# `com.essentiallyamsterdam/amsterdam` on anlyon.dev

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> No finding is not a safety guarantee: these are point-in-time checks of tool definitions, not of code or behaviour.

- Page: https://anlyon.dev/servers/com.essentiallyamsterdam/amsterdam
- JSON: https://anlyon.dev/api/v1/servers/com.essentiallyamsterdam/amsterdam
- Version: 1.1.0 (active)
- Publisher: com.essentiallyamsterdam (domain proven to the MCP Registry)
- Runs: remote (streamable-http)
- Sign-in to list tools: none
- Metadata from the official MCP Registry, synced 2026-11-01T22:17:39.163Z

Title and description, as the publisher wrote them:

```untrusted-server-text
Essentially Amsterdam
Amsterdam events, jobs, businesses, markets, conferences, guides and news from Essentially Amsterdam
```

Scanned 2026-11-01T22:18:08.962Z over streamable-http.

**7 tools: 4 change things and 3 only read.**

| Group | Class | Tools | Claude Code |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Deletes or cancels | destructive | 0 | deny |
| Can't be undone | irreversible | 0 | ask |
| Changes things | write | 4 | 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__amsterdam__directory_search` |
| 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.


## Changes things (4)

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

### `conferences`

- 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.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Upcoming conferences in Amsterdam from the Essentially Amsterdam conference calendar, each date checked against the conference's own page. Filter by month and field. Returns up to 10, soonest first, with dates, venue, field, a link to our conferences page and the conference's own website.
```

### `markets_today`

- 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.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Street and food markets in Amsterdam open on a given day (default today), with opening hours where known and a link to our market guide.
```

### `recent_news`

- 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.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
The newest Amsterdam news articles published on essentiallyamsterdam.com, newest first, optionally only those matching a keyword. Returns up to 10 with headline, date, a one-line summary and the link. The reply also gives the date of the newest post on the site.
```

### `whats_on`

- 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.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Events in Amsterdam on one day, from the Essentially Amsterdam What's On calendar (today and the next six days). Returns up to 10 events, best first, each with title, time, venue and a link to its row on our calendar page.
```

## Only reads (3)

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

### `directory_search`

- The name "directory_search" says "search": a word for reading.
- Tag private-data: The name "directory_search" says "search" and "directory": it reads files. The description's first sentence says "search" and "directory": it reads files.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Search owner-verified local businesses in the Essentially Amsterdam directory by name, type or area. Returns up to 10 listings with name, category, area and a link to the listing page.
```

### `guide_search`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Find the right Essentially Amsterdam guide, free tool or best-of list for a question about living in or visiting Amsterdam, e.g. "how do I get a BSN", "best pizza", "net salary calculator", "public toilets". English or Dutch words. Returns up to 10 pages, best match first, with title, a one-line description and the link.
```

### `jobs`

- The description's first verb is "search": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Search current English-language job openings in the Amsterdam area from the Essentially Amsterdam job board. Returns up to 10 of the newest matching roles with title, company, area and salary when the employer publishes one, each linking to the job on our job board.
```

## Claude Code permissions

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

```json
{
  "permissions": {
    "allow": [
      "mcp__amsterdam__jobs",
      "mcp__amsterdam__directory_search",
      "mcp__amsterdam__guide_search"
    ],
    "ask": [
      "mcp__amsterdam__whats_on",
      "mcp__amsterdam__markets_today",
      "mcp__amsterdam__conferences",
      "mcp__amsterdam__recent_news"
    ],
    "deny": []
  }
}
```

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

- `mcp__amsterdam__directory_search`: private-data

## Remote posture

What an anonymous client saw at the remote endpoint, last 2026-11-02T00:18:39.531Z, unchanged since 2026-11-02T00:18:39.531Z. 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 | `4` |
| 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` |

- **warn** 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 4 tools that change things (4 write). Whether a call also works without credentials was not tested: tools are never called.

https://essentiallyamsterdam.com/mcp: tools/list returned 7 tools to an anonymous client, including whats_on (write), markets_today (write), conferences (write), recent_news (write)
```