# `com.needanai/catalog` on anlyon.dev

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- Page: https://anlyon.dev/servers/com.needanai/catalog
- JSON: https://anlyon.dev/api/v1/servers/com.needanai/catalog
- Version: 1.0.0 (active)
- Publisher: com.needanai (domain proven to the MCP Registry)
- Runs: remote (streamable-http)
- Sign-in to list tools: none
- Repository: https://github.com/vmatresu/ailaunchspace
- Metadata from the official MCP Registry, synced 2026-11-02T08:17:47.107Z

Title and description, as the publisher wrote them:

```untrusted-server-text
NeedAnAI — AI tool catalogue
Search, compare and watch 15,000+ AI tools: pricing, alternatives, liveness. Free, no auth.
```

Scanned 2026-11-02T08:18:06.825Z over streamable-http.

**14 tools: 1 can delete or cancel things, 4 change things and 9 only read.**

| Group | Class | Tools | Claude Code |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Deletes or cancels | destructive | 1 | deny |
| Can't be undone | irreversible | 0 | ask |
| Changes things | write | 4 | ask |
| Only reads | read | 9 | allow |

## Exfil surface

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

| 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__catalog__search_articles` |
| outbound | Can carry data to people or systems: it sends, posts or publishes, or takes a recipient, channel or URL. | `mcp__catalog__submit_tool` `mcp__catalog__watch_tool` |

## Findings

No check matched anything in these tool definitions.


## Deletes or cancels (1)

Removes, cancels or revokes something. Claude Code: deny.

### `unwatch_tool`

- The description's first verb is "stop": a word for a change.
- The server marks it destructive (destructiveHint: true).

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Stop a watch by id.
```

## Changes things (4)

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

### `export_tools`

- Nothing in its name or description says what it does, so it is counted as a write.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Bulk export of a filtered slice of the catalogue (up to 2,000 rows) as JSON or CSV. Returns a signed download URL valid for 24 hours. Requires an API key.
```

### `recommend_for_task`

- 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
Given a job to be done ("create a logo", "transcribe meetings") and an optional budget, returns the best-fitting tools with an explicit rationale per recommendation. Resolves known task slugs first, then falls back to free-text search.
```

### `submit_tool`

- The name "submit_tool" says "submit": a word for a change.
- Tag outbound: The input takes a URL (input.url): a request to a URL can carry data to whoever runs it.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Suggest a tool for the catalogue. If its website is already listed the existing listing is returned instead. Requires an API key.
```

### `watch_tool`

- The description's first verb is "subscribe": a word for a change.
- Tag outbound: The input takes a destination (input.channel): what the tool writes goes there.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Subscribe to status and pricing changes for a tool (checked every 30 minutes). Delivered to an https webhook or email. Requires an API key (free, from https://needanai.com/profile?tab=api-keys).
```

## Only reads (9)

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

### `check_status`

- The name "check_status" says "status": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Is the tool’s site alive? Returns the scanner verdict, when it was last checked and verified, when pricing was last checked, and a freshness label.
```

### `compare_tools`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Side-by-side comparison of 2–5 tools: pricing, summary, categories, tasks, pros, cons, site status, freshness, flags and launch date.
```

### `find_alternatives`

- The name "find_alternatives" says "find": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Alternatives to a tool, ranked by freshness, profile completeness, curation and how many other tools list them as an alternative. Each entry carries a rationale. Optionally restrict to the same pricing model.
```

### `get_article`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
The full markdown body of one article by slug.
```

### `get_tool`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Full profile of one tool by slug: description, pricing model and details (with when pricing was last checked), pricing history, pros, cons, FAQs, categories, tasks, media, site status, freshness and up to five alternatives. Ends with a provenance line.
```

### `list_taxonomy`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
All category or task slugs with names and live tool counts. Use the slugs as filters for search_tools and recommend_for_task.
```

### `list_watches`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Active watches on this API key.
```

### `search_articles`

- The name "search_articles" says "search": a word for reading.
- Tag untrusted-input: The description's first sentence says "search" and "review": it reads comments, which other people can write.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Search 660+ editorial articles (reviews, comparisons, alternatives round-ups, guides) by keywords and optional category.
```

### `search_tools`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Search the NeedAnAI catalogue of 15,000+ AI tools by free text, pricing model, category or task. Returns ranked hits with pricing, status, freshness (when the site was last confirmed alive) and canonical URLs, plus facet counts and a separate, labelled sponsored block. Use list_taxonomy for valid category and task slugs.
```

## Claude Code permissions

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

```json
{
  "permissions": {
    "allow": [
      "mcp__catalog__search_tools",
      "mcp__catalog__get_tool",
      "mcp__catalog__find_alternatives",
      "mcp__catalog__compare_tools",
      "mcp__catalog__list_taxonomy",
      "mcp__catalog__search_articles",
      "mcp__catalog__get_article",
      "mcp__catalog__check_status",
      "mcp__catalog__list_watches"
    ],
    "ask": [
      "mcp__catalog__recommend_for_task",
      "mcp__catalog__watch_tool",
      "mcp__catalog__submit_tool",
      "mcp__catalog__export_tools"
    ],
    "deny": [
      "mcp__catalog__unwatch_tool"
    ]
  }
}
```

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

- `mcp__catalog__search_articles`: untrusted-input
- `mcp__catalog__watch_tool`: outbound
- `mcp__catalog__submit_tool`: outbound