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MCP server that catches AI-fabricated citations: verifies a claimed title against the real record at its DOI or PMID (the Topaz et al. Lancet 2026 pattern), audits whole bibliographies, and checks retraction and open-access status — plus citation formatting in 10,000+ CSL styles and export to BibTeX, RIS, and EndNote.
The publisher performed an authenticated act of publication — proving control of a namespace in the official MCP registry, or appearing in a first-party catalogue an operator curates. That establishes WHO published it. It is not a security finding, and attested artifacts carry Flagged verdicts too.
1 critical finding reported by agent-audit-kit. The composite score alone does not reflect this — read the per-scanner reports below.
This artifact ships from 3 sources and their verdicts differ. The worst is github (Flagged). Installing from a cleaner source does not mean the others are safe — check the source you actually install from.
github: https://github.com/mlava/scholar-sidekick-mcp, 37 findings
Choose your runtime: the CLI writes the mcpServers config entry for that target.
nerlo install --target claude-code -- scholar-sidekick-mcp
Install respects the composite badge: Clean proceeds, Caution prompts for confirmation, and Flagged is refused. Write operations require an API token.
6 of 11 scanners examined this package. The rest do not apply to it — language, ecosystem and packaging decide which analyzers can say anything, and a scanner that cannot examine an artifact reports nothing rather than passing it.
v1.4.0
0 findings · 0.5s
v2.0.11
8 findings · 6.6s
v0.3.26
20 findings · 1.4s
v0.1.0
1 finding · 26.9s
v0.1.0
0 findings · 26.9s
v0.1.0
0 findings · 21.2s
No report in this scan: capslock, govulncheck, osv-scanner, trivy, trivy_image.
2 scans on record. Every scan's full results are retained immutably for 24 months.
| Completed | Composite | Change | Scanners | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 3, 2026 | Scan Halted | — | agentshield: completecisco-skill-scanner: completeagent-audit-kit: completenerlo-behavioral: completenerlo-install-instruction: completenerlo-multi-source: complete | rejected |
| Jul 31, 2026 | Scan Halted | — | agentshield: completecisco-skill-scanner: completeagent-audit-kit: completenerlo-behavioral: completenerlo-install-instruction: completenerlo-multi-source: complete | rejected |
Findings in files this artifact installs stand as reported; a model re-read the rest and said which ones it believes are false positives. This is a second opinion published beside the evidence, not a correction to it: the per-scanner reports above are unchanged, every dismissed finding is still listed there at its original severity, and the score and the Flagged badge are computed from those raw severities alone. Nothing below moved them.
Out of 29 findings across every scanner that examined this package. None of the 1 finding rated critical by their scanner were dismissed.
These findings are in files this artifact installs and are not placeholder values. No false-positive basis can be corroborated for such a finding, so this review never dismisses one; they were not sent to the model and stand at their scanner's severity.
10 AAK-MCP-018
Files: src/resources.ts, src/server.ts, src/prompts.ts and 7 more · reported by agent-audit-kit
4 AAK-HEALTHCARE-AI-004
Files: tools.json, manifest.json, skills/scholar-sidekick/SKILL.md and 1 more · reported by agent-audit-kit
3 MANIFEST_MISSING_LICENSE
Files: /repo/skills/scholar-sidekick/SKILL.md, /repo/plugin/skills/scholar-sidekick/SKILL.md, /repo/SKILL.md · reported by cisco-skill-scanner
2 DATA_EXFIL_JS_NETWORK
Files: /repo/src/bin.ts, /repo/src/client.ts · reported by cisco-skill-scanner
1 AAK-ANTHROPIC-SDK-001
Files: src/bin.ts · reported by agent-audit-kit
1 AAK-MARKETPLACE-001
Files: .claude-plugin/marketplace.json · reported by agent-audit-kit
1 AAK-MCP-MARKETPLACE-CONFIG-FETCH-001
Files: src/bin.ts · reported by agent-audit-kit
1 AAK-OAUTH-3P-001
Files: package.json · reported by agent-audit-kit
1 AAK-SECRET-004
Files: src/client.ts · reported by agent-audit-kit
1 AAK-SUPPLY-005
Files: package-lock.json · reported by agent-audit-kit
1 HIDDEN_DATA_FILE
Files: /repo/.mcpbignore · reported by cisco-skill-scanner
1 LOW_ANALYZABILITY
Files: /repo · reported by cisco-skill-scanner
1 opt.nerlo-rules.nerlo-js-secret-to-network-egress
Files: /repo/src/client.ts · reported by nerlo-behavioral
1 SOCIAL_ENG_VAGUE_DESCRIPTION
Files: /repo/SKILL.md · reported by cisco-skill-scanner
Critical findings involve secret handling, network egress, and marketplace configuration.
The artifact includes critical findings related to fetching marketplace configuration in `src/bin.ts`. High severity findings indicate that secrets are handled in `src/client.ts` and are linked to network egress from the same file. Additionally, the artifact uses the Anthropic SDK in `src/bin.ts` and has marketplace configuration in `.claude-plugin/marketplace.json`.
Concern level assessed by the review: Critical. This is the review's scale, not the registry badge.
Reviewed by gemini-2.5-flash. The model sees the findings, not your code, and cannot change a score.