# `io.github.dharan1007/kata` on anlyon.dev

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- Page: https://anlyon.dev/servers/io.github.dharan1007/kata
- JSON: https://anlyon.dev/api/v1/servers/io.github.dharan1007/kata
- Version: 3.0.0 (active)
- Publisher: io.github.dharan1007 (GitHub account)
- Runs: remote (streamable-http)
- Sign-in to list tools: none
- Repository: https://github.com/dharan1007/kata
- Metadata from the official MCP Registry, synced 2026-10-21T18:32:33.530Z

Title and description, as the publisher wrote them:

```untrusted-server-text
KATA Research Automation
Deterministic research automation with live OpenAlex search and reusable workflow programs.
```

Scanned 2026-10-21T19:22:10.372Z over streamable-http.

**8 tools: 6 change things and 2 only read.**

| Group | Class | Tools | Claude Code |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Deletes or cancels | destructive | 0 | deny |
| Can't be undone | irreversible | 0 | ask |
| Changes things | write | 6 | ask |
| Only reads | read | 2 | 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__kata__kata_plan_triage` `mcp__kata__kata_run_automation` `mcp__kata__kata_search_research` |
| 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 `kata_plan_triage` ([annotation-conflict](https://anlyon.dev/methodology#annotation-conflict))

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

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


## Changes things (6)

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

### `kata_apply_command`

- The name "kata_apply_command" says "apply": a word for a change.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Apply one allowlisted semantic workspace command and return the next workspace snapshot.
```

### `kata_compile_workflow`

- 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
Compile two compatible semantic demonstrations into a deterministic JSON-Schema-constrained program.
```

### `kata_diagnose_web_interop`

- 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
Classify observed WebMCP, MCP, browser and API constraints and return a conservative compliant integration path without weakening security controls.
```

### `kata_execute_program`

- The name "kata_execute_program" says "execute": a word for a change.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Execute a compiled deterministic program transactionally against a supplied workspace snapshot.
```

### `kata_plan_triage`

- The description's first verb is "create": a word for a change.
- 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
Create a deterministic triage plan from live OpenAlex results or supplied works without mutating a workspace.
```

### `kata_run_automation`

- The name "kata_run_automation" says "run": a word for a change.
- 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
Run a deterministic automation only when its preview fingerprint still matches current inputs. Nested tools are depth-bounded.
```

## Only reads (2)

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

### `kata_preview_automation`

- The name "kata_preview_automation" says "preview": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Preview an automation and return matching works plus an integrity fingerprint. Makes no changes.
```

### `kata_search_research`

- The name "kata_search_research" 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 live scholarly works through OpenAlex. Returns normalized real research records; never mock data.
```

## Claude Code permissions

For `.claude/settings.json`, assuming the server is installed as `kata`:

```json
{
  "permissions": {
    "allow": [
      "mcp__kata__kata_search_research",
      "mcp__kata__kata_preview_automation"
    ],
    "ask": [
      "mcp__kata__kata_plan_triage",
      "mcp__kata__kata_diagnose_web_interop",
      "mcp__kata__kata_apply_command",
      "mcp__kata__kata_compile_workflow",
      "mcp__kata__kata_execute_program",
      "mcp__kata__kata_run_automation"
    ],
    "deny": []
  }
}
```

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

- `mcp__kata__kata_search_research`: untrusted-input
- `mcp__kata__kata_plan_triage`: untrusted-input
- `mcp__kata__kata_run_automation`: untrusted-input

## Remote posture

What an anonymous client saw at the remote endpoint, last 2026-10-22T14:58:29.772Z, unchanged since 2026-10-22T14:58:29.772Z. 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 | `6` |
| Protocol version | `2025-11-25` |
| 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 6 tools that change things (6 write). Whether a call also works without credentials was not tested: tools are never called.

https://kata-webmcp.vercel.app/api/mcp: tools/list returned 8 tools to an anonymous client, including kata_plan_triage (write), kata_diagnose_web_interop (write), kata_apply_command (write), kata_compile_workflow (write), kata_execute_program (write) and 1 more
```