Smartipedia
NPM · SMARTIPEDIA-MCP · 2 COMPONENTS · SCANNED SEP 24
Read, search and edit Smartipedia, an open AI-native encyclopedia. No API key, no signup.
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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 Security98
- No malware found by supply-chain analysis.Pass
- No known CVEs affecting this package version or its production dependencies.Pass
- No install/post-install scripts declared.Pass
- 31 of 96 dependencies flagged as unhealthy. View diagnostics → Partial
Provenance & Transparency45
- 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
- Clear OSI-approved license (MIT).Pass
- Actively maintained (last published 18 days ago).Pass
- Disclosure check failed: no security disclosure policy was found in the source repository. See how to fix → Fail
Schema Quality & AI Usability80
- AI-judged instruction clarity (excellent).Pass
- Tool/resource definitions use about 609 tokens (~87/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 Management63
- Stability observed for 19 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 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
Capabilities100
- Implements a supported MCP spec version (2025-11-25); the latest is 2026-07-28.Pass
How do I install the Smartipedia MCP server?
Smartipedia runs locally as an npm package, launched with npx -y smartipedia-mcp. Ready-made configuration for Claude, Cursor, VS Code, Codex and 5 more is on this page, copied from each client's own documentation.
npm · smartipedia-mcp
claude mcp add sksareen-smartipedia-mcp -- npx -y smartipedia-mcp
{
"mcpServers": {
"sksareen-smartipedia-mcp": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"smartipedia-mcp"
]
}
}
} {
"servers": {
"sksareen-smartipedia-mcp": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"smartipedia-mcp"
]
}
}
} codex mcp add sksareen-smartipedia-mcp -- npx -y smartipedia-mcp
{
"$schema": "https://opencode.ai/config.json",
"mcp": {
"sksareen-smartipedia-mcp": {
"type": "local",
"command": [
"npx",
"-y",
"smartipedia-mcp"
],
"enabled": true
}
}
} openclaw mcp add sksareen-smartipedia-mcp --command npx --arg -y --arg smartipedia-mcp
mcp_servers:
sksareen-smartipedia-mcp:
command: "npx"
args: ["-y", "smartipedia-mcp"] {
"McpServers": {
"sksareen-smartipedia-mcp": {
"Transport": "stdio",
"Command": "npx",
"Arguments": [
"-y",
"smartipedia-mcp"
]
}
}
} assistant mcp add sksareen-smartipedia-mcp -t stdio -c npx -a -y smartipedia-mcp
{
"mcpServers": {
"sksareen-smartipedia-mcp": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"smartipedia-mcp"
]
}
}
} 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.
- 23 Sept 26 +1
No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 60 to 63. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 18 days of observed history at the previous scan, 19 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.
- 21 Sept 26 +1
No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 53 to 57. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 16 days of observed history at the previous scan, 17 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.
- 19 Sept 26 +1
No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 47 to 50. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 14 days of observed history at the previous scan, 15 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.
- 17 Sept 26 +1
No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 40 to 43. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 12 days of observed history at the previous scan, 13 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.
- 15 Sept 26 +1
No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 33 to 37. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 10 days of observed history at the previous scan, 11 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.
- 12 Sept 26 +4
- Stability: unverified → 0.27 ▲ functional
- 4 Sept 26 71
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 23 Sept 2026 · Analysed npm/smartipedia-mcp@0.1.0
Provenance No attestation
The registry publishes no build provenance for this version, so there is nothing to verify.
| Result | No attestation |
|---|---|
| Ecosystem | npm |
Background: How many MCP packages publish verified provenance →
Dependencies 96 packages
| Packages resolved | 96 |
|---|---|
| Stale | 31 |
| 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 →
create_topic Create a topic ~68
Generate a new sourced encyclopedia article from a title (web search + LLM, ~15s). Returns the existing article instead if the topic is already covered. Daily rate limit applies — search first.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| title | string | yes | Title of the topic to create, e.g. 'Quantum Computing' |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
discover_topics Discover topics (semantic) ~109
Semantic/vector search with optional filters. Use when keyword search misses, or to browse a category by meaning rather than exact wording.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| category | string | – | Filter by category |
| difficulty | string | – | Filter by difficulty level |
| limit | integer | – | Max results to return |
| min_views | integer | – | Only topics with at least this many views |
| quality | string | – | Filter by quality/review status |
| query | string | yes | Natural-language description of what you're looking for |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
edit_section Edit a section ~146
Replace one section of an article with corrected Markdown. Preferred over creating a duplicate topic when you find an error. Pass expected_revision (from read_topic) to avoid clobbering a concurrent edit.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| content | string | yes | New Markdown content for that section |
| edit_summary | string | – | Brief description of what you changed and why |
| editor | string | – | Attribution name (defaults to $SMARTIPEDIA_EDITOR) |
| expected_revision | integer | – | revision_number from read_topic; the edit is rejected if the article moved on |
| section | string | yes | Heading text of the section to replace (case-insensitive) |
| slug | string | yes | Topic slug to edit |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
list_missing_topics List missing topics ~45
Topics people searched for that don't exist yet, ranked by demand. The highest-leverage queue for deciding what to write next.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| limit | integer | – | How many to return |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
preview_phrase Preview a phrase ~51
Get a short AI explanation of any phrase without generating a full article. Cheap and fast — use it to decide whether a topic is worth creating.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| text | string | yes | The phrase or highlighted text to explain |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
read_topic Read a topic ~63
Fetch the full Markdown article for a topic slug, with infobox, related topics and citations.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| include_sources | boolean | – | Append the citation list |
| slug | string | yes | Topic slug, e.g. 'quantum-computing' (from search results) |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
search_topics Search topics ~56
Keyword search over Smartipedia article titles and text. Returns slugs and summaries; call read_topic with a slug for the full article.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| limit | integer | – | Max results to return |
| query | string | yes | Search terms |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
What is the Smartipedia MCP server?
Smartipedia is an MCP server listed in the public MCP registry as io.github.sksareen/smartipedia-mcp. Read, search and edit Smartipedia, an open AI-native encyclopedia. No API key, no signup. This page covers its npm package (smartipedia-mcp).
Is the Smartipedia MCP server safe to use?
Smartipedia scores 80 out of 100 on VerifyMCP. We found no known CVEs affecting it as of 23 September 2026. It declares no install or post-install scripts. 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 Smartipedia MCP server expose?
Smartipedia exposes 7 tools: search_topics, discover_topics, read_topic, create_topic, preview_phrase, and 2 more. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 538 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.
Is the Smartipedia MCP server still maintained?
Smartipedia is still listed as active in the MCP registry. We last reached this channel on 23 September 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 Smartipedia MCP server under?
Smartipedia declares the MIT licence, which is OSI-approved. That covers the source only, and says nothing about the cost of any service it calls.