# `co.frontierresearch/frontier` on anlyon.dev

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- Page: https://anlyon.dev/servers/co.frontierresearch/frontier
- JSON: https://anlyon.dev/api/v1/servers/co.frontierresearch/frontier
- Version: 1.0.0 (active)
- Publisher: co.frontierresearch (domain proven to the MCP Registry)
- Runs: remote (streamable-http)
- Sign-in to list tools: none
- Metadata from the official MCP Registry, synced 2026-10-21T17:46:53.019Z

Title and description, as the publisher wrote them:

```untrusted-server-text
Frontier: evidence-scored science breakthroughs
New papers from Nature, Science, Cell, NEJM and other top journals, scored on evidence and novelty.
```

Scanned 2026-10-21T18:44:52.083Z over streamable-http.

**5 tools: 1 change things and 4 only read.**

| Group | Class | Tools | Claude Code |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Deletes or cancels | destructive | 0 | deny |
| Can't be undone | irreversible | 0 | ask |
| Changes things | write | 1 | ask |
| Only reads | read | 4 | allow |

## Exfil surface

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

| Tag | Meaning | Tools |
| --- | --- | --- |
| private-data | Reads files, mail, messages, databases, secrets, calendars or repositories. | `mcp__frontier__get_breakthrough` |
| 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 (1)

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

### `latest_breakthroughs`

- 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
What Frontier added most recently: the entries listed in the last N days (the index adds a few new papers from the top journals every day), newest first, optionally within one field.
```

## Only reads (4)

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

### `explain_frontier_score`

- The name "explain_frontier_score" says "explain": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
The Frontier Score method: its three pillars and what each measures, recency, the integrity rule, tiers and confidence.
```

### `get_breakthrough`

- The name "get_breakthrough" says "get": a word for reading.
- Tag private-data: The description's first sentence says "drive": it reads files.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Everything Frontier holds on one entry: the plain-language summary, why it matters and what to watch, authors and institutions, the full Frontier Score breakdown (each pillar and what drives it, recency and confidence) and the sources behind each figure. Accepts an OpenAlex work id (e.g. W7214802080), an entry slug, or a frontierresearch.co entry URL.
```

### `list_fields`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
The research fields Frontier covers, with how many entries each holds and its median Frontier Score.
```

### `search_breakthroughs`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Search Frontier's evidence-scored index of new research from the top scientific journals. Matches the query against titles, plain-language summaries, authors and topics, optionally within one field, and returns the matching entries ranked by Frontier Score (or newest paper first), each with its summary, score, Frontier URL and DOI. Leave the query empty to browse a field.
```

## Claude Code permissions

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

```json
{
  "permissions": {
    "allow": [
      "mcp__frontier__search_breakthroughs",
      "mcp__frontier__get_breakthrough",
      "mcp__frontier__list_fields",
      "mcp__frontier__explain_frontier_score"
    ],
    "ask": [
      "mcp__frontier__latest_breakthroughs"
    ],
    "deny": []
  }
}
```

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

- `mcp__frontier__get_breakthrough`: private-data

## Remote posture

What an anonymous client saw at the remote endpoint, last 2026-10-22T14:25:50.970Z, unchanged since 2026-10-22T14:25:50.970Z. 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 | `1` |
| 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 1 tool that changes things (1 write). Whether a call also works without credentials was not tested: tools are never called.

https://frontierresearch.co/api/mcp: tools/list returned 5 tools to an anonymous client, including latest_breakthroughs (write)
```