# `com.verbalexperiment/lab-tools` on anlyon.dev

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- Page: https://anlyon.dev/servers/com.verbalexperiment/lab-tools
- JSON: https://anlyon.dev/api/v1/servers/com.verbalexperiment/lab-tools
- Version: 0.2.0 (active)
- Publisher: com.verbalexperiment (domain proven to the MCP Registry)
- Runs: remote (streamable-http)
- Sign-in to list tools: none
- Metadata from the official MCP Registry, synced 2026-10-30T00:17:38.074Z

Title and description, as the publisher wrote them:

```untrusted-server-text
Verbex Lab Tools
Deterministic wet-lab calculators and lab document templates, with checked notebook entries.
```

Scanned 2026-10-30T00:18:07.861Z over streamable-http.

**10 tools: 8 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 | 8 | 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 `parse_reagent_label` ([annotation-conflict](https://anlyon.dev/methodology#annotation-conflict))

```untrusted-server-text
The server marks "parse_reagent_label" 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 name "parse_reagent_label" says "label": a word for a change.
```


## Changes things (8)

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

### `eln_template`

- 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
Build an electronic lab notebook (ELN) entry template for an experiment: objective, materials, procedure, observations and conclusion sections from a preset or custom list, optionally with timestamp fields and voice-capture prompts. Returns Markdown and HTML.
```

### `lnp_formulation`

- 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
Plan a lipid nanoparticle (LNP) formulation for RNA: from RNA mass, N/P ratio and lipid mol% (e.g. ionizable lipid/DSPC/cholesterol/PEG-lipid 50/10/38.5/1.5), calculate moles, mass and stock volume of every lipid, the ethanol and aqueous phase volumes at the chosen mixing ratio (default 3:1), and final RNA concentration, ethanol fraction and lipid:RNA ratio. Molecular weights must come from the user or certificates of analysis.
```

### `parse_reagent_label`

- The name "parse_reagent_label" says "label": 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
Turn text read from a reagent bottle or kit label (OCR or typed) into structured fields such as product name, catalog number, lot, expiry, concentration and storage. Parses the provided text only; send the label text, not an image.
```

### `pcr_master_mix`

- 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
Use when someone sets up a PCR or qPCR reaction mix for several wells. Calculates volume of each component per reaction and for the whole mix with excess, with water filling the remaining volume. Give each component a stock and final concentration (molar, ng/µL, x buffer, %), an amount per reaction (e.g. 1.25 U polymerase from 5 U/µL, 10 ng template from ng/µL), or a fixed volume. Template can be added per well separately. Do not list water; it is calculated.
```

### `plate_map`

- 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
Use when someone lays out a multiwell plate (ELISA, qPCR, cell or compound assays). Lays out a 6, 12, 24, 48, 96 or 384-well plate: standards, samples, controls and blanks with replicates, filled by row or column, optionally leaving edge wells empty and keeping replicate sets together. Returns a grid with a key and a well-by-well list.
```

### `protocol_template`

- 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
Build a structured lab protocol (purpose, materials, procedure, critical steps, acceptance criteria and more) for a protocol title, using a preset or custom sections. Returns Markdown and HTML ready to fill in or print.
```

### `serial_dilution`

- 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
Use for any serial dilution (standard curves, titrations, dose series). Plans transfer and diluent volume per tube and the resulting concentration at each step, from a stock concentration, a constant dilution factor, the number of tubes and the final volume per tube.
```

### `solution_prep`

- 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
Use when someone asks how much solid to weigh for a molar solution (how many grams for X mM in Y mL, making up a buffer or salt solution), or how much stock to dilute to a target concentration (C1V1). mode "solid": mass of solid to weigh from molecular weight, target concentration and final volume. mode "stock": C1V1 = C2V2 dilution from a stock, solving for stockVolume, stockConcentration, targetConcentration or finalVolume. Returns the primary result, a step summary, warnings and safety notes.
```

## Only reads (2)

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

### `fetch`

- The name "fetch" says "fetch": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Get the full text of a search result by id, as Markdown. Guides come with a short summary; templates include the blank template, a worked example where there is one, and a link to the editable Word or Excel file. Calculators return the method, the input fields and a worked example computed by the calculator.
```

### `search`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Search Verbex guides and templates: practical guides (protocols and SOPs, lab notebooks, inventory, data integrity and GLP, equipment records, bench calculations) and the 16 lab documentation templates. Returns ids to pass to fetch, with titles and urls to cite. Not for calculations: to compute a mass, volume, dilution, master mix, LNP formulation or plate map, call that calculator directly.
```

## Claude Code permissions

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

```json
{
  "permissions": {
    "allow": [
      "mcp__lab-tools__search",
      "mcp__lab-tools__fetch"
    ],
    "ask": [
      "mcp__lab-tools__solution_prep",
      "mcp__lab-tools__serial_dilution",
      "mcp__lab-tools__pcr_master_mix",
      "mcp__lab-tools__lnp_formulation",
      "mcp__lab-tools__plate_map",
      "mcp__lab-tools__protocol_template",
      "mcp__lab-tools__eln_template",
      "mcp__lab-tools__parse_reagent_label"
    ],
    "deny": []
  }
}
```