Trust Assessment
Trusted — papers demonstrates solid trust signals and meets the Nerq Verified threshold. It shows good security practices, active maintenance, and healthy community adoption.
Is papers MCP Server Safe? Trust Score: 79.2/100
Independent trust assessment for the papers MCP server. Category: research. Source: github.
papers is a research MCP server with a Nerq Trust Score of 79.2/100 (grade: B). Its strongest signal is compliance (92/100). It lists 3 capabilities. It is Nerq Verified (trust score >= 70). Assessment: Trusted — strong signals.
79.2
out of 100 — Nerq MCP Server Trust Score
B
MCP Server
research
verified
Trust Signal Breakdown
Security
0
Code quality, vulnerability exposure, and security practices.
Compliance
92
Regulatory alignment. EU AI Act risk class: minimal.
Maintenance
1
Update frequency, issue responsiveness, active development.
Documentation
0
README quality, API docs, usage examples.
Popularity
0
Community adoption. 0 stars on github.
Capabilities
- search academic research
- command line interface
- middleware communication protocol (MCP) server
Details
| Author | mmgeorge |
| Category | research |
| Stars | 0 |
| Source | https://github.com/mmgeorge/papers |
| Protocol | MCP (Model Context Protocol) |
| Popularity | #409 of 22026 MCP servers |
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Frequently Asked Questions
Is papers MCP server safe to use?
papers has a Nerq Trust Score of 79.2/100, earning a B grade. Trusted — papers demonstrates solid trust signals and meets the Nerq Verified threshold. It shows good security practices, active maintenance, and healthy community adoption. Its strongest signal is compliance (92/100). It is Nerq Verified, meeting the 70+ trust threshold. Always review the full KYA report before integrating any MCP server into production.
What is papers's trust score?
Nerq assigns papers a trust score of 79.2 out of 100, with a grade of B. This score is computed from security, compliance, maintenance activity, documentation quality, and community adoption (0 stars). Compliance score: 92/100. EU AI Act risk class: minimal. Scores are updated daily based on the latest publicly available signals.
Are there higher-rated alternatives to papers?
In the research category, higher-rated MCP servers include 54yyyu/zotero-mcp, aop-mcp, admetlab-mcp (scores: 88, 82, 82). papers scores 79.2/100. When choosing between MCP servers, consider security (0), maintenance (1), and documentation (0). Use Nerq's KYA endpoint for detailed analysis.
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