@mzxrai/mcp-webresearch

Independent MCP server safety profile · methodology

Avoid · safety score 37/100 · runs install script
1,616npm downloads/wk
22mosince last publish
v0.1.7latest version
—provenance

Safety signals

Install script (code on npm i)YES — runs arbitrary code
Repository (source to review)— none published
LicenseMIT
Direct dependencies3
Last audited2026-10-05

Flags

highThe package runs an install-time script (preinstall, install or postinstall): arbitrary code on `npm i`. A common attack vector; review the source.
mediumNo release for 22 months: possibly abandoned or incompatible with the current MCP specification.
lowNo repository listed: the source cannot be reviewed.
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Already installed it? That verdict is about today. Whether this package changed after you trusted it — install script added later, ownership swapped, repository removed — is tracked separately in Drift Watch: GET /mcp/drift.json?packages=@mzxrai/mcp-webresearch

DO NOT INSTALL without reviewing the source: risk signals present. Data from PulseFeed's independent MCP audit (last crawl 2026-10-05). An install script is not automatically malicious — native builds use them — but each is an unreviewed code-execution vector worth checking. All audited MCP servers →