Severity: HighStatus: OpenSQ-SERVER-AUTH-NONE-WRITE
State-changing tools available without authentication
The remote server lists state-changing tools without requiring authentication.
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Slack MCP by Nova (CIVAI)
co.civai.nova/mcp-slack_android
Findings
Detected by Squatch rules from the server's metadata and protocol behavior. Latest completed scan: .
Severity: High1 finding
Suggested fix: Require MCP authorization for servers that expose state-changing tools.
Severity: Low5 findings
Severity: LowStatus: OpenSQ-TOOL-META-INSUFFICIENT
Description too thin to determine behavior
The tool's name and description do not state what it does.
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Suggested fix: Describe the action the tool performs, its target and its side effects.
Severity: LowStatus: OpenSQ-CONFORMANCE-MODERN-FAILURE
Protocol conformance checks failed
The server failed one or more MCP protocol conformance checks.
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Suggested fix: Review the failed checks against the MCP specification.
Severity: LowStatus: OpenSQ-REPO-MISSING
No source repository linked
No source repository is linked in the registry entry.
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Suggested fix: Add a repository to server.json.
Severity: LowStatus: OpenSQ-TOOL-DESTRUCTIVE-NO-ANNOTATION
Destructive tool without annotations
A tool that appears to delete data, change permissions or run code declares no tool annotations.
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Suggested fix: Declare readOnlyHint, destructiveHint, idempotentHint and openWorldHint so clients can request confirmation.
Severity: LowStatus: OpenSQ-TOOL-META-INSUFFICIENT
Description too thin to determine behavior
The tool's name and description do not state what it does.
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Suggested fix: Describe the action the tool performs, its target and its side effects.
Severity: Info2 findings
Severity: InfoStatus: OpenSQ-TOOL-EXFIL-SHAPED-PARAM
Free-text parameter commonly used to collect conversation data
A free-text parameter has a name commonly abused to collect conversation, prompt or environment data.
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Suggested fix: Constrain the parameter (enum, maxLength) or rename it to reflect its purpose; never ask the model to fill it with conversation content.
Severity: InfoStatus: OpenSQ-PUBLISHER-BRAND-MENTION
Uses a third-party brand name
The name uses a well-known brand; it is not published under that brand's verified namespace.
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Suggested fix: Publishers can state that the server is unofficial in its description.
What this scan does not cover
- Squatch never calls a server's tools, so it cannot see what they actually do at run time.
- It scans without credentials: tools behind authentication may not be visible.
- It does not review source code, dependencies or the publisher's infrastructure.
- A server can change behavior between scans; monitoring compares each scan with the last.
- Classifications come from tool names, descriptions and schemas, which the publisher controls.