# `com.policylayer/registry` on anlyon.dev

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- Page: https://anlyon.dev/servers/com.policylayer/registry
- JSON: https://anlyon.dev/api/v1/servers/com.policylayer/registry
- Version: 1.0.1 (active)
- Publisher: com.policylayer (domain proven to the MCP Registry)
- Runs: remote (streamable-http)
- Sign-in to list tools: none
- Repository: https://github.com/PolicyLayer/mcp
- Metadata from the official MCP Registry, synced 2026-10-21T18:00:46.186Z

Title and description, as the publisher wrote them:

```untrusted-server-text
The MCP server that vets MCP servers: identity, risk grade and per-tool risk before you install.
```

Scanned 2026-10-21T18:35:58.616Z over streamable-http.

**5 tools: 3 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 | 3 | ask |
| Only reads | read | 2 | allow |

## Findings

No check matched anything in these tool definitions.


## Changes things (3)

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

### `check_mcp_server`

- 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
Check an MCP server against the PolicyLayer registry BEFORE installing or allowing it. Accepts a registry slug, an npm package name (scoped or not), a remote server URL (https://…), or a server name. Returns the full published record: identity verification with its evidence, risk grade, auth posture, freshness, and the tool surface listed riskiest-first. A server the registry does not know is queued for scanning by this very call — check back shortly.
```

### `check_mcp_stack`

- 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
Check a whole MCP stack against the PolicyLayer registry in one call — up to 25 servers, each given as candidate identifiers (npm package name, registry slug, or remote URL) tried in order until one resolves. Returns the published record for every hit — plus a deterministic verdict (attention signals and a suggested action) — and the lookup status for every miss; counts, grades and flagged tools come from the published records only. Costs one rate-limit unit per server.
```

### `check_tool`

- 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
One tool's full risk classification on a published MCP server: category, severity, risk analysis and evidence, OWASP classes, parameter schema and the recommended policy default. Use when deciding whether to allow a specific tool call, e.g. "should execute_sql on this server be permitted?"
```

## Only reads (2)

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

### `get_change_events`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
The registry change feed: tool-surface drift, auth-posture flips, impostor flags, version bumps — every event the freshness watchers emit, id-cursored so a consumer resumes exactly where it stopped. Requires a Registry Licence key (Authorization: Bearer plr_...); self-serve at https://policylayer.com/registry/pricing.
```

### `search_registry`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Search the PolicyLayer registry of published MCP servers by name, slug or package substring. Returns candidate matches with risk grade, identity confidence (verified / unverified / mismatch — mismatch means it claims to be an official server with no verifiable link to the brand) and tool count — follow up with check_mcp_server on the match you meant.
```

## Claude Code permissions

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

```json
{
  "permissions": {
    "allow": [
      "mcp__registry__search_registry",
      "mcp__registry__get_change_events"
    ],
    "ask": [
      "mcp__registry__check_mcp_server",
      "mcp__registry__check_mcp_stack",
      "mcp__registry__check_tool"
    ],
    "deny": []
  }
}
```