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Footnote MCP Server

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Source-grounded web research: search, extraction, verification, and browser automation.

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Source-grounded web research: search, extraction, verification, and browser automation.

Security Report

4.2
Use Caution4.2High Risk

footnote-mcp is a well-structured, feature-rich research assistant with proper authentication for hosted deployments and reasonable permission scoping for its purpose as a web research tool. The codebase demonstrates good security practices around API key handling and input validation. Minor code quality observations around broad exception handling and logging do not materially impact security posture. Supply chain analysis found 9 known vulnerabilities in dependencies (0 critical, 6 high severity). Package verification found 1 issue.

4 files analyzed · 14 issues found

Security scores are indicators to help you make informed decisions, not guarantees. Always review permissions before connecting any MCP server.

Permissions Required

This plugin requests these system permissions. Most are normal for its category.

HTTP Network Access

Connects to external APIs or services over the internet.

network_websocket

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File System Read

Reads files on your machine. Normal for tools that analyze or process local data.

File System Write

Writes or modifies files on your machine. Check that this is expected for the tool.

env_vars

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process_spawn

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system_info

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How to Install

Add this to your MCP configuration file:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "io-github-kazkozdev-footnote-mcp": {
      "args": [
        "footnote-mcp"
      ],
      "command": "uvx"
    }
  }
}

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