# `io.github.cyanheads/usitc-tariffs-mcp-server` 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.cyanheads/usitc-tariffs-mcp-server
- JSON: https://anlyon.dev/api/v1/servers/io.github.cyanheads/usitc-tariffs-mcp-server
- Version: 0.1.2 (active)
- Publisher: io.github.cyanheads (GitHub account)
- Runs: remote (streamable-http), local (npm)
- Sign-in to list tools: none
- Repository: https://github.com/cyanheads/usitc-tariffs-mcp-server
- Metadata from the official MCP Registry, synced 2026-10-26T04:17:54.460Z

Title and description, as the publisher wrote them:

```untrusted-server-text
Search USITC tariff schedules, inspect heading trees, and look up published duty rates.
```

Scanned 2026-10-26T04:18:00.573Z over streamable-http.

**6 tools: 3 change things and 3 only read.**

| Group | Class | Tools | Claude Code |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Deletes or cancels | destructive | 0 | deny |
| Can't be undone | irreversible | 0 | ask |
| Changes things | write | 3 | ask |
| Only reads | read | 3 | 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__usitc-tariffs__usitc_browse_chapter` `mcp__usitc-tariffs__usitc_check_additional_duties` `mcp__usitc-tariffs__usitc_get_heading` `mcp__usitc-tariffs__usitc_list_reference` `mcp__usitc-tariffs__usitc_lookup_duty_rate` `mcp__usitc-tariffs__usitc_search_hts` |
| 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 `usitc_get_heading` ([annotation-conflict](https://anlyon.dev/methodology#annotation-conflict))

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

annotations: {"readOnlyHint":true,"idempotentHint":true,"openWorldHint":true}; The name "usitc_get_heading" says "get": a word for reading.
```

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

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

annotations: {"readOnlyHint":true,"idempotentHint":true,"openWorldHint":true}; The name "usitc_lookup_duty_rate" says "lookup": a word for reading.
```

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

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

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


## Changes things (3)

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

### `usitc_check_additional_duties`

- The description's first verb is "find": a word for reading.
- The input takes a statement or command to run (input.code), which can change anything it can reach.
- 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
Find Chapter 99 candidate headings and source references for an exact eight- or ten-digit commodity number. Coverage is partial and empty candidates never establish clearance. Use candidates, evidence with a returned candidateCode, or unmapped views; follow returned noteId and noteCursor for complete source passages. Country comparisons retain unknown and different-country evidence. No applicability, current legal status, exclusions, stacking or combined duties are determined.
```

### `usitc_get_heading`

- The name "usitc_get_heading" says "get": a word for reading.
- The input takes a statement or command to run (input.code), which can change anything it can reach.
- 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
Inspect a four-, six- or eight-digit HTS classification and its complete indented descendants, including unnamed superior rows. Published section titles are retained separately in sections, outside legal ancestry. Ancestry is built from the whole containing heading before filtering. Each parent and inherited-rate source has an exact nodeId follow-up. Chapters 98 and 99 preserve published forest roots without inventing four-digit records.
```

### `usitc_lookup_duty_rate`

- The name "usitc_lookup_duty_rate" says "lookup": a word for reading.
- The input takes a statement or command to run (input.code), which can change anything it can reach.
- 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
Retrieve an eight-digit rate line or exact ten-digit statistical number with all published General, Special and Column 2 cells. An explicit eight-digit row takes precedence; an absent one resolves only through a unique ten-digit source row, retaining its identity. Multiple suffixes stay unresolved. Blank statistical cells inherit only from the matching eight-digit legal ancestor. With countryCode, report edition-matched General Note 3(b) listing; Special-program membership stays unknown. Neither comparison establishes qualification or selects a column. Follow usitc_check_additional_duties for partial Chapter 99 research.
```

## Only reads (3)

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

### `usitc_browse_chapter`

- The name "usitc_browse_chapter" says "browse": a word for reading.
- Tag untrusted-input: The server marks it openWorldHint: true: it reaches things outside the server's own data. The name "usitc_browse_chapter" says "browse": it reads web pages, which anyone can write. The description's first sentence says "browse": it reads web pages, which anyone can write.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Browse numbered headings with complete distinct eight-digit rate-line relationships and independent ten-digit statistical counts. A unique combined ten-digit source row can establish an absent eight-digit relationship. Published subchapter titles group following headings when present. Chapters 98 and 99 expose actual published entries without synthetic four-digit headings; grouping is unavailable without sourced markers. Reserved chapters can return a successful empty collection.
```

### `usitc_list_reference`

- The name "usitc_list_reference" says "list": 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
List accepted identifier formats, edition-pinned Special Program Indicators, chapter/section navigation labels, quantity units or published release metadata. Program names are decoded separately from country membership, which remains unknown without independently verified lists. Release records identify published editions but do not enable historical tariff lookup. Follow nextCursor for all entries.
```

### `usitc_search_hts`

- The name "usitc_search_hts" 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 published USITC descriptions or complete HTS code prefixes in source order. Matches are flat published rows with unresolved rates; call usitc_get_heading for legal ancestry and usitc_lookup_duty_rate for exact base rate columns. Follow nextCursor with identical arguments for all remaining matches.
```

## Claude Code permissions

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

```json
{
  "permissions": {
    "allow": [
      "mcp__usitc-tariffs__usitc_search_hts",
      "mcp__usitc-tariffs__usitc_browse_chapter",
      "mcp__usitc-tariffs__usitc_list_reference"
    ],
    "ask": [
      "mcp__usitc-tariffs__usitc_get_heading",
      "mcp__usitc-tariffs__usitc_lookup_duty_rate",
      "mcp__usitc-tariffs__usitc_check_additional_duties"
    ],
    "deny": []
  }
}
```

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

- `mcp__usitc-tariffs__usitc_search_hts`: untrusted-input
- `mcp__usitc-tariffs__usitc_get_heading`: untrusted-input
- `mcp__usitc-tariffs__usitc_browse_chapter`: untrusted-input
- `mcp__usitc-tariffs__usitc_lookup_duty_rate`: untrusted-input
- `mcp__usitc-tariffs__usitc_check_additional_duties`: untrusted-input
- `mcp__usitc-tariffs__usitc_list_reference`: untrusted-input