# `app.refcat/refcat` on anlyon.dev

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- Page: https://anlyon.dev/servers/app.refcat/refcat
- JSON: https://anlyon.dev/api/v1/servers/app.refcat/refcat
- Version: 1.0.0 (active)
- Publisher: app.refcat (domain proven to the MCP Registry)
- Runs: remote (streamable-http)
- Sign-in to list tools: none
- Metadata from the official MCP Registry, synced 2026-11-01T17:17:53.000Z

Title and description, as the publisher wrote them:

```untrusted-server-text
Refcat
Search 1M real UI flows and 3.3M screens from shipped apps, sites, emails and games.
```

Scanned 2026-11-01T17:18:10.959Z over streamable-http.

**18 tools: 2 change things and 16 only read.**

| Group | Class | Tools | Claude Code |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Deletes or cancels | destructive | 0 | deny |
| Can't be undone | irreversible | 0 | ask |
| Changes things | write | 2 | ask |
| Only reads | read | 16 | allow |

## Exfil surface

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

| Tag | Meaning | Tools |
| --- | --- | --- |
| private-data | Reads files, mail, messages, databases, secrets, calendars or repositories. | `mcp__refcat__get_email_html` `mcp__refcat__search_emails` |
| untrusted-input | Brings in text someone else can write: web pages, inbound email, messages, issues and comments. | `mcp__refcat__get_email_html` `mcp__refcat__search_apps` `mcp__refcat__search_emails` |
| outbound | Can carry data to people or systems: it sends, posts or publishes, or takes a recipient, channel or URL. | none |

## Findings

No check matched anything in these tool definitions.


## Changes things (2)

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

### `similar_apps`

- 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
Apps like this one, ranked from the app's own flow themes. Accepts an appId or slug.
```

### `similar_screens`

- 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
Screens that look like a given screen. Visual, not keyword — no quota. includeImages returns the top matches as images (max 4).
```

## Only reads (16)

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

### `get_app`

- The name "get_app" says "get": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Metadata for one app in the catalog. Accepts an appId or a slug like 'spotify'. get_app_flows lists its flows.
```

### `get_app_flows`

- The name "get_app_flows" says "get": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
The flows of one app (onboarding, checkout, settings…) in order, with capture date. Accepts an appId or slug. Big apps have hundreds of flows: page with offset. Then get_flow for the steps of one.
```

### `get_email_html`

- The name "get_email_html" says "get": a word for reading.
- Tag private-data: The name "get_email_html" says "get" and "email": it reads mail. The description's first sentence says "email": it reads mail.
- Tag untrusted-input: The name "get_email_html" says "get" and "email": it reads inbound email, which other people can write. The description's first sentence says "html": it reads web pages, which anyone can write.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
The original HTML of one email from search_emails (tables, font fallbacks, dark mode included). Adapt it to the user's brand instead of writing email HTML from scratch. Pro, or this week's free flows.
```

### `get_flow`

- The name "get_flow" says "get": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
One flow with every step in order. Compact by default: each step has screenDocId (for get_screen), pageType, patterns, components and keyTexts. include 'elements' adds OCR/hotspot boxes per step (large: tens of thousands of tokens for a long flow); 'connections' adds step links.
```

### `get_flow_history`

- The name "get_flow_history" says "get": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Earlier captures of the same flow (how it changed over time): capture date, screen count and up to 3 preview images each.
```

### `get_project`

- The name "get_project" says "get": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
One project with its screens, positions and connections.
```

### `get_screen`

- The name "get_screen" says "get": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
One catalog screen with its image and structure. Returns an image block (look at it for color, typography and spacing) and JSON with app, flow, platform, pageType, screenPatterns, uiComponents, keyTexts, dimensions, capturedAt and `elements` (OCR text and hotspots with normalized bbox [x0,y0,x1,y1], sorted top to bottom: use them to reproduce hierarchy, order and positions). image 'small' is ~800px wide (~1-2k tokens), 'full' 1800px. Cite the app, flow and capture date when you build from it.
```

### `list_apps`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Apps in the catalog, optionally filtered by category key (from list_categories) or platform. Platform `email` lists brands with email galleries.
```

### `list_categories`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
The catalog's category rail for a platform, with the key list_apps filters by. Emails, games, store listings and ads have their own rails.
```

### `list_facets`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
The filter vocabulary with real counts (number of flows): platform, flowIntents, uiComponents, pageType and screenPatterns. Call this before filtering search_screens or search_flows so filters are real values, not guesses. Optional query/filters narrow every count, flowIntents included.
```

### `list_projects`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
The caller's projects, newest first.
```

### `search_apps`

- The name "search_apps" says "search": a word for reading.
- Tag untrusted-input: The description's first sentence says "find" and "website": it reads web pages, which anyone can write.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Find apps in the catalog by name, website or theme ('nubank', 'linear.app', 'meditation').
```

### `search_emails`

- The name "search_emails" says "search": a word for reading.
- Tag private-data: The name "search_emails" says "search" and "email": it reads mail. The description's first sentence says "search" and "email": it reads mail.
- Tag untrusted-input: The name "search_emails" says "search" and "email": it reads inbound email, which other people can write. The description's first sentence says "search" and "email": it reads inbound email, which other people can write.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Search real product emails (welcome, receipts, onboarding, re-engagement…) by description or brand. Each result is one email with its desktop and/or mobile image; when hasHtml is true, get_email_html returns the original HTML to adapt. Needs Pro.
```

### `search_flows`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Search whole flows (ordered screen sequences) by intent, app or description. Then get_flow for the steps.
```

### `search_screens`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Search individual UI screens by description, app name or site ('paywall with annual plan first', 'Spotify', 'linear.app'). Returns metadata per screen; set includeImages to also get the top screens as images (max 4, ~1-2k tokens each). Call get_screen for the full structure of one.
```

### `search_screens_by_image`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Find catalog screens that look like your images (base64, e.g. a screenshot of the app you are building). Then call get_screen on the matches to compare. Free plans: up to 2 images and 12 results.
```

## Claude Code permissions

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

```json
{
  "permissions": {
    "allow": [
      "mcp__refcat__list_facets",
      "mcp__refcat__get_screen",
      "mcp__refcat__search_screens_by_image",
      "mcp__refcat__search_screens",
      "mcp__refcat__search_flows",
      "mcp__refcat__search_emails",
      "mcp__refcat__get_email_html",
      "mcp__refcat__search_apps",
      "mcp__refcat__get_app",
      "mcp__refcat__get_app_flows",
      "mcp__refcat__get_flow",
      "mcp__refcat__get_flow_history",
      "mcp__refcat__list_categories",
      "mcp__refcat__list_apps",
      "mcp__refcat__list_projects",
      "mcp__refcat__get_project"
    ],
    "ask": [
      "mcp__refcat__similar_apps",
      "mcp__refcat__similar_screens"
    ],
    "deny": []
  }
}
```

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

- `mcp__refcat__search_emails`: private-data, untrusted-input
- `mcp__refcat__get_email_html`: private-data, untrusted-input
- `mcp__refcat__search_apps`: untrusted-input
