# `io.github.apppainapi/app-pain-api` on anlyon.dev

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- Page: https://anlyon.dev/servers/io.github.apppainapi/app-pain-api
- JSON: https://anlyon.dev/api/v1/servers/io.github.apppainapi/app-pain-api
- Version: 0.2.0 (active)
- Publisher: io.github.apppainapi (GitHub account)
- Runs: remote (streamable-http)
- Sign-in to list tools: none
- Repository: https://github.com/apppainapi/app-pain-api
- Metadata from the official MCP Registry, synced 2026-10-23T14:20:32.182Z

Title and description, as the publisher wrote them:

```untrusted-server-text
App Pain API
What users hate about ANY iOS/Android app: clustered complaints, evidence, trends. No key needed.
```

Scanned 2026-10-23T14:20:53.526Z over streamable-http.

**7 tools: 2 change things and 5 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 | 5 | allow |

## Exfil surface

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

| 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__app-pain-api__get_app_details` `mcp__app-pain-api__get_app_reviews` `mcp__app-pain-api__get_pain_trend` `mcp__app-pain-api__get_version_history` `mcp__app-pain-api__mine_app_pain_points` `mcp__app-pain-api__search_apps` `mcp__app-pain-api__watch_competitors` |
| outbound | Can carry data to people or systems: it sends, posts or publishes, or takes a recipient, channel or URL. | `mcp__app-pain-api__watch_competitors` |

## Findings

No check matched anything in these tool definitions.


## Changes things (2)

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

### `mine_app_pain_points`

- 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
THE core tool: fetch recent reviews of any iOS/Android app, keep the negative ones, and cluster them into ranked pain points (title, sharePercent, severity 1-5, verbatim evidence quotes). Ideal for competitive research and product discovery. Cached 7 days (instant on repeat); a COLD server-side analysis takes 30-120s. If the result has "mode":"agent", it contains prepared negative reviews and "instructions" — do the clustering yourself and present it to the user.
```

### `watch_competitors`

- Nothing in its name or description says what it does, so it is counted as a write.
- Tag untrusted-input: The server marks it openWorldHint: true: it reaches things outside the server's own data.
- Tag outbound: The input takes a URL (input.webhookUrl): a request to a URL can carry data to whoever runs it.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Continuous competitor monitoring (paid plans: Starter 2 apps weekly, Pro 15 apps daily). Manage the watchlist and the alert destination; digests of NEW 1-2★ reviews and NEW/RISING pain points are pushed to a Slack / Discord / any https webhook. action: list | add | remove | set_webhook | test.
```

## Only reads (5)

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

### `get_app_details`

- The name "get_app_details" 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
App metadata: name, developer, category, price, average rating, rating count and 1-5★ histogram (when available).
```

### `get_app_reviews`

- The name "get_app_reviews" says "get": a word for reading.
- Tag untrusted-input: The server marks it openWorldHint: true: it reaches things outside the server's own data. The name "get_app_reviews" says "get" and "review": it reads comments, which other people can write. The description's first sentence says "fetch" and "review": it reads comments, which other people can write.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Fetch raw app reviews (unified schema across stores: rating/title/body/version/date/devReply/thumbsUp), 50 per page. Use for drill-down after mine_app_pain_points.
```

### `get_pain_trend`

- The name "get_pain_trend" 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
How an app's pain points changed over time: compares two archived analyses and labels each theme new / resolved / rising / falling / stable with share deltas (percentage points). Instant (archive read, no LLM). Default: latest vs ~30 days earlier. Returns a note when the app has fewer than two snapshots yet.
```

### `get_version_history`

- The name "get_version_history" says "get": a word for reading.
- Tag untrusted-input: The server marks it openWorldHint: true: it reaches things outside the server's own data. The description's first sentence says "review": it reads comments, which other people can write.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Per-version review stats (review count, average rating, first/last seen) — spot a rating crash right after a bad release. Android: aggregated from recent reviews. iOS: current version + release notes.
```

### `search_apps`

- The name "search_apps" 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
Search the iOS App Store and Google Play (both merged by default) to find apps and their ids. Use this FIRST when you only know an app name or a category.
```

## Claude Code permissions

For `.claude/settings.json`, assuming the server is installed as `app-pain-api`:

```json
{
  "permissions": {
    "allow": [
      "mcp__app-pain-api__search_apps",
      "mcp__app-pain-api__get_pain_trend",
      "mcp__app-pain-api__get_app_details",
      "mcp__app-pain-api__get_version_history",
      "mcp__app-pain-api__get_app_reviews"
    ],
    "ask": [
      "mcp__app-pain-api__mine_app_pain_points",
      "mcp__app-pain-api__watch_competitors"
    ],
    "deny": []
  }
}
```

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

- `mcp__app-pain-api__search_apps`: untrusted-input
- `mcp__app-pain-api__mine_app_pain_points`: untrusted-input
- `mcp__app-pain-api__get_pain_trend`: untrusted-input
- `mcp__app-pain-api__get_app_details`: untrusted-input
- `mcp__app-pain-api__get_version_history`: untrusted-input
- `mcp__app-pain-api__watch_competitors`: untrusted-input, outbound
- `mcp__app-pain-api__get_app_reviews`: untrusted-input

## Remote posture

What an anonymous client saw at the remote endpoint, last 2026-10-23T15:19:11.290Z, unchanged since 2026-10-23T15:19:11.290Z. 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://app-pain-api.quiet-delta.workers.dev/mcp: tools/list returned 7 tools to an anonymous client, including mine_app_pain_points (write), watch_competitors (write)
```