters carry a description.Pass
Tool Safety100
- No prompt-injection markers were found in the server instructions, tool names or descriptions we captured.Pass
- We read all 2 captured tool definition(s), and no name or description among them implies an irreversible operation.Pass
- An AI judge read all 2 captured unit(s) of tool text and found none that tries to manipulate the model reading it.Pass
Capabilities20
- Spec-recency check failed: implements MCP spec 2024-11-05; the latest is 2026-07-28. See how to fix → Fail
How do I install the io.github.penny4nonsense/mcp-scholaris server?
io.github.penny4nonsense/mcp-scholaris runs locally as a PyPI package, launched with uvx mcp-scholaris. Ready-made configuration for Claude, Cursor, VS Code, Codex and 5 more is on this page, copied from each client's own documentation.
pypi · mcp-scholaris
claude mcp add penny4nonsense-mcp-scholaris -- uvx mcp-scholaris
{
"mcpServers": {
"penny4nonsense-mcp-scholaris": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"mcp-scholaris"
]
}
}
} {
"servers": {
"penny4nonsense-mcp-scholaris": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"mcp-scholaris"
]
}
}
} codex mcp add penny4nonsense-mcp-scholaris -- uvx mcp-scholaris
{
"$schema": "https://opencode.ai/config.json",
"mcp": {
"penny4nonsense-mcp-scholaris": {
"type": "local",
"command": [
"uvx",
"mcp-scholaris"
],
"enabled": true
}
}
} openclaw mcp add penny4nonsense-mcp-scholaris --command uvx --arg mcp-scholaris
mcp_servers:
penny4nonsense-mcp-scholaris:
command: "uvx"
args: ["mcp-scholaris"] {
"McpServers": {
"penny4nonsense-mcp-scholaris": {
"Transport": "stdio",
"Command": "uvx",
"Arguments": [
"mcp-scholaris"
]
}
}
} assistant mcp add penny4nonsense-mcp-scholaris -t stdio -c uvx -a mcp-scholaris
{
"mcpServers": {
"penny4nonsense-mcp-scholaris": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"mcp-scholaris"
]
}
}
} 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.
- 21 Sept 26 +16
- Malware scan: unverified → pass ▲ security
- 19 Sept 26 +1
- Security disclosure: unverified → fail ▼ functional
- 18 Sept 26 −15
- Malware scan: pass → unverified ▼ security
- Security disclosure: fail → unverified ▼ functional
- 17 Sept 26 +12
- Malware scan: unverified → pass ▲ security
- Stability: pass → 0.80 functional
- 16 Sept 26 +1
- Stability: 0.97 → pass security
- 14 Sept 26 −14
- Malware scan: pass → unverified ▼ security
- 12 Sept 26 +1
No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 83 to 87. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 25 days of observed history at the previous scan, 26 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.
- 11 Sept 26 −3
- Stability: pass → 0.83 functional
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 21 Sept 2026 · Analysed pypi/mcp-scholaris@0.1.3
Provenance No attestation
The registry publishes no build provenance for this version, so there is nothing to verify.
| Result | No attestation |
|---|---|
| Ecosystem | pypi |
Background: How many MCP packages publish verified provenance →
Install scripts 1 script
| Hook | Tier | Command |
|---|---|---|
| build_backend | allowlisted | hatchling.build |
Background: Why install scripts are a supply-chain risk →
Dependencies 11 packages
| Packages resolved | 11 |
|---|---|
| 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 →
fetch_paper ~135
Fetch the full text of a paper given a DOI, arXiv ID, or PubMed ID. Tries open access sources in order: arXiv, PubMed Central, Unpaywall. Returns extracted text from the PDF.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| arxiv_id | string | – | arXiv ID, e.g. 2301.00001 or arxiv:2301.00001 |
| doi | string | – | DOI of the paper, e.g. 10.1000/xyz123 |
| pubmed_id | string | – | PubMed ID (PMID), e.g. 12345678 |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
search_papers ~102
Search for academic papers across arXiv, Semantic Scholar, and PubMed. Returns titles, authors, abstracts, DOIs, and links. Use this to find papers by topic, author, or keyword.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| max_results | integer | – | Max results per source. Defaults to 5. |
| query | string | yes | Search query — topic, title, author, or keywords |
| sources | array | – | Which sources to search. Defaults to all three. |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
What is the io.github.penny4nonsense/mcp-scholaris server?
io.github.penny4nonsense/mcp-scholaris is listed in the public MCP registry as io.github.penny4nonsense/mcp-scholaris. Academic paper search and retrieval via arXiv, Semantic Scholar, PubMed, Unpaywall. This page covers its PyPI package (mcp-scholaris).
Is the io.github.penny4nonsense/mcp-scholaris server safe to use?
io.github.penny4nonsense/mcp-scholaris scores 77 out of 100 on VerifyMCP. We found no known CVEs affecting it as of 21 September 2026. 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 io.github.penny4nonsense/mcp-scholaris server expose?
io.github.penny4nonsense/mcp-scholaris exposes 2 tools: search_papers, fetch_paper. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 237 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.
Is the io.github.penny4nonsense/mcp-scholaris server still maintained?
io.github.penny4nonsense/mcp-scholaris is still listed as active in the MCP registry. We last reached this channel on 21 September 2026. Those dates come from our own scans of the registry and the channel itself, not from anything the publisher announced.