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

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- Page: https://anlyon.dev/servers/com.researchcal/researchcal
- JSON: https://anlyon.dev/api/v1/servers/com.researchcal/researchcal
- Version: 1.0.0 (active)
- Publisher: com.researchcal (domain proven to the MCP Registry)
- Runs: remote (streamable-http)
- Sign-in to list tools: none
- Metadata from the official MCP Registry, synced 2026-10-24T14:17:39.792Z

Title and description, as the publisher wrote them:

```untrusted-server-text
ResearchCal
Conference and call for papers deadlines in economics, business and political science, with sources.
```

Scanned 2026-10-24T13:17:54.214Z over streamable-http.

**4 tools: 4 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 | 4 | allow |

## Exfil surface

No private-data -> untrusted-input -> outbound path in this server alone: no tool is tagged untrusted-input or outbound.

| Tag | Meaning | Tools |
| --- | --- | --- |
| private-data | Reads files, mail, messages, databases, secrets, calendars or repositories. | `mcp__researchcal__fetch` `mcp__researchcal__list_calendars` |
| untrusted-input | Brings in text someone else can write: web pages, inbound email, messages, issues and comments. | none |
| 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 (4)

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

### `fetch`

- The name "fetch" says "fetch": a word for reading.
- Tag private-data: The description's first sentence says "get" and "calendar": it reads calendars.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Get the public facts of one event by its id from search: dates, location, public deadlines, official and source URLs, and the public calendar feeds that contain it.
```

### `list_calendars`

- The name "list_calendars" says "list": a word for reading.
- Tag private-data: The name "list_calendars" says "list" and "calendar": it reads calendars. The description's first sentence says "list" and "calendar": it reads calendars.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
List the public ResearchCal calendar feeds (ICS) with their subscribe URLs, optionally for one research field.
```

### `list_upcoming_deadlines`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
List open and announced public submission deadlines in date order. Filter by research field, category key, and date range. Returns at most 20 deadlines per call; use next_offset for the next page.
```

### `search`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Search upcoming academic conferences, workshops and calls for papers by words in the title, organizer, location or topic. Returns at most 10 events with their ResearchCal page and official source URL.
```

## Claude Code permissions

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

```json
{
  "permissions": {
    "allow": [
      "mcp__researchcal__search",
      "mcp__researchcal__fetch",
      "mcp__researchcal__list_upcoming_deadlines",
      "mcp__researchcal__list_calendars"
    ],
    "ask": [],
    "deny": []
  }
}
```

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

- `mcp__researchcal__fetch`: private-data
- `mcp__researchcal__list_calendars`: private-data