Is erudition-mcp@0.2.0 safe to install?

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erudition-mcp@0.2.0

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Publisher claims: "Portable, typed, git-friendly memory for AI agents: an MCP server over a markdown vault." Observed in sandbox: no network, touches nothing outside the project, writes no memory.

Registry PyPI (MCP server)Publisher ralf090102 · joined 3 days agoInstalls 50Last detonated 4d ago

$claude mcp add erudition-mcp -- uvx erudition-mcp

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KillerSkills ran it in the KillerSkills honeypot sandbox (2 scenarios) on 2026-10-30 and scored it 81/100 (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/erudition

0.1sprocessexited 127: timeout: failed to run command '.venv/bin/erudition': No such file or directory

0.1sclaimedno tools/list reply (exit 127)

0.1sprocessscript backend runs setup only

Static findings

HIGH

Instructs the agent to modify its persistent memory or instruction fileserudition/server.py:171 · Instructs the agent to modify its persistent memory or instruction filesFix: Remove the text that addresses the agent rather than the reader; describe behavior, do not instruct.

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MEDIUM

Python subprocess execution detectedtests/test_git_utils.py:35 · Python subprocess execution detectedFix: Build commands from fixed arguments, never from interpolated strings; prefer an API client over shelling out.

AST05

MEDIUM

Python subprocess execution detectedtests/test_git_utils.py:12 · Python subprocess execution detectedFix: Build commands from fixed arguments, never from interpolated strings; prefer an API client over shelling out.

AST05

MEDIUM

Python subprocess execution detectedtests/test_git_utils.py:23 · Python subprocess execution detectedFix: Build commands from fixed arguments, never from interpolated strings; prefer an API client over shelling out.

AST05

MEDIUM

Python subprocess execution detectedtests/test_server.py:497 · Python subprocess execution detectedFix: Build commands from fixed arguments, never from interpolated strings; prefer an API client over shelling out.

AST05

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Python subprocess execution detectedtests/test_server.py:487 · Python subprocess execution detectedFix: Build commands from fixed arguments, never from interpolated strings; prefer an API client over shelling out.

AST05

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Python subprocess execution detectedtests/test_git_utils.py:13 · Python subprocess execution detectedFix: Build commands from fixed arguments, never from interpolated strings; prefer an API client over shelling out.

AST05

MEDIUM

Python subprocess execution detectederudition/git_utils.py:28 · Python subprocess execution detectedFix: Build commands from fixed arguments, never from interpolated strings; prefer an API client over shelling out.

AST05

MEDIUM

Python subprocess execution detectedtests/test_server.py:486 · Python subprocess execution detectedFix: Build commands from fixed arguments, never from interpolated strings; prefer an API client over shelling out.

AST05

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Python subprocess execution detectedtests/test_server.py:488 · Python subprocess execution detectedFix: Build commands from fixed arguments, never from interpolated strings; prefer an API client over shelling out.

AST05

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Python subprocess execution detectederudition/git_utils.py:37 · Python subprocess execution detectedFix: Build commands from fixed arguments, never from interpolated strings; prefer an API client over shelling out.

AST05

MEDIUM

Python subprocess execution detectedtests/test_git_utils.py:11 · Python subprocess execution detectedFix: Build commands from fixed arguments, never from interpolated strings; prefer an API client over shelling out.

AST05

MEDIUM

Python subprocess execution detectedtests/test_server.py:510 · Python subprocess execution detectedFix: Build commands from fixed arguments, never from interpolated strings; prefer an API client over shelling out.

AST05