# `city.close/close-api` on anlyon.dev

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- Page: https://anlyon.dev/servers/city.close/close-api
- JSON: https://anlyon.dev/api/v1/servers/city.close/close-api
- Version: 1.2.0 (active)
- Publisher: city.close (domain proven to the MCP Registry)
- Runs: remote (streamable-http)
- Sign-in to list tools: none
- Repository: https://github.com/henryspatialanalysis/wtm.api
- Metadata from the official MCP Registry, synced 2026-10-21T17:46:29.849Z

Title and description, as the publisher wrote them:

```untrusted-server-text
Close API
Walk, bike, and transit travel times from every US census block to nearby amenities.
```

Scanned 2026-10-21T18:32:15.904Z over streamable-http.

**10 tools: 7 change things and 3 only read.**

| Group | Class | Tools | Claude Code |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Deletes or cancels | destructive | 0 | deny |
| Can't be undone | irreversible | 0 | ask |
| Changes things | write | 7 | ask |
| Only reads | read | 3 | allow |

## Exfil surface

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

| 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. | none |
| 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 (7)

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

### `blocks_in_area`

- Nothing in its name or description says what it does, so it is counted as a write.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Per-block travel times for every census block in an area (metered: 1 token per returned row). Give place_geoid (from find_place) for a whole city, or center {lat, lon} + radius_m. Rows carry a numeric mode_id.
```

### `isochrone`

- Nothing in its name or description says what it does, so it is counted as a write.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
The area reachable from a location within a time budget, as GeoJSON contours (metered: 10 tokens per contour). Give block_geoid or lat+lon. Defaults to a single 30-minute contour; ask for more only when needed (bodies can be large).
```

### `join_close_plus`

- The name "join_close_plus" says "close": a word for a change.
- The input takes a statement or command to run (input.code), which can change anything it can reach.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Get a Stripe Checkout URL for the Close+ membership ($10/month: 5,000 API tokens granted monthly plus member features on the close.city map). The user pays in their own browser: give them the returned URL and stop. Needs a fresh six-digit code from request_sign_in, read by the user from their own inbox.
```

### `nearby_pois`

- Nothing in its name or description says what it does, so it is counted as a write.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Nearby points of interest and the travel time to each, from a location (metered: 1 token per returned row). One origin: block_geoid or lat+lon; keep limit small to control spend and context size. Many origins (up to 250): block_geoids or points — one batch call and one rate-limit request, rows tagged by origin, no limit/pagination, so filter with type/mode/max_minutes. Batching saves requests and context, not tokens: it still charges per row. A non-empty truncated (+ truncated_reason) means the balance or row budget cut the batch short.
```

### `redeem_code`

- The input takes a statement or command to run (input.code), which can change anything it can reach.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Complete sign-up with the six-digit code the user received, and return a new API key (shown once). Call request_sign_in first. The key grants 5,000 free tokens; store it and pass it as the Authorization bearer on future calls.
```

### `request_sign_in`

- The name "request_sign_in" says "request": a word for a change.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Start free sign-up for the user: email them a six-digit code. The user must read the code from their own inbox and give it to you, then call redeem_code. This is how an agent gets the user an API key (5,000 free tokens, no card).
```

### `walkability_summary`

- Nothing in its name or description says what it does, so it is counted as a write.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Fastest travel time from a location to each destination category, by mode (metered: 1 token per returned row). One origin: block_geoid or lat+lon. Many origins (up to 250): block_geoids or points — one batch call and one rate-limit request, with rows tagged by origin. Batching saves requests and context, not tokens: it still charges per row. A non-empty truncated (+ truncated_reason) means the balance or row budget cut the batch short. A missing category means it is not reachable within 30 minutes.
```

## Only reads (3)

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

### `find_place`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Look up a US city or town by name (free, no key). Returns matches with their census place GEOID and centre point (lon/lat). The entry point: feed a GEOID to blocks_in_area, or a centre to walkability_summary.
```

### `get_catalog`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
List the travel modes and the destination-type taxonomy (free, no key). Use it to resolve type names to the numeric ids the other tools take. Modes are walk, bike, transit — there is no drive mode.
```

### `get_token_balance`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Check the token balance of the API key in use, without spending any tokens. Works even at a zero balance. Requires the Authorization bearer key.
```

## Claude Code permissions

For `.claude/settings.json`, assuming the server is installed as `close-api`:

```json
{
  "permissions": {
    "allow": [
      "mcp__close-api__find_place",
      "mcp__close-api__get_catalog",
      "mcp__close-api__get_token_balance"
    ],
    "ask": [
      "mcp__close-api__walkability_summary",
      "mcp__close-api__nearby_pois",
      "mcp__close-api__isochrone",
      "mcp__close-api__blocks_in_area",
      "mcp__close-api__request_sign_in",
      "mcp__close-api__redeem_code",
      "mcp__close-api__join_close_plus"
    ],
    "deny": []
  }
}
```

## Remote posture

What an anonymous client saw at the remote endpoint, last 2026-10-22T14:25:20.718Z, unchanged since 2026-10-22T14:25:20.718Z. 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 | `7` |
| Protocol version | `2025-06-18` |
| WWW-Authenticate on 401 | `not observed` |
| resource_metadata in WWW-Authenticate | `none` |
| RFC 9728 protected resource metadata | `none` |
| Authorization servers | `none` |
| Legacy HTTP+SSE transport | `no` |
| Dynamic client registration | `not observed` |
| Client ID metadata documents | `not observed` |

- **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 7 tools that change things (7 write). Whether a call also works without credentials was not tested: tools are never called.

https://mcp.close.city/mcp: tools/list returned 10 tools to an anonymous client, including walkability_summary (write), nearby_pois (write), isochrone (write), blocks_in_area (write), request_sign_in (write) and 2 more
```