# `com.launch529/open-data` on anlyon.dev

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- Page: https://anlyon.dev/servers/com.launch529/open-data
- JSON: https://anlyon.dev/api/v1/servers/com.launch529/open-data
- Version: 1.0.0 (active)
- Publisher: com.launch529 (domain proven to the MCP Registry)
- Runs: remote (streamable-http)
- Sign-in to list tools: none
- Metadata from the official MCP Registry, synced 2026-10-21T17:58:05.442Z

Title and description, as the publisher wrote them:

```untrusted-server-text
Launch529: 529 plans and college costs
Compare state 529 plans, look up college costs and check qualified 529 expenses. Free, no key.
```

Scanned 2026-10-21T18:51:29.650Z over streamable-http.

**7 tools: 2 change things and 5 only read.**

| Group | Class | Tools | Claude Code |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Deletes or cancels | destructive | 0 | deny |
| Can't be undone | irreversible | 0 | ask |
| Changes things | write | 2 | ask |
| Only reads | read | 5 | allow |

## Findings

No check matched anything in these tool definitions.


## Changes things (2)

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

### `check_expense`

- 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
Say whether a college expense is a qualified 529 expense (for example 'laptop', 'off-campus rent', 'gas', 'student health insurance') with the reason, based on IRS Publication 970.
```

### `estimate_college_cost`

- 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
Project what college will cost and what to save. Give a US school id and the year the student starts. Returns the projected cost per year and in total, and the monthly amount that would fully fund it from today, assuming steady returns after the plan's fees.
```

## Only reads (5)

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

### `compare_529_plans`

- The name "compare_529_plans" says "compare": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Compare two to four 529 plans side by side on fees, ratings, tax benefit, minimums and who can join.
```

### `get_529_plan`

- The name "get_529_plan" says "get": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Everything we know about one 529 plan: fees, minimums, investment options, ratings, state tax benefit, restrictions and features. Use the slug from list_529_plans, or the plan's name.
```

### `get_school`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Details for one US school by id: current sticker price, average net price, net price by family income, cost history since 2005, graduation rate and median earnings. Get the id from search_schools.
```

### `list_529_plans`

- The name "list_529_plans" says "list": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
List state 529 savings plans, ranked by popularity and ratings, with fees, Morningstar and Saving For College ratings, state tax benefit and whether residents of other states can join. Filter by state, by plans anyone can open, by maximum yearly fee, or by minimum rating.
```

### `search_schools`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Find colleges and universities by name, in the US and 529-eligible schools abroad. Returns each school's id, location and annual published costs (tuition, room and board, books). Use get_school with the id for cost history and net price.
```

## Claude Code permissions

For `.claude/settings.json`, assuming the server is installed as `open-data`:

```json
{
  "permissions": {
    "allow": [
      "mcp__open-data__search_schools",
      "mcp__open-data__get_school",
      "mcp__open-data__list_529_plans",
      "mcp__open-data__get_529_plan",
      "mcp__open-data__compare_529_plans"
    ],
    "ask": [
      "mcp__open-data__estimate_college_cost",
      "mcp__open-data__check_expense"
    ],
    "deny": []
  }
}
```