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Animal Checklist

by ArneFfm · remote · no sign-in to list tools · v1.1.0 · published by GitHub user ArneFfm

Search animals in eight languages with habitats, countries, photos and source credits.

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4 tools: 4 only read.

Scanned Oct 21, 2026

No check matched anything in the tool definitions. No finding is not a safety guarantee. How the checks work.

claude mcp add --transport http animal-checklist https://animalchecklist.com/mcp

Tools

Open a tool for its reasons and full description. Descriptions are the publisher's own words, shown as they are.

4 tools

Only reads 4Claude Code: allow
  • get_animalRead one species: every common name, scientific name, habitats, country observation counts, the full photo credit and the Wikipedia summary.No findings

    Why it is in this group

    • The name "get_animal" says "get": a word for reading.
    Description, as the server wrote it
    Read one species: every common name, scientific name, habitats, country observation counts, the full photo credit and the Wikipedia summary.

    Annotations the server declares

    • readOnlyHint: true
    • destructiveHint: false
    • idempotentHint: true
    • openWorldHint: false
  • list_categoriesList the seven species groups with the label in the requested language and the species count.No findings

    Why it is in this group

    • The name "list_categories" says "list": a word for reading.
    Description, as the server wrote it
    List the seven species groups with the label in the requested language and the species count. Call first to learn the valid `category` values.

    Annotations the server declares

    • readOnlyHint: true
    • destructiveHint: false
    • idempotentHint: true
    • openWorldHint: false
  • list_countriesList every ISO country code that carries observations with its species count.No findings

    Why it is in this group

    • The name "list_countries" says "list": a word for reading.
    Description, as the server wrote it
    List every ISO country code that carries observations with its species count.

    Annotations the server declares

    • readOnlyHint: true
    • destructiveHint: false
    • idempotentHint: true
    • openWorldHint: false
  • search_animalsSearch species by free text in any of eight languages or by scientific name, with optional category, habitat and ISO country filters.No findings

    Why it is in this group

    • The name "search_animals" says "search": a word for reading.
    Description, as the server wrote it
    Search species by free text in any of eight languages or by scientific name, with optional category, habitat and ISO country filters. Ranked by iNaturalist observations. One page of card-sized records.

    Annotations the server declares

    • readOnlyHint: true
    • destructiveHint: false
    • idempotentHint: true
    • openWorldHint: false

This is not a safety rating, and no finding is not a safety guarantee. The groups and findings come from fixed checks of the tool definitions the server returned on the date shown, not from its code or what it does when called. How the checks work.

Install

Pinned to version 1.1.0. Values in angle brackets are yours to fill in.

claude mcp add --transport http animal-checklist https://animalchecklist.com/mcp

Run in a terminal.

Claude Code permissions

Allow the reads, ask before a change, deny the deletes. Paste into .claude/settings.json.

.claude/settings.json
{
  "permissions": {
    "allow": [
      "mcp__animal-checklist__list_categories",
      "mcp__animal-checklist__search_animals",
      "mcp__animal-checklist__get_animal",
      "mcp__animal-checklist__list_countries"
    ],
    "ask": [],
    "deny": []
  }
}

Tools that only read are allowed, tools that change things ask first, tools that delete or cancel are denied. It assumes the server is installed as animal-checklist. Review it before you use it.