# `com.toolgrep/toolgrep` on anlyon.dev

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- Page: https://anlyon.dev/servers/com.toolgrep/toolgrep
- JSON: https://anlyon.dev/api/v1/servers/com.toolgrep/toolgrep
- Version: 0.2.0 (active)
- Publisher: com.toolgrep (domain proven to the MCP Registry)
- Runs: remote (streamable-http)
- Sign-in to list tools: none
- Metadata from the official MCP Registry, synced 2026-10-21T18:07:15.012Z

Title and description, as the publisher wrote them:

```untrusted-server-text
toolgrep
Find developer tools, APIs, MCP servers and SaaS by need, with pricing, free tier and API facts.
```

Scanned 2026-10-21T18:56:48.696Z over streamable-http.

**6 tools: 3 change things and 3 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 | 3 | allow |

## Findings

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

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

annotations: {"readOnlyHint":true,"idempotentHint":true,"openWorldHint":false}; The name "compare_products" says "compare": a word for reading.
```


## Changes things (3)

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

### `compare_products`

- The name "compare_products" says "compare": a word for reading.
- The description's first verb is "put": 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
Put 2 to 6 products side by side on pricing, free tier, API, MCP, SDK and open source. Returns the full records plus a field-by-field table keyed by slug.
```

### `report_outdated`

- 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Flag a listing as outdated or wrong; triggers a re-crawl. A re-crawl runs at most once per hour per product; the report is always recorded.
```

### `submit_product`

- The name "submit_product" says "submit": a word for a change.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Submit a product URL to be crawled and listed. No account needed. The site is crawled and the listing is usually live within a minute; poll status_url.
```

## Only reads (3)

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

### `find_alternatives`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Products similar to a given one (vector similarity), with optional filters. Nearest neighbours of the product's embedding; falls back to the same category when the vector index is unavailable.
```

### `get_product`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Every field of one product by slug, including the owner's agent_notes when the listing has them.
```

### `search_products`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Search the directory with a natural-language query and optional structured filters (category, free tier, API, MCP, open source). The query is matched by full-text and semantic similarity, so phrasing it like a need ("send transactional email with a free tier") works well. Returns up to `limit` products (default 10, max 50) plus a separate `sponsored` list.
```

## Claude Code permissions

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

```json
{
  "permissions": {
    "allow": [
      "mcp__toolgrep__search_products",
      "mcp__toolgrep__get_product",
      "mcp__toolgrep__find_alternatives"
    ],
    "ask": [
      "mcp__toolgrep__compare_products",
      "mcp__toolgrep__submit_product",
      "mcp__toolgrep__report_outdated"
    ],
    "deny": []
  }
}
```