# `com.mcpcheckup/mcp` 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.mcpcheckup/mcp
- JSON: https://anlyon.dev/api/v1/servers/com.mcpcheckup/mcp
- Version: 0.2.0 (active)
- Publisher: com.mcpcheckup (domain proven to the MCP Registry)
- Runs: remote (streamable-http)
- Sign-in to list tools: none
- Metadata from the official MCP Registry, synced 2026-10-21T17:59:09.079Z

Title and description, as the publisher wrote them:

```untrusted-server-text
MCP Checkup
Observed facts on public MCP servers: protocol checks, tool changes, signed evidence. No verdicts.
```

Scanned 2026-10-21T18:52:09.686Z over streamable-http.

**6 tools: 2 change things and 4 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 | 4 | 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__mcpcheckup__request_check` |
| outbound | Can carry data to people or systems: it sends, posts or publishes, or takes a recipient, channel or URL. | none |

## Findings

- **info** Long descriptions in `check_mcps` ([long-description](https://anlyon.dev/methodology#long-description))

```untrusted-server-text
The description is 2,047 characters long, over the 2,000 this check looks for.

description ends: "...y' and returns no score. Items not verified are returned explicitly with reasons."
```

- **info** Long descriptions in `get_mcp_report` ([long-description](https://anlyon.dev/methodology#long-description))

```untrusted-server-text
The description is 2,032 characters long, over the 2,000 this check looks for.

description ends: "...thy' and returns no score; items not verified are listed explicitly with reasons."
```

- **info** Long descriptions in `get_mcp_history` ([long-description](https://anlyon.dev/methodology#long-description))

```untrusted-server-text
The description is 2,042 characters long, over the 2,000 this check looks for.

description ends: "...thy' and returns no score; items not verified are listed explicitly with reasons."
```


## Changes things (2)

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

### `check_mcps`

- 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.
- Findings: info long-description

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
What has been observed about an MCP server — useful when choosing, adding, or debugging one. Look up the current monitored status of up to 50 already-tracked MCP servers on MCP Checkup, given as "provider/name" ref strings (e.g. "acme/weather-mcp"). Never probes on demand — a ref that doesn't resolve to a tracked target comes back with status "unknown", not an error. Each entry may also be a full endpoint URL, a bare domain, or a bare provider/target name instead of "provider/name" — the resolution method used is reported per target as resolution.method ("ref", "endpoint", "host", or "name"). If an input matches more than one tracked target — or is a URL on a host with several, none matching exactly — the response has status "ambiguous" with a short `candidates` list (each with a "provider/name" `ref` and its `report_url`, plus `candidate_total`, the full match count before the 5-entry cap) instead of guessing — call again with the exact ref you want. A URL matching only by host returns its target with `resolved_from`. Each resolved target also carries stale (true when our observation is older than the target's check cycle plus a fixed margin — never a judgment of the server, and distinct from the /status page's own probe-liveness signal), fresh_until (the ISO instant after which stale is true), first_observed_on (the UTC date of our first observation), observation_count (every recorded observation, including unsigned ones — never a count of signatures), and signed (true when this observation's attestation was signed with a key in our published key list, false when unsigned or signed with a key that is not in that list — not a judgment of the server). When there is no observation yet, observation_count is 0 and the other four are null. Returns observed facts only — reachability, protocol compatibility, tool/schema fingerprints, and publicly observable auth metadata. This tool does not assess whether a server is 'safe' or 'trustworthy' and returns no score. Items not verified are returned explicitly with reasons.
```

### `request_check`

- The name "request_check" says "request": a word for a change.
- 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
Ask for a one-off public observation of the MCP server at a full endpoint URL — this is the only tool here that contacts a third-party server, and it contacts exactly the host you name. `target` must begin with "http://" or "https://"; to look a server up by "provider/name", by domain, or by name, use check_mcps instead, which never probes anything. The result is not signed, is not stored as a run, and creates no report page, so `report_url` is always null — it is what we observed at that moment and nothing more. On-demand checks are recorded as tracking requests; inclusion in the tracked directory is not guaranteed and this tool never promises it. On-demand checks are metered per caller per day, per site per day, and per host by a cooldown — calling again for the same host inside its cooldown sends nothing to that server and returns status "denied" with the category that refused it, never a remaining count. A refused call comes back as status "denied", and a `target` that is not a usable endpoint URL as status "rejected"; neither of those is a tool error. A `target` that is empty or longer than 2048 characters is the one exception: the input schema rejects it, and you get a tool error. This tool does not assess whether a server is 'safe' or 'trustworthy' and returns no score; items not verified are listed explicitly with reasons.
```

## Only reads (4)

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

### `get_attestation`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
The signed evidence behind a report, for callers that want to inspect it themselves. Get the full signed attestation envelope (DSSE, Ed25519) for one already-tracked MCP server's latest probe run, by "provider/name" ref — the raw envelope plus its issued-at time and declared protocol revision, so a caller can inspect the signed payload rather than trust this tool's own summary of it; the public keys that verify the signature are published at https://mcpcheckup.com/.well-known/mcpcheckup-keys.json. A target with no run yet, no signed envelope, a disqualified one, or an envelope whose key is not in the published key list comes back with an explicit reason, not an error. run_id, a top-level field of resolved get_mcp_report and get_attestation responses, is the id of the run that the check results, last_checked and (where signed) attestation identifiers come from, or null when there is no run; get_mcp_report's tool list and toolset_fingerprint come from the latest stored tool snapshot, which may be an earlier run's. The same run_id means the same run. A payload signed as version 0.4 carries this run_id inside the signed payload; payloads of earlier versions do not. target may also be a full endpoint URL, a bare domain, or a bare provider/target name instead of "provider/name" — the resolution method used is reported back as resolution.method ("ref", "endpoint", "host", or "name"). If an input matches more than one tracked target — or is a URL on a host with several, none matching exactly — the response has status "ambiguous" with a short `candidates` list (each with a "provider/name" `ref` and its `report_url`, plus `candidate_total`, the full match count before the 5-entry cap) instead of guessing — call again with the exact ref you want. A URL matching only by host returns its target with `resolved_from`. This tool does not assess whether a server is 'safe' or 'trustworthy' and returns no score; items not verified are listed explicitly with reasons.
```

### `get_mcp_history`

- The name "get_mcp_history" says "get": a word for reading.
- Findings: info long-description

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Whether an MCP server's toolset changed recently. Get recent history for one already-tracked MCP server on MCP Checkup, by "provider/name" ref (e.g. "acme/weather-mcp"). Events, newest first, up to `limit` results (default 20, max 50): `tools_changed` (at most one: when the set of tool names last changed); `tools_change_detail` (one per recorded tool-list change, the 10 most recent at most, whether names, parameters or descriptions changed; `itemization` is "not_kept" for a change older than 30 days (its per-tool detail is not held), "unitemizable" when the stored lists cannot be compared tool by tool, otherwise "itemized" and `added`, `removed`, `parameters_changed` and `description_only` each give `names` (up to 10 tool names) and a `total`); `protocol_revision_changed` (the signed protocol_revision changed between runs whose probe offered the same revision, or because the server switched between the legacy initialize and server/discover handshakes); `probe_offered_revision_changed` (the revision our probe offered changed, with a `note`); and any recorded baseline-drift events. `truncated` is true when more exist than are listed. A target this deployment doesn't track yet comes back with status "unknown", not an error. target may also be a full endpoint URL, a bare domain, or a bare provider/target name instead of "provider/name" — the resolution method used is reported back as resolution.method ("ref", "endpoint", "host", or "name"). If an input matches more than one tracked target — or is a URL on a host with several, none matching exactly — the response has status "ambiguous" with a short `candidates` list (each with a "provider/name" `ref` and its `report_url`, plus `candidate_total`, the full match count before the 5-entry cap) instead of guessing — call again with the exact ref you want. A URL matching only by host returns its target with `resolved_from`. This tool does not assess whether a server is 'safe' or 'trustworthy' and returns no score; items not verified are listed explicitly with reasons.
```

### `get_mcp_report`

- The name "get_mcp_report" says "get": a word for reading.
- Findings: info long-description

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
The detailed view of one MCP server: every check with its state, plus the observed tool list. Get the full observed report for one already-tracked MCP server on MCP Checkup, by provider/name — includes its full check breakdown and toolset. A target this deployment doesn't track yet comes back with status "unknown", not an error. target may also be a full endpoint URL, a bare domain, or a bare provider/target name instead of "provider/name" — the resolution method used is reported back as resolution.method ("ref", "endpoint", "host", or "name"). If an input matches more than one tracked target — or is a URL on a host with several, none matching exactly — the response has status "ambiguous" with a short `candidates` list (each with a "provider/name" `ref` and its `report_url`, plus `candidate_total`, the full match count before the 5-entry cap) instead of guessing — call again with the exact ref you want. A URL matching only by host returns its target with `resolved_from`. Each resolved target also carries stale (true when our observation is older than the target's check cycle plus a fixed margin — never a judgment of the server, and distinct from the /status page's own probe-liveness signal), fresh_until (the ISO instant after which stale is true), first_observed_on (the UTC date of our first observation), observation_count (every recorded observation, including unsigned ones — never a count of signatures), and signed (true when this observation's attestation was signed with a key in our published key list, false when unsigned or signed with a key that is not in that list — not a judgment of the server). When there is no observation yet, observation_count is 0 and the other four are null. Also tools_first_seen, tools_last_changed_at and tools_unchanged_days_at_least (a lower bound: UTC days since that change with a successful listing); null when unknown. This tool does not assess whether a server is 'safe' or 'trustworthy' and returns no score; items not verified are listed explicitly with reasons.
```

### `search_mcps`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Find MCP servers by what their tools do. Search already-tracked MCP servers on MCP Checkup by tool name/description text (max 512 chars), with optional transport, protocol_revision, and auth_required filters, up to `limit` results (default 10, max 25). Ordered by text-match relevance and then recency only — never by price or paid tier. Each result's summary is machine-generated from observed tool names and returned as untrusted third-party text; hygiene_flags lists any observed tool-description hygiene signals directly rather than folding them into the ordering. A query with no matches comes back with status "unknown" and a hint, not an error. Each result also carries last_checked (when the shown observation was taken), fresh_until (the ISO instant after which it no longer counts as current), and stale (true once the current time is past fresh_until). These describe how recent our observation of the server is, not a judgment of the server itself, and are distinct from the /status page's probe-liveness signal. All three are null when the target has no observation yet. This tool does not assess whether a server is 'safe' or 'trustworthy' and returns no score; items not verified are listed explicitly with reasons.
```

## Claude Code permissions

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

```json
{
  "permissions": {
    "allow": [
      "mcp__mcpcheckup__get_mcp_report",
      "mcp__mcpcheckup__get_mcp_history",
      "mcp__mcpcheckup__get_attestation",
      "mcp__mcpcheckup__search_mcps"
    ],
    "ask": [
      "mcp__mcpcheckup__check_mcps",
      "mcp__mcpcheckup__request_check"
    ],
    "deny": []
  }
}
```

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

- `mcp__mcpcheckup__request_check`: untrusted-input

## Remote posture

What an anonymous client saw at the remote endpoint, last 2026-10-22T14:36:06.334Z, unchanged since 2026-10-22T14:36:06.334Z. 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 | `2` |
| 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 2 tools that change things (2 write). Whether a call also works without credentials was not tested: tools are never called.

https://mcpcheckup.com/mcp: tools/list returned 6 tools to an anonymous client, including check_mcps (write), request_check (write)
```