# `com.mandarinthewild/reader` on anlyon.dev

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- Page: https://anlyon.dev/servers/com.mandarinthewild/reader
- JSON: https://anlyon.dev/api/v1/servers/com.mandarinthewild/reader
- Version: 1.0.2 (active)
- Publisher: com.mandarinthewild (domain proven to the MCP Registry)
- Runs: remote (streamable-http)
- Sign-in to list tools: none
- Metadata from the official MCP Registry, synced 2026-11-05T18:17:39.614Z

Title and description, as the publisher wrote them:

```untrusted-server-text
Mandarin The Wild Reader
Read real Chinese word by word: each word's meaning in its sentence, its pinyin and its parts.
```

Scanned 2026-11-05T18:18:13.243Z over streamable-http.

**4 tools: 2 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 | 2 | ask |
| Only reads | read | 2 | 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__reader__read_mandarin` |
| untrusted-input | Brings in text someone else can write: web pages, inbound email, messages, issues and comments. | `mcp__reader__read_mandarin` |
| 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 `read_mandarin` ([annotation-conflict](https://anlyon.dev/methodology#annotation-conflict))

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

annotations: {"readOnlyHint":true,"destructiveHint":false,"openWorldHint":false}; The name "read_mandarin" says "read": a word for reading.
```


## Changes things (2)

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

### `read_mandarin`

- The name "read_mandarin" says "read": a word for reading.
- The description's first verb is "open": a word for a change.
- The server marks it read-only (readOnlyHint: true), but an annotation never lowers a class.
- Tag private-data: The description's first sentence says "message": it reads messages.
- Tag untrusted-input: The description's first sentence says "open" and "message": it reads messages, which other people can write.
- Findings: warn annotation-conflict

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Open an interactive reader for a Mandarin article excerpt, message or subtitle passage the user supplies. Hover or tap words for meaning in context, pinyin, parts and uncertainty. Keeps the original text; anonymous and does not save it. Use inspect_mandarin_word for one specific word. Does not fetch links or transcribe media.
```

### `save_mandarin_word`

- The name "save_mandarin_word" says "save": a word for a change.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Save one word from the exact supplied passage to the connected MTW Backpack ONLY when the learner explicitly asks to save it. Re-inspects the word through MTW; for an ambiguous meaning, pass only the sense ID the learner selected from the offered choices. Preserve text, context and title. Use one operation UUID for this save and reuse it after a lost reply. Does not mark the word known, grade recall, or save the entire passage.
```

## Only reads (2)

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

### `get_mandarin_account`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Show the connected MTW account before saving. Requires account connection; reads only the account name and email. Does not list private passages or saved words.
```

### `inspect_mandarin_word`

- The name "inspect_mandarin_word" says "inspect": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Inspect the Mandarin word or pattern at a Unicode code-point offset in the exact supplied passage. Returns MTW’s contextual word card with expected pinyin, meaning status, parts and offered alternatives. Count Unicode code points, not UTF-16 units; preserve the original passage. A null card means no applicable Mandarin target. Does not save or grade learning.
```

## Claude Code permissions

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

```json
{
  "permissions": {
    "allow": [
      "mcp__reader__inspect_mandarin_word",
      "mcp__reader__get_mandarin_account"
    ],
    "ask": [
      "mcp__reader__read_mandarin",
      "mcp__reader__save_mandarin_word"
    ],
    "deny": []
  }
}
```

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

- `mcp__reader__read_mandarin`: private-data, untrusted-input