# `io.arcadeindex/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/io.arcadeindex/catalog
- JSON: https://anlyon.dev/api/v1/servers/io.arcadeindex/catalog
- Version: 1.6.0 (active)
- Publisher: io.arcadeindex (domain proven to the MCP Registry)
- Runs: remote (streamable-http)
- Sign-in to list tools: none
- Metadata from the official MCP Registry, synced 2026-10-23T23:17:39.161Z

Title and description, as the publisher wrote them:

```untrusted-server-text
ArcadeIndex
Find free browser games re-checked playable within 8 days, by genre, mood, age rating and players.
```

Scanned 2026-10-23T22:17:57.482Z over streamable-http.

**7 tools: 5 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 | 5 | 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 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__catalog__search_games` |
| outbound | Can carry data to people or systems: it sends, posts or publishes, or takes a recipient, channel or URL. | none |

## Findings

- **warn** Mentions of other tools or servers in `search_games` ([tool-shadowing](https://anlyon.dev/methodology#tool-shadowing))

```untrusted-server-text
The description names a tool "in" that this server does not list.

description: "...whose args you can call again (with the tool named in tool, when set). Quote match_reasons an..."
```

- **warn** Mentions of other tools or servers in `trending` ([tool-shadowing](https://anlyon.dev/methodology#tool-shadowing))

```untrusted-server-text
The description names a tool "in" that this server does not list.

description: "...whose args you can call again (with the tool named in tool, when set). Quote match_reasons an..."
```

- **warn** Mentions of other tools or servers in `games_like` ([tool-shadowing](https://anlyon.dev/methodology#tool-shadowing))

```untrusted-server-text
The description names a tool "in" that this server does not list.

description: "...whose args you can call again (with the tool named in tool, when set). Quote match_reasons an..."
```

- **warn** Mentions of other tools or servers in `new_games` ([tool-shadowing](https://anlyon.dev/methodology#tool-shadowing))

```untrusted-server-text
The description names a tool "in" that this server does not list.

description: "...whose args you can call again (with the tool named in tool, when set). Quote match_reasons an..."
```

- **high** Text addressed to the model in `play_game` ([model-directed-text](https://anlyon.dev/methodology#model-directed-text))

```untrusted-server-text
The description contains "do not tell the user", an instruction to keep something from the user.

description: "...game on arcadeindex.io in a new tab, so do not tell the user the game is running in the chat unless..."
```


## Changes things (5)

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

### `games_like`

- 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.
- Findings: warn tool-shadowing

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Games similar to an anchor game, ordered by similarity, each with similarity_reasons. Returns only published, playable games verified within the last 8 days (listing-only games with include_listing_only=true; plays=here or plays=developer_site picks one kind). content_rating_max defaults to teen. Zero results is a success with code NO_MATCHES and up to 3 executed relaxations whose args you can call again (with the tool named in tool, when set). Quote match_reasons and link play_url; render 'via ArcadeIndex' per the attribution block.
```

### `new_games`

- 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.
- Findings: warn tool-shadowing

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Games published in the last 30 days, newest first. Returns only published, playable games verified within the last 8 days (listing-only games with include_listing_only=true; plays=here or plays=developer_site picks one kind). content_rating_max defaults to teen. Zero results is a success with code NO_MATCHES and up to 3 executed relaxations whose args you can call again (with the tool named in tool, when set). Quote match_reasons and link play_url; render 'via ArcadeIndex' per the attribution block.
```

### `play_game`

- 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.
- Findings: high model-directed-text

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Play an ArcadeIndex game right inside the chat. Pass game_id (an id, {slug}-{id}, or a game's url from search_games, trending, games_like or new_games results) or query (the top search hit is played; a game that only plays on its developer's site comes back as link_out). Hosts that support MCP Apps show a player with Next game and More like this (mode player); some chat apps do not allow the game frame yet, and then the player offers the game on arcadeindex.io in a new tab, so do not tell the user the game is running in the chat unless they say so. Games that cannot be framed here (listing-only, not checked in the last 8 days, Mature, or a site the chat app does not allow) return mode link_out with link_out.url and the reason: give the user that link. Hosts without MCP Apps get the same data as text: link play_url. Errors: NOT_FOUND, INVALID_ARGUMENT.
```

### `random_game`

- 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
One random eligible game for 'surprise me' flows; pass seed for a deterministic pick. Never returns Mature games. Zero eligible games gives game: null with code NO_MATCHES and relaxations.
```

### `trending`

- 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.
- Findings: warn tool-shadowing

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Games trending over the last day or week (genre scope when genre is set). trending_basis says whether play data or the recency fallback was used. Returns only published, playable games verified within the last 8 days (listing-only games with include_listing_only=true; plays=here or plays=developer_site picks one kind). content_rating_max defaults to teen. Zero results is a success with code NO_MATCHES and up to 3 executed relaxations whose args you can call again (with the tool named in tool, when set). Quote match_reasons and link play_url; render 'via ArcadeIndex' per the attribution block.
```

## Only reads (2)

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

### `get_game`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Full details of one game by id or {slug}-{id}. Aliased ids resolve to the canonical game (requested_id is set). Also returns listing-only, stale or suspect games: do NOT present play_url as instantly playable unless play_ready is true. Errors: NOT_FOUND (unknown, unavailable or not public), GONE (delisted).
```

### `search_games`

- The name "search_games" says "search": a word for reading.
- Tag untrusted-input: The description's first sentence says "find" and "web": it reads web pages, which anyone can write.
- Findings: warn tool-shadowing

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Find web games from a natural-language query plus optional filters (genre, mood, session length, players, quality, content rating, difficulty, inputs). Phrases like 'for kids', '2 player', 'under 10 minutes', 'not a shooter', 'easy' or 'chill' are turned into filters (echoed as interpreted_filters); explicit params win. 'like {title}' or 'similar to {title}' naming a game in the catalog returns that game's games_like results (anchor is set). Returns only published, playable games verified within the last 8 days (listing-only games with include_listing_only=true; plays=here or plays=developer_site picks one kind). content_rating_max defaults to teen. Zero results is a success with code NO_MATCHES and up to 3 executed relaxations whose args you can call again (with the tool named in tool, when set). Quote match_reasons and link play_url; render 'via ArcadeIndex' per the attribution block.
```

## Claude Code permissions

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

```json
{
  "permissions": {
    "allow": [
      "mcp__catalog__search_games",
      "mcp__catalog__get_game"
    ],
    "ask": [
      "mcp__catalog__trending",
      "mcp__catalog__games_like",
      "mcp__catalog__random_game",
      "mcp__catalog__new_games",
      "mcp__catalog__play_game"
    ],
    "deny": []
  }
}
```

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

- `mcp__catalog__search_games`: untrusted-input