# `io.github.WuDao0123/indie-alternatives` 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.WuDao0123/indie-alternatives
- JSON: https://anlyon.dev/api/v1/servers/io.github.WuDao0123/indie-alternatives
- Version: 0.2.0 (active)
- Publisher: io.github.WuDao0123 (GitHub account)
- Runs: remote (streamable-http)
- Sign-in to list tools: none
- Repository: https://github.com/WuDao0123/indie-alternatives
- Metadata from the official MCP Registry, synced 2026-11-05T16:17:40.018Z

Title and description, as the publisher wrote them:

```untrusted-server-text
Indie Alternatives
Find indie-made tools and alternatives to big-name software. 1,500+ products. Logs unmet needs.
```

Scanned 2026-11-05T16:18:06.714Z 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

No private-data -> untrusted-input -> outbound path in this server alone: no tool is tagged private-data or untrusted-input 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. | none |
| 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 `search_tools` ([annotation-conflict](https://anlyon.dev/methodology#annotation-conflict))

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

annotations: {"readOnlyHint":true,"openWorldHint":false}; The name "search_tools" says "search": a word for reading.
```


## Changes things (2)

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

### `log_unmet_need`

- The name "log_unmet_need" says "log": a word for reading.
- The description's first verb is "call": a word for a change.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Call when no tool in the catalog meets the user's need. Records the need anonymously so indie makers can discover what to build. Send only the need itself: no names, company names, contact details, links or account handles. The server redacts again and never stores identity, IP or exact time.
```

### `search_tools`

- The name "search_tools" says "search": a word for reading.
- The description's first verb is "call": a word for a change.
- The server marks it read-only (readOnlyHint: true), but an annotation never lowers a class.
- Findings: warn annotation-conflict

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Call when the user asks whether there is a tool for X, or for an alternative to a product. Matches the need against a catalog of indie-made products and returns the most relevant ones. matched=false means nothing suitable was found; then call log_unmet_need to record the need anonymously.
```

## Only reads (1)

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

### `get_tool_details`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Get the full description of a product by the id returned from search_tools.
```

## Claude Code permissions

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

```json
{
  "permissions": {
    "allow": [
      "mcp__indie-alternatives__get_tool_details"
    ],
    "ask": [
      "mcp__indie-alternatives__search_tools",
      "mcp__indie-alternatives__log_unmet_need"
    ],
    "deny": []
  }
}
```