# `com.whoislicensed/lookup` 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.whoislicensed/lookup
- JSON: https://anlyon.dev/api/v1/servers/com.whoislicensed/lookup
- Version: 1.0.0 (active)
- Publisher: com.whoislicensed (domain proven to the MCP Registry)
- Runs: remote (streamable-http)
- Sign-in to list tools: none
- Metadata from the official MCP Registry, synced 2026-10-21T18:11:07.184Z

Title and description, as the publisher wrote them:

```untrusted-server-text
whoislicensed — state license lookup
Verify a contractor, real estate or cosmetology license in 12 US states from the boards' own files.
```

Scanned 2026-10-21T18:57:52.207Z over streamable-http.

**2 tools: 1 change things and 1 only read.**

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

## Exfil surface

No private-data -> untrusted-input -> outbound path in this server alone: no tool is tagged private-data 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. | `mcp__lookup__list_license_types` |
| outbound | Can carry data to people or systems: it sends, posts or publishes, or takes a recipient, channel or URL. | none |

## Findings

No check matched anything in these tool definitions.


## Changes things (1)

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

### `verify_license`

- 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
Look up a contractor, tradesperson, real estate, cosmetology or nursing license in a US state's own published license file by name, business name or license number. Returns up to 25 matching records with type, number, expiration date and status, the issuing board and the date of the copy. Covers 12 states: TX, CA, FL, VA, WA, OR, MN, IL, CT, CO, VT, DE. Always tell the user to confirm on the board's own lookup before hiring.
```

## Only reads (1)

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

### `list_license_types`

- The name "list_license_types" says "list": a word for reading.
- Tag untrusted-input: The description's first sentence says "url": it reads web pages, which anyone can write.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Which states and license types whoislicensed.com carries, with what each license covers and the page URL. Use it to pick a state and an optional license_type for verify_license.
```

## Claude Code permissions

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

```json
{
  "permissions": {
    "allow": [
      "mcp__lookup__list_license_types"
    ],
    "ask": [
      "mcp__lookup__verify_license"
    ],
    "deny": []
  }
}
```

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

- `mcp__lookup__list_license_types`: untrusted-input

## Remote posture

What an anonymous client saw at the remote endpoint, last 2026-10-22T14:44:20.414Z, unchanged since 2026-10-22T14:44:20.414Z. 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 | `1` |
| 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 1 tool that changes things (1 write). Whether a call also works without credentials was not tested: tools are never called.

https://whoislicensed.com/mcp: tools/list returned 2 tools to an anonymous client, including verify_license (write)
```