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Smithsonian MCP

MCP server that provides AI assistants with access to the Smithsonian Institution's Open Access collections.

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Safety Report

86% Scan found nothing
Scanned 5 months ago
6 passed 1 warnings
Security
Authentication
details

Authentication detected: env_api_key, auth_header

Pass
CORS Policy
details

No CORS-relevant transport detected (likely stdio)

N/A
Rate Limiting
details

Rate limiting detected: rate_limit_middleware

Pass
Known CVEs
details

No known CVEs in dependencies

Pass
Code Quality
Dependency Audit
details

No known vulnerable dependencies detected

Pass
Dangerous Patterns
details

No dangerous code patterns detected

Pass
License
details

License: MIT

Pass
Community
Maintenance Status
details

Last commit 5 months ago

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is Smithsonian MCP?

MCP server that provides AI assistants with access to the Smithsonian Institution's Open Access collections.

Is Smithsonian MCP safe to use?

We cannot tell you that, and nobody scanning at this scale can. What we did in March 2026 was shallow-clone Smithsonian MCP and run five keyword searches over its source: auth identifiers, CORS configuration, rate-limit identifiers, the dependency manifest against a hardcoded list of 18 known-vulnerable packages, and unguarded eval/exec calls. None of them matched. A text search cannot follow a variable, judge intent, or tell you what a server does once it is running, so "nothing matched" is not "safe". What the scan does and does not cover is written out at /mcp/security.

What are alternatives to Smithsonian MCP?

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