# `com.headlesson/catalog` 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.headlesson/catalog
- JSON: https://anlyon.dev/api/v1/servers/com.headlesson/catalog
- Version: 0.1.0 (active)
- Publisher: com.headlesson (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
headlesson
Find and compare headless apps (CLI, MCP, API) for agents, with sources, lessons and changes.
```

Scanned 2026-10-21T18:50:23.121Z over streamable-http.

**4 tools: 1 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 | 1 | ask |
| Only reads | read | 3 | 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__catalog__headlesson_get` `mcp__catalog__headlesson_search` |
| outbound | Can carry data to people or systems: it sends, posts or publishes, or takes a recipient, channel or URL. | none |

## Findings

- **info** The word "credentials" in `headlesson_search` ([credentials-mention](https://anlyon.dev/methodology#credentials-mention))

```untrusted-server-text
The input schema at properties.query.description mentions "credential".

inputSchema.properties.query.description: "...full free text is not sent. Recognized credential/URL/PII patterns are skipped; this is n..."
```

- **info** The word "credentials" in `headlesson_feedback` ([credentials-mention](https://anlyon.dev/methodology#credentials-mention))

```untrusted-server-text
The input schema at properties.client.description mentions "credentials".

inputSchema.properties.client.description: "...include full User-Agent, account IDs or credentials."
```


## Changes things (1)

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

### `headlesson_feedback`

- Nothing in its name or description says what it does, so it is counted as a write.
- Findings: info credentials-mention

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
This content is sent to the headlesson operator. Feedback about headlesson itself is sufficient. Do not include personal information or conversation contents.
```

## Only reads (3)

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

### `headlesson_get`

- The name "headlesson_get" 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
Get one record by an ID from headlesson_search: an app, usecase, feature, concept or change. For an app, sections ["lesson","gotchas"] return the install, check and first-task steps with the recorded test result (a dated observation by the headlesson operator) and known failure conditions; "relations" lists alternatives and what it wraps or depends on; "axes" returns every compared fact. Without sections you get the description, interfaces and six main axes. Each fact carries its source and check date; private sources appear as labels, not links. Official MCP Registry listing IDs are fetched live and are unverified; a failed lookup does not prove the ID absent.
```

### `headlesson_search`

- The name "headlesson_search" says "search": a word for reading.
- Tag untrusted-input: The server marks it openWorldHint: true: it reaches things outside the server's own data.
- Findings: info credentials-mention

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Find command-line tools, MCP servers and APIs for a task, and compare them. Ask in plain English or Japanese ("extract text from scanned PDFs") or by product name. Each result gives an ID, a one-line reason it matches, and when it was checked. Pass the ID to headlesson_get with sections ["lesson","gotchas"] to get the steps (install, check, first task) with their recorded test result (most were run by an agent; a few are untested) and known failure conditions, such as a tool that exits 0 with empty or wrong output. Filter or compare with axes such as auth, pricing, license and remote_mcp (where, axes, ids). Curated records come first. If none match, or include:["registry"] is set, one public word from the query is looked up in the Official MCP Registry; those listings are unverified (what is sent is described on the query field).
```

### `headlesson_whats_new`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
List dated changes in agent tools and standards (new tools, renames, deprecations, breaking changes, new standards) since a date, optionally by kind or affected record. Useful for checking what changed after your training data. Public source URLs are kept; private sources appear as labels.
```

## Claude Code permissions

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

```json
{
  "permissions": {
    "allow": [
      "mcp__catalog__headlesson_search",
      "mcp__catalog__headlesson_get",
      "mcp__catalog__headlesson_whats_new"
    ],
    "ask": [
      "mcp__catalog__headlesson_feedback"
    ],
    "deny": []
  }
}
```

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

- `mcp__catalog__headlesson_search`: untrusted-input
- `mcp__catalog__headlesson_get`: untrusted-input

## Remote posture

What an anonymous client saw at the remote endpoint, last 2026-10-22T14:33:39.409Z, unchanged since 2026-10-22T14:33:39.409Z. 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://mcp.headlesson.com/mcp: tools/list returned 4 tools to an anonymous client, including headlesson_feedback (write)
```