# `dev.spendctl/spendctl` on anlyon.dev

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- Page: https://anlyon.dev/servers/dev.spendctl/spendctl
- JSON: https://anlyon.dev/api/v1/servers/dev.spendctl/spendctl
- Version: 0.1.0 (active)
- Publisher: dev.spendctl (domain proven to the MCP Registry)
- Runs: remote (streamable-http)
- Sign-in to list tools: none
- Metadata from the official MCP Registry, synced 2026-10-26T09:17:41.875Z

Title and description, as the publisher wrote them:

```untrusted-server-text
spendctl
Spend policy for AI agents that pay (x402, MPP). Login-free sandbox, real sidecar, no real funds.
```

Scanned 2026-10-26T09:18:03.554Z over streamable-http.

**6 tools: 1 do something that can't be undone, 2 change things and 3 only read.**

| Group | Class | Tools | Claude Code |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Deletes or cancels | destructive | 0 | deny |
| Can't be undone | irreversible | 1 | ask |
| Changes things | write | 2 | ask |
| Only reads | read | 3 | 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__spendctl__sandbox_pay` |

## Findings

No check matched anything in these tool definitions.


## Can't be undone (1)

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

### `sandbox_pay`

- The name "sandbox_pay" says "pay": a word that usually means money moves, which cannot be taken back.
- Tag outbound: The input takes a URL (input.url): a request to a URL can carry data to whoever runs it.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Fetches one of the sandbox's paid endpoints (HTTP 402, x402) through the spendctl sidecar: https://weather.sandbox.spendctl.dev/weather?city=<name> ($0.01) or https://search.sandbox.spendctl.dev/search?q=<query> ($0.02), as listed by sandbox_create and documented at https://spendctl.dev/docs/sandbox/. The sidecar applies the sandbox agent's budget, allowlist and approval policy, pays with the throwaway wallet if allowed, and returns the response. A refusal or a pending approval is explained in the result. Only sandbox hosts exist; no real funds are involved.
```

## Changes things (2)

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

### `approve`

- The name "approve" says "approve": a word for a change.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Decides a pending approval in this sandbox, as the human approver would with `spendctl approve`. An approved payment completes when sandbox_pay is called again with the same approvalId; a denied one stays refused.
```

### `sandbox_create`

- The name "sandbox_create" says "create": a word for a change.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Creates an isolated spendctl sandbox: a real spendctl sidecar with a throwaway wallet, mock paid APIs and a mock facilitator. No real money moves and nothing outside the sandbox is reachable. Returns the sandbox_id to pass to the other tools, the agent's spending policy and the paid endpoints that exist.
```

## Only reads (3)

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

### `check_budget`

- The description's first verb is "show": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Shows the sandbox agent's spending limits, what has been spent in each window, and what is left.
```

### `get_policy`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Returns the sandbox's spendctl.yaml: the agent's budgets, allowed hosts and approval rules.
```

### `list_receipts`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Lists the sandbox agent's recent payment attempts (paid, refused, waiting for approval) with amounts, reasons and mock transaction hashes.
```

## Claude Code permissions

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

```json
{
  "permissions": {
    "allow": [
      "mcp__spendctl__check_budget",
      "mcp__spendctl__list_receipts",
      "mcp__spendctl__get_policy"
    ],
    "ask": [
      "mcp__spendctl__sandbox_create",
      "mcp__spendctl__sandbox_pay",
      "mcp__spendctl__approve"
    ],
    "deny": []
  }
}
```

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

- `mcp__spendctl__sandbox_pay`: outbound