Is Paper Distill MCP safe to use?

Paper Distill MCP has an HVTrust score of 55.7/100 (Grade C), ranked #722 of 1328 tracked AI agent projects. This score reflects verifiable supply-chain integrity, transparency, maintenance, and adoption signals.

What is the trust score for Paper Distill MCP?

Paper Distill MCP scores 55.7/100 on HVTracker's evidence-weighted HVTrust scale. It has 67 GitHub stars and is categorized under MCP Servers.

Paper Distill MCP

Eclipse-Cj/paper-distill-mcp

MCP server for academic paper search, curation, and multi-platform push

MCP Servers Python Grade C Listed AGPL-3.0

55.7/100

Rank #722 of 1328

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Listing state

Listed

Evidence coverage

Grade B · 3/5 signals

Last push

2026-03-24 · 168d ago

Recent change

Rank +9

Is Paper Distill MCP safe? Paper Distill MCP scores 55.7/100 (Grade C), ranked #722 of 1328 tracked open-source AI agent projects, on evidence coverage B (3 of 5 independent signal types). The public evidence: its packages ship with cryptographic provenance; OSSF Scorecard rates its supply-chain practices 4.7/10; recent commits are unsigned; last pushed 2026-03-24. Every point is earned from checkable signals — never paid placement. How scoring works →

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Quick Trust Read

What Would Improve It

Increase the share of verified signed commits for clearer maintainer identity.

Recent Changes

2026-09-08

Rank Moved

Rank dropped 10 spots (#712 → #722)

2026-09-07

Rank Moved

Rank dropped 48 spots (#664 → #712)

2026-09-06

Rank Moved

Rank dropped 11 spots (#653 → #664)

Maintainer Checklist

Raise Scorecard signals Current OSSF Scorecard is 4.7/10. Tighten the weakest checks to improve public safety evidence.

Increase signed commits Raise the share of verified-signed commits to make maintainer identity and release history easier to trust.

Refresh maintenance signals The repo was last pushed 168 days ago. Fresh activity helps separate stable projects from stale ones.

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16.0

Activity sub-score · out of 100

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How to read this: HVTrust (0–100) weighs supply-chain signals (provenance, OSSF Scorecard, signed commits, open license) alongside real-world adoption. Grade C reflects the trust score band: A ≥ 80, B ≥ 65, C ≥ 50, D < 50. Evidence coverage B is separate — it grades how many independent signal types back the score (3 of 5), so a high score on thin evidence stays visible. Full methodology →

Rank Trend

2026-08-11 2026-09-08

Activity & Reach

Stars

Forks

Last Push

2026-03-24

168 days ago

Commits (4 wk)

Downloads (7d)

pypi

HN mentions (30d)

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Open Issues

Rank Change

▼10

was #712

Analysis

HVTrust Dimensions vs MCP Servers

55.7 / 100 · 100.0% confidence

Paper Distill MCP MCP Servers average (778 agents)

Safety / Integrity50% OSSF Scorecard · 30% provenance · 20% signed commits

13.4 / 25

3.5 above avg 9.9

Identity / Provenance60% listing status · 40% build provenance

18.0 / 18

4.6 above avg 13.4

Transparency50% declared license · 50% OSSF Scorecard

12.5 / 17

in line with avg 12.0

Maintenance60% last-push freshness · 40% commit activity

0.8 / 20

11.4 below avg 12.2

AdoptionLog-scaled stars · package downloads

6.5 / 20

in line with avg 6.9

Activity Inputs

16.0 / 100

StarsRepository reach

11.0 / 30

FreshnessLast push recency

1.7 / 25

ActivityRecent commits

0.0 / 25

CommunityFork signal

3.3 / 20

Supply Chain Trust

Package Provenance

Verified

pypi attestation

OSSF Scorecard

4.7 / 10

OpenSSF Scorecard · scanned Aug 29, 2026

Signed Commits

of last 100 commits verified

Binary-Artifacts 10

Branch-Protection 8

CI-Tests 10

CII-Best-Practices 0

Code-Review 0

Contributors 0

Dangerous-Workflow 10

Dependency-Update-Tool 0

Fuzzing 0

License 10

Maintained 0

Packaging 10

Pinned-Dependencies 0

SAST 0

Security-Policy 10

Signed-Releases -1

Token-Permissions 0

Vulnerabilities 10

Is Paper Distill MCP safe?

Paper Distill MCP has a mixed signal profile. Some trust indicators are present, others are missing. Whether it is safe for your use case depends on which gaps matter to you — review the breakdown below before adopting in production.

Does Paper Distill MCP publish package provenance?

Yes. Paper Distill MCP's package releases carry build provenance attestations, which cryptographically link the published package back to its source repository and CI workflow.

Does Paper Distill MCP have an OpenSSF Scorecard?

Paper Distill MCP has an OpenSSF Scorecard score of 4.7/10. The Scorecard checks for branch protection, signed releases, dependency updates, fuzzing, code review, and other supply-chain hygiene items. See the full check breakdown on this page.

Is Paper Distill MCP actively maintained?

Slowing down. Last push was 168 days ago — keep an eye on whether activity resumes.

What license does Paper Distill MCP use?

Paper Distill MCP ships under AGPL-3.0. A declared, OSI-approved license is one of the transparency signals HVTrust scores.

Are Paper Distill MCP's commits signed?

0% of the last 100 commits to Paper Distill MCP are verified-signed (GPG, SSH, S/MIME, or GitHub's signing flow). Signed commits help confirm that code was authored by who the commit claims.

Not a safety endorsement. HVTracker describes what public signals show, not whether a project is safe for your use case. Run your own security review before adopting in production.

AI agent surface

MCP, providers, tool surface

Scored in HVTrust

These runtime-trust fields — detected from public repo docs and manifests — contribute a bounded adjustment to this project's HVTrust score alongside supply-chain evidence. The exact values each field can add or subtract are documented in the methodology → Compare this surface across every listed agent in the capability matrix →

MCP Server Support

high confidence

Implemented

Paper Distill MCP appears to expose MCP server capabilities.

Detailed evidence is not shown in the public view.

External Service Dependencies

high confidence

2 detected

Public provider/service dependencies detected.

Credential signal: API keys or service config markers documented.

Tool / Plugin Surface

None detected

No clear plugin system or broad tool surface detected.

Detailed evidence is not shown in the public view.

Package Provenance Drift

high confidence

Match

Published package metadata matches the tracked repo

Detailed evidence is not shown in the public view.

MCP signal live
External deps live
Tool / plugin surface live
Package provenance drift live

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For maintainers

HVTrust scores Paper Distill MCP from public signals only — we never contact maintainers first. If a signal is wrong, stale, or missing (provenance you publish, a Scorecard you run, signed releases), tell us and we'll review it. Corrections are public and tracked on GitHub.

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Reputation Timeline

Signal history

2026-09-08

Rank Moved

Rank dropped 10 spots (#712 → #722)

2026-09-07

Rank Moved

Rank dropped 48 spots (#664 → #712)

2026-09-06

Rank Moved

Rank dropped 11 spots (#653 → #664)

2026-09-05

Grade Changed

Trust grade D → C

2026-09-05

Rank Moved

Rank rose 452 spots (#1105 → #653)

2026-09-05

HVTrust Changed

HVTrust up 18.6pts (37.4 → 56.0)

2026-09-04

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Rank dropped 20 spots (#1085 → #1105)

2026-09-03

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Rank dropped 55 spots (#1030 → #1085)

2026-09-02

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Rank dropped 46 spots (#984 → #1030)

2026-09-01

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Rank dropped 43 spots (#941 → #984)

2026-08-31

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Rank dropped 31 spots (#910 → #941)

2026-08-30

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Rank dropped 44 spots (#866 → #910)

2026-08-29

Scorecard Added

OSSF Scorecard: 4.7/10

2026-08-29

Rank Moved

Rank rose 69 spots (#935 → #866)

2026-08-29

HVTrust Changed

HVTrust up 6.6pts (31.1 → 37.7)

2026-08-28

Rank Moved

Rank dropped 35 spots (#900 → #935)

2026-08-27

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Rank dropped 25 spots (#875 → #900)

2026-08-26

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Rank dropped 108 spots (#767 → #875)

2026-08-16

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Rank dropped 18 spots (#744 → #762)

2026-08-10

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Rank dropped 40 spots (#702 → #742)

2026-08-08

Newly Listed

First tracked at rank #705

GitHub → PyPI: paper-distill-mcp

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