Pith MCP server
24 tools · Last check that passed 27 Oct 2026, 01:50 UTC
Pith's own remote MCP server gives an agent Pith's machine reviews of scientific papers, the claims extracted from them, reviews published by named human reviewers and a citation graph over arXiv papers, with no sign-in. Once a day, Stackduke connects to it the way any MCP client would, with no account and no sign-in, and lists its tools. It never runs them.
All 24 tools
| Tool | Counted as |
|---|---|
get_signed_reviews | Sends |
check_my_draft | Changes things |
get_record | Changes things |
record_coverage | Changes things |
analyze_paper_claims | Said to only read |
ask_field | Said to only read |
check_claim | Said to only read |
citation_neighbors | Said to only read |
find_passages | Said to only read |
get_claims | Said to only read |
get_falsifier | Said to only read |
get_paper_falsifier | Said to only read |
get_review | Said to only read |
get_reviewer_record | Said to only read |
latest_reviews | Said to only read |
my_citations | Said to only read |
my_reviews | Said to only read |
paper_bridge | Said to only read |
paper_connections | Said to only read |
paper_packet | Said to only read |
resolve_paper | Said to only read |
search_claims | Said to only read |
search_papers | Said to only read |
verify_citation | Said to only read |
The tools the server listed at the last check that passed, at its default address and settings, with no sign-in; an account that signs in, or other settings, may see other tools. What a tool is counted as doing is Stackduke's cautious reading of the server's labels, the tool's name and its description: where they disagree it takes whichever says the tool can do most, so it overcounts on purpose. It does not say the server is safe, and it does not list what a tool cannot do. Descriptions are not shown, because they are written for models and may try to steer them.
Recent checks
11 of the last 11 checks passed
A check passes when the server lists its tools. Checked at https://pith.science/mcp.
Recent changes
No change seen across the last 11 checks that passed.
From the scan of 27 Oct 2026, 01:52 UTC. "Changed" and "Can do more" count changes from the last 30 days; older ones stay listed here. A change made and undone between two checks is not seen. Every check is in the scanner's public data.
Know when Pith's tools change.
One email when Pith's official MCP server adds, removes or changes tools, with what changed. Nothing else.
What to watch for
- Pith says its reviews are machine-made and fallible, are not journal acceptance, and are no substitute for expert scrutiny. Pith's API and MCP documentation
- Paper sentences, citing sentences and reviews written by other people come back to the agent as text, and text an agent reads can carry instructions for it. OWASP, prompt injection
How to limit it
With Pith's own settings, as its documentation describes them. Stackduke has not tested them.
- Call record_coverage before treating an empty result as a finding, as Pith advises. Pith's API and MCP documentation
- Pith says the server needs no login and no OAuth, so we recommend connecting it with no Pith credentials. Pith's API and MCP documentation
What Stackduke is designed to do
Stackduke is designed to sit between your agents and their MCP servers: to check each tool call against your rules before it runs, hold the risky ones for a person to approve, and keep a record of what was decided.
It does not yet forward or block tool calls for customers. Today it reads what this server offers and publishes what changes.