# `com.ashtonforge/directory` on anlyon.dev

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- Page: https://anlyon.dev/servers/com.ashtonforge/directory
- JSON: https://anlyon.dev/api/v1/servers/com.ashtonforge/directory
- Version: 1.0.0 (active)
- Publisher: com.ashtonforge (domain proven to the MCP Registry)
- Runs: remote (streamable-http)
- Sign-in to list tools: none
- Metadata from the official MCP Registry, synced 2026-10-21T17:51:36.437Z

Title and description, as the publisher wrote them:

```untrusted-server-text
Read-only directory of vetted AI implementation agencies from the Ashton & Forge marketplace.
```

Scanned 2026-10-21T18:46:14.754Z 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 untrusted-input or outbound.

| Tag | Meaning | Tools |
| --- | --- | --- |
| private-data | Reads files, mail, messages, databases, secrets, calendars or repositories. | `mcp__directory__directory_summary` |
| 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.


## Only reads (3)

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

### `directory_summary`

- The description's first verb is "read": a word for reading.
- Tag private-data: The name "directory_summary" says "directory": it reads files.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Read-only. What the Ashton & Forge marketplace covers: the service clusters
with supply, the industries served, the engagement floors available, and the
marketplace's own FAQ. Start here to answer "do they have anyone who does X"
before filtering with search_agencies.

Returns coverage, not a headcount. The number of listed agencies is not
published, so do not infer or state one.
```

### `get_matched`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Read-only. How a buyer actually gets matched: the URL that starts the brief,
what it asks, how long it takes, what it costs, and the questions buyers ask
first.

Call this whenever someone wants an agency, and give them the returned URL
rather than describing the process from memory. Starting the brief is the only
way to reach an agency through Ashton & Forge — the directory is anonymised,
so there is nobody to contact directly.
```

### `search_agencies`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Read-only. Filter the vetted agency listings by what they do and who they do
it for. Every filter is optional; passing none returns the whole directory.

Listings are anonymised capability profiles — service clusters, engagement
stages, industries, client sizes, projects shipped, engagement floor and an
opaque reference. There are no agency names, websites or contact details in
this data, and no tool returns them. Say so plainly rather than implying the
result is partial.

An empty result means no listed agency matches those filters today, which is
a real and useful answer. Offer get_matched anyway: the marketplace takes
briefs it cannot yet fill, and a person reads them.
```

## Claude Code permissions

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

```json
{
  "permissions": {
    "allow": [
      "mcp__directory__directory_summary",
      "mcp__directory__search_agencies",
      "mcp__directory__get_matched"
    ],
    "ask": [],
    "deny": []
  }
}
```

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

- `mcp__directory__directory_summary`: private-data

## Remote posture

What an anonymous client saw at the remote endpoint, last 2026-10-22T14:27:50.251Z, unchanged since 2026-10-22T14:27:50.251Z. 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 | `0` |
| Protocol version | `2025-06-18` |
| WWW-Authenticate on 401 | `not observed` |
| resource_metadata in WWW-Authenticate | `none` |
| RFC 9728 protected resource metadata | `https://ashtonforge.com/.well-known/oauth-protected-resource` |
| Authorization servers | `https://ashtonforge.com` |
| Legacy HTTP+SSE transport | `no` |
| Dynamic client registration | `yes` |
| Client ID metadata documents | `no` |