# `com.essentras/placements` on anlyon.dev

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- Page: https://anlyon.dev/servers/com.essentras/placements
- JSON: https://anlyon.dev/api/v1/servers/com.essentras/placements
- Version: 1.0.1 (active)
- Publisher: com.essentras (domain proven to the MCP Registry)
- Runs: remote (streamable-http)
- Sign-in to list tools: none
- Repository: https://github.com/ltv-so/essentras-mcp
- Metadata from the official MCP Registry, synced 2026-10-21T17:54:36.758Z

Title and description, as the publisher wrote them:

```untrusted-server-text
Buy press coverage in 3,800+ vetted media outlets. Price a basket, get a checkout link.
```

Scanned 2026-10-21T18:34:00.603Z over streamable-http.

**10 tools: 6 change things and 4 only read.**

| Group | Class | Tools | Claude Code |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Deletes or cancels | destructive | 0 | deny |
| Can't be undone | irreversible | 0 | ask |
| Changes things | write | 6 | ask |
| Only reads | read | 4 | allow |

## Exfil surface

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

| Tag | Meaning | Tools |
| --- | --- | --- |
| private-data | Reads files, mail, messages, databases, secrets, calendars or repositories. | none |
| untrusted-input | Brings in text someone else can write: web pages, inbound email, messages, issues and comments. | `mcp__placements__list_services` |
| 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 (6)

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

### `check_instagram_recovery_path`

- 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
Free and read-only. For the legitimate owner of an Instagram account that was hacked, disabled, locked at a checkpoint, locked by lost 2-factor, or whose email and phone are no longer reachable, returns the official recovery route, the same one as the free checker on essentras.com. Ask only what happened; never the handle, email, phone, password or a code. Returns the route, the owner’s own first step, Instagram’s official help pages with the date they were read, Meta’s position on timing, scam warning signs, and the Essentras recovery service with its current price. Official channels only: no hacking and no account access. Meta decides, and nobody can promise a recovery or a timeline.
```

### `check_knowledge_panel_readiness`

- 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
Free and read-only. Scores how ready a person or business is for a Google Knowledge Panel, the same score as the free Entity Readiness Check on essentras.com. Ask the person 11 multiple-choice questions about their sources and what Google shows today (never their name or links): the subject, the panel state, and coverage, quality, wikipedia, wikidata, home, profiles, records, demand, unique. With every answer it returns the score out of 100, the band, each gap with points to gain and the next action, the right next step (claim, edit or fix an existing panel for free, build sources, or the Essentras service with its current price for a strong candidate), and Google sources with read dates. With answers missing it returns the questions still to ask. The score is an Essentras rule of thumb, not a Google metric. Google decides whether to show a panel, and paid placements are paid editorial, not independent coverage.
```

### `check_review_removability`

- 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
Free and read-only. Tells a business owner whether a Google review matches one of Google’s named review rules, the same verdict as the free checker on essentras.com. Ask the person for facts only, never the review text, a name or a link: whose review it is, whether the reviewer was a real customer, what the review contains, whether they can show it, and where they are in Google’s process. Returns the verdict (strong match, arguable, or no policy match), Google’s rule with its policy link and the date it was read, where to report, the evidence to attach, Google’s stated timing, the appeal path, report and reply templates, and the Essentras service with its current price only when the page offers it. A genuine negative review gets “No policy match”: Google does not remove a review for being negative, and the tool says so. Google decides every removal.
```

### `check_wikipedia_notability`

- 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
Free and read-only. Tests a subject’s sources against Wikipedia’s notability guidelines (WP:GNG, WP:NCORP, WP:BASIC, WP:CREATIVE), the same verdicts as the free checker on essentras.com. Ask the person what the article would be about, their connection to it, and for each source its type and 5 yes, no or unsure answers (never the outlet, headline, link or the person’s name). Returns a verdict per source (counts, supports facts only, does not count, unclear, counts once) with the Wikipedia rule, its link and the date it was read, an overall band, disclosure duties for a conflict of interest or paid editing, and the Essentras service with its current price only when the band is "Reviewer judgment applies". Press releases, sponsored articles and paid placements, Essentras placements included, never count toward notability. The bands are an Essentras rule of thumb, and volunteer reviewers decide.
```

### `quote_placements`

- 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
Prices a set of outlets and returns line items, any volume discount, the final total, and a checkout_url. The total matches what the buyer is charged, volume tiers included. It charges nothing and creates no order. checkout_url is the page where the buyer confirms the basket and pays; the card is charged at checkout and refunded if the placement is not published or the turnaround is missed.
```

### `quote_service`

- 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 current price of 1 service (and of a tier, when it has tiers), its refund terms, who makes the final decision, and start_url: the page where the buyer reviews and pays. It charges nothing. Services priced per case return the free assessment page instead. Never promise the outcome: the platform decides.
```

## Only reads (4)

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

### `find_removal_route`

- The name "find_removal_route" says "find": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Free and read-only. For something about a person that shows in Google (contact details, an ID number, intimate images, doxxing, a false article, old news, a mugshot, a court record, a review, a post, a data broker profile, their own old content, an outdated page, copied work), returns the same plan as the free route finder on essentras.com. Ask only what it is and, where it matters, where the person lives (US, EU, EEA or UK, or elsewhere); never their name or the page address. Returns the route (source, Google policy, law or suppression) and who decides, the steps, the official Google links with the date they were read, the evidence to prepare, a timeline marked official or not, a fit label from Google’s own criteria (not a success rate), letters to send, what the route will not do, a link to the same plan on the website, and the matching Essentras service with its current price. Official channels only. Google, the publisher or the platform decides, and a refund is never a promise of removal.
```

### `get_outlet`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Full detail for a single outlet by its id (from a search result), including price, turnaround, authority and audience.
```

### `list_services`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Every Essentras service beyond single placements (Knowledge Panels, Google review removal, removal from Google, Wikipedia, account recovery and unbans, verification, press plans, AI visibility) with its current USD price or the words "priced per case", refund terms, who decides, and the free checker to run first. Optional category filter.
```

### `search_outlets`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Searches buyable media placements by budget, authority, geography, topic and link policy. Returns offers with a fixed USD price, turnaround, link disclosure and a stable id that quote_placements accepts. max_price filters the catalogue to a budget.
```

## Claude Code permissions

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

```json
{
  "permissions": {
    "allow": [
      "mcp__placements__find_removal_route",
      "mcp__placements__get_outlet",
      "mcp__placements__list_services",
      "mcp__placements__search_outlets"
    ],
    "ask": [
      "mcp__placements__check_instagram_recovery_path",
      "mcp__placements__check_knowledge_panel_readiness",
      "mcp__placements__check_review_removability",
      "mcp__placements__check_wikipedia_notability",
      "mcp__placements__quote_placements",
      "mcp__placements__quote_service"
    ],
    "deny": []
  }
}
```

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

- `mcp__placements__list_services`: untrusted-input

## Remote posture

What an anonymous client saw at the remote endpoint, last 2026-10-22T14:31:34.009Z, unchanged since 2026-10-22T14:31:34.009Z. 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 | `6` |
| 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 6 tools that change things (6 write). Whether a call also works without credentials was not tested: tools are never called.

https://essentras.com/api/mcp: tools/list returned 10 tools to an anonymous client, including check_instagram_recovery_path (write), check_knowledge_panel_readiness (write), check_review_removability (write), check_wikipedia_notability (write), quote_placements (write) and 1 more
```