# `com.mxverdict/mxverdict` 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.mxverdict/mxverdict
- JSON: https://anlyon.dev/api/v1/servers/com.mxverdict/mxverdict
- Version: 1.0.0 (active)
- Publisher: com.mxverdict (domain proven to the MCP Registry)
- Runs: remote (streamable-http)
- Sign-in to list tools: none
- Metadata from the official MCP Registry, synced 2026-10-21T17:59:38.146Z

Title and description, as the publisher wrote them:

```untrusted-server-text
MX Verdict
Free, read-only email and DNS checks: SPF, DKIM, DMARC, MX, DNS records, blocklists, domain health.
```

Scanned 2026-10-21T18:52:36.985Z over streamable-http.

**7 tools: 5 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 | 5 | 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__mxverdict__lookup_mx` |
| untrusted-input | Brings in text someone else can write: web pages, inbound email, messages, issues and comments. | `mcp__mxverdict__check_blacklist` `mcp__mxverdict__check_dkim` `mcp__mxverdict__check_dmarc` `mcp__mxverdict__check_email_domain` `mcp__mxverdict__check_spf` `mcp__mxverdict__dns_lookup` `mcp__mxverdict__lookup_mx` |
| 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 (5)

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

### `check_blacklist`

- 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.
- 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
Check whether an IP address or a domain is listed on public DNS blocklists (DNSBLs). A domain is checked on domain blocklists only; to check a mail server, give its IP address.
```

### `check_dkim`

- 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.
- 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
Check a domain's DKIM public keys in DNS. With a selector (the s= tag of a DKIM-Signature header), checks that selector's key; without one, probes common selector names. Finding no key on common names does not prove DKIM is missing: selectors cannot be listed from DNS.
```

### `check_dmarc`

- 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.
- 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
Check a domain's DMARC record: whether it exists and is valid, its policy (none, quarantine or reject), alignment, and where reports are sent.
```

### `check_email_domain`

- 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.
- 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
Check everything about a domain's email setup in one call: SPF, DMARC, MX, DKIM on common selectors, domain blocklists, MTA-STS, TLS-RPT and BIMI. Use it for a general question such as "is email set up correctly for example.com".
```

### `check_spf`

- 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.
- 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
Check a domain's SPF record: whether it exists and is valid, how many of the 10 allowed DNS lookups it uses, and how its all mechanism treats mail from servers that are not listed.
```

## Only reads (2)

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

### `dns_lookup`

- The name "dns_lookup" says "lookup": a word for reading.
- 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
Look up DNS records of a name. Type ALL (the default) queries A, AAAA, CNAME, MX, NS, TXT, SOA and CAA; any single type can be asked for. An IP address gives its reverse DNS (PTR) lookup.
```

### `lookup_mx`

- The name "lookup_mx" says "lookup": a word for reading.
- Tag private-data: The description's first sentence says "mail": it reads mail.
- Tag untrusted-input: The server marks it openWorldHint: true: it reaches things outside the server's own data. The description's first sentence says "mail": it reads inbound email, which other people can write.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Look up a domain's MX records (its incoming mail servers), their IP addresses and reverse DNS. DNS only: it does not connect to the mail servers.
```

## Claude Code permissions

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

```json
{
  "permissions": {
    "allow": [
      "mcp__mxverdict__lookup_mx",
      "mcp__mxverdict__dns_lookup"
    ],
    "ask": [
      "mcp__mxverdict__check_email_domain",
      "mcp__mxverdict__check_spf",
      "mcp__mxverdict__check_dkim",
      "mcp__mxverdict__check_dmarc",
      "mcp__mxverdict__check_blacklist"
    ],
    "deny": []
  }
}
```

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

- `mcp__mxverdict__check_email_domain`: untrusted-input
- `mcp__mxverdict__check_spf`: untrusted-input
- `mcp__mxverdict__check_dkim`: untrusted-input
- `mcp__mxverdict__check_dmarc`: untrusted-input
- `mcp__mxverdict__lookup_mx`: private-data, untrusted-input
- `mcp__mxverdict__dns_lookup`: untrusted-input
- `mcp__mxverdict__check_blacklist`: untrusted-input

## Remote posture

What an anonymous client saw at the remote endpoint, last 2026-10-22T14:36:49.491Z, unchanged since 2026-10-22T14:36:49.491Z. 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 | `5` |
| 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 5 tools that change things (5 write). Whether a call also works without credentials was not tested: tools are never called.

https://mxverdict.com/mcp: tools/list returned 7 tools to an anonymous client, including check_email_domain (write), check_spf (write), check_dkim (write), check_dmarc (write), check_blacklist (write)
```