# `com.rattlesnakesbymail/rattlesnakesbymail` on anlyon.dev

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- Page: https://anlyon.dev/servers/com.rattlesnakesbymail/rattlesnakesbymail
- JSON: https://anlyon.dev/api/v1/servers/com.rattlesnakesbymail/rattlesnakesbymail
- Version: 0.1.0 (active)
- Publisher: com.rattlesnakesbymail (domain proven to the MCP Registry)
- Runs: remote (streamable-http)
- Sign-in to list tools: none
- Metadata from the official MCP Registry, synced 2026-10-21T18:01:19.162Z

Title and description, as the publisher wrote them:

```untrusted-server-text
Dated, sourced claims about AI crawlers and agents, offered as MCP tools.
```

Scanned 2026-10-21T18:54:18.696Z 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.

### `ask`

- 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
Match a free-text question against the claims published on Rattlesnakes By Mail, and return the matching claims, or no match when no published claim covers the question. Every question sent to ask is recorded, and a recorded question may be published on the public questions page at Rattlesnakes By Mail. Do not send private or identifying text to ask.
```

### `identify_user_agent`

- 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
Match an unrecognized raw User-Agent header against the crawlers documented on Rattlesnakes By Mail, and return the matched crawler plus instructions for verifying the request. Use identify_user_agent when the crawler behind the User-Agent header is not yet known.
```

### `submit_note`

- The name "submit_note" says "submit": a word for a change.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Submit a correction or note about a claim, an entity, or a question on Rattlesnakes By Mail. Requires a client token issued out of band by the publisher. Every note is stored as pending, and an editor reviews every pending note before publication.
```

## Only reads (2)

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

### `list_changes`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
List recorded changes to claims on Rattlesnakes By Mail, newest first, with the change date and the affected crawler. Filter by date with since, by crawler with entity, or by both. Use list_changes to detect crawler policy updates published after a given date.
```

### `lookup_crawler`

- The name "lookup_crawler" says "lookup": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Look up a documented crawler on Rattlesnakes By Mail by name, slug, or user-agent string, and return identity fields, current claims, publication dates, and evidence URLs. Use lookup_crawler when the crawler is already named, or when the user agent is already known to belong to a documented crawler.
```

## Claude Code permissions

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

```json
{
  "permissions": {
    "allow": [
      "mcp__rattlesnakesbymail__lookup_crawler",
      "mcp__rattlesnakesbymail__list_changes"
    ],
    "ask": [
      "mcp__rattlesnakesbymail__identify_user_agent",
      "mcp__rattlesnakesbymail__ask",
      "mcp__rattlesnakesbymail__submit_note"
    ],
    "deny": []
  }
}
```