# `co.theoldways/library` on anlyon.dev

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- Page: https://anlyon.dev/servers/co.theoldways/library
- JSON: https://anlyon.dev/api/v1/servers/co.theoldways/library
- Version: 1.0.0 (active)
- Publisher: co.theoldways (domain proven to the MCP Registry)
- Runs: remote (streamable-http)
- Sign-in to list tools: none
- Metadata from the official MCP Registry, synced 2026-10-26T19:19:35.669Z

Title and description, as the publisher wrote them:

```untrusted-server-text
Search historical texts and mythology references with citation URLs from The Old Ways library.
```

Scanned 2026-10-26T19:19:50.154Z over streamable-http.

**3 tools: 3 only read.**

| Group | Class | Tools | Claude Code |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Deletes or cancels | destructive | 0 | deny |
| Can't be undone | irreversible | 0 | ask |
| Changes things | write | 0 | 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.

| 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__library__read_page` |
| outbound | Can carry data to people or systems: it sends, posts or publishes, or takes a recipient, channel or URL. | `mcp__library__read_page` |

## Findings

No check matched anything in these tool definitions.


## Only reads (3)

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

### `list_collections`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
List available book landing pages, traditions, content types, index-build timestamp and the source policy before exploring The Old Ways. Index-build time is not the publication date of a historical text.
```

### `read_page`

- The name "read_page" says "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 a bounded text excerpt from an indexed public theoldways.co page. Supply a canonical URL or path returned by search_library. Returns a citation URL, edition/source note, text and nextOffset for continuation. Never accesses arbitrary websites, private accounts or the live app. Imported historical editions can contain transcription errors; editorial summaries are not passage-level source verification.
```

### `search_library`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Search the Old Ways historical-text and mythology reference collection: Norse, Greek/Hellenic, Egyptian/Kemetic, Celtic and Zoroastrian writings, glossary, deity profiles and explanatory questions. Returns canonical citation URLs and short previews from a prebuilt lexical index. Not web search or verification of historical claims. Use read_page to examine the passage and recorded edition details. Known malformed and noindex pages are excluded.
```

## Claude Code permissions

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

```json
{
  "permissions": {
    "allow": [
      "mcp__library__search_library",
      "mcp__library__list_collections"
    ],
    "ask": [
      "mcp__library__read_page"
    ],
    "deny": []
  }
}
```

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

- `mcp__library__read_page`: untrusted-input, outbound