# `com.cobaltcapture/cobalt` on anlyon.dev

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- Page: https://anlyon.dev/servers/com.cobaltcapture/cobalt
- JSON: https://anlyon.dev/api/v1/servers/com.cobaltcapture/cobalt
- Version: 1.21.0 (active)
- Publisher: com.cobaltcapture (domain proven to the MCP Registry)
- Runs: remote (streamable-http)
- Sign-in to list tools: none
- Metadata from the official MCP Registry, synced 2026-10-21T17:53:04.733Z

Title and description, as the publisher wrote them:

```untrusted-server-text
Cobalt Capture
Annotated-screenshot reviews and ready-made product studies your AI agent can read, run, and share.
```

Scanned 2026-10-21T18:47:36.317Z over streamable-http.

**12 tools: 3 can delete or cancel things, 4 change things and 5 only read.**

| Group | Class | Tools | Claude Code |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Deletes or cancels | destructive | 3 | deny |
| Can't be undone | irreversible | 0 | ask |
| Changes things | write | 4 | ask |
| Only reads | read | 5 | allow |

## Exfil surface

11 private-data -> untrusted-input -> outbound paths in this server alone. Denying 1 outbound tool breaks every one: `mcp__cobalt__get_playbook`.

| Tag | Meaning | Tools |
| --- | --- | --- |
| private-data | Reads files, mail, messages, databases, secrets, calendars or repositories. | `mcp__cobalt__check_inbox` |
| untrusted-input | Brings in text someone else can write: web pages, inbound email, messages, issues and comments. | `mcp__cobalt__add_note` `mcp__cobalt__add_screenshot` `mcp__cobalt__check_inbox` `mcp__cobalt__create_inbox` `mcp__cobalt__create_review` `mcp__cobalt__email_review` `mcp__cobalt__fetch` `mcp__cobalt__get_playbook` `mcp__cobalt__get_review` `mcp__cobalt__replace_screenshot` `mcp__cobalt__update_review` |
| outbound | Can carry data to people or systems: it sends, posts or publishes, or takes a recipient, channel or URL. | `mcp__cobalt__get_playbook` |

| Private data | Untrusted input | Outbound |
| --- | --- | --- |
| `mcp__cobalt__check_inbox` | `mcp__cobalt__add_note` | `mcp__cobalt__get_playbook` |
| `mcp__cobalt__check_inbox` | `mcp__cobalt__add_screenshot` | `mcp__cobalt__get_playbook` |
| `mcp__cobalt__check_inbox` | `mcp__cobalt__check_inbox` | `mcp__cobalt__get_playbook` |
| `mcp__cobalt__check_inbox` | `mcp__cobalt__create_inbox` | `mcp__cobalt__get_playbook` |
| `mcp__cobalt__check_inbox` | `mcp__cobalt__create_review` | `mcp__cobalt__get_playbook` |
| `mcp__cobalt__check_inbox` | `mcp__cobalt__email_review` | `mcp__cobalt__get_playbook` |
| `mcp__cobalt__check_inbox` | `mcp__cobalt__fetch` | `mcp__cobalt__get_playbook` |
| `mcp__cobalt__check_inbox` | `mcp__cobalt__get_playbook` | `mcp__cobalt__get_playbook` |
| `mcp__cobalt__check_inbox` | `mcp__cobalt__get_review` | `mcp__cobalt__get_playbook` |
| `mcp__cobalt__check_inbox` | `mcp__cobalt__replace_screenshot` | `mcp__cobalt__get_playbook` |
| `mcp__cobalt__check_inbox` | `mcp__cobalt__update_review` | `mcp__cobalt__get_playbook` |

## Findings

No check matched anything in these tool definitions.


## Deletes or cancels (3)

Removes, cancels or revokes something. Claude Code: deny.

### `email_review`

- Nothing in its name or description says what it does, so it is counted as a write.
- The server marks it destructive (destructiveHint: true).
- Tag untrusted-input: The server marks it openWorldHint: true: it reaches things outside the server's own data.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Email a link to a review to the person who ran the study. Sends only to an address that belongs to a verified Cobalt account (other addresses are refused, which keeps the tool from being used to send unsolicited mail). The email contains only the review link, never text supplied in the call.
```

### `replace_screenshot`

- The name "replace_screenshot" says "replace": a word for a change.
- The description says "cannot be recovered".
- The server marks it destructive (destructiveHint: true).
- Tag untrusted-input: The server marks it openWorldHint: true: it reaches things outside the server's own data.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Overwrite one existing screenshot in a review with a new capture, in the same position. Destructive: the old image and any pins or annotations on it are removed and cannot be recovered; the title and comment change only if new ones are passed. Works on screenshots only, not notes. Takes the same capture arguments as add_screenshot, plus `item`, the 1-based number of the screenshot to replace.
```

### `update_review`

- The name "update_review" says "update": a word for a change.
- The server marks it destructive (destructiveHint: true).
- Tag untrusted-input: The server marks it openWorldHint: true: it reaches things outside the server's own data.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Set or replace a review's summary and/or title. The summary is shown at the top of the review, above every screenshot and note. Replaces any existing summary or title.
```

## Changes things (4)

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

### `add_note`

- The name "add_note" says "add": a word for a change.
- Tag untrusted-input: The server marks it openWorldHint: true: it reaches things outside the server's own data.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Append a free-standing text note (not tied to a screenshot) to a review created by create_review. Use for context, steps taken, or a summary of findings between screenshots.
```

### `add_screenshot`

- The name "add_screenshot" says "add": a word for a change.
- Tag untrusted-input: The server marks it openWorldHint: true: it reaches things outside the server's own data.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Append one screenshot, with an optional title and note, to the end of a review. The image is stored in Cobalt and shown in the review. Three ways to supply it: `page_url`, a public page that Cobalt renders in a headless browser (`viewport` 'desktop' at 1280px or 'mobile' at 390px, `full_page` for the whole scroll, `hide_selectors` for elements to hide; common cookie banners are hidden automatically), which also returns the rendered image; `image_url`, an image already uploaded to https://cobaltcapture.com/api/upload; or `image`, a small base64 image. This tool only appends; it never changes an existing item (replace_screenshot does that).
```

### `create_inbox`

- The name "create_inbox" says "create": a word for a change.
- Tag untrusted-input: The server marks it openWorldHint: true: it reaches things outside the server's own data.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Create a temporary email inbox for testing the signup or email flow of a product the user owns or is authorised to test, within that product's terms. Returns an `address` to enter in the product's form and an `inbox_token` for reading it with check_inbox. Each inbox expires 24 hours after it is created, receives mail only (it cannot send), and accepts mail only while it exists. Up to 20 inboxes can be created per hour from one IP address.
```

### `create_review`

- The name "create_review" says "create": a word for a change.
- Tag untrusted-input: The server marks it openWorldHint: true: it reaches things outside the server's own data.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Start a new Cobalt Capture review and get a handle for filling it in. Use this to compile the findings of any site study — a usability pass, a pricing teardown, a positioning audit, a QA run — into one shareable, durable report with real screenshots. Works from any client, chat assistants included: with no browser, add_screenshot(page_url=...) renders the pages for you. Returns a `review` slug and a `claim_token` — pass BOTH back to add_screenshot / add_note to append content. Also returns a `review_url` to share and a `save_url` the human opens (while signed in) to save the review to their account permanently. The review is anonymous and auto-deletes after 30 days unless saved.
```

## Only reads (5)

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

### `check_inbox`

- The description's first verb is "read": a word for reading.
- Tag private-data: The name "check_inbox" says "inbox": it reads mail. The description's first sentence says "read" and "mail": it reads mail. The input names an inbox (input.inbox_token), and the tool reads: it reads mail.
- Tag untrusted-input: The server marks it openWorldHint: true: it reaches things outside the server's own data. The name "check_inbox" says "inbox": it reads inbound email, which other people can write. The description's first sentence says "read" and "mail": it reads inbound email, which other people can write.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Read mail delivered to an inbox from create_inbox, newest first, for example a verification code or confirmation link from the signup email of the product being tested. Requires the inbox_token, so only whoever created the inbox can read it. Returns immediately; mail usually arrives within seconds, so an empty result can be checked again shortly. format="html" returns each message's HTML for reviewing the email's design.
```

### `fetch`

- The name "fetch" says "fetch": a word for reading.
- Tag untrusted-input: The description's first sentence says "fetch" and "review": it reads comments, which other people can write.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Fetch the full text of a Cobalt study by the id search returned, or of any Cobalt review by its URL (/r/<slug>) or slug. Returns text: findings, prices, the comparison matrix, and the underlying review's notes with links to its screenshots. Use get_review instead when you need to see the screenshots as images.
```

### `get_playbook`

- The name "get_playbook" says "get": a word for reading.
- Tag untrusted-input: The description's first sentence says "return" and "review": it reads comments, which other people can write. 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
Return the full text of a Cobalt study playbook: a step-by-step method for a kind of product review that ends in a shareable Cobalt review. Available: 'pricing_teardown' (can a buyer tell what they would pay and which tier fits; public pages only); 'website_teardown' (what each key page leads with and says, judged as a first-time visitor; public pages only; 'positioning_pass' is its old name); 'comparison_study' (two or three products compared for one buying decision, with a sourced matrix; public pages plus web search); 'usability_pass' (a first-time-user audit: a new user signs up and tries to get real jobs done, judged as a whole experience; needs a browser); 'flow_pass' (one specific flow the user names, such as checkout or inviting a teammate, walked step by step including its emails; needs a browser); 'investigation_pass' (a product investigation of an app the user owns, run in its own environment; needs a browser and usually the code); 'design_pass' (what the product looks like across nine phone, tablet and desktop sizes with menus, dialogs and forms opened: uneven padding, near-miss alignment, cut-off or colliding text, and a few hard fundamentals, nominated by a script in the page; needs a browser). The public-page studies work without a browser because add_screenshot(page_url) renders pages server-side. The same methods are offered as MCP prompts, and every playbook's full text is published at https://cobaltcapture.com/developers#playbooks. Each one tells the user its plan before acting, and the ones that sign up or use a product stop for the user's approval first.
```

### `get_review`

- The name "get_review" says "get": a word for reading.
- Tag untrusted-input: The name "get_review" says "get" and "review": it reads comments, which other people can write. The description's first sentence says "fetch" and "review": it reads comments, which other people can write.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Fetch a Cobalt Capture review by its share link or slug. Returns the reviewer's notes as text AND each annotated screenshot as an image, so you can see exactly what was marked and what to change.
```

### `search`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Search the studies Cobalt Capture has published on well-known products: pricing teardowns, positioning audits, and head-to-head comparisons (for example Canva pricing, Spotify vs Apple Music). Returns matching studies as {id, title, url}; pass an id to fetch for the full text. It does NOT search private reviews, which are reachable only by their link (use get_review, or fetch with the review URL).
```

## Claude Code permissions

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

```json
{
  "permissions": {
    "allow": [
      "mcp__cobalt__get_review",
      "mcp__cobalt__search",
      "mcp__cobalt__fetch",
      "mcp__cobalt__check_inbox"
    ],
    "ask": [
      "mcp__cobalt__create_review",
      "mcp__cobalt__add_screenshot",
      "mcp__cobalt__add_note",
      "mcp__cobalt__get_playbook",
      "mcp__cobalt__create_inbox"
    ],
    "deny": [
      "mcp__cobalt__replace_screenshot",
      "mcp__cobalt__update_review",
      "mcp__cobalt__email_review"
    ]
  }
}
```

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

- `mcp__cobalt__get_review`: untrusted-input
- `mcp__cobalt__create_review`: untrusted-input
- `mcp__cobalt__add_screenshot`: untrusted-input
- `mcp__cobalt__replace_screenshot`: untrusted-input
- `mcp__cobalt__add_note`: untrusted-input
- `mcp__cobalt__update_review`: untrusted-input
- `mcp__cobalt__get_playbook`: untrusted-input, outbound
- `mcp__cobalt__fetch`: untrusted-input
- `mcp__cobalt__create_inbox`: untrusted-input
- `mcp__cobalt__check_inbox`: private-data, untrusted-input
- `mcp__cobalt__email_review`: untrusted-input

## Remote posture

What an anonymous client saw at the remote endpoint, last 2026-10-22T14:29:36.042Z, unchanged since 2026-10-22T14:29:36.042Z. 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` |

- **high** 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 (3 destructive, 4 write). Whether a call also works without credentials was not tested: tools are never called.

https://cobaltcapture.com/mcp: tools/list returned 12 tools to an anonymous client, including replace_screenshot (destructive), update_review (destructive), email_review (destructive), create_review (write), add_screenshot (write) and 2 more
```