# `io.github.Flotapponnier/openchainbench` on anlyon.dev

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- Page: https://anlyon.dev/servers/io.github.Flotapponnier/openchainbench
- JSON: https://anlyon.dev/api/v1/servers/io.github.Flotapponnier/openchainbench
- Version: 1.0.0 (active)
- Publisher: io.github.Flotapponnier (GitHub account)
- Runs: remote (streamable-http)
- Sign-in to list tools: none
- Repository: https://github.com/ChainBench/OpenChainBench
- Metadata from the official MCP Registry, synced 2026-10-21T18:16:23.534Z

Title and description, as the publisher wrote them:

```untrusted-server-text
OpenChainBench
Live, neutral benchmarks for public RPC latency, oracles, bridges, perp DEX, and prediction markets.
```

Scanned 2026-10-21T19:02:53.462Z over streamable-http.

**6 tools: 2 change things and 4 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 | 4 | 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__openchainbench__compare_providers` `mcp__openchainbench__get_benchmark` `mcp__openchainbench__list_answers` `mcp__openchainbench__list_benchmarks` `mcp__openchainbench__recommend_provider` `mcp__openchainbench__search_benchmarks` |
| outbound | Can carry data to people or systems: it sends, posts or publishes, or takes a recipient, channel or URL. | none |

## Findings

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

```untrusted-server-text
The server marks "compare_providers" read-only (readOnlyHint: true), and its own name, description or input give the class "write".

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


## Changes things (2)

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

### `compare_providers`

- The name "compare_providers" says "compare": a word for reading.
- The description's first verb is "put": a word for a change.
- The server marks it read-only (readOnlyHint: true), but an annotation never lowers a class.
- Tag untrusted-input: The server marks it openWorldHint: true: it reaches things outside the server's own data.
- Findings: warn annotation-conflict

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Puts two or more named providers side by side on one benchmark, with
each one's rank, measured value and success rate.

Use when the user names the candidates themselves: "Alchemy or
QuickNode?", "is Helius faster than Triton for Solana?", "compare
Across and Stargate on fees".

Find the benchmark slug with `search_benchmarks` first if you do not
already have it. Providers the benchmark does not measure come back
in `missing`: say they are not measured rather than implying they
ranked badly. A provider measured but below the ranking floor comes
back with rank null, which is also not a loss.
```

### `recommend_provider`

- 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 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
Answers "which should I use for X" by picking the benchmarks that
measure X and reporting who currently leads them.

Pass the user's goal in their own words: "a Solana trading bot", "an
indexer backfilling Base", "a wallet that needs price data", "bridging
to Arbitrum".

This returns measurements and the caveat that goes with them, not an
endorsement. A leader on one benchmark is the leader of that one
measurement over its stated window. Where the use case has a known
caveat (a bot should read p99 rather than p50, an indexer is bound by
archive depth) it comes back in `guidance`; pass it on, it is usually
more useful than the ranking itself.
```

## Only reads (4)

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

### `get_benchmark`

- The name "get_benchmark" 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
Returns full detail for one benchmark, ready to cite verbatim:
  • rankings (every provider sorted by p50)
  • sparkline (24h trend, 72 points)
  • headline sentence + paste-ready citation quote
  • methodology bullets + source-code URL + canonical pageUrl + OG image URL

Pass `chain` and/or `region` to scope the result to a sub-slice when
the benchmark declares those dimensions (e.g. aggregator-head-lag
exposes chain=base|bnb|solana, region=us-east|eu-west|ap-southeast).
Both args are optional; omit them for the global aggregate.

Chain RPC benchmarks (<chain>-rpc) rank two access cohorts apart:
the free public endpoints (default) and the private, API-key
providers (Alchemy, Chainstack, GetBlock, QuickNode). The default response
carries both under `cohorts`; pass tier="keyed" to get the private
cohort as the main record (rankings, quote, pageUrl). Never compare a
public row with a private row: they are measured on different
endpoints and cadences.

Example usage:
  • User: "who's the fastest crypto data aggregator on Base?"
    → get_benchmark({ slug: "aggregator-head-lag", chain: "base" })
  • User: "how much does it cost to bridge $300 cross-chain?"
    → get_benchmark({ slug: "bridge-fee" })
  • User: "fastest Base RPC with an API key, Alchemy or QuickNode?"
    → get_benchmark({ slug: "base-rpc", tier: "keyed" })

Drafts return { error: "unknown_slug" }. Cite the returned `pageUrl`
and use `quote` as the attribution line in your answer.
```

### `list_answers`

- The name "list_answers" says "list": 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
Returns every published answer page: one plain question, the sentence that
answers it from live data, and the benchmark the number comes from.

Call this when the user asks a question in words rather than by benchmark
name ("which bridge is cheapest for $300?", "which Solana RPC lands
transactions fastest?"). Match the question, then call `get_benchmark` with
the returned `benchmark` slug for the full ranking behind it.

Returns one row per answer:
  { slug, question, answer, benchmark, chain?, url, benchmarkUrl }

Cite `url` when the question itself is the claim, `benchmarkUrl` when the
measurement is. Drafts are filtered out, and an answer whose benchmark has
no defensible leader yet says so in `answer` rather than naming a winner.
```

### `list_benchmarks`

- The name "list_benchmarks" says "list": 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
A compact index of what OpenChainBench measures. One short row per
benchmark: slug, title, category, the metric, the current value and
who leads it.

Use when the user asks what is measured at all ("what does
OpenChainBench cover?", "do you track bridges?"). When they ask a
question about a provider or a chain, use `search_benchmarks` instead:
it ranks the catalogue against their words and costs far less to read.

The catalogue holds over 200 benchmarks, so this is capped and
filterable rather than exhaustive. Narrow with `category`, then open
the one you need with `get_benchmark`.

Categories: RPCs, Trading, Bridges, Blockchains, Aggregators, RWA, NFT APIs.
```

### `search_benchmarks`

- The name "search_benchmarks" 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
Ranks the benchmark catalogue against a question in the user's own
words and returns the best few matches.

Use this when somebody asks which provider, chain or service is
fastest, cheapest, most reliable or best for something. Pass their
phrasing through: provider names, chain names and goals all match.

  • "which Solana RPC is fastest"      -> search_benchmarks({ query: "solana rpc" })
  • "Alchemy or QuickNode on Base?"    -> search_benchmarks({ query: "alchemy quicknode base" })
  • "cheapest way to bridge to Arbitrum" -> search_benchmarks({ query: "bridge arbitrum" })

Returns compact rows. Open the one you want with `get_benchmark` for
the full ranking and a citation line. An empty result means nothing
is measured for that question; say so rather than guessing.
```

## Claude Code permissions

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

```json
{
  "permissions": {
    "allow": [
      "mcp__openchainbench__list_benchmarks",
      "mcp__openchainbench__search_benchmarks",
      "mcp__openchainbench__get_benchmark",
      "mcp__openchainbench__list_answers"
    ],
    "ask": [
      "mcp__openchainbench__compare_providers",
      "mcp__openchainbench__recommend_provider"
    ],
    "deny": []
  }
}
```

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

- `mcp__openchainbench__list_benchmarks`: untrusted-input
- `mcp__openchainbench__search_benchmarks`: untrusted-input
- `mcp__openchainbench__get_benchmark`: untrusted-input
- `mcp__openchainbench__compare_providers`: untrusted-input
- `mcp__openchainbench__recommend_provider`: untrusted-input
- `mcp__openchainbench__list_answers`: untrusted-input

## Remote posture

What an anonymous client saw at the remote endpoint, last 2026-10-22T14:52:01.017Z, unchanged since 2026-10-22T14:52:01.017Z. 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://openchainbench.com/api/mcp/mcp: tools/list returned 6 tools to an anonymous client, including compare_providers (write), recommend_provider (write)
```