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

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> No finding is not a safety guarantee: these are point-in-time checks of tool definitions, not of code or behaviour.

- Page: https://anlyon.dev/servers/com.regtail/regtail
- JSON: https://anlyon.dev/api/v1/servers/com.regtail/regtail
- Version: 1.1.0 (active)
- Publisher: com.regtail (domain proven to the MCP Registry)
- Runs: remote (streamable-http)
- Sign-in to list tools: none
- Metadata from the official MCP Registry, synced 2026-10-21T18:01:40.384Z

Title and description, as the publisher wrote them:

```untrusted-server-text
RegTail
UK used-car checks by plate or photo: free MOT status, no key needed; optional detailed MOT reports
```

Scanned 2026-10-21T18:54:24.433Z over streamable-http.

**10 tools: 8 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 | 8 | ask |
| Only reads | read | 2 | 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__regtail__compare_vehicles` `mcp__regtail__free_check` `mcp__regtail__full_report` `mcp__regtail__resolve_vehicle` `mcp__regtail__unlock_report` `mcp__regtail__viewing_advice` |
| 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.


## Changes things (8)

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

### `credits_balance`

- 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
How many credits the user's RegTail account holds, and pricing_url, a page explaining how credits work. Needs
    the user's RegTail account linked.
```

### `decode_plate`

- 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
When a UK plate of this format could have been issued, from the plate alone (format, age identifier, and the
    window as first and last month). Offline: it does not look the car up; use free_check for that. No account needed.
```

### `free_check`

- 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.
- 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
The site's free check: identity, tax and MOT status, latest MOT test, its defects and recorded mileage,
    the existing since-previous-test summary and mileage-unverified flag. Includes presentation, up to three
    questions from these free facts, a verdict image, locked teasers and a report link. No account or credit needed.
    Show the returned markdown field as-is to the user.
    Next-MOT estimates, repair prices, mileage analysis and older MOT details require the detailed report.
```

### `full_report`

- 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.
- 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
The detailed report of a car the user has unlocked on their RegTail account: verdict and top risks, every MOT test
    with defects and advisories, mileage analysis, recurring advisories, other sections,
    the viewing checklist, what was not checked, and guidance for explaining it. Use to discuss a car in depth. Needs
    the user's RegTail account linked. Never spends: for a plate that is not unlocked it returns unlocked=false and a
    message; then ask the user before calling unlock_report.
```

### `my_reports`

- 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
The cars the user has unlocked (with when each unlock ends) and their recent checks, so a conversation can pick
    up a car checked earlier. Needs the user's RegTail account linked.
```

### `sample_report`

- 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
The detailed report and viewing advice for one public sample car (CX52HHM, a 2002 Land Rover Defender), to show
    what a detailed report contains. Use when the user asks what RegTail's detailed report looks like. No account needed.
    It is always the same sample car, never the user's car.
```

### `unlock_report`

- The name "unlock_report" says "unlock": a word for a change.
- 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
Spends one of the user's RegTail credits to unlock the detailed report for this plate for 30 days, then returns
    the detailed report (as full_report does). Ask the user first, every time, and call this only after they agree; never
    unlock on your own initiative or to answer a general question. A plate already unlocked costs nothing again.
    Needs the user's RegTail account linked. With no credits left it unlocks nothing and spends nothing.
```

### `viewing_advice`

- 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.
- 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
Advice for viewing an unlocked car in person: a summary, priorities to check (each with why and the report
    records behind it) and known weak spots of the model. Needs the user's RegTail account linked and the plate
    unlocked; never spends.
```

## Only reads (2)

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

### `compare_vehicles`

- The name "compare_vehicles" says "compare": a word for reading.
- 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
Compare the site's free projections for exactly two plates: identity, status and latest MOT test.
    Duplicate plates use one lookup. Includes questions from free facts, comparison image and report links.
    No prediction-based ranking; next-MOT estimates and likely repairs stay in the detailed report.
    No account or credit needed.
```

### `resolve_vehicle`

- The name "resolve_vehicle" says "resolve": a word for reading.
- Tag untrusted-input: The server marks it openWorldHint: true: it reaches things outside the server's own data. The description's first sentence says "resolve" and "url": it reads web pages, which anyone can write.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Resolve a typed plate, car photo data URL or supported advert URL to a plate only. No account or spend.
    If uncertain, ask the user to confirm; if unavailable, ask for the typed plate. Then use free_check.
```

## Claude Code permissions

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

```json
{
  "permissions": {
    "allow": [
      "mcp__regtail__resolve_vehicle",
      "mcp__regtail__compare_vehicles"
    ],
    "ask": [
      "mcp__regtail__decode_plate",
      "mcp__regtail__free_check",
      "mcp__regtail__sample_report",
      "mcp__regtail__full_report",
      "mcp__regtail__unlock_report",
      "mcp__regtail__viewing_advice",
      "mcp__regtail__credits_balance",
      "mcp__regtail__my_reports"
    ],
    "deny": []
  }
}
```

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

- `mcp__regtail__free_check`: untrusted-input
- `mcp__regtail__resolve_vehicle`: untrusted-input
- `mcp__regtail__compare_vehicles`: untrusted-input
- `mcp__regtail__full_report`: untrusted-input
- `mcp__regtail__unlock_report`: untrusted-input
- `mcp__regtail__viewing_advice`: untrusted-input

## Remote posture

What an anonymous client saw at the remote endpoint, last 2026-10-22T14:39:28.701Z, unchanged since 2026-10-22T14:39:28.701Z. 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 | `8` |
| Protocol version | `2025-06-18` |
| WWW-Authenticate on 401 | `not observed` |
| resource_metadata in WWW-Authenticate | `none` |
| RFC 9728 protected resource metadata | `https://regtail.com/.well-known/oauth-protected-resource/mcp` |
| Authorization servers | `https://clerk.regtail.com` |
| Legacy HTTP+SSE transport | `no` |
| Dynamic client registration | `no` |
| Client ID metadata documents | `yes` |

- **warn** 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 8 tools that change things (8 write). Whether a call also works without credentials was not tested: tools are never called.

https://regtail.com/mcp: tools/list returned 10 tools to an anonymous client, including decode_plate (write), free_check (write), sample_report (write), full_report (write), unlock_report (write) and 3 more
```