# `io.github.JustJuice55/telegram-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.github.JustJuice55/telegram-catalog
- JSON: https://anlyon.dev/api/v1/servers/io.github.JustJuice55/telegram-catalog
- Version: 1.1.0 (active)
- Publisher: io.github.JustJuice55 (GitHub account)
- Runs: remote (streamable-http)
- Sign-in to list tools: none
- Repository: https://github.com/JustJuice55/tgden-api
- Metadata from the official MCP Registry, synced 2026-10-21T18:17:07.484Z

Title and description, as the publisher wrote them:

```untrusted-server-text
tgden — Telegram catalog & search
Search 1.2M+ Telegram channels, 245k+ chats, 160k+ bots — no account, no key, no install.
```

Scanned 2026-10-21T19:03:32.301Z over streamable-http.

**6 tools: 4 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 | 4 | ask |
| Only reads | read | 2 | allow |

## Exfil surface

No private-data -> untrusted-input -> outbound path in this server alone: no tool is tagged outbound.

| Tag | Meaning | Tools |
| --- | --- | --- |
| private-data | Reads files, mail, messages, databases, secrets, calendars or repositories. | `mcp__telegram-catalog__search_telegram` |
| untrusted-input | Brings in text someone else can write: web pages, inbound email, messages, issues and comments. | `mcp__telegram-catalog__search_posts` `mcp__telegram-catalog__search_telegram` |
| outbound | Can carry data to people or systems: it sends, posts or publishes, or takes a recipient, channel or URL. | none |

## Findings

No check matched anything in these tool definitions.


## Changes things (4)

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

### `best_channels_by_category`

- Nothing in its name or description says what it does, so it is counted as a write.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Top Telegram channels ranked by subscribers for a given category. Use this when someone asks 'best telegram channels for [topic]' or 'top channels about [subject]'. Returns channel name, @username, subscriber count, language and description.
```

### `channel_stats`

- Nothing in its name or description says what it does, so it is counted as a write.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Full record for one channel by @username: subscribers, category, language, trust score, description.
```

### `market_listings`

- Nothing in its name or description says what it does, so it is counted as a write.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Fresh classified listings extracted from Telegram groups across the OTC network — Thailand (th), UAE (ae), Turkey (tr), Vietnam (vn), Georgia (ge), USA (us), Russia (ru): rent, sale, services, jobs, exchange. Filter by country and listing type.
```

### `market_stats`

- Nothing in its name or description says what it does, so it is counted as a write.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Listing totals by country and type for the OTC marketplace (th·ae·tr·vn·ge·us·ru).
```

## Only reads (2)

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

### `search_posts`

- The name "search_posts" says "search": a word for reading.
- Tag untrusted-input: The name "search_posts" says "search" and "post": it reads posts, which other people can write. The description's first sentence says "post": it reads posts, which other people can write.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Full-text search over recent posts from catalogued channels (1k+ view posts). Returns text snippets, channel and view counts.
```

### `search_telegram`

- The name "search_telegram" says "search": a word for reading.
- Tag private-data: The description's first sentence says "chat": it reads messages.
- Tag untrusted-input: The description's first sentence says "chat": it reads messages, which other people can write.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Full-text search over the tgden catalog (1.7M+ channels, 422k+ group chats, 228k+ bots) with subscriber/member counts, categories and trust scores. Needs no Telegram account — this is the public catalog, so it finds communities the user has NOT joined. Use type to restrict to one entity kind.
```

## Claude Code permissions

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

```json
{
  "permissions": {
    "allow": [
      "mcp__telegram-catalog__search_telegram",
      "mcp__telegram-catalog__search_posts"
    ],
    "ask": [
      "mcp__telegram-catalog__channel_stats",
      "mcp__telegram-catalog__market_listings",
      "mcp__telegram-catalog__market_stats",
      "mcp__telegram-catalog__best_channels_by_category"
    ],
    "deny": []
  }
}
```

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

- `mcp__telegram-catalog__search_telegram`: private-data, untrusted-input
- `mcp__telegram-catalog__search_posts`: untrusted-input

## Remote posture

What an anonymous client saw at the remote endpoint, last 2026-10-22T14:52:48.399Z, unchanged since 2026-10-22T14:52:48.399Z. 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 | `4` |
| 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 4 tools that change things (4 write). Whether a call also works without credentials was not tested: tools are never called.

https://tgden.com/api/mcp: tools/list returned 6 tools to an anonymous client, including channel_stats (write), market_listings (write), market_stats (write), best_channels_by_category (write)
```