# `com.theoddsgap/answers` on anlyon.dev

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- Page: https://anlyon.dev/servers/com.theoddsgap/answers
- JSON: https://anlyon.dev/api/v1/servers/com.theoddsgap/answers
- Version: 1.0.0 (active)
- Publisher: com.theoddsgap (domain proven to the MCP Registry)
- Runs: remote (streamable-http)
- Sign-in to list tools: none
- Metadata from the official MCP Registry, synced 2026-10-21T18:06:56.629Z

Title and description, as the publisher wrote them:

```untrusted-server-text
The Odds Gap
Ask The Odds Gap sports betting price questions from your AI assistant.
```

Scanned 2026-10-21T18:56:35.279Z over streamable-http.

**11 tools: 9 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 | 9 | 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 untrusted-input 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. | none |
| 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 `calc` ([annotation-conflict](https://anlyon.dev/methodology#annotation-conflict))

```untrusted-server-text
The server marks "calc" read-only (readOnlyHint: true), and its own name, description or input give the class "write".

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


## Changes things (9)

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

### `arbs`

- 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
Spots where two books' prices on opposite sides of the same bet added up to less than 100 percent implied at the scan, with how a stake would split. Prices may have moved since the scan. An arb can close at any time.
```

### `ask`

- 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
Ask one whole sports betting price question in plain English, the way a person would: which book pays the most for a bet, hedge math on a ticket, a parlay price, a game's board, a past result or how a line has moved. Returns a plain-sentence answer, the time the prices were scanned and a link to the matching page on theoddsgap.com. When a question could mean more than one game, it returns the choices as plain text to ask again with. Prices may have moved since the scan. Information only: it places no bets and gives no picks.
```

### `calc`

- The description's first verb is "run": a word for a change.
- The server marks it read-only (readOnlyHint: true), but an annotation never lowers a class.
- Findings: warn annotation-conflict

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Runs a betting calculation on numbers you supply: convert odds between formats, implied probability, payout on a stake, the no-vig price of two sides, hold, breakeven, a parlay of typed odds, or an arb or hedge split on typed prices. Uses only the numbers given, no market data.
```

### `futures_odds`

- 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
Season-long futures such as the Super Bowl, World Series, Stanley Cup, NBA and college titles: the highest price we saw on a team, or the top of one futures market, with the scan time. Prices may have moved since the scan.
```

### `game_lines`

- 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
One game's moneyline, spread or total: both sides on the consensus number, or which side the market has as the favorite. Name the game in plain words, for example Lions at Bears. Shows the scan time and a link to the game's page. Prices may have moved since the scan.
```

### `middles`

- 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
Spread and total middles across sportsbooks at the scan: two numbers far enough apart that both bets could win. Prices may have moved since the scan.
```

### `past_game`

- 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
A finished game: the final score, the closing spread and total, and the earliest line we recorded, with a link to the game's page. Never an upcoming game.
```

### `player_prop`

- 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
One player's prop: the line the market is at and the highest price we saw on each side, with the scan time. The player must be on our props board. Prices may have moved since the scan.
```

### `team_record`

- 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
A team's finished games tracked on The Odds Gap and its next game. Not an official league record.
```

## Only reads (2)

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

### `site_info`

- The description's first verb is "explain": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Explains a betting term or how The Odds Gap works (gap percent, matched lines, the exchange depth rule, Kalshi fees, why offshore books are left out, the site's tools), in the site's own words with a link to the page it comes from.
```

### `slate`

- The description's first verb is "list": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Lists the games in a window (tonight, tomorrow, a weekday or a date) for a league or one team, with the highest moneyline price we saw on each side and the time it was scanned. Prices may have moved since the scan.
```

## Claude Code permissions

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

```json
{
  "permissions": {
    "allow": [
      "mcp__answers__site_info",
      "mcp__answers__slate"
    ],
    "ask": [
      "mcp__answers__ask",
      "mcp__answers__calc",
      "mcp__answers__game_lines",
      "mcp__answers__past_game",
      "mcp__answers__team_record",
      "mcp__answers__futures_odds",
      "mcp__answers__player_prop",
      "mcp__answers__arbs",
      "mcp__answers__middles"
    ],
    "deny": []
  }
}
```

## Remote posture

What an anonymous client saw at the remote endpoint, last 2026-10-22T14:42:28.645Z, unchanged since 2026-10-22T14:42:28.645Z. 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 | `9` |
| 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 9 tools that change things (9 write). Whether a call also works without credentials was not tested: tools are never called.

https://theoddsgap.com/assistant/v1/mcp: tools/list returned 11 tools to an anonymous client, including ask (write), calc (write), game_lines (write), past_game (write), team_record (write) and 4 more
```