# `io.github.cyanheads/us-drought-monitor-mcp-server` on anlyon.dev

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- Page: https://anlyon.dev/servers/io.github.cyanheads/us-drought-monitor-mcp-server
- JSON: https://anlyon.dev/api/v1/servers/io.github.cyanheads/us-drought-monitor-mcp-server
- Version: 0.1.3 (active)
- Publisher: io.github.cyanheads (GitHub account)
- Runs: remote (streamable-http), local (npm)
- Sign-in to list tools: none
- Repository: https://github.com/cyanheads/us-drought-monitor-mcp-server
- Metadata from the official MCP Registry, synced 2026-10-24T09:17:40.531Z

Title and description, as the publisher wrote them:

```untrusted-server-text
Query U.S. Drought Monitor severity, DSCI, population, and drought duration.
```

Scanned 2026-10-24T09:18:08.308Z over streamable-http.

**7 tools: 1 change things and 6 only read.**

| Group | Class | Tools | Claude Code |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Deletes or cancels | destructive | 0 | deny |
| Can't be undone | irreversible | 0 | ask |
| Changes things | write | 1 | ask |
| Only reads | read | 6 | 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__us-drought-monitor__drought_dataframe_describe` `mcp__us-drought-monitor__drought_dataframe_query` |
| untrusted-input | Brings in text someone else can write: web pages, inbound email, messages, issues and comments. | `mcp__us-drought-monitor__drought_compare_areas` `mcp__us-drought-monitor__drought_get_current_severity` `mcp__us-drought-monitor__drought_get_timeseries` `mcp__us-drought-monitor__drought_get_weeks_in_drought` |
| 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 `drought_dataframe_query` ([annotation-conflict](https://anlyon.dev/methodology#annotation-conflict))

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

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


## Changes things (1)

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

### `drought_dataframe_query`

- The name "drought_dataframe_query" says "query": a word for reading.
- The description's first verb is "run": a word for a change.
- The input takes a statement or command to run (input.sql), which can change anything it can reach.
- The server marks it read-only (readOnlyHint: true), but an annotation never lowers a class.
- Tag private-data: The description's first sentence says "db": it reads databases. The name says "query" and the input takes a statement (input.sql): it reads databases.
- Findings: warn annotation-conflict

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Run one DuckDB read expression against staged drought tables, optionally ending with one semicolon. Get canvas_id from drought_get_timeseries or drought_compare_areas and inspect columns with drought_dataframe_describe. For every original row, SELECT * FROM the table ORDER BY row_id and follow next_offset until null. Arbitrary SQL pagination requires your own stable ORDER BY. Exact totals require SELECT COUNT(*).
```

## Only reads (6)

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

### `drought_compare_areas`

- The name "drought_compare_areas" says "compare": 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
Rank all supported states, or counties within an optional state, on one published map. Omit state for nationwide supported counties. With baselineDate, rank target minus exact baseline; missing sides are excluded explicitly. Equal values share competition rank. limit controls a staged preview, never discards comparable rows.
```

### `drought_dataframe_describe`

- The name "drought_dataframe_describe" says "describe": a word for reading.
- Tag private-data: The description's first sentence says "inspect" and "table": it reads databases. The input names a table (input.table_name), and the tool reads: it reads databases.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Inspect tables and column types in a canvas_id returned by drought_get_timeseries or drought_compare_areas. Supply table_name for its complete source query, area/date/metric, units, missing-data and provenance metadata. Omit table_name for bounded schema summaries. Tokens are shareable capabilities and expire; this tool never lists other tokens.
```

### `drought_get_current_severity`

- The name "drought_get_current_severity" 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
Get current or dated drought severity, cumulative and categorical area percentages, area square miles, supported population counts and experimental upstream DSCI. Resolve identifiers with drought_list_reference. DSCI changes use exactly 4 and 52 weeks earlier; missing observations remain null. US selects both CONUS and Total.
```

### `drought_get_timeseries`

- The name "drought_get_timeseries" 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
Get weekly drought metrics and experimental DSCI for 1–100 explicit areas sharing one geography type and HUC level. Resolve identifiers with drought_list_reference. Dates select inclusive Tuesday map weeks. Missing values remain null; summaries include every tied peak. Complete large results are staged; use the returned dataframe tools to read every row.
```

### `drought_get_weeks_in_drought`

- The name "drought_get_weeks_in_drought" 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
Get authoritative consecutive streaks or non-consecutive week counts when any county area meets the selected drought category or worse. Supply states or one county, never both; omitted selectors mean supported nationwide counties. Counts are duration statistics, not program eligibility. Follow nextCursor with unchanged filters within five minutes.
```

### `drought_list_reference`

- The name "drought_list_reference" says "list": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Look up drought categories, DSCI formulas, metric support, publication coverage and exact geography identifiers. Filter complete families by nameContains before paging. Use state for counties or climate_divisions; huc requires hucLevel 2, 4, 6 or 8 and accepts a shorter parentHuc. Follow nextCursor with the same filters to browse every match.
```

## Claude Code permissions

For `.claude/settings.json`, assuming the server is installed as `us-drought-monitor`:

```json
{
  "permissions": {
    "allow": [
      "mcp__us-drought-monitor__drought_list_reference",
      "mcp__us-drought-monitor__drought_get_current_severity",
      "mcp__us-drought-monitor__drought_get_timeseries",
      "mcp__us-drought-monitor__drought_compare_areas",
      "mcp__us-drought-monitor__drought_get_weeks_in_drought",
      "mcp__us-drought-monitor__drought_dataframe_describe"
    ],
    "ask": [
      "mcp__us-drought-monitor__drought_dataframe_query"
    ],
    "deny": []
  }
}
```

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

- `mcp__us-drought-monitor__drought_get_current_severity`: untrusted-input
- `mcp__us-drought-monitor__drought_get_timeseries`: untrusted-input
- `mcp__us-drought-monitor__drought_compare_areas`: untrusted-input
- `mcp__us-drought-monitor__drought_get_weeks_in_drought`: untrusted-input
- `mcp__us-drought-monitor__drought_dataframe_query`: private-data
- `mcp__us-drought-monitor__drought_dataframe_describe`: private-data