# `com.nobleblocks/nobleblocks-mcp` on anlyon.dev

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- Page: https://anlyon.dev/servers/com.nobleblocks/nobleblocks-mcp
- JSON: https://anlyon.dev/api/v1/servers/com.nobleblocks/nobleblocks-mcp
- Version: 2.0.0 (active)
- Publisher: com.nobleblocks (domain proven to the MCP Registry)
- Runs: remote (streamable-http)
- Sign-in to list tools: none
- Repository: https://github.com/nobleblocks/nobleblocks-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
Search 340M+ academic papers — citation graphs, semantic similarity, and AI literature reviews.
```

Scanned 2026-10-21T18:35:34.388Z over streamable-http.

**3 tools: 3 only read.**

| Group | Class | Tools | Claude Code |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Deletes or cancels | destructive | 0 | deny |
| Can't be undone | irreversible | 0 | ask |
| Changes things | write | 0 | ask |
| Only reads | read | 3 | 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__nobleblocks__get_paper` |
| 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.


## Only reads (3)

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

### `get_citation`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Format a citation for one paper as BibTeX, RIS or APA 7.

        The URL is the paper's NobleID ARK link when it has a confirmed one, else its DOI link.
        DOIs known to be unreliable are left out rather than guessed.
```

### `get_paper`

- The name "get_paper" says "get": a word for reading.
- Tag untrusted-input: The description's first sentence says "get" and "issue": it reads issues, which other people can write.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Get full metadata for one paper: authors, journal, volume/issue/pages, DOI, PMID,
        ARK (when the paper has a confirmed NobleID), citation count, abstract and links.
```

### `search_papers`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Search the NobleBlocks paper index by keyword relevance.

        Returns up to `limit` papers with title, authors, year, journal, DOI, citation count,
        an abstract excerpt and a NobleBlocks link. Use get_paper with a result's `id` for
        full metadata, or get_citation to cite it.
        
```

## Claude Code permissions

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

```json
{
  "permissions": {
    "allow": [
      "mcp__nobleblocks__search_papers",
      "mcp__nobleblocks__get_paper",
      "mcp__nobleblocks__get_citation"
    ],
    "ask": [],
    "deny": []
  }
}
```

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

- `mcp__nobleblocks__get_paper`: untrusted-input

## Remote posture

What an anonymous client saw at the remote endpoint, last 2026-10-22T14:37:11.750Z, unchanged since 2026-10-22T14:37:11.750Z. 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 | `0` |
| 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` |