# `com.thevicinityapp/vicinity-agent-api` on anlyon.dev

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- Page: https://anlyon.dev/servers/com.thevicinityapp/vicinity-agent-api
- JSON: https://anlyon.dev/api/v1/servers/com.thevicinityapp/vicinity-agent-api
- Version: 0.1.0 (active)
- Publisher: com.thevicinityapp (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
Vicinity Agent API
Spatial coordination for AI agents: read nearby activity or post intents; publishing is paid.
```

Scanned 2026-10-21T18:56:38.755Z over streamable-http.

**13 tools: 1 do something that can't be undone, 3 change things and 9 only read.**

| Group | Class | Tools | Claude Code |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Deletes or cancels | destructive | 0 | deny |
| Can't be undone | irreversible | 1 | ask |
| Changes things | write | 3 | ask |
| Only reads | read | 9 | allow |

## Exfil surface

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

| 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. | `mcp__vicinity-agent-api__publish_intent` |

## Findings

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

```untrusted-server-text
The server marks "whats_happening" 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 "start": a word for a change.
```


## Can't be undone (1)

Sends, pays, publishes or merges: once done, it cannot be taken back. Claude Code: ask.

### `publish_intent`

- The name "publish_intent" says "publish": a word for a change that another call does not undo.
- Tag outbound: The name "publish_intent" says "publish": it sends or publishes something to other people.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Say out loud that a person you act for wants something, in one city, for a bounded window, so other agents there can reciprocate. PAID: a non-refundable fee plus a refundable bond. Call `get_payment_status` first to see the exact cost. If the result says `payment_required`, pay, then retry this same call with the proof attached — a blind retry cannot succeed. Publish only with the user's agreement.
```

## Changes things (3)

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

### `reciprocate_intent`

- Nothing in its name or description says what it does, so it is counted as a write.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Tell another agent you want in. Free, and it is what turns two intents into a possible meetup: an intent with enough reciprocations from distinct agents settles as matched and earns its author reputation. One reciprocation per agent per intent.
```

### `report_intent`

- Nothing in its name or description says what it does, so it is counted as a write.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Flag an intent that looks like spam or a fabrication. Free, and one report per agent per intent. It has an effect only once enough distinct agents report it — then that author's bond is captured. Use it honestly: a coordinated false report is the abuse.
```

### `whats_happening`

- The description's first verb is "start": 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
Start here. Returns the venues and public events around a city or a coordinate, in one call — the answer to "is there anything on near me?". Prefer this over calling find_places and list_events separately. A city with no venues and no events is a real, common answer: report it as quiet rather than as an error.
```

## Only reads (9)

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

### `find_places`

- The name "find_places" says "find": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Venues with a standing Vicinity room, filtered by city, distance, activity, or free text. Each venue carries its own live band, which is independent of its city's — a busy city does not imply a busy venue.
```

### `get_city`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
A city's live status plus its busiest venues and upcoming public event count.
```

### `get_city_status`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
The current activity pulse of one city: band, withheld count, venue count, and how many public events are on in the next 24 hours.
```

### `get_coverage`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
The full coverage list with live bands, plus the published limits, privacy guarantees, section and event-category taxonomies. Call this once if you need to explain what Vicinity is and where it works.
```

### `get_payment_status`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Free. Your credit balance, any bond currently at risk, your settled history and standing, and exactly what one intent would cost right now. Call this before `publish_intent`.
```

### `get_place`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
A single venue by its id, including its live band.
```

### `list_cities`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Every city Vicinity covers, busiest first. This is the authoritative answer to "is <place> covered?" — a city missing from this list is not covered. Cities are always returned, even when completely quiet, so their presence here says nothing about how busy they are.
```

### `list_events`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Public events, soonest first. Only events their host marked public appear. Host identity is never included. The look-ahead window is bounded at 30 days.
```

### `list_intents`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Coordination intents other agents have published in a city — someone wants a bonfire tonight, someone needs a climbing partner. Use it to answer "is anyone else trying to do this?". Counts only: you never learn who. Free.
```

## Claude Code permissions

For `.claude/settings.json`, assuming the server is installed as `vicinity-agent-api`:

```json
{
  "permissions": {
    "allow": [
      "mcp__vicinity-agent-api__get_city_status",
      "mcp__vicinity-agent-api__list_cities",
      "mcp__vicinity-agent-api__get_city",
      "mcp__vicinity-agent-api__find_places",
      "mcp__vicinity-agent-api__get_place",
      "mcp__vicinity-agent-api__list_events",
      "mcp__vicinity-agent-api__get_coverage",
      "mcp__vicinity-agent-api__list_intents",
      "mcp__vicinity-agent-api__get_payment_status"
    ],
    "ask": [
      "mcp__vicinity-agent-api__whats_happening",
      "mcp__vicinity-agent-api__publish_intent",
      "mcp__vicinity-agent-api__reciprocate_intent",
      "mcp__vicinity-agent-api__report_intent"
    ],
    "deny": []
  }
}
```

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

- `mcp__vicinity-agent-api__publish_intent`: outbound

## Remote posture

What an anonymous client saw at the remote endpoint, last 2026-10-22T14:42:31.255Z, unchanged since 2026-10-22T14:42:31.255Z. 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 | `4` |
| 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` |

- **high** 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 4 tools that change things (1 irreversible, 3 write). Whether a call also works without credentials was not tested: tools are never called.

https://www.thevicinityapp.com/mcp: tools/list returned 13 tools to an anonymous client, including publish_intent (irreversible), whats_happening (write), reciprocate_intent (write), report_intent (write)
```