# `com.dmvtransit/transit` on anlyon.dev

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- Page: https://anlyon.dev/servers/com.dmvtransit/transit
- JSON: https://anlyon.dev/api/v1/servers/com.dmvtransit/transit
- Version: 1.0.0 (active)
- Publisher: com.dmvtransit (domain proven to the MCP Registry)
- Runs: remote (streamable-http)
- Sign-in to list tools: none
- Repository: https://github.com/Concorde1969/dmv-transit
- Metadata from the official MCP Registry, synced 2026-11-03T16:17:40.791Z

Title and description, as the publisher wrote them:

```untrusted-server-text
DMV Transit
Unofficial DC, Maryland and Virginia transit: trips, Metro, buses, rail, fares and alerts.
```

Scanned 2026-11-03T16:18:19.863Z over streamable-http.

**18 tools: 2 do something that can't be undone, 4 change things and 12 only read.**

| Group | Class | Tools | Claude Code |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Deletes or cancels | destructive | 0 | deny |
| Can't be undone | irreversible | 2 | ask |
| Changes things | write | 4 | ask |
| Only reads | read | 12 | allow |

## Exfil surface

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

| Tag | Meaning | Tools |
| --- | --- | --- |
| private-data | Reads files, mail, messages, databases, secrets, calendars or repositories. | `mcp__transit__list_topics` |
| untrusted-input | Brings in text someone else can write: web pages, inbound email, messages, issues and comments. | `mcp__transit__estimate_trip_cost` `mcp__transit__find_stops_near` `mcp__transit__geocode_address` `mcp__transit__get_elevator_escalator_status` `mcp__transit__get_fare` `mcp__transit__get_guide` `mcp__transit__get_metro_route` `mcp__transit__get_rider_reports` `mcp__transit__get_route` `mcp__transit__get_service_alerts` `mcp__transit__get_station_info` `mcp__transit__how_to_pay` `mcp__transit__list_agencies` `mcp__transit__list_topics` `mcp__transit__plan_connection` `mcp__transit__plan_trip` `mcp__transit__search_transit_info` `mcp__transit__transfers_at` |
| 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 `find_stops_near` ([annotation-conflict](https://anlyon.dev/methodology#annotation-conflict))

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

annotations: {"readOnlyHint":true,"destructiveHint":false,"idempotentHint":true,"openWorldHint":true}; The name "find_stops_near" says "find": a word for reading.
```

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

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

annotations: {"readOnlyHint":true,"destructiveHint":false,"idempotentHint":true,"openWorldHint":true}; The name "transfers_at" says "transfer": a word for a change that another call does not undo.
```

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

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

annotations: {"readOnlyHint":true,"destructiveHint":false,"idempotentHint":true,"openWorldHint":true}; The name "how_to_pay" says "pay": a word that usually means money moves, which cannot be taken back.
```


## Can't be undone (2)

Sends, pays, publishes or merges: once done, it cannot be taken back. Claude Code: ask.

### `how_to_pay`

- The name "how_to_pay" says "pay": a word that usually means money moves, which cannot be taken back.
- The server marks it read-only (readOnlyHint: true), but an annotation never lowers a class.
- Tag untrusted-input: The server marks it openWorldHint: true: it reaches things outside the server's own data.
- Findings: warn annotation-conflict

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
How to pay to ride one agency. `fare_page_text` is the agency's own fare page
(the source for prices, discounts and transfer rules); the other fields are a
shorter hand-maintained summary that the fare page overrides.

Args:
    agency: Agency slug or name (e.g. "vre", "dash", "omniride", "wmata",
        "metrobus").

Answer only from this tool's results: never add routes, hours, phone numbers, addresses or tips from memory. Unofficial tool, not affiliated with WMATA or any transit agency.
```

### `transfers_at`

- The name "transfers_at" says "transfer": a word for a change that another call does not undo.
- The server marks it read-only (readOnlyHint: true), but an annotation never lowers a class.
- Tag untrusted-input: The server marks it openWorldHint: true: it reaches things outside the server's own data.
- Findings: warn annotation-conflict

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Routes from OTHER systems reachable on foot from a station or stop, grouped by
agency, each with walk time and its service window from the GTFS schedules. Pass
`day` (e.g. "saturday") and/or `time` ("HH:MM") to get a per-connection
feasibility check.

Answer only from this tool's results: never add routes, hours, phone numbers, addresses or tips from memory. Unofficial tool, not affiliated with WMATA or any transit agency.
```

## Changes things (4)

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

### `estimate_trip_cost`

- 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.
- 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
Estimate the total fare for a cross-system trip: per-leg fares, how to pay
each, and a total — noting each leg is usually a separate payment. Origin and
destination can be addresses, places, stations or "lat,lon".

Answer only from this tool's results: never add routes, hours, phone numbers, addresses or tips from memory. Unofficial tool, not affiliated with WMATA or any transit agency.
```

### `find_stops_near`

- The name "find_stops_near" says "find": a word for reading.
- The description's first verb is "stop": a word for a change.
- The server marks it read-only (readOnlyHint: true), but an annotation never lowers a class.
- Tag untrusted-input: The server marks it openWorldHint: true: it reaches things outside the server's own data.
- Findings: warn annotation-conflict

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Stops and stations within walking distance of a place, across all agencies.

Args:
    place: A Metro station name, a stop name, or "lat,lon".
    radius_m: Search radius in meters (default 400).
    agency: Optional feed slug to restrict to (e.g. "dash", "vre", "wmata").

Answer only from this tool's results: never add routes, hours, phone numbers, addresses or tips from memory. Unofficial tool, not affiliated with WMATA or any transit agency.
```

### `plan_connection`

- 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.
- 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
Advise on getting between two places across systems: which system for each
leg, the transfer hub, WHICH DAYS/TIMES the connection works, and the fare +
how to pay per leg. Guidance, not a booked itinerary.

Args:
    origin: Address, place name, station, or "lat,lon".
    destination: Address, place name, station, or "lat,lon".
    when: Optional — a day ("sunday", "weekday") to check feasibility against.

Answer only from this tool's results: never add routes, hours, phone numbers, addresses or tips from memory. Unofficial tool, not affiliated with WMATA or any transit agency.
```

### `plan_trip`

- 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.
- 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
Real trip options from the agencies' timetables, like the site's map: trips leaving
in the 3 hours after the given time from each agency's closest stops (up to about a
mile's walk; the walking time is part of each option), direct trips first, one
transfer only when needed, two transfers only when nothing simpler works, and
transfers only between stops within 0.3 km. Options with short transfer waits
(10 minutes or less) come first; a trip with a longer wait is offered only when
nothing better works. Leaving now, times include live updates where agencies publish
them; for a later time they are the timetable. At BWI, DCA and IAD a step gives the
airport's own directions between the terminal and its rail station (BWI: the free
shuttle) — pass those on. Tell the rider how much walking and waiting each option
involves. Use this whenever a rider asks how to get somewhere at a particular time;
use plan_connection for general "how would I get there" and which days it works.

Args:
    origin: An address, landmark, station, or "lat,lon" (a `point` from
        geocode_address is best).
    destination: Same as origin.
    depart_at: When to leave, in local Eastern time, as "YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM"
        (e.g. "2026-11-02T09:30"). Leave it out to leave now.

Answer only from this tool's results: never add routes, hours, phone numbers, addresses or tips from memory. Unofficial tool, not affiliated with WMATA or any transit agency.
```

## Only reads (12)

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

### `geocode_address`

- The description's first verb is "find": a word for reading.
- 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
Find where a street address, hotel, attraction or other place is, in the DC,
Maryland and Northern Virginia area. Call this whenever a rider names a place that
isn't plainly a station, before planning a trip from or to it. Check that the result
is the place they meant, and ask them if several fit. Pass a result's `point` to
plan_trip, plan_connection or find_stops_near.

Args:
    query: What the rider said, e.g. "1717 E Capitol St SE" or "Capital Hilton".
    limit: Most results to return, 1 to 5.

Answer only from this tool's results: never add routes, hours, phone numbers, addresses or tips from memory. Unofficial tool, not affiliated with WMATA or any transit agency.
```

### `get_elevator_escalator_status`

- The name "get_elevator_escalator_status" says "get": a word for reading.
- 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
Elevators and escalators currently out of service, optionally for one station.

Answer only from this tool's results: never add routes, hours, phone numbers, addresses or tips from memory. Unofficial tool, not affiliated with WMATA or any transit agency.
```

### `get_fare`

- The name "get_fare" says "get": a word for reading.
- 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
Station-to-station Metrorail fare.

Args:
    origin: Origin station name or code.
    destination: Destination station name or code.
    rider_type: "regular"/"peak", "offpeak", or "senior"/"disabled"/"reduced".

Answer only from this tool's results: never add routes, hours, phone numbers, addresses or tips from memory. Unofficial tool, not affiliated with WMATA or any transit agency.
```

### `get_guide`

- The name "get_guide" says "get": a word for reading.
- 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
Full text of the primary guide for a topic: new_rider, visitor, payment,
fares, accessibility, safety, or maps.

Answer only from this tool's results: never add routes, hours, phone numbers, addresses or tips from memory. Unofficial tool, not affiliated with WMATA or any transit agency.
```

### `get_metro_route`

- The name "get_metro_route" says "get": a word for reading.
- 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
How to ride Metrorail between two stations: which line(s), where to change
trains, which direction ("toward ..."), number of stops, and the fare. Use this for
EVERY Metrorail trip — never assume two stations share a line.

Args:
    origin: Station name, code (e.g. "C10"), or airport name/code ("DCA", "Dulles").
    destination: Station name, code, or airport name/code.

Answer only from this tool's results: never add routes, hours, phone numbers, addresses or tips from memory. Unofficial tool, not affiliated with WMATA or any transit agency.
```

### `get_rider_reports`

- The name "get_rider_reports" says "get": a word for reading.
- 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
Recent reports from other RIDERS (crowdsourced on this site): delays, crowding,
broken elevators, tips. Unverified and unofficial: always present them as "riders
reported ...", with how long ago, never as agency information, and never let them
replace the timetable or official alerts.

Args:
    station: A station or stop name to filter by (matched loosely).
    line: A line or route to filter by, e.g. "Red Line", "D80", "MARC".
    days: How many days back to look (default 2, at most 30).

Answer only from this tool's results: never add routes, hours, phone numbers, addresses or tips from memory. Unofficial tool, not affiliated with WMATA or any transit agency.
```

### `get_route`

- The name "get_route" says "get": a word for reading.
- 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
One route from an agency's GTFS schedule: days and hours of service, typical
frequency, endpoints, fare, and any live disruptions on it.

Args:
    agency: Agency slug or name (e.g. "metrobus", "wmata" for Metrorail lines,
        "fairfax-connector", "OmniRide", "loudoun").
    query: Route number or name (e.g. "A11", "Blue", "599", "Metro Express").

Answer only from this tool's results: never add routes, hours, phone numbers, addresses or tips from memory. Unofficial tool, not affiliated with WMATA or any transit agency.
```

### `get_service_alerts`

- The name "get_service_alerts" says "get": a word for reading.
- 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
Live service disruptions: WMATA incidents (Metrorail, Metrobus, elevators) and
agencies' GTFS-realtime alerts (detours, closed stops, missed trips).

Args:
    line: Metrorail line code (RD, BL, YL, OR, GR, SV) or bus route number.
    station: Metrorail station name or code.
    mode: "rail", "bus", or "elevator_escalator".
    agency: Agency slug, e.g. "wmata", "metrobus", "fairfax-connector".

Answer only from this tool's results: never add routes, hours, phone numbers, addresses or tips from memory. Unofficial tool, not affiliated with WMATA or any transit agency.
```

### `get_station_info`

- The name "get_station_info" says "get": a word for reading.
- 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
Lines served, address, parking availability, transfers, and entrances for a
station (accepts a name like "Gallery Place" or a code like "B01").

Answer only from this tool's results: never add routes, hours, phone numbers, addresses or tips from memory. Unofficial tool, not affiliated with WMATA or any transit agency.
```

### `list_agencies`

- The name "list_agencies" says "list": a word for reading.
- 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
Every transit system in the region (WMATA + VRE, Virginia Breeze, Fairfax
Connector, ART, DASH, CUE, Loudoun, OmniRide): mode, role, strengths, service
area, a one-line fare/payment summary, and data freshness.

Answer only from this tool's results: never add routes, hours, phone numbers, addresses or tips from memory. Unofficial tool, not affiliated with WMATA or any transit agency.
```

### `list_topics`

- The name "list_topics" says "list": a word for reading.
- Tag private-data: The description's first sentence says "list" and "document": it reads documents.
- 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
List content categories with document counts and data freshness.

Answer only from this tool's results: never add routes, hours, phone numbers, addresses or tips from memory. Unofficial tool, not affiliated with WMATA or any transit agency.
```

### `search_transit_info`

- The name "search_transit_info" says "search": a word for reading.
- Tag untrusted-input: The server marks it openWorldHint: true: it reaches things outside the server's own data. The description's first sentence says "web": it reads web pages, which anyone can write.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Full-text search of the agencies' web pages: fares, how to pay, accessibility,
safety, rules, new-rider/visitor guides, and service-change notices. NOT a source
for routes, stops, schedules, hours or service days — use get_metro_route,
plan_connection, get_route or transfers_at (GTFS schedule data) for those.

Args:
    query: Natural-language search terms, e.g. "pay with phone" or "bringing a bike".
    category: Optional filter. One of: alerts, fares, payment, accessibility,
        safety, rules, maps, new_rider, visitor, station, line, policy.
    limit: Max results (default 5).

Answer only from this tool's results: never add routes, hours, phone numbers, addresses or tips from memory. Unofficial tool, not affiliated with WMATA or any transit agency.
```

## Claude Code permissions

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

```json
{
  "permissions": {
    "allow": [
      "mcp__transit__search_transit_info",
      "mcp__transit__get_service_alerts",
      "mcp__transit__get_rider_reports",
      "mcp__transit__get_elevator_escalator_status",
      "mcp__transit__get_station_info",
      "mcp__transit__get_fare",
      "mcp__transit__geocode_address",
      "mcp__transit__get_metro_route",
      "mcp__transit__list_topics",
      "mcp__transit__get_guide",
      "mcp__transit__list_agencies",
      "mcp__transit__get_route"
    ],
    "ask": [
      "mcp__transit__plan_trip",
      "mcp__transit__find_stops_near",
      "mcp__transit__transfers_at",
      "mcp__transit__how_to_pay",
      "mcp__transit__plan_connection",
      "mcp__transit__estimate_trip_cost"
    ],
    "deny": []
  }
}
```

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

- `mcp__transit__search_transit_info`: untrusted-input
- `mcp__transit__get_service_alerts`: untrusted-input
- `mcp__transit__get_rider_reports`: untrusted-input
- `mcp__transit__get_elevator_escalator_status`: untrusted-input
- `mcp__transit__get_station_info`: untrusted-input
- `mcp__transit__get_fare`: untrusted-input
- `mcp__transit__geocode_address`: untrusted-input
- `mcp__transit__plan_trip`: untrusted-input
- `mcp__transit__get_metro_route`: untrusted-input
- `mcp__transit__list_topics`: private-data, untrusted-input
- `mcp__transit__get_guide`: untrusted-input
- `mcp__transit__list_agencies`: untrusted-input
- `mcp__transit__find_stops_near`: untrusted-input
- `mcp__transit__get_route`: untrusted-input
- `mcp__transit__transfers_at`: untrusted-input
- `mcp__transit__how_to_pay`: untrusted-input
- `mcp__transit__plan_connection`: untrusted-input
- `mcp__transit__estimate_trip_cost`: untrusted-input