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  "name": "io.github.The-40-Thieves/alexandria-mcp",
  "title": "Alexandria",
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      "description": "OpenAI-compatible gateway base URL shared by every LLM role (router, synth, research, embeddings, rerank). Falls back to https://api.openai.com/v1."
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      "name": "ALEXANDRIA_API_KEY",
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      "isRequired": false,
      "description": "API key paired with ALEXANDRIA_BASE_URL. Falls back to OPENAI_API_KEY."
    },
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      "name": "CORE_API_KEY",
      "isSecret": true,
      "isRequired": false,
      "description": "Unlocks the core source (CORE, 57M+ open access papers). Free key from core.ac.uk/services/api."
    },
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      "name": "COURTLISTENER_API_KEY",
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      "isRequired": false,
      "description": "Unlocks the courtlistener source (US federal and state court opinions). Free key from courtlistener.com."
    },
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      "name": "GOVINFO_API_KEY",
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      "description": "Unlocks govinfo (Congressional Record, Federal Register, US Code); also accepted by congress and regulations. Free key from api.data.gov."
    },
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      "isRequired": false,
      "description": "Unlocks the googlebooks source (40M+ books). Free key from the Google Cloud Console (Books API)."
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      "name": "GITHUB_TOKEN",
      "isSecret": true,
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      "description": "Unlocks githubsearch and githubmcp (GitHub code search); optional for ghsa and openiti. Public-repo read scope is enough."
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    {
      "name": "NASA_ADS_API_KEY",
      "isSecret": true,
      "isRequired": false,
      "description": "Unlocks the nasaads source (NASA Astrophysics Data System). Free key from ui.adsabs.harvard.edu."
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      "name": "EUROPEANA_API_KEY",
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      "isRequired": false,
      "description": "Unlocks the europeana source (50M+ European cultural heritage items). Free key from apis.europeana.eu."
    },
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      "name": "SEMANTIC_SCHOLAR_API_KEY",
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      "id": "version-pinned",
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      "result": "pass",
      "detail": "Every package has an explicit version"
    },
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      "id": "secrets-requested",
      "label": "Secrets requested",
      "result": "warn",
      "detail": "Asks for 10 secrets: OPENAI_API_KEY, ALEXANDRIA_API_KEY, CORE_API_KEY, COURTLISTENER_API_KEY, GOVINFO_API_KEY, GOOGLE_BOOKS_API_KEY, GITHUB_TOKEN, NASA_ADS_API_KEY, EUROPEANA_API_KEY, SEMANTIC_SCHOLAR_API_KEY"
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      "id": "known-registry",
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      "detail": "All packages come from npm, PyPI, OCI, NuGet or MCPB"
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      "id": "namespace",
      "label": "Namespace ownership",
      "result": "info",
      "detail": "Name verified via GitHub account The-40-Thieves"
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      "id": "meta-text",
      "label": "Registry text aimed at the AI",
      "result": "pass",
      "detail": "Description and settings contain no hidden characters or instructions to the AI"
    },
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      "id": "install-scripts",
      "label": "Install scripts",
      "result": "pass",
      "detail": "@the-40-thieves/alexandria-mcp@11.0.0 runs nothing at install"
    },
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      "id": "code-flags",
      "label": "Code red flags",
      "result": "pass",
      "detail": "Read 396 files in @the-40-thieves/alexandria-mcp@11.0.0: no obfuscation, encoded execution, credential reads or data-collection endpoints found"
    },
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      "id": "ai-text",
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      "result": "pass",
      "detail": "No hidden characters or instructions to the AI in 396 files, including comments and the README"
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