# `com.techsnif/mcp` 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.techsnif/mcp
- JSON: https://anlyon.dev/api/v1/servers/com.techsnif/mcp
- Version: 3.3.1 (active)
- Publisher: com.techsnif (domain proven to the MCP Registry)
- Runs: remote (streamable-http), local (npm)
- Sign-in to list tools: none
- Repository: https://github.com/coffeefuelbump/techsnif.com
- Metadata from the official MCP Registry, synced 2026-10-21T18:06:27.003Z

Title and description, as the publisher wrote them:

```untrusted-server-text
TechSnif
Agent-first tech news: ranked story clusters, coverage and discussion links, trends, and events.
```

Scanned 2026-10-21T18:36:58.903Z over streamable-http.

**13 tools: 13 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 | 13 | allow |

## Exfil surface

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

| Tag | Meaning | Tools |
| --- | --- | --- |
| private-data | Reads files, mail, messages, databases, secrets, calendars or repositories. | `mcp__techsnif__get_leaderboard` `mcp__techsnif__get_story` |
| untrusted-input | Brings in text someone else can write: web pages, inbound email, messages, issues and comments. | `mcp__techsnif__get_story` `mcp__techsnif__get_top_stories` `mcp__techsnif__get_trending_stories` |
| 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 (13)

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

### `get_article`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Get a full TechSnif editorial article by slug, including the complete body text.
```

### `get_articles`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
List TechSnif editorial articles (original coverage written by TechSnif). Filter by category (AI, Startups, Venture, Robotics) or tag, and paginate with offset. Use get_article for the full body text.
```

### `get_changes`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Get story cluster changes since a timestamp: newly appeared clusters and updates to existing ones, each with a change type, a change time, and a story summary. Poll this to stay in sync with the TechSnif feed without refetching everything; pass the returned nextCursor as the next "since" value.
```

### `get_leaderboard`

- The name "get_leaderboard" says "get": a word for reading.
- Tag private-data: The description's first sentence says "get" and "drive": it reads files.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Get TechSnif source or author leaderboards: which publications and journalists drive the most tech story coverage. Rank by story count over a 7-day, 30-day, or all-time window, optionally filtered by topic.
```

### `get_story`

- The name "get_story" says "get": a word for reading.
- Tag private-data: The description's first sentence says "get" and "thread": it reads messages.
- Tag untrusted-input: The description's first sentence says "get" and "discussion": it reads comments, which other people can write.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Get full details of a story cluster by slug, including all coverage links from every outlet (TechCrunch, NYT, TechSnif, etc.), direct URLs to social discussion posts (exact tweets, Reddit threads, LinkedIn posts, Bluesky posts), and the full TechSnif article text if available. Use this to answer "show me the tweets about this story" or "what outlets covered this". Filter discussion by platform, coverage by publisher, or use brief mode to skip the article body.
```

### `get_story_timeline`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Get the ranking history of a story cluster by slug: a time series of snapshots with rank, headline tier, commentary count, and coverage count at each point. Use this to see how a story rose, peaked, or faded across the news cycle.
```

### `get_tech_events`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Get upcoming tech industry events (conferences, summits, expos) with dates, locations, and URLs.
```

### `get_top_stories`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Get tech story clusters from across the web. Each story aggregates coverage from multiple outlets (TechCrunch, The Verge, NYT, TechSnif, etc.) and includes links to social discussion (tweets, Reddit threads, LinkedIn posts). Sort by rank (prominence) or newest (most recently seen). Optionally filter by headline tier (1=standard, 2=major, 3=top story), publisher name, discussion platform, topic, or a "since" timestamp, and paginate with offset. Use get_story when you need full details or article body text.
```

### `get_trending_articles`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Get trending TechSnif editorial articles from the last 48 hours, ranked by coverage heat and recency. Use get_article for the full body text.
```

### `get_trending_stories`

- The name "get_trending_stories" says "get": a word for reading.
- Tag untrusted-input: The description's first sentence says "get" and "discussion": it reads comments, which other people can write.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Get story clusters gaining momentum right now, ranked by velocity: how quickly coverage and discussion grew within a recent window. Each story includes its velocity score plus commentary and coverage deltas. Use get_story for full detail.
```

### `list_entities`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
List the companies, people, and products TechSnif tracks across story clusters, with story counts. Only entities linked to at least one story are returned, most-covered first. Pass a returned slug as the entity param of get_top_stories to pull every story about that entity.
```

### `search_articles`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Full-text search over TechSnif editorial article titles and excerpts, ranked by relevance. Returns article summaries with category, tags, and publish dates. Use get_article for the full body text, and paginate with offset.
```

### `search_stories`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Full-text search over story cluster headlines and excerpts, ranked by relevance. Returns matching story clusters with coverage links, discussion link counts, and TechSnif article references when available. Use get_story for full detail and article body text. Optionally filter by publisher and paginate with offset.
```

## Claude Code permissions

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

```json
{
  "permissions": {
    "allow": [
      "mcp__techsnif__get_top_stories",
      "mcp__techsnif__get_story",
      "mcp__techsnif__search_stories",
      "mcp__techsnif__get_tech_events",
      "mcp__techsnif__get_articles",
      "mcp__techsnif__get_article",
      "mcp__techsnif__search_articles",
      "mcp__techsnif__get_trending_articles",
      "mcp__techsnif__get_story_timeline",
      "mcp__techsnif__get_changes",
      "mcp__techsnif__get_trending_stories",
      "mcp__techsnif__get_leaderboard",
      "mcp__techsnif__list_entities"
    ],
    "ask": [],
    "deny": []
  }
}
```

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

- `mcp__techsnif__get_top_stories`: untrusted-input
- `mcp__techsnif__get_story`: private-data, untrusted-input
- `mcp__techsnif__get_trending_stories`: untrusted-input
- `mcp__techsnif__get_leaderboard`: private-data

## Remote posture

What an anonymous client saw at the remote endpoint, last 2026-10-22T14:42:10.744Z, unchanged since 2026-10-22T14:42:10.744Z. 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 | `0` |
| 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` |