# `com.subtensor/reference` on anlyon.dev

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- Page: https://anlyon.dev/servers/com.subtensor/reference
- JSON: https://anlyon.dev/api/v1/servers/com.subtensor/reference
- Version: 2.0.0 (active)
- Publisher: com.subtensor (domain proven to the MCP Registry)
- Runs: remote (streamable-http)
- Sign-in to list tools: none
- Metadata from the official MCP Registry, synced 2026-10-23T00:17:40.771Z

Title and description, as the publisher wrote them:

```untrusted-server-text
Subtensor MCP
Subtensor blockchain reference — events, calls, storage, constants, errors for all 28 active pallets
```

Scanned 2026-10-23T00:17:48.581Z over streamable-http.

**7 tools: 3 change things and 4 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 | 4 | 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__reference__subtensor_list` `mcp__reference__subtensor_preferences` |
| 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 `subtensor_preferences` ([annotation-conflict](https://anlyon.dev/methodology#annotation-conflict))

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

annotations: {"readOnlyHint":false,"destructiveHint":false,"idempotentHint":false,"openWorldHint":false}; The description's first verb is "get": a word for reading.
```


## Changes things (3)

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

### `subtensor_decode`

- 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
Decode SCALE-encoded hex into labelled fields with RAO→TAO and hex→SS58 conversions applied. Omit pallet and name to identify an event or call from its two-byte (pallet index, item index) prefix — the usual case when you have bytes and want to know what they are.
```

### `subtensor_explore`

- 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
Explore relationships, version history, removed items, changelogs, and migration guides between runtime versions.
```

### `subtensor_preferences`

- The description's first verb is "get": a word for reading.
- The server marks it as not read-only (readOnlyHint: false).
- Tag untrusted-input: The description's first sentence says "get" and "url": it reads web pages, which anyone can write.
- Findings: warn annotation-conflict

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Get or set session preferences for language, node URL, and node type. Language affects field name casing (TypeScript=camelCase, others=snake_case) and code examples.
```

## Only reads (4)

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

### `subtensor_explain`

- The name "subtensor_explain" says "explain": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Understand Bittensor concepts, workflows, mechanisms, runtime APIs, runtime errors, extrinsic format, or get code examples.
```

### `subtensor_list`

- The name "subtensor_list" says "list": a word for reading.
- Tag untrusted-input: The description's first sentence says "browse": it reads web pages, which anyone can write.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Browse items by category: pallets, events, calls, storage, constants, errors, types, runtime APIs, RPC methods, protocol accounts, EVM precompiles, mechanisms, workflows, hyperparameters, cli_flags, build_features, chain_specs, or env_vars.
```

### `subtensor_lookup`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Get detailed info about a specific pallet, event, call, storage item, constant, error, SCALE type, RPC method, protocol account, or EVM precompile. Accepts URN identifiers with optional #field.path drilling.
```

### `subtensor_search`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Search across all Subtensor pallets, events, calls, storage, constants, and errors by keyword.
```

## Claude Code permissions

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

```json
{
  "permissions": {
    "allow": [
      "mcp__reference__subtensor_search",
      "mcp__reference__subtensor_lookup",
      "mcp__reference__subtensor_list",
      "mcp__reference__subtensor_explain"
    ],
    "ask": [
      "mcp__reference__subtensor_explore",
      "mcp__reference__subtensor_preferences",
      "mcp__reference__subtensor_decode"
    ],
    "deny": []
  }
}
```

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

- `mcp__reference__subtensor_list`: untrusted-input
- `mcp__reference__subtensor_preferences`: untrusted-input