# `com.digitalinasia/dia` on anlyon.dev

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- Page: https://anlyon.dev/servers/com.digitalinasia/dia
- JSON: https://anlyon.dev/api/v1/servers/com.digitalinasia/dia
- Version: 2.0.0 (active)
- Publisher: com.digitalinasia (domain proven to the MCP Registry)
- Runs: remote (streamable-http)
- Sign-in to list tools: none
- Metadata from the official MCP Registry, synced 2026-11-05T08:17:38.633Z

Title and description, as the publisher wrote them:

```untrusted-server-text
Digital in Asia
Asia's digital economy: AI, gaming, ecommerce, payments. Articles, trackers, reports, glossary.
```

Scanned 2026-11-05T08:18:00.657Z over streamable-http.

**8 tools: 1 change things and 7 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 | 7 | 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__dia__get_tracker` |
| 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

- **warn** Annotations that disagree with the tool in `compare_markets` ([annotation-conflict](https://anlyon.dev/methodology#annotation-conflict))

```untrusted-server-text
The server marks "compare_markets" read-only (readOnlyHint: true), and its own name, description or input give the class "write".

annotations: {"readOnlyHint":true,"openWorldHint":false}; The name "compare_markets" says "compare": a word for reading.
```


## Changes things (1)

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

### `compare_markets`

- The name "compare_markets" says "compare": a word for reading.
- The description's first verb is "put": a word for a change.
- The server marks it read-only (readOnlyHint: true), but an annotation never lowers a class.
- Findings: warn annotation-conflict

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Put two or more Asian markets side by side using Digital in Asia's tracker data. Optionally limit to a topic (payments, ecommerce, gaming, AI policy, AI models). Returns comparison tables with source links.
```

## Only reads (7)

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

### `get_country_profile`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Overview of one Asian digital market from Digital in Asia: the country hub summary, that country's rows from every DIA tracker (payments, ecommerce, gaming, AI policy, AI model access), and the most relevant recent articles. Markets: China, India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Thailand, Vietnam, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Cambodia, Myanmar, Sri Lanka.
```

### `get_glossary_term`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Look up a term in the Digital in Asia glossary (103 terms, e.g. UPI, QRIS, super app, live commerce, sovereign AI). Returns the definition and link; suggests close matches.
```

### `get_latest_articles`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
The most recent Digital in Asia articles, optionally filtered by a phrase.
```

### `get_report_summary`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Key findings and section headings of a Digital in Asia research report (fintech and digital payments, AI in Asia, Southeast Asia ecommerce, Vietnam gaming), plus the link to the free PDF.
```

### `get_tracker`

- The name "get_tracker" says "get": a word for reading.
- Tag private-data: The description's first sentence says "get" and "table": it reads databases.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Get structured data tables from a Digital in Asia market tracker (payment rails, LLM availability and benchmarks, gaming, ecommerce marketplaces, AI policy, AI market size). Call with no arguments to list trackers.
```

### `list_reports`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
List Digital in Asia's free research reports with titles, descriptions, dates and links.
```

### `search_dia`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Semantic search across Digital in Asia articles, trackers, reports and glossary on Asia's digital economy (AI, gaming, ecommerce, payments, super apps, policy). Understands natural-language questions. Returns titles, URLs, dates and the most relevant passages.
```

## Claude Code permissions

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

```json
{
  "permissions": {
    "allow": [
      "mcp__dia__search_dia",
      "mcp__dia__get_country_profile",
      "mcp__dia__get_tracker",
      "mcp__dia__list_reports",
      "mcp__dia__get_report_summary",
      "mcp__dia__get_glossary_term",
      "mcp__dia__get_latest_articles"
    ],
    "ask": [
      "mcp__dia__compare_markets"
    ],
    "deny": []
  }
}
```

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

- `mcp__dia__get_tracker`: private-data