# `com.thepresentpicker/present-picker` 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.thepresentpicker/present-picker
- JSON: https://anlyon.dev/api/v1/servers/com.thepresentpicker/present-picker
- Version: 1.0.1 (active)
- Publisher: com.thepresentpicker (domain proven to the MCP Registry)
- Runs: remote (streamable-http)
- Sign-in to list tools: none
- Repository: https://github.com/wdlcmu/the-present-picker
- Metadata from the official MCP Registry, synced 2026-11-05T04:18:12.198Z

Title and description, as the publisher wrote them:

```untrusted-server-text
Present Picker
Gift recommendations matched to the person, the occasion, and your budget.
```

Scanned 2026-11-05T04:18:40.533Z over streamable-http.

**3 tools: 3 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 | 3 | 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__present-picker__get_gift` |
| 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

- **info** Long descriptions in `pick_gift` ([long-description](https://anlyon.dev/methodology#long-description))

```untrusted-server-text
The description is 2,410 characters long, over the 2,000 this check looks for.

description ends: "...d no exact prices. When fewer than 5 ideas fit the exact mix, the result says so."
```


## Only reads (3)

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

### `get_gift`

- The name "get_gift" says "get": a word for reading.
- Tag private-data: The description's first sentence says "note": it reads notes.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Picked for them, not the store: returns the full detail for one gift idea from the bank: description, why-line, a buying-notes line (what to look for and what to avoid when buying it), a care-and-pairing tip, budget band, who it suits, its interests and styles, and up to 3 similar ideas, each with its own link. Accepts a gift id returned by pick_gift or search_gifts, or a gift name like 'cast iron skillet'. When nothing matches, the result says so and gives example ids.
```

### `pick_gift`

- The description's first verb is "return": a word for reading.
- Findings: info long-description

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Returns up to 5 gift ideas from a fixed bank of 255 checked gift ideas, matched to who the gift is for, a budget band, interests, and an optional gift style. Each pick has a one-line description, a why-line explaining the fit, one buying note, its budget band, a link that opens that exact idea on thepresentpicker.com, and a photo link to the picture on that idea's page. Some picks carry a good_to_know line: a plain handling fact the bank states for that idea, such as the weight of a cast iron skillet, present only where the bank states one. The result also carries lead_pick — the top pick at full bank depth, with its buying notes (what to look for and what to avoid) and a care-and-pairing tip — more_ideas with the remaining picks under the heading 'More ideas if that one misses', and answer_text, that focused answer formatted as text: it opens by naming who the gift is for, in the caller's words, and how the top pick fits them. Recipient and budget band are hard filters. A style, when given, is a hard filter too: every pick carries the style, and the result reports total_matches and, on a style call, style_matches. Interests narrow the pool, and picks matching more interests rank first. keyword names a specific item the buyer asked for: picks matching every keyword word rank first inside the same filtered pool, carry their full bank detail, and the result reports keyword_matches (a miss is stated in the note, and a miss carries no lead_pick). exclude names an item the person already has: matching picks are dropped before ranking, and the result notes the drop. A recipient-only call (no budget, interest, style, or keyword) returns a spread across all budget bands, led by a mid-band pick and never by the $100+ band — a starting sampler, not a tailored list. A 'teen' recipient maps to the kid pool and carries a recipient_note explaining how teen picks are drawn from that pool. A 'coworker' recipient draws on the bank's coworker shelf — picks tagged for coworkers, ranked ahead of the general pool — and when a mix returns none of them, recipient_note says so plainly. A relation the bank has no shelf for (a sister, an aunt, an in-law, a cousin) is filed under the closest shelf, and recipient_note states the filing plainly. Ideas are generic product types: the bank names no brands, no stores, and no exact prices. When fewer than 5 ideas fit the exact mix, the result says so.
```

### `search_gifts`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Picked for them, not the store: searches the fixed bank of 255 gift ideas by interest, by keyword, or by both, with optional recipient and budget-band filters. Returns up to 10 matches in bank order, each with a one-line description, a why-line, one buying note, its budget band, a photo link, and a link that opens that exact idea on thepresentpicker.com. The result reports the total number of matches, including when there are none.
```

## Claude Code permissions

For `.claude/settings.json`, assuming the server is installed as `present-picker`:

```json
{
  "permissions": {
    "allow": [
      "mcp__present-picker__pick_gift",
      "mcp__present-picker__search_gifts",
      "mcp__present-picker__get_gift"
    ],
    "ask": [],
    "deny": []
  }
}
```

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

- `mcp__present-picker__get_gift`: private-data

## Remote posture

What an anonymous client saw at the remote endpoint, last 2026-11-05T03:19:02.800Z, unchanged since 2026-11-05T03:19:02.800Z. 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` |