# `com.kindoflost.roth-vs-traditional-calculator/roth-vs-traditional-optimizer` on anlyon.dev

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- Page: https://anlyon.dev/servers/com.kindoflost.roth-vs-traditional-calculator/roth-vs-traditional-optimizer
- JSON: https://anlyon.dev/api/v1/servers/com.kindoflost.roth-vs-traditional-calculator/roth-vs-traditional-optimizer
- Version: 1.0.0 (active)
- Publisher: com.kindoflost.roth-vs-traditional-calculator (domain proven to the MCP Registry)
- Runs: remote (streamable-http)
- Sign-in to list tools: none
- Metadata from the official MCP Registry, synced 2026-11-02T00:17:39.398Z

Title and description, as the publisher wrote them:

```untrusted-server-text
Roth vs Traditional Optimizer
Optimal yearly Roth vs traditional split: 401(k), IRA, HSA, brokerage, employer match. Free.
```

Scanned 2026-11-02T00:17:57.203Z over streamable-http.

**3 tools: 1 change things and 2 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 | 2 | 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

- **warn** Annotations that disagree with the tool in `check_request` ([annotation-conflict](https://anlyon.dev/methodology#annotation-conflict))

```untrusted-server-text
The server marks "check_request" read-only (readOnlyHint: true), and its own name, description or input give the class "write".

annotations: {"readOnlyHint":true,"destructiveHint":false,"idempotentHint":true,"openWorldHint":false}; The name "check_request" says "request": a word for a change.
```


## Changes things (1)

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

### `check_request`

- The name "check_request" says "request": a word for a change.
- The server marks it read-only (readOnlyHint: true), but an annotation never lowers a class.
- Findings: warn annotation-conflict

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Say in plain words what the user wants (e.g. 'I'm self-employed with a solo 401k and a pension'). Returns whether this optimizer can do it and, if not, the closest thing it can do. Fast, no solve.
```

## Only reads (2)

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

### `get_contribution_example`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Return a complete example input for optimize_retirement_contributions with a one-line explanation of every field. No solve. Edit it to the user's situation. kind 'single' (default) or 'married' (two earners, kids, HSA, two-tier match).
```

### `optimize_retirement_contributions`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Find the best yearly split of retirement savings between traditional and Roth 401(k), IRA/backdoor Roth, HSA and brokerage, including employer match, Roth conversions and retirement withdrawals. Returns this year's dollars per account, how the optimal mix compares with always-traditional and always-Roth, Roth share, lifetime totals, the first working years and retirement milestones. Runs in a few seconds (a few more with exact_income_limits). All money in today's dollars. Optimal for the stated assumptions; not tax advice. Call get_contribution_example first if unsure of the shape.
```

## Claude Code permissions

For `.claude/settings.json`, assuming the server is installed as `roth-vs-traditional-optimizer`:

```json
{
  "permissions": {
    "allow": [
      "mcp__roth-vs-traditional-optimizer__get_contribution_example",
      "mcp__roth-vs-traditional-optimizer__optimize_retirement_contributions"
    ],
    "ask": [
      "mcp__roth-vs-traditional-optimizer__check_request"
    ],
    "deny": []
  }
}
```

## Remote posture

What an anonymous client saw at the remote endpoint, last 2026-11-02T00:18:45.506Z, unchanged since 2026-11-02T00:18:45.506Z. 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://roth-vs-traditional-calculator.kindoflost.com/mcp: tools/list returned 3 tools to an anonymous client, including check_request (write)
```