swiss-academic-libraries-mcp MCP Server
Swiss academic libraries + open-access Swiss legal literature (SRU/OAI-PMH, no API key)
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Published as swiss-academic-libraries-mcp on pypi. Runs locally.
Known issues
12 problems reported by people outside the maintainer team. Issues filed by the project's own owners, members and collaborators are excluded — those are release checklists and internal refactors, not things that will go wrong for you. Showing 9.
Most discussed
Live-Tests gegen api.crossref.org rot (2026-08-17)
Die geplante Live-Suite gegen api.crossref.org ist rot.
Lauf: https://github.com/malkreide/swiss-academic-libraries-mcp/actions/runs/31997507767 Einordnung: 13 Fehlschlag/Fehlschlaege und 0 Fehler von 30 Test(s)
Rot heisst hier nicht zwingend «unser Fehler». Es heisst: Der Vertrag mit der Quelle hat sich geaendert, oder die Quelle ist gerade aus. Beides gehoert gesehen, nur das Erste gehoert gefixt — und genau das Erste sehen die Unit-Tests nicht, weil ihre Fixtures aus derselben Annahme
Read the thread · 2026-08-17 · closed · external user · 2 comments
[low][ci] test (3.11) schlägt fehl seit v1.0.0 — pytest-asyncio Version-Drift?
Symptom: Nach Merge von #23 (v1.0.0) zeigt CI test (3.11) als failure, während test (3.12), test (3.13), lint und Dependency security scan grün sind.
Job: https://github.com/malkreide/swiss-academic-libraries-mcp/actions/runs/26211489142/job/77123217197
Lokal: 47/47 grün auf Python 3.11.15 mit pytest 9.0.3, pytest-asyncio 1.3.0.
Verdachtskandidaten
TestSharedClient::test_shutdown_closes_clientist async und manipuliert Modul-Globals (_client). Vermut
Read the thread · 2026-05-21 · closed · 0 comments
[low] F-13 OBS: request_id-Korrelation zwischen MCP-Call und Upstream
Audit-Referenz: F-13 · Severity: low · Kategorie: OBS · Effort: XS (Teil von F-03)
Problem
Keine Korrelations-ID verbindet MCP-Tool-Invocation und Upstream-HTTP-Call. Bei Logging (F-03) sinnvoll mitziehen.
Fix
from uuid import uuid4
import contextvars
request_id_var: contextvars.ContextVar[str] = contextvars.ContextVar("request_id", default="-")
# In jedem Tool-Entry:
request_id_var.set(uuid4().hex[:8])
# Im LogFormat:
format="%(asctime)s %(levelname)s [%(r
[Read the thread](https://github.com/malkreide/swiss-academic-libraries-mcp/issues/16) · 2026-05-21 · closed · 0 comments
### [low] F-11 OPS: Version-Badge in README synchron mit pyproject.toml halten
**Audit-Referenz:** F-11 · **Severity:** low · **Kategorie:** OPS · **Effort:** XS
## Problem
`README.md:3` zeigt `version-0.1.0`-Badge, `pyproject.toml:8` deklariert `0.2.0`.
## Fix
Statisches Badge durch dynamisches ersetzen:
```markdown

Akzeptanzkriterien
- Dynamic Badge in beiden README-Varianten
- Wert stimmt nach nächstem PyPI-Release automatisch
Read the thread · 2026-05-21 · closed · 0 comments
[low] F-10 ARCH: library_info aus library://sources-Resource generieren
Audit-Referenz: F-10 · Severity: low · Kategorie: ARCH · Effort: XS
Problem
server.py:268-339 enthält eine fest codierte Markdown-Übersicht, die mit README.md/EXAMPLES.md/library://sources drifted.
Fix
library_info aus der library://sources-Resource generieren (Single Source of Truth) oder umgekehrt: Tool-Output → Resource.
Akzeptanzkriterien
- Datenquellen-Liste exakt einmal definiert
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library_infoundlibrary://sourcessynchron
Read the thread · 2026-05-21 · closed · 0 comments
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[high][v0.3.0] F-03 OBS: Strukturiertes Logging einführen
Audit-Referenz: F-03 · Severity: high · Kategorie: OBS · Effort: M (~3–4h) · Ziel-Release: v0.3.0
Problem
Weder server.py noch api_client.py importieren logging. Es existiert keinerlei Logging-Schicht — Tool-Calls, Upstream-Requests und Fehler sind im Betrieb nicht nachvollziehbar.
Fix
import logging, sys
logging.basicConfig(
stream=sys.stderr, # WICHTIG: stderr — stdout würde stdio-JSON-RPC korrumpieren
level=logging.INFO,
format="%(as
[Read the thread](https://github.com/malkreide/swiss-academic-libraries-mcp/issues/7) · 2026-05-21 · closed · 0 comments
### [high][v0.3.0] F-02 SEC: Streamable-HTTP-Transport härten (Host-Binding, Origin, Auth-Hinweis)
**Audit-Referenz:** F-02 · **Severity:** high · **Kategorie:** SEC · **Effort:** S (~2–3h) · **Ziel-Release:** v0.3.0
## Problem
`server.py:1029-1042` startet `mcp.run(transport="streamable_http", port=port)` ohne `host=`-Argument, ohne Origin-Allowlist und ohne Auth. README empfiehlt `--http --port 8000` ohne Sicherheitshinweis.
## Risiko
- Default-Binding kann je nach FastMCP-Version `0.0.0.0` sein → LAN-Exposure.
- Amplification: SLSP/ETH sehen Server-Betreiber als Quelle.
- DNS-Rebinding
[Read the thread](https://github.com/malkreide/swiss-academic-libraries-mcp/issues/6) · 2026-05-21 · closed · 0 comments
### [medium][v0.2.1] F-06 SEC: User-Agent-Header für Upstream-Requests setzen
**Audit-Referenz:** F-06 · **Severity:** medium · **Kategorie:** SEC · **Effort:** XS (~15min) · **Ziel-Release:** v0.2.1
## Problem
`api_client.py:69-74` setzt keinen `User-Agent`. Public-API-Best-Practice (SLSP, OAI-PMH) verlangt identifizierende UA.
## Risiko
- Bei Abuse-Erkennung kann Upstream den Server nicht als Verursacher identifizieren.
- Kein Whitelisting / Rate-Limit-Exception möglich.
- Compliance-Issue gegenüber öffentlichen Diensten.
## Fix
```python
from importlib.metadata i
[Read the thread](https://github.com/malkreide/swiss-academic-libraries-mcp/issues/5) · 2026-05-21 · closed · 0 comments
### [high][v0.2.1] F-01 SEC: defusedxml statt xml.etree für Upstream-XML verwenden
**Audit-Referenz:** [F-01 im Audit-Report](audits/2026-05-21-swiss-academic-libraries-mcp/report.md)
**Severity:** high · **Kategorie:** SEC · **Effort:** S (~1–2h) · **Ziel-Release:** v0.2.1
## Problem
`src/swiss_academic_libraries_mcp/api_client.py:14` importiert `xml.etree.ElementTree`. Sämtliche Upstream-XML-Antworten (SRU/MARC21, OAI-PMH) werden damit geparst. CPython blockt seit 3.7.1 externe Entities, aber XML-Bomben (billion-laughs, quadratic blowup) bleiben möglich.
## Risiko
Ein ko
[Read the thread](https://github.com/malkreide/swiss-academic-libraries-mcp/issues/4) · 2026-05-21 · closed · 0 comments
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