grad-agent runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 109 installs a week from pypi. Last commit 16 Sep 2026.
Autonomous MCP agent for grad school applications: prof discovery, cold emails, SOP, tracking.
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What this server is able to do. For an MCP server this is often the job itself — a terminal server runs commands because that is what it is for. Listed so you know what you are plugging in, not as an accusation.
r = subprocess.run(
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We found places where it runs commands, builds paths or queries from values it is given. None of that is a flaw by itself — it becomes one when the code changes, and code changes quietly between releases. We re-read it on every one.
This server runs on your own machine — install it with the package manager and the client starts it for you. Package name taken from the official registry entry.
claude mcp add grad-agent -- uvx grad-agent
{
"mcpServers": {
"grad-agent": {
"args": [
"grad-agent"
],
"command": "uvx"
}
}
}
[mcp_servers.grad-agent]
command = "uvx"
args = ["grad-agent"]
{
"mcpServers": {
"grad-agent": {
"args": [
"grad-agent"
],
"command": "uvx"
}
}
}
{
"mcpServers": {
"grad-agent": {
"args": [
"grad-agent"
],
"command": "uvx"
}
}
}
This one needs environment variables set before it will start:
ANTHROPIC_API_KEY (Anthropic API key used by Claude Haiku for hook synthesis and verification.), SMTP_SERVER (SMTP host for the review mailer.), SMTP_PORT (SMTP port.), SMTP_USERNAME (SMTP username; used as From address by default.), SMTP_PASSWORD (SMTP password. Gmail App Password recommended.), SMTP_FROM (Envelope From address for drafts emailed to the user's review inbox.), GITHUB_TOKEN (Optional. Personal access token used to enumerate the user's public and private GitHub repos during catalog sync.), HF_TOKEN (Optional. HuggingFace token used to enumerate the user's published models and datasets during catalog sync.), GRAD_AGENT_HOME (Optional. Override the default ~/.grad-agent/ location for profile, programs, secrets, and data.).
The author declared them in the registry entry; get the values from the project itself.
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