Skills/PyPI/readless-mcp

readless-mcp@1.1.0

VERIFIED· not started

Publisher claims: "Claude Code plugin (MCP server) that speaks status, summaries, and blockers via edge-tts (free, online, bilingual) with optional OpenAI / ElevenLabs / OS-native backends." Observed in sandbox: no network, touches nothing outside the project, writes no memory.

Registry PyPI (MCP server)Publisher justin-wang · publishing for 184 daysInstalls 59Last detonated 1 h ago
$claude mcp add readless-mcp -- uvx readless-mcp
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Coverage

Not started: dependency install failed; the server itself was not observed.
Tested
the dependency install step · every file read, file written and host contacted by what ran
Not tested
server startup · the tool list · tool behavior

What this means for the label: Verified here covers what ran. The server's tools were not exercised with a real credential, so nothing about their behavior is asserted; the credential summary below says what to do with that.

Before you give it your token

It will ask for
ELEVENLABS_API_KEYOPENAI_API_KEY
Where it talks to
no vendor host named in the code
What the honeypot saw
no credential files read · no network
What we could not test
server startup · the tool list · tool behavior

Connect it with a scoped credential, under the guard. It asks for ELEVENLABS_API_KEY, OPENAI_API_KEY and talks to its vendor. Give the credential to the guard, not the server: the value never enters the server's environment and only travels to the host you bind. What the tools do with a real credential was not observed.

$vet-skills run --net declared -- uvx readless-mcp

Never paste a credential into a chat, a ticket or a report, including ours. How the guard holds it.

Is [email protected] safe to install?

KillerSkills ran it in the KillerSkills honeypot sandbox (2 scenarios; not started: dependency install failed; the server itself was not observed) on 2026-11-15 and scored it 89/100 (Verified). In what ran, nothing we could detect went wrong: no undeclared network egress, no credential reads, no persistent instruction writes. What it does with a real credential was not observed; the static findings and the publisher carry the rest of the score. 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 ·
0.1sclaimednot started: dependency install failed (exit 1); the server itself was not observed
0.1sprocessscript backend runs setup only
0.2sprocessno install scripts to re-run

Static findings

MEDIUM
File permission modification commandsrc/readless/setkey.py:5 · File permission modification command — agent changes file ownership/permissionscontext. The key is written to ~/.readless/config.yaml (chmod 600).Fix: Request the narrowest permission that works; replace wildcards with the exact paths or hosts.
AST05
MEDIUM
Python subprocess execution detectedsrc/readless/tts.py:109 · Python subprocess execution detected_active_proc = subprocess.Popen(Fix: Build commands from fixed arguments, never from interpolated strings; prefer an API client over shelling out.
AST05
MEDIUM
Python subprocess execution detectedsrc/readless/tts.py:164 · Python subprocess execution detected_active_proc = subprocess.Popen(Fix: Build commands from fixed arguments, never from interpolated strings; prefer an API client over shelling out.
AST05
LOW
Instructs the agent to modify its persistent memory or instruction filessrc/readless_mcp.egg-info/PKG-INFO:106 · Instructs the agent to modify its persistent memory or instruction files · informational: not an instruction file…EXAMPLE.md) is the source of truth for "when should the agent call which tool." Edit your `~/.claude/CLAUDE.md` block to make the agent more or less chatty — that's the lever, not the code. …Fix: Remove the text that addresses the agent rather than the reader; describe behavior, do not instruct.
AST01
LOW
Instructs the agent to modify its persistent memory or instruction filesREADME.md:99 · Instructs the agent to modify its persistent memory or instruction files · informational: not an instruction filesetup.md /readless:setup — ensure `uv` is installed + CLAUDE.md appendFix: Remove the text that addresses the agent rather than the reader; describe behavior, do not instruct.
AST01
LOW
Instructs the agent to modify its persistent memory or instruction filessrc/readless_mcp.egg-info/PKG-INFO:128 · Instructs the agent to modify its persistent memory or instruction files · informational: not an instruction filesetup.md /readless:setup — ensure `uv` is installed + CLAUDE.md appendFix: Remove the text that addresses the agent rather than the reader; describe behavior, do not instruct.
AST01
LOW
Instructs the agent to modify its persistent memory or instruction filesPKG-INFO:106 · Instructs the agent to modify its persistent memory or instruction files · informational: not an instruction file…EXAMPLE.md) is the source of truth for "when should the agent call which tool." Edit your `~/.claude/CLAUDE.md` block to make the agent more or less chatty — that's the lever, not the code. …Fix: Remove the text that addresses the agent rather than the reader; describe behavior, do not instruct.
AST01
LOW
Instructs the agent to modify its persistent memory or instruction filesREADME.md:77 · Instructs the agent to modify its persistent memory or instruction files · informational: not an instruction file…EXAMPLE.md) is the source of truth for "when should the agent call which tool." Edit your `~/.claude/CLAUDE.md` block to make the agent more or less chatty — that's the lever, not the code. …Fix: Remove the text that addresses the agent rather than the reader; describe behavior, do not instruct.
AST01
LOW
Instructs the agent to modify its persistent memory or instruction filesPKG-INFO:128 · Instructs the agent to modify its persistent memory or instruction files · informational: not an instruction filesetup.md /readless:setup — ensure `uv` is installed + CLAUDE.md appendFix: Remove the text that addresses the agent rather than the reader; describe behavior, do not instruct.
AST01

Cost to the agent

Instructions loaded
≈79 tok
1 file · 20 in bundle
Tool list per prompt
≈0 tok
0 tools · 0 per tool
Handshake
no reply
launch to tools/list, stdio
Undocumented tools
0
description under 20 chars · avg 0

Tokens estimated at four characters each. The tool list is re-read by the agent on every turn, so it is the number to compare between servers that do the same job: ranked across the index.

Known vulnerabilities

No advisories in OSV for readless-mcp@1.1.0 as of 1 h ago. This is the package itself, not its dependencies.