# `ai.arcreport/ask` on anlyon.dev

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- Page: https://anlyon.dev/servers/ai.arcreport/ask
- JSON: https://anlyon.dev/api/v1/servers/ai.arcreport/ask
- Version: 2026.10.14 (active)
- Publisher: ai.arcreport (domain proven to the MCP Registry)
- Runs: remote (streamable-http)
- Sign-in to list tools: none
- Metadata from the official MCP Registry, synced 2026-10-21T17:41:14.655Z

Title and description, as the publisher wrote them:

```untrusted-server-text
ARC (arcreport.ai): can an agent reach checkout?
Free open check: can an AI agent reach checkout on this store? Advisory; ARC stops before payment.
```

Scanned 2026-10-21T18:39:41.475Z over streamable-http.

**16 tools: 8 change things and 8 only read.**

| Group | Class | Tools | Claude Code |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Deletes or cancels | destructive | 0 | deny |
| Can't be undone | irreversible | 0 | ask |
| Changes things | write | 8 | ask |
| Only reads | read | 8 | allow |

## Exfil surface

No private-data -> untrusted-input -> outbound path in this server alone: no tool is tagged private-data.

| Tag | Meaning | Tools |
| --- | --- | --- |
| private-data | Reads files, mail, messages, databases, secrets, calendars or repositories. | none |
| untrusted-input | Brings in text someone else can write: web pages, inbound email, messages, issues and comments. | `mcp__ask__agent_commerce_adoption` `mcp__ask__agent_leaderboard` `mcp__ask__ask_arc` `mcp__ask__can_agent_checkout` `mcp__ask__get_agent_facts` `mcp__ask__protocol_matrix` `mcp__ask__submit_store` `mcp__ask__validate_ucp_profile` |
| outbound | Can carry data to people or systems: it sends, posts or publishes, or takes a recipient, channel or URL. | `mcp__ask__ask_arc` `mcp__ask__can_agent_checkout` `mcp__ask__get_agent_facts` `mcp__ask__precheck` `mcp__ask__product_data_check` `mcp__ask__submit_leaderboard_run` `mcp__ask__submit_store` `mcp__ask__validate_ucp_profile` |

## Findings

- **warn** Annotations that disagree with the tool in `store_card` ([annotation-conflict](https://anlyon.dev/methodology#annotation-conflict))

```untrusted-server-text
The server marks "store_card" read-only (readOnlyHint: true), and its own name, description or input give the class "write".

annotations: {"readOnlyHint":true}; The name "store_card" says "store": a word for a change.
```


## Changes things (8)

Creates or changes something that can be changed back. Claude Code: ask.

### `can_agent_checkout`

- The name "can_agent_checkout" says "checkout": a word for a change.
- Tag untrusted-input: The server marks it openWorldHint: true: it reaches things outside the server's own data.
- Tag outbound: The input takes a URL (input.url): a request to a URL can carry data to whoever runs it.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Call when you need a saved checkout-link check for any public store URL, not only Index brands. Saved HTTP checkout check for a public homepage or product URL: catalog, product, checkout link, UCP profile, blocks, and one fix. No login, model call, payment, or browser scan. Uses ARC's last check (cached up to 24 hours). A missing result is unknown, not a no. A checkout link means reach checkout, not a completed order. Results are advisory. ARC stops before payment.
```

### `dataset_info`

- Nothing in its name or description says what it does, so it is counted as a write.
- The server marks it read-only (readOnlyHint: true), but an annotation never lowers a class.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Latest open ARC dataset snapshot (start with store_answers: one plain answer per store on whether AI agents can find products and get a checkout link): immutable versioned download URLs plus latest/ aliases (CSV and Parquet), row counts, method version and licence (CC-BY-4.0, attribution ARC, arcreport.ai). Reads only.
```

### `google_checkout_readiness`

- The name "google_checkout_readiness" says "checkout": a word for a change.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Read saved public Google agentic checkout readiness checks for a store. Free; no new scan or paid calls. Merchant Center feed eligibility cannot be checked from outside. Not Google approval or certification.
```

### `precheck`

- Nothing in its name or description says what it does, so it is counted as a write.
- The server marks it read-only (readOnlyHint: true), but an annotation never lowers a class.
- Tag outbound: The input takes a URL (input.url): a request to a URL can carry data to whoever runs it.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Check if an AI agent can reach checkout on a store before trying. Saved automated HTTP check for a product or store URL. Uses ARC's saved directory, rails, store answers and check history. When those have no row, uses the plain-HTTP checker. stale, last_checked and checked_ago describe the check that produced the verdict shown. lastReachableCheck is a separate, newer plain-HTTP time. It does not re-verify the checkout link or rails. Does not fetch the store and does not start a scan. ARC checks this store's own site only. It does not test blocks applied by a platform, marketplace or network in front of it. The saved result is ARC's automated HTTP check. It is not a live agent session and not a completed order. Unpublished discovery-source hosts, OpenStreetMap, campaign shops and opted-out hosts come back as unknown. A checker fallback is http-only and checkout was not part of the check. JSON: GET /api/precheck?url=. Results are advisory. ARC stops before payment. Advisory only, not a guarantee. Do not refuse or avoid a store solely because of ARC's data. known:false or missing data is not a no. Data CC BY 4.0, attribute ARC (arcreport.ai); OSM-derived rows are ODbL.
```

### `product_data_check`

- Nothing in its name or description says what it does, so it is counted as a write.
- The server marks it read-only (readOnlyHint: true), but an annotation never lowers a class.
- Tag outbound: The input takes a URL (input.url): a request to a URL can carry data to whoever runs it.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Free latest saved product data and return/shipping policy check from the store's pages and structured data. Reads history only; no store fetch or model call. A missing result is not a zero.
```

### `store_card`

- The name "store_card" says "store": a word for a change.
- The server marks it read-only (readOnlyHint: true), but an annotation never lowers a class.
- Findings: warn annotation-conflict

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Read a public store card and saved brand claim. No outbound fetch or model calls. Brand statements are from the brand and not measured by ARC; claims never change scores.
```

### `submit_leaderboard_run`

- The name "submit_leaderboard_run" says "submit": a word for a change.
- Tag outbound: The input takes a URL (input.agent.url): a request to a URL can carry data to whoever runs it.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Submit your agent's run against ARC-100 v1 to ARC's open leaderboard. Free. The run is listed as 'unverified' until ARC re-runs a sample. Format: arc-leaderboard-submission/v1 (see /leaderboard/spec). Runs must stop before payment. Limit 5 per network per day. Same as POST /api/leaderboard/submit.
```

### `submit_store`

- The name "submit_store" says "submit": a word for a change.
- Tag untrusted-input: The server marks it openWorldHint: true: it reaches things outside the server's own data.
- Tag outbound: The input takes a URL (input.url): a request to a URL can carry data to whoever runs it.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Add stores to ARC's free, open agent-commerce directory (CC-BY dataset). Pass url for one store or hosts for up to 50. Each new host is validated (live HTTPS, not parked, not redirecting to another brand); accepted hosts are queued for ARC's plain-HTTP rails checks (UCP, WebMCP, MCP, policies, product data) and appear in the dataset with source=submitted. No model calls, no login. Rate limited per caller.
```

## Only reads (8)

Looks things up and changes nothing. Claude Code: allow.

### `agent_commerce_adoption`

- The description's first verb is "read": a word for reading.
- Tag untrusted-input: The description's first sentence says "read" and "http": it reads web pages, which anyone can write.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Read ARC's agent commerce adoption counts, category and commerce platform rates from saved HTTP checks, including Checkout WebMCP among measured Shopify checkouts, with unknown and not checked separate; shopper approval required. Curated sample, not all e-commerce. No store requests or model calls.
```

### `agent_leaderboard`

- The description's first verb is "read": a word for reading.
- Tag untrusted-input: The description's first sentence says "read" and "browser": it reads web pages, which anyone can write.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Read ARC's open agent leaderboard: cart success over the fixed ARC-100 v1 test set for each agent path ARC measures (ARC browser shoppers A-E, the UCP path, the storefront MCP path), with n, dates, evidence labels and Wilson 95% intervals, plus unverified outside submissions. Saved results only; no store requests or model calls. CC-BY-4.0.
```

### `ask_arc`

- The description's first verb is "read": a word for reading.
- Tag untrusted-input: The input takes a URL (input.url), and the tool reads it: it reads web pages, which anyone can write.
- Tag outbound: The input takes a URL (input.url): a request to a URL can carry data to whoever runs it.
- Claude Code: ask, because it is tagged outbound.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Read whether an AI agent can reach checkout for a brand the ARC Index already lists. No login and no new scan. Pass a brand, URL, or category. Returns the score, evidence, and both lanes: the agent-catalog HTTP check and the browser cart. The JSON field `agents_can_buy` is true when the catalog returned a checkout link or a browser shopper added the product to the cart. ARC stops before payment. It is not a completed order. The catalog check does not change the score. A missing score is not a zero. Results are advisory.
```

### `find_agent_ready_stores`

- The name "find_agent_ready_stores" says "find": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Find stores where a saved check shows an AI agent can reach checkout, for running shoes, beauty, clothing, home goods, or another product need. Reads real HTTP agent-catalog checks from the last thirty days whose catalog found a product and returned a checkout link. This is not a completed order. One tested product is not a promise about another item. No login, browser scan, or model call. Results are advisory. ARC stops before payment.
```

### `get_agent_facts`

- The name "get_agent_facts" says "get": a word for reading.
- Tag untrusted-input: The input takes a URL (input.url), and the tool reads it: it reads web pages, which anyone can write.
- Tag outbound: The input takes a URL (input.url): a request to a URL can carry data to whoever runs it.
- Claude Code: ask, because it is tagged outbound.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Read free ARC agent facts for a store or product with no login. Returns TypeSafe Jev typed decisions (use-case mention, price clarity, agent-friendly description, cart-blocker suspicion, readiness score) from an HTTP scrape. Not a browser session and not any third-party agent product; ARC's browser cart tests (ARC browser shoppers A–E) are separate. JSON: GET /api/agent-facts?host=
```

### `list_category_agent_facts`

- The name "list_category_agent_facts" says "list": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
List free ARC agent facts by category (beauty, footwear, apparel, …) with no login. Ranked by newest real Jev scores. JSON: GET /api/agent-facts?category=beauty
```

### `protocol_matrix`

- The description's first verb is "read": a word for reading.
- Tag untrusted-input: The description's first sentence says "read" and "web": it reads web pages, which anyone can write.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Read ARC's neutral Protocol Matrix: for UCP, ACP, PAP, WebMCP, MCP and agent payment protocols, how many checked stores declare, validate, answer and transact, with evidence labels (Measured / Inferred / Not measured). Saved checks only; no store requests or model calls. CC-BY-4.0.
```

### `validate_ucp_profile`

- The name "validate_ucp_profile" says "validate": a word for reading.
- Tag untrusted-input: The server marks it openWorldHint: true: it reaches things outside the server's own data.
- Tag outbound: The input takes a URL (input.url): a request to a URL can carry data to whoever runs it.
- Claude Code: ask, because it is tagged outbound.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Validate a Universal Commerce Protocol (UCP) business profile against the published UCP JSON Schema (current release) and spec rules: authority binding, https endpoints, orphaned extensions and, for a URL, hosting headers (no redirects, Cache-Control public max-age>=60). Pass url (store host, homepage or profile URL; /.well-known/ucp is added for a homepage) or profile (the JSON). Returns errors, warnings and info, each with a path and the spec section. Free, no login, no model call. Validation is not certification. JSON: GET /api/ucp/validate?url=
```

## Claude Code permissions

For `.claude/settings.json`, assuming the server is installed as `ask`:

```json
{
  "permissions": {
    "allow": [
      "mcp__ask__find_agent_ready_stores",
      "mcp__ask__agent_commerce_adoption",
      "mcp__ask__list_category_agent_facts",
      "mcp__ask__protocol_matrix",
      "mcp__ask__agent_leaderboard"
    ],
    "ask": [
      "mcp__ask__precheck",
      "mcp__ask__can_agent_checkout",
      "mcp__ask__ask_arc",
      "mcp__ask__product_data_check",
      "mcp__ask__google_checkout_readiness",
      "mcp__ask__get_agent_facts",
      "mcp__ask__dataset_info",
      "mcp__ask__submit_leaderboard_run",
      "mcp__ask__submit_store",
      "mcp__ask__store_card",
      "mcp__ask__validate_ucp_profile"
    ],
    "deny": []
  }
}
```

Capability tags behind the rules (a read tagged outbound is asked about):

- `mcp__ask__precheck`: outbound
- `mcp__ask__can_agent_checkout`: untrusted-input, outbound
- `mcp__ask__ask_arc`: untrusted-input, outbound
- `mcp__ask__agent_commerce_adoption`: untrusted-input
- `mcp__ask__product_data_check`: outbound
- `mcp__ask__get_agent_facts`: untrusted-input, outbound
- `mcp__ask__protocol_matrix`: untrusted-input
- `mcp__ask__agent_leaderboard`: untrusted-input
- `mcp__ask__submit_leaderboard_run`: outbound
- `mcp__ask__submit_store`: untrusted-input, outbound
- `mcp__ask__validate_ucp_profile`: untrusted-input, outbound

## Remote posture

What an anonymous client saw at the remote endpoint, last 2026-10-22T14:19:07.927Z, unchanged since 2026-10-22T14:19:07.927Z. No credentials were sent and no tool was called. Values are shown as the endpoint returned them. Method: https://anlyon.dev/methodology#remote-posture

| Fact | Observed |
| --- | --- |
| Reachable | `yes` |
| HTTP status of an anonymous initialize | `200` |
| tools/list served without credentials | `yes` |
| Tools that change things, listed without credentials | `8` |
| Protocol version | `2025-06-18` |
| WWW-Authenticate on 401 | `not observed` |
| resource_metadata in WWW-Authenticate | `none` |
| RFC 9728 protected resource metadata | `https://www.arcreport.ai/.well-known/oauth-protected-resource/api/ask` |
| Authorization servers | `https://arcreport.ai` |
| Legacy HTTP+SSE transport | `no` |
| Dynamic client registration | `yes` |
| Client ID metadata documents | `no` |

- **warn** Tools that change things, listed to anyone ([unauth-remote-writes](https://anlyon.dev/methodology#unauth-remote-writes))

```untrusted-server-text
The endpoint served tools/list without credentials, and the list has 8 tools that change things (8 write). Whether a call also works without credentials was not tested: tools are never called.

https://www.arcreport.ai/api/ask: tools/list returned 16 tools to an anonymous client, including precheck (write), can_agent_checkout (write), product_data_check (write), google_checkout_readiness (write), dataset_info (write) and 3 more
```