# `io.equation/equation` 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.equation/equation
- JSON: https://anlyon.dev/api/v1/servers/io.equation/equation
- Version: 1.0.1 (active)
- Publisher: io.equation (domain proven to the MCP Registry)
- Runs: remote (streamable-http)
- Sign-in to list tools: none
- Repository: https://github.com/aantthony/equation.io
- Metadata from the official MCP Registry, synced 2026-10-21T18:13:39.960Z

Title and description, as the publisher wrote them:

```untrusted-server-text
Equation.io
Create interactive 2D and 3D graphs with validated equations, shareable links, and PNG previews.
```

Scanned 2026-10-21T18:39:24.343Z over streamable-http.

**3 tools: 2 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 | 2 | ask |
| Only reads | read | 1 | allow |

## Exfil surface

1 private-data -> untrusted-input -> outbound path in this server alone. Denying 1 outbound tool breaks every one: `mcp__equation__decode_graph_url`.

| Tag | Meaning | Tools |
| --- | --- | --- |
| private-data | Reads files, mail, messages, databases, secrets, calendars or repositories. | `mcp__equation__show_graph` |
| untrusted-input | Brings in text someone else can write: web pages, inbound email, messages, issues and comments. | `mcp__equation__show_graph` |
| outbound | Can carry data to people or systems: it sends, posts or publishes, or takes a recipient, channel or URL. | `mcp__equation__decode_graph_url` |

| Private data | Untrusted input | Outbound |
| --- | --- | --- |
| `mcp__equation__show_graph` | `mcp__equation__show_graph` | `mcp__equation__decode_graph_url` |

## Findings

No check matched anything in these tool definitions.


## Changes things (2)

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

### `decode_graph_url`

- 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.
- 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
Decode an equation.io link (either the #-fragment form or the /g/ share form) into its list of equation rows, so you can edit them and build a new link with encode_graph_url. The rows use the equation.io syntax documented in the "syntax" MCP resource (also at https://equation.io/llms.txt).
```

### `encode_graph_url`

- 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 equation.io graph link, validating every row with the app's parser. Pass the COMPLETE graph in "equations": a flat array of strings, one equation or definition per string, in display order — when editing an existing graph (see decode_graph_url), include unchanged rows too.

Rows can be: equations and inequalities in x,y (curves, regions; z makes it 3D), bare expressions in x, y (scalar fields — a curve is written y = f(x); complex plots via w), points (rows report "draggable"), parametric tuples in u,v — and definitions: "a = 2" (a draggable slider), "f(x) = x^3 - a x", coordinate fields like "r = sqrt(x^2+y^2)" for polar. t animates. Also derivatives d/dx, integrals int[a..b] f dx, sums sum[n=1..N], domain()/conformal()/iter() for complex plots, rgb()/hsl()/oklch() color fields, y' = … slope fields, random variables "X ~ Normal(m, s)"/"P(0<X<2)"/"E(X^2)", and "view(x = -5..5, y = -2..2)"/"camera(theta, phi)" framing rows. That is a menu, not the syntax: before your first non-trivial graph, read the "syntax" MCP resource (also at https://equation.io/llms.txt).

The result returns text and structured data only. "rows" gives each equation's validation result: status "ok" with its kind, or "error" with the parser message. The link is usable only once every row is "ok". Give users the share_url (it unfurls to a link card in chat apps); url is the equivalent #-fragment form. No image is attached to the tool response.
```

## Only reads (1)

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

### `show_graph`

- The name "show_graph" says "show": a word for reading.
- Tag private-data: The description's first sentence says "display" and "conversation": it reads messages.
- Tag untrusted-input: The description's first sentence says "display" and "conversation": it reads messages, which other people can write.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Display an interactive equation.io graph inside the conversation, with editable equations, sliders, pan/zoom, and 3D rotation. Use when the user asks to see or explore a graph. Pass the COMPLETE graph as "equations", one equation or definition per string, preserving unchanged rows when editing. For a slider use "a = 2" then "y = a sin(x)". For advanced syntax read the "syntax" resource (https://equation.io/llms.txt). Returns per-row validation and share links; a row with status "error" is not drawn until its text is corrected and the graph resubmitted. Use encode_graph_url for validation or link-only requests (including share-link preview notes). In clients without UI support, provide share_url.
```

## Claude Code permissions

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

```json
{
  "permissions": {
    "allow": [
      "mcp__equation__show_graph"
    ],
    "ask": [
      "mcp__equation__encode_graph_url",
      "mcp__equation__decode_graph_url"
    ],
    "deny": []
  }
}
```

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

- `mcp__equation__decode_graph_url`: outbound
- `mcp__equation__show_graph`: private-data, untrusted-input

## Remote posture

What an anonymous client saw at the remote endpoint, last 2026-10-22T14:49:53.052Z, unchanged since 2026-10-22T14:49:53.052Z. 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 | `2` |
| 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 2 tools that change things (2 write). Whether a call also works without credentials was not tested: tools are never called.

https://equation.io/mcp: tools/list returned 3 tools to an anonymous client, including encode_graph_url (write), decode_graph_url (write)
```
