# `io.github.chtwebllc/counterparty-check` on anlyon.dev

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- Page: https://anlyon.dev/servers/io.github.chtwebllc/counterparty-check
- JSON: https://anlyon.dev/api/v1/servers/io.github.chtwebllc/counterparty-check
- Version: 1.0.1 (active)
- Publisher: io.github.chtwebllc (GitHub account)
- Runs: remote (streamable-http)
- Sign-in to list tools: none
- Metadata from the official MCP Registry, synced 2026-10-21T18:27:14.077Z

Title and description, as the publisher wrote them:

```untrusted-server-text
Counterparty Check
Check a payee before your agent pays: sanctions, lookalike domains, payment details, invoice fraud.
```

Scanned 2026-10-21T19:09:34.618Z over streamable-http.

**4 tools: 2 do something that can't be undone, 1 change things and 1 only read.**

| Group | Class | Tools | Claude Code |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Deletes or cancels | destructive | 0 | deny |
| Can't be undone | irreversible | 2 | ask |
| Changes things | write | 1 | 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 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__counterparty-check__check_counterparty` `mcp__counterparty-check__screen_sanctions` |
| 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 `check_counterparty` ([annotation-conflict](https://anlyon.dev/methodology#annotation-conflict))

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

annotations: {"readOnlyHint":true,"openWorldHint":true}; The description's first verb is "run": a word for a change.
```

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

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

annotations: {"readOnlyHint":true,"openWorldHint":true}; The input carries an amount (input.payment.amount) and a currency, so it moves money.
```


## Can't be undone (2)

Sends, pays, publishes or merges: once done, it cannot be taken back. Claude Code: ask.

### `check_counterparty`

- The description's first verb is "run": a word for a change.
- The input carries an amount (input.payment.amount) and a currency, so it moves money.
- 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
Run a full pre-payment risk check on a payee: OFAC sanctions (names and wallets), domain age and email authentication, lookalike domains (vendor impersonation, brand typo-squats, executive impersonation), routing/IBAN/SWIFT/wallet validation, and business-email-compromise signals. Returns verdict proceed/review/block, a 0-100 risk score, explained findings, and a signed receipt. Costs $0.25 from the API key balance. Fill in "context" with everything you know about how the payment request arrived; it materially improves fraud detection.
```

### `screen_sanctions`

- The input carries an amount (input.payment.amount) and a currency, so it moves money.
- 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
Screen a payee name (and optional crypto wallet) against OFAC sanctions lists and embargoed jurisdictions. Faster and cheaper than check_counterparty but does not detect fraud patterns. Costs $0.05 from the API key balance; without a key, the first 3 screens each day are free.
```

## Changes things (1)

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

### `verify_receipt`

- 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.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Confirm that a receipt returned by a previous check is authentic and unaltered. Free.
```

## Only reads (1)

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

### `check_balance`

- The description's first verb is "show": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Show the remaining prepaid balance on the API key used for this connection. Free.
```

## Claude Code permissions

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

```json
{
  "permissions": {
    "allow": [
      "mcp__counterparty-check__check_balance"
    ],
    "ask": [
      "mcp__counterparty-check__check_counterparty",
      "mcp__counterparty-check__screen_sanctions",
      "mcp__counterparty-check__verify_receipt"
    ],
    "deny": []
  }
}
```

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

- `mcp__counterparty-check__check_counterparty`: untrusted-input
- `mcp__counterparty-check__screen_sanctions`: untrusted-input

## Remote posture

What an anonymous client saw at the remote endpoint, last 2026-10-22T14:57:38.565Z, unchanged since 2026-10-22T14:57:38.565Z. 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 | `3` |
| 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` |

- **high** 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 3 tools that change things (2 irreversible, 1 write). Whether a call also works without credentials was not tested: tools are never called.

https://counterpartycheck.com/mcp: tools/list returned 4 tools to an anonymous client, including check_counterparty (irreversible), screen_sanctions (irreversible), verify_receipt (write)
```