Skills/PyPI/crossref-mcp-server

crossref-mcp-server@1.0.0

VERIFIED

Publisher claims: "MCP server for the Crossref API — search and retrieve scholarly metadata" Observed in sandbox: no network, touches nothing outside the project, writes no memory.

Registry PyPI (MCP server)Publisher smaboundless · joined 5 days agoInstalls 112Last detonated 5d ago
$claude mcp add crossref-mcp-server -- uvx crossref-mcp-server
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KillerSkills ran it in the KillerSkills honeypot sandbox (2 scenarios) on 2026-10-29 and scored it 86/100 (Verified). It did what it claims and nothing else we could detect: no undeclared network egress, no credential reads, no persistent instruction writes. Summary: no network, touches nothing outside the project, writes no memory.

Behavior trace

Honeypot run · 0 s · 2 scenarios · 0 deviations
t+CategoryObserved action
0.0sprocessno install scripts in bundle
0.1sprocessdependency install exit 1
0.1sprocessexec /usr/bin/timeout
0.1sprocessexec .venv/bin/crossref-mcp-server
0.1sprocessexited 127: timeout: failed to run command '.venv/bin/crossref-mcp-server': No such file or directory
0.1sclaimedno tools/list reply (exit 127)
0.1sprocessscript backend runs setup only

Static findings

MEDIUM
MCP server using network transport (SSE/HTTP)server.py:48 · MCP server using network transport (SSE/HTTP) — data sent over networkFix: Namespace tool names and keep tool descriptions literal; no instructions to the agent inside them.
AST04
MEDIUM
MCP server using network transport (SSE/HTTP)src/crossref_mcp_server/server.py:48 · MCP server using network transport (SSE/HTTP) — data sent over networkFix: Namespace tool names and keep tool descriptions literal; no instructions to the agent inside them.
AST04