# `dev.carimage/catalog` 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/dev.carimage/catalog
- JSON: https://anlyon.dev/api/v1/servers/dev.carimage/catalog
- Version: 1.38.1 (active)
- Publisher: dev.carimage (domain proven to the MCP Registry)
- Runs: remote (streamable-http)
- Sign-in to list tools: none
- Metadata from the official MCP Registry, synced 2026-11-03T13:17:39.263Z

Title and description, as the publisher wrote them:

```untrusted-server-text
Car Image API catalog
Free vehicle lookups, image options, pricing and stored car image previews. No account needed.
```

Scanned 2026-11-03T13:18:22.057Z over streamable-http.

**7 tools: 1 change things and 6 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 | 6 | allow |

## Exfil surface

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

| 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__catalog__describe_api` `mcp__catalog__get_pricing` `mcp__catalog__preview_car_image` `mcp__catalog__resolve_vehicle` `mcp__catalog__search_help` `mcp__catalog__search_vehicles` |
| outbound | Can carry data to people or systems: it sends, posts or publishes, or takes a recipient, channel or URL. | `mcp__catalog__describe_api` |

## Findings

- **info** The word "credentials" in `search_help` ([credentials-mention](https://anlyon.dev/methodology#credentials-mention))

```untrusted-server-text
The input schema at properties.query.description mentions "credentials".

inputSchema.properties.query.description: "...n. Do not include personal information, credentials or full customer emails; queries are re..."
```

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

```untrusted-server-text
The server marks "search_help" as not read-only (readOnlyHint: false), and its words say it reads.

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


## Changes things (1)

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

### `search_help`

- The name "search_help" says "search": a word for reading.
- The server marks it as not read-only (readOnlyHint: false).
- Tag untrusted-input: The server marks it openWorldHint: true: it reaches things outside the server's own data.
- Findings: info credentials-mention, warn annotation-conflict

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Free. Find source-linked answers about pricing, terms, licensing, manufacturer rights, policies, Enterprise, delivery and account support. Suitable for drafting replies to customer questions. Submit one question at a time without personal information or full emails; queries are recorded privately to improve articles. Cite sources, do not invent missing answers or contract exceptions, and escalate unanswered parts to support.
```

## Only reads (6)

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

### `describe_api`

- The name "describe_api" says "describe": a word for reading.
- Tag untrusted-input: The input takes a URL (input.endpoint), and the tool reads it: it reads web pages, which anyone can write.
- Tag outbound: The input takes a URL (input.endpoint): a request to a URL can carry data to whoever runs it.
- Claude Code: ask, because it is tagged outbound.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Free. Return a compact reference of the Car Image REST API (methods, paths, parameters, credit costs, response headers, error codes, agent notes) for writing code that calls the API directly, with SDK (`@meterapp/car-image-sdk`) and CLI (`npx @meterapp/car-image`) equivalents. Optional endpoint filter.
```

### `get_pricing`

- The name "get_pricing" says "get": a word for reading.
- Tag untrusted-input: The server marks it openWorldHint: true: it reaches things outside the server's own data.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Free, no account needed. The pricing document: every plan's monthly and yearly price, its vehicle images a month (a vehicle image is one vehicle in one color from one angle, delivered as often as needed), included credits (for 3D models, make logos and upgrades; credits are not sold), limits per tier and features, the one-time Image Packs (add_ons), the free tier and live 3D model cost. There is no overage. Every plan and pack has a checkout_url that works before signup (sign-in, then Stripe Checkout; nothing is charged until the human pays): hand it to the human with the price. Use before explaining costs or choosing a plan.
```

### `list_image_options`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Free. List the supported camera views (with yaw angles and aliases), the fifteen preset colors with hex swatches (any other paint is a hex color), size presets, output formats, current pricing and catalog coverage. Use it when you need to validate or explain what can be requested.
```

### `preview_car_image`

- The name "preview_car_image" says "preview": a word for reading.
- Tag untrusted-input: The server marks it openWorldHint: true: it reaches things outside the server's own data.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Free, no account needed. The picture of a catalog vehicle that its public page on carimage.dev already shows, when one is stored: a 600 px WebP with ready-to-paste markdown, the view and paint it is in, and every stored view and paint. Never renders: another view, paint or size, or a vehicle with nothing stored, is an image from the account server (create_car_image_urls, 1 credit). Pass the vehicle id from resolve_vehicle or search_vehicles, plus the view and color the human asked for. Say it is a preview, and name its view and color when they differ from the request.
```

### `resolve_vehicle`

- The name "resolve_vehicle" says "resolve": a word for reading.
- Tag untrusted-input: The server marks it openWorldHint: true: it reaches things outside the server's own data.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Free. The first call for any picture of a car, including one you chose yourself: turn a request such as "red 2018 Mazda MX-5 Miata side view" into the catalog vehicle and exact get_car_image parameters (vehicle_id, make, model, year, view, color), plus alternative candidates and a confidence of high, medium or low. A make and model are read by the rules the image tools read them with, so this names the vehicle they would render. Pass params.vehicle_id as vehicle to get_car_image, create_car_image_urls or create_3d_model. Ask the human to choose when confidence is low or several candidates fit, and tell them when params.year is not the year they asked for (extracted.year).
```

### `search_vehicles`

- The name "search_vehicles" says "search": a word for reading.
- Tag untrusted-input: The server marks it openWorldHint: true: it reaches things outside the server's own data.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Free. Browse the open vehicle catalog (1,608 makes, 42,318 models, 1990-2027) by make and/or model with typo tolerance. Returns canonical make/model names, the years each model exists and match kind; a model hit carries a stable vehicle id per year (ids, and id when the query names one year) to pass as `vehicle` to the image and 3D tools. Use it to list a make's models, to see which years exist or to let the human choose between similar models; when you already know which car is wanted, resolve_vehicle is the one call that names it.
```

## Claude Code permissions

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

```json
{
  "permissions": {
    "allow": [
      "mcp__catalog__resolve_vehicle",
      "mcp__catalog__search_vehicles",
      "mcp__catalog__preview_car_image",
      "mcp__catalog__list_image_options",
      "mcp__catalog__get_pricing"
    ],
    "ask": [
      "mcp__catalog__search_help",
      "mcp__catalog__describe_api"
    ],
    "deny": []
  }
}
```

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

- `mcp__catalog__resolve_vehicle`: untrusted-input
- `mcp__catalog__search_vehicles`: untrusted-input
- `mcp__catalog__preview_car_image`: untrusted-input
- `mcp__catalog__get_pricing`: untrusted-input
- `mcp__catalog__search_help`: untrusted-input
- `mcp__catalog__describe_api`: untrusted-input, outbound