# `com.hangingcontext/mcp` 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.hangingcontext/mcp
- JSON: https://anlyon.dev/api/v1/servers/com.hangingcontext/mcp
- Version: 2.0.0 (active)
- Publisher: com.hangingcontext (domain proven to the MCP Registry)
- Runs: remote (streamable-http)
- Sign-in to list tools: none
- Metadata from the official MCP Registry, synced 2026-10-21T17:56:31.346Z

Title and description, as the publisher wrote them:

```untrusted-server-text
Hanging Context
Fresh context for agents. Ask, search or follow stories. Each fact cites a Synorb Manifest.
```

Scanned 2026-10-21T18:50:20.761Z 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 private-data or untrusted-input 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. | 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 (1)

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

### `hc_ask`

- 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
Answer a question from recent stories. Ranks stories by keyword match and copies the best key facts word for word. Returns up to 5 facts, each with its story URL and Manifest ids, and up to `limit` matched stories. If nothing matches, returns no_match true and suggestions. It does not use an LLM. Use it when the user asks a question about recent news.
```

## Only reads (7)

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

### `hc_about`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Explain Hanging Context. Returns what it is, the checks on each story, the reuse rules, and how to read or receive stories.
```

### `hc_get_story`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Read one story. Use format `brief` for the headline, dek and key facts. Use format `full` for the whole story as Markdown. Use format `claims` for key facts and paragraphs as JSON, each with its Manifest ids. Returns the story in that format and up to 3 related stories.
```

### `hc_latest`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Get the latest stories, newest first. Filter by topic or beat. Returns up to 20 stories with headline, dek, topic, URL and Manifest ids.
```

### `hc_search`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Search recent stories by keyword. The ranking uses keyword match only. Returns up to 20 stories with headline, dek, topic, URL, Manifest ids and score.
```

### `hc_since`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Get only the stories that are new since your last call. Send the cursor from the last response. If you send no cursor, the call returns the current cursor and no stories. Returns up to 50 stories with next_cursor and has_more.
```

### `hc_sources`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Show where a story gets its facts. Returns each source with its title, source name, original URL and date, and which facts and paragraphs use it. Also returns the trust label.
```

### `hc_topics`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
List the topics. Returns each topic with its title, beats, sources and story count for the last 24 hours. Also returns not_covered, a list of things this server does not cover. Call this first to get valid topic and beat ids for hc_latest, hc_search and hc_since.
```

## Claude Code permissions

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

```json
{
  "permissions": {
    "allow": [
      "mcp__hangingcontext__hc_latest",
      "mcp__hangingcontext__hc_since",
      "mcp__hangingcontext__hc_search",
      "mcp__hangingcontext__hc_get_story",
      "mcp__hangingcontext__hc_sources",
      "mcp__hangingcontext__hc_topics",
      "mcp__hangingcontext__hc_about"
    ],
    "ask": [
      "mcp__hangingcontext__hc_ask"
    ],
    "deny": []
  }
}
```

## Remote posture

What an anonymous client saw at the remote endpoint, last 2026-10-22T14:33:31.629Z, unchanged since 2026-10-22T14:33:31.629Z. 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 | `1` |
| 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 1 tool that changes things (1 write). Whether a call also works without credentials was not tested: tools are never called.

https://hangingcontext.com/mcp: tools/list returned 8 tools to an anonymous client, including hc_ask (write)
```