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  "slug": "io-github-i-ninte-grad-agent",
  "name": "io.github.i-ninte/grad-agent",
  "title": "grad-agent",
  "description": "Autonomous MCP agent for grad school applications: prof discovery, cold emails, SOP, tracking.",
  "version": "0.2.9",
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  "updatedAt": "2026-09-25T16:02:22.267066Z",
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      "runtimeHint": "uvx"
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      "name": "ANTHROPIC_API_KEY",
      "isSecret": true,
      "isRequired": true,
      "description": "Anthropic API key used by Claude Haiku for hook synthesis and verification."
    },
    {
      "name": "SMTP_SERVER",
      "isSecret": false,
      "isRequired": true,
      "description": "SMTP host for the review mailer."
    },
    {
      "name": "SMTP_PORT",
      "isSecret": false,
      "isRequired": true,
      "description": "SMTP port."
    },
    {
      "name": "SMTP_USERNAME",
      "isSecret": false,
      "isRequired": true,
      "description": "SMTP username; used as From address by default."
    },
    {
      "name": "SMTP_PASSWORD",
      "isSecret": true,
      "isRequired": true,
      "description": "SMTP password. Gmail App Password recommended."
    },
    {
      "name": "SMTP_FROM",
      "isSecret": false,
      "isRequired": true,
      "description": "Envelope From address for drafts emailed to the user's review inbox."
    },
    {
      "name": "GITHUB_TOKEN",
      "isSecret": true,
      "isRequired": false,
      "description": "Optional. Personal access token used to enumerate the user's public and private GitHub repos during catalog sync."
    },
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      "name": "HF_TOKEN",
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      "description": "Optional. HuggingFace token used to enumerate the user's published models and datasets during catalog sync."
    },
    {
      "name": "GRAD_AGENT_HOME",
      "isSecret": false,
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      "description": "Optional. Override the default ~/.grad-agent/ location for profile, programs, secrets, and data."
    },
    {
      "name": "LOR_LETTERHEAD_PATH",
      "isSecret": false,
      "isRequired": false,
      "description": "Optional. Absolute path to a letterhead / company logo image (.png / .jpg / .pdf) embedded at the top of Letters of Recommendation during LaTeX compile. Leave unset for a plain top block. Can also be set at runtime via the `set_letterhead` MCP tool."
    },
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      "name": "LOR_LETTERHEAD_WIDTH",
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      "isRequired": false,
      "description": "Optional. LaTeX length for the letterhead image width (e.g. '2.5in'). Used only when LOR_LETTERHEAD_PATH is set."
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    },
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      "id": "secrets-requested",
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      "detail": "Asks for 4 secrets: ANTHROPIC_API_KEY, SMTP_PASSWORD, GITHUB_TOKEN, HF_TOKEN"
    },
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      "id": "known-registry",
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      "detail": "All packages come from npm, PyPI, OCI, NuGet or MCPB"
    },
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      "id": "namespace",
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      "result": "info",
      "detail": "Name verified via GitHub account i-ninte"
    },
    {
      "id": "meta-text",
      "label": "Registry text aimed at the AI",
      "result": "pass",
      "detail": "Description and settings contain no hidden characters or instructions to the AI"
    },
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      "id": "install-scripts",
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      "result": "pass",
      "detail": "grad-agent 0.2.9 has no setup.py; nothing runs at install"
    },
    {
      "id": "code-flags",
      "label": "Code red flags",
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    },
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      "label": "Text aimed at the AI",
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  }
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