# `ai.usedby/usedby` on anlyon.dev

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- Page: https://anlyon.dev/servers/ai.usedby/usedby
- JSON: https://anlyon.dev/api/v1/servers/ai.usedby/usedby
- Version: 1.2.0 (active)
- Publisher: ai.usedby (domain proven to the MCP Registry)
- Runs: remote (streamable-http)
- Sign-in to list tools: none
- Metadata from the official MCP Registry, synced 2026-10-21T17:43:55.838Z

Title and description, as the publisher wrote them:

```untrusted-server-text
usedby
Which companies publicly use which AI and software tools, each line with its public source.
```

Scanned 2026-10-21T18:42:03.086Z over streamable-http.

**5 tools: 3 change things and 2 only read.**

| Group | Class | Tools | Claude Code |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Deletes or cancels | destructive | 0 | deny |
| Can't be undone | irreversible | 0 | ask |
| Changes things | write | 3 | ask |
| Only reads | read | 2 | allow |

## Findings

No check matched anything in these tool definitions.


## Changes things (3)

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

### `company_stack`

- 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
Tools a company publicly uses according to usedby, strongest proof first, each with its proof level (job-post signals last) and source page.
```

### `recent_changes`

- 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
Companies newly listed as customers by tool vendors in the last N days, optionally for one tool. Departures are not published.
```

### `who_uses`

- 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
Companies that publicly use a tool, strongest proof first, each with its proof level (CONFIRMED, DECLARED: the company states it, OBSERVED, or SIGNAL: a job post, the weakest proof), source page and first public proof date.
```

## Only reads (2)

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

### `compare`

- The name "compare" says "compare": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Two tools side by side: public customers with their proof mix, top industries, the companies on both (every proof level, each side's level given), and vendor facts with their sources.
```

### `search_tools`

- The name "search_tools" says "search": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Find AI and software tools tracked on usedby by name, other product name, or what they do (category or topic, e.g. 'CRM', 'translation'), with how many companies publicly use each.
```

## Claude Code permissions

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

```json
{
  "permissions": {
    "allow": [
      "mcp__usedby__search_tools",
      "mcp__usedby__compare"
    ],
    "ask": [
      "mcp__usedby__who_uses",
      "mcp__usedby__company_stack",
      "mcp__usedby__recent_changes"
    ],
    "deny": []
  }
}
```