# `com.exniche/search` on anlyon.dev

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- Page: https://anlyon.dev/servers/com.exniche/search
- JSON: https://anlyon.dev/api/v1/servers/com.exniche/search
- Version: 0.6.0 (active)
- Publisher: com.exniche (domain proven to the MCP Registry)
- Runs: remote (streamable-http)
- Sign-in to list tools: none
- Metadata from the official MCP Registry, synced 2026-11-01T12:17:39.252Z

Title and description, as the publisher wrote them:

```untrusted-server-text
exNiche
Unmet shopper demand: products people ask for and can't buy, checked against 2M+ retail listings.
```

Scanned 2026-11-01T12:17:52.931Z over streamable-http.

**7 tools: 3 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 | 3 | 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__search__get_dossier` `mcp__search__search_products` |
| 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 `get_dossier` ([annotation-conflict](https://anlyon.dev/methodology#annotation-conflict))

```untrusted-server-text
The server marks "get_dossier" as not read-only (readOnlyHint: false), and its words say it reads.

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


## Changes things (3)

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

### `check_demand`

- The description's first verb is "start": a word for a change.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Start here. Check whether people have asked for a product and could not buy it. Returns matching exNiche gaps at summary level (verdict, score band, class, trend, source counts, one linked ask) and records your ask as one AI agent search. 1 credit. Never send personal details or synthetic asks.
```

### `get_dossier`

- The name "get_dossier" says "get": a word for reading.
- The server marks it as not read-only (readOnlyHint: false).
- 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
Full dossier for a scored gap: product-by-product checks, live closest products, supplier candidates and a suggested spec. Needs a workspace key. Unlocking costs 19,000 credits once per account; an already unlocked dossier costs 0. Ask the user before unlocking.
```

### `report_not_found`

- Nothing in its name or description says what it does, so it is counted as a write.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Free. Report a genuine shopper mismatch after a search. Do not send synthetic reports or personal details. Response states whether the agent observation was saved; it is not verified human demand.
```

## Only reads (4)

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

### `get_gap`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Get one gap by id or slug. detail=summary costs 1 credit; detail=full (exact score parts, every ask with link and attribution, requirements, 8-week ask counts) costs 100 credits. Unscored leads only return summary.
```

### `get_setup_and_upgrade_links`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Free. Return exNiche install commands for MCP clients, the agent guide, and the signup and prepaid-credit links to hand the user when free credits run out. Free: 1,000 credits a month. Credits: A$10 = 10,000. No automatic charges.
```

### `list_gaps`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
List the exNiche gap ledger with filters. detail=summary costs 1 credit per call; detail=full adds exact scores, all linked asks and requirements for 10 credits per scored row. Scores mean 'worth a closer look', not verified demand.
```

### `search_products`

- The name "search_products" says "search": 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
Search recorded retail listings across stores using explicit budget, currency, size, color and stock filters. 1 credit. Returns ranked purchase links with observed availability; unknown facts stay unknown. Misses may be saved as agent observations, never verified human demand.
```

## Claude Code permissions

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

```json
{
  "permissions": {
    "allow": [
      "mcp__search__list_gaps",
      "mcp__search__get_gap",
      "mcp__search__search_products",
      "mcp__search__get_setup_and_upgrade_links"
    ],
    "ask": [
      "mcp__search__check_demand",
      "mcp__search__get_dossier",
      "mcp__search__report_not_found"
    ],
    "deny": []
  }
}
```

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

- `mcp__search__get_dossier`: untrusted-input
- `mcp__search__search_products`: untrusted-input