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

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- Page: https://anlyon.dev/servers/com.semscraper/semscraper
- JSON: https://anlyon.dev/api/v1/servers/com.semscraper/semscraper
- Version: 1.0.0 (active)
- Publisher: com.semscraper (domain proven to the MCP Registry)
- Runs: remote (streamable-http)
- Sign-in to list tools: none
- Metadata from the official MCP Registry, synced 2026-10-21T18:04:31.526Z

Title and description, as the publisher wrote them:

```untrusted-server-text
Semscraper
Real Google and Google Maps SERPs for AI assistants: pixel positions, AI Overviews and sources.
```

Scanned 2026-10-21T18:55:09.846Z over streamable-http.

**8 tools: 3 change things and 5 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 | 5 | 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__semscraper__google_maps` `mcp__semscraper__google_search` |
| outbound | Can carry data to people or systems: it sends, posts or publishes, or takes a recipient, channel or URL. | none |

## Findings

- **warn** Annotations that disagree with the tool in `google_search` ([annotation-conflict](https://anlyon.dev/methodology#annotation-conflict))

```untrusted-server-text
The server marks "google_search" as not read-only (readOnlyHint: false), and its words say it reads.

annotations: {"readOnlyHint":false,"destructiveHint":false,"idempotentHint":false,"openWorldHint":true}; The name "google_search" says "search": a word for reading.
```


## Changes things (3)

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

### `ai_overview_sources`

- 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
Computes, on the server, which domains Google cites in the AI Overviews of searches already created (google_search IDs): for each domain, the number of keywords where it is cited, the number of mentions, the keywords and its best position on the page. Also returns how many searches have an AI Overview. Free. Best tool to answer "which sites does Google cite in its AI Overviews on these keywords": one small answer instead of every SERP. Based on source URLs, not on brand names.
```

### `google_maps`

- Nothing in its name or description says what it does, so it is counted as a write.
- 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
Collects the listings of a Google Maps search for one or more keywords, in the order Google Maps shows them, from a given place. Each listing comes with its rank, name (title), CID, category (type), address, website, rating, review count, opening status and the snippet shown. Use it for local SEO, local competition and market research. Paid from the account balance, same price as google_search. Returns rating and review count, not the full text of reviews.
```

### `google_search`

- The name "google_search" says "search": a word for reading.
- The server marks it as not read-only (readOnlyHint: false).
- Tag untrusted-input: The server marks it openWorldHint: true: it reaches things outside the server's own data. The description's first sentence says "browser": it reads web pages, which anyone can write.
- Findings: warn annotation-conflict

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Collects the real Google results page (SERP) for one or more keywords, rendered in a real browser, and returns every block (organic results, ads, local pack, People Also Ask, AI Overview with its citations and sources...) with, for each item, its rank in its block (rank_type), its rank on the page (rank_serp), its Google page and its pixel position. Use it to know what Google actually shows for a query, in a given country, language, city and device. Paid from the account balance: about EUR 0.0003 per keyword for the first page, EUR 0.0002 per extra page. Takes about 30 seconds per keyword (about a minute for 10 pages); the tool waits for the results. Returns titles, snippets and URLs, not the full content of the pages.
```

## Only reads (5)

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

### `get_balance`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Returns the balance of the Semscraper account, in euros. Free.
```

### `get_queue_status`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Returns how many searches of the account are pending, processing or done. Free. The account has its own queue: the robots serve accounts in turn, so a large batch flows through gradually.
```

### `get_serp_results`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Returns searches already created (google_search or google_maps), by their IDs (serp_...), e.g. the pending_ids of a previous call. Free: the searches were paid when created.
```

### `list_google_versions`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Lists the supported Google versions as location / language pairs (186 Google domains, 117 languages), to pick valid location and language values. Free. Filter with a country domain, a code or a language name to keep the answer short.
```

### `list_searches`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Lists the searches of the account, most recent first (ID, engine, keyword, device, location, language, depth, geolocation, status, whether the results were already fetched, cost, creation date), without their results. Free. Covers every search made with the account, through this server or the API. Use it to find IDs (e.g. "the last 10 searches", "today's searches"), and whenever a google_search or google_maps call failed, timed out or lost its answer: the searches were probably created and paid already, so fetch them with get_serp_results instead of searching again.
```

## Claude Code permissions

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

```json
{
  "permissions": {
    "allow": [
      "mcp__semscraper__get_serp_results",
      "mcp__semscraper__list_searches",
      "mcp__semscraper__get_balance",
      "mcp__semscraper__list_google_versions",
      "mcp__semscraper__get_queue_status"
    ],
    "ask": [
      "mcp__semscraper__google_search",
      "mcp__semscraper__google_maps",
      "mcp__semscraper__ai_overview_sources"
    ],
    "deny": []
  }
}
```

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

- `mcp__semscraper__google_search`: untrusted-input
- `mcp__semscraper__google_maps`: untrusted-input

## Remote posture

What an anonymous client saw at the remote endpoint, last 2026-10-22T14:40:26.882Z, unchanged since 2026-10-22T14:40:26.882Z. 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 | `3` |
| 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` |

- **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 3 tools that change things (3 write). Whether a call also works without credentials was not tested: tools are never called.

https://mcp.semscraper.com/mcp: tools/list returned 8 tools to an anonymous client, including google_search (write), google_maps (write), ai_overview_sources (write)
```