# `com.nicheangle/niche` on anlyon.dev

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- Page: https://anlyon.dev/servers/com.nicheangle/niche
- JSON: https://anlyon.dev/api/v1/servers/com.nicheangle/niche
- Version: 2.0.0 (active)
- Publisher: com.nicheangle (domain proven to the MCP Registry)
- Runs: remote (streamable-http)
- Sign-in to list tools: none
- Repository: https://github.com/sailquery/niche-mcp
- Metadata from the official MCP Registry, synced 2026-10-21T17:59:46.625Z

Title and description, as the publisher wrote them:

```untrusted-server-text
Niche: Your niche, followed for you
Read niche briefings, research news, and explore sourced story angles with your assistant.
```

Scanned 2026-10-21T18:35:33.581Z over streamable-http.

**8 tools: 1 can delete or cancel things, 3 change things and 4 only read.**

| Group | Class | Tools | Claude Code |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Deletes or cancels | destructive | 1 | deny |
| Can't be undone | irreversible | 0 | ask |
| Changes things | write | 3 | 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__niche__niche_intelligence_query` `mcp__niche__niche_signal_scan` |
| 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 `niche_intelligence_query` ([annotation-conflict](https://anlyon.dev/methodology#annotation-conflict))

```untrusted-server-text
The server marks "niche_intelligence_query" as not read-only (readOnlyHint: false), and its words say it reads.

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


## Deletes or cancels (1)

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

### `niche_session_cancel`

- The name "niche_session_cancel" says "cancel": a word for removing or ending something.
- The server marks it destructive (destructiveHint: true).

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Cancel a scan that is still running.
```

## Changes things (3)

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

### `niche_angle_propose`

- 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
Angles on one story (Pro): up to a few distinct stances a reader could take, each with a hook, the take, and the sources that support it. Pass the session_id from a scan and a story_id from its slate. Nothing is written for you; the angles are starting points.
```

### `niche_intelligence_query`

- The name "niche_intelligence_query" says "query": a word for reading.
- The server marks it as not read-only (readOnlyHint: false).
- Tag untrusted-input: The server marks it openWorldHint: true: it reaches things outside the server's own data.
- Findings: warn annotation-conflict

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Ask an analyst-shaped question over a fresh scan of a niche (Pro): 'the biggest developments this week', 'what is emerging', 'where money is moving'. Returns the sourced slate plus a short synthesis when requested. Returns a session_id; poll niche_session_state until cp1_awaiting_story. For synthesis, continue polling with wait_until=synthesis and wait=30 until it arrives or a shortfall is reported.
```

### `niche_signal_scan`

- Nothing in its name or description says what it does, so it is counted as a write.
- 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
Scan a niche you describe, right now (Pro). Returns a ranked, sourced slate of the stories people in that field are talking about, with source links, the outlets, and why it matters. For a ready-made briefing use niche_feed_read instead. Assistant access requires Pro. Poll niche_session_state with the returned session_id until status is cp1_awaiting_story; the slate is in `stories`.
```

## Only reads (4)

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

### `niche_feed_read`

- The name "niche_feed_read" says "read": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Read the latest or a dated briefing for a niche: stories, reporting dates, source links, why each story matters, and new or continuing status. Use a slug from https://nicheangle.com/n or a custom niche's URL, such as founders or ai-leaders. Assistant access requires Pro. This reads an existing briefing without starting a scan. A quiet briefing has status=quiet; no_edition means no briefing is available; unknown_niche means the slug was not found.
```

### `niche_list_sessions`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
List your recent scans: id, the niche you described, status and timestamps. Use it to find a session_id you no longer have.
```

### `niche_session_state`

- The description's first verb is "read": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Read the current state of a scan: status, the ranked stories with their sources and source information, and any angles already proposed. Poll this after niche_signal_scan or niche_intelligence_query until the slate is ready.
```

### `niche_whoami`

- The name "niche_whoami" says "whoami": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Orient in one read-only call: your plan (Free or Pro), the tools this server serves, and the endpoint. Assistant access requires Pro. Call it first if you are unsure what is available.
```

## Claude Code permissions

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

```json
{
  "permissions": {
    "allow": [
      "mcp__niche__niche_session_state",
      "mcp__niche__niche_list_sessions",
      "mcp__niche__niche_whoami",
      "mcp__niche__niche_feed_read"
    ],
    "ask": [
      "mcp__niche__niche_signal_scan",
      "mcp__niche__niche_intelligence_query",
      "mcp__niche__niche_angle_propose"
    ],
    "deny": [
      "mcp__niche__niche_session_cancel"
    ]
  }
}
```

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

- `mcp__niche__niche_signal_scan`: untrusted-input
- `mcp__niche__niche_intelligence_query`: untrusted-input

## Remote posture

What an anonymous client saw at the remote endpoint, last 2026-10-22T14:37:09.600Z, unchanged since 2026-10-22T14:37:09.600Z. 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 | `4` |
| Protocol version | `2025-03-26` |
| WWW-Authenticate on 401 | `not observed` |
| resource_metadata in WWW-Authenticate | `none` |
| RFC 9728 protected resource metadata | `https://api.nicheangle.com/.well-known/oauth-protected-resource` |
| Authorization servers | `https://api.nicheangle.com` |
| Legacy HTTP+SSE transport | `no` |
| Dynamic client registration | `yes` |
| Client ID metadata documents | `no` |

- **high** 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 4 tools that change things (1 destructive, 3 write). Whether a call also works without credentials was not tested: tools are never called.

https://api.nicheangle.com/mcp: tools/list returned 8 tools to an anonymous client, including niche_session_cancel (destructive), niche_signal_scan (write), niche_intelligence_query (write), niche_angle_propose (write)
```