# `com.localhelpnow/localhelpnow` on anlyon.dev

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- Page: https://anlyon.dev/servers/com.localhelpnow/localhelpnow
- JSON: https://anlyon.dev/api/v1/servers/com.localhelpnow/localhelpnow
- Version: 1.1.0 (active)
- Publisher: com.localhelpnow (domain proven to the MCP Registry)
- Runs: remote (streamable-http)
- Sign-in to list tools: none
- Metadata from the official MCP Registry, synced 2026-10-21T17:58:18.802Z

Title and description, as the publisher wrote them:

```untrusted-server-text
LocalHelpNow
Licensed local home-repair pros by trade and town, how they are checked, and fair repair prices.
```

Scanned 2026-10-21T18:51:40.167Z over streamable-http.

**6 tools: 1 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 | 1 | ask |
| Only reads | read | 5 | allow |

## Exfil surface

No private-data -> untrusted-input -> outbound path in this server alone: no tool is tagged outbound.

| Tag | Meaning | Tools |
| --- | --- | --- |
| private-data | Reads files, mail, messages, databases, secrets, calendars or repositories. | `mcp__localhelpnow__find_pros` `mcp__localhelpnow__get_answer` `mcp__localhelpnow__list_service_areas` |
| untrusted-input | Brings in text someone else can write: web pages, inbound email, messages, issues and comments. | `mcp__localhelpnow__find_pros` `mcp__localhelpnow__list_service_areas` |
| 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.

### `how_pros_are_checked`

- 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
What LocalHelpNow checks before matching a pro (state license, insurance), what it does not do or guarantee, how the directory is ordered, what it costs the homeowner, and what happens if a pro does not work out. Quoted from the site.
```

## Only reads (5)

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

### `find_pros`

- The name "find_pros" says "find": a word for reading.
- Tag private-data: The description's first sentence says "directory": it reads files.
- Tag untrusted-input: The description's first sentence says "review": it reads comments, which other people can write.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
The local pros LocalHelpNow lists for one trade in one town, in the order the directory page shows them (Google rating weighted by review count). Each result has the business name, rating, review count, town and the profile page where the homeowner can call or request a quote. Also returns a link to be matched to one pro instead.
```

### `get_answer`

- The name "get_answer" says "get": a word for reading.
- Tag private-data: The description's first sentence says "table": it reads databases.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
One answer in full: the direct answer first, then price tables with the source and the date they were checked, the repair-or-replace rule and its limits, and the FAQs. Every price range carries where the number came from.
```

### `how_to_get_a_pro`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
What LocalHelpNow does for a homeowner and how the match works, with a link that starts a free match to one pro. Pass trade and area to prefill the request. Does not create a request: the homeowner enters their own details on the page.
```

### `list_answer_topics`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Every question the LocalHelpNow Answer Layer covers, by trade: what broke, what a fair price looks like, and whether to repair or replace.
```

### `list_service_areas`

- The name "list_service_areas" says "list": a word for reading.
- Tag private-data: The description's first sentence says "directory": it reads files.
- Tag untrusted-input: The description's first sentence says "url": it reads web pages, which anyone can write.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Every trade and town the LocalHelpNow directory has listed pros for, with how many pros each town has and the directory page URL. Optional filters by trade and state.
```

## Claude Code permissions

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

```json
{
  "permissions": {
    "allow": [
      "mcp__localhelpnow__find_pros",
      "mcp__localhelpnow__list_service_areas",
      "mcp__localhelpnow__how_to_get_a_pro",
      "mcp__localhelpnow__list_answer_topics",
      "mcp__localhelpnow__get_answer"
    ],
    "ask": [
      "mcp__localhelpnow__how_pros_are_checked"
    ],
    "deny": []
  }
}
```

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

- `mcp__localhelpnow__find_pros`: private-data, untrusted-input
- `mcp__localhelpnow__list_service_areas`: private-data, untrusted-input
- `mcp__localhelpnow__get_answer`: private-data