# `io.github.ihint/merchant-context` 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.ihint/merchant-context
- JSON: https://anlyon.dev/api/v1/servers/io.github.ihint/merchant-context
- Version: 0.3.0 (active)
- Publisher: io.github.ihint (GitHub account)
- Runs: remote (streamable-http)
- Sign-in to list tools: none
- Repository: https://github.com/ihint/merchant-context
- Metadata from the official MCP Registry, synced 2026-10-21T18:36:11.419Z

Title and description, as the publisher wrote them:

```untrusted-server-text
Merchant Context
Resolve sourced merchant facts and safe actions before an agent acts.
```

Scanned 2026-10-21T19:23:33.068Z over streamable-http.

**9 tools: 1 do something that can't be undone, 2 change things and 6 only read.**

| Group | Class | Tools | Claude Code |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Deletes or cancels | destructive | 0 | deny |
| Can't be undone | irreversible | 1 | ask |
| Changes things | write | 2 | ask |
| Only reads | read | 6 | 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__merchant-context__check_merchant` `mcp__merchant-context__compare_offers` `mcp__merchant-context__get_safe_actions` `mcp__merchant-context__inspect_merchant` `mcp__merchant-context__preflight` `mcp__merchant-context__refresh_merchant` `mcp__merchant-context__resolve_merchant` `mcp__merchant-context__search_merchants` |
| 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_merchant` ([annotation-conflict](https://anlyon.dev/methodology#annotation-conflict))

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

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

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

```untrusted-server-text
The server marks "inspect_merchant" as not read-only (readOnlyHint: false), and its words say it reads.

annotations: {"readOnlyHint":false,"destructiveHint":false,"idempotentHint":false,"openWorldHint":true}; The name "inspect_merchant" says "inspect": a word for reading.
```


## Can't be undone (1)

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

### `refresh_merchant`

- The description's first verb is "pay": a word that usually means money moves, which cannot be taken back.
- 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
Pay for a fresh merchant inspection and cache refresh. Show the price and get explicit human approval first.
```

## Changes things (2)

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

### `check_merchant`

- The description's first verb is "run": 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
Run a free merchant-site diagnostic. Agents should use resolve_merchant before relying on merchant facts or actions.
```

### `inspect_merchant`

- The name "inspect_merchant" says "inspect": a word for reading.
- The server marks it as not read-only (readOnlyHint: false).
- 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
Compatibility alias for refresh_merchant. Show the price and get explicit human approval first.
```

## Only reads (6)

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

### `compare_offers`

- The name "compare_offers" 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
Compare only sourced offer fields from two or more merchants. Unknown values stay unknown and payment never changes order.
```

### `get_safe_actions`

- The name "get_safe_actions" 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
Return current merchant-owned action URLs, exact inputs, authority, confirmation, expiry, retry rules, recovery, and attribution.
```

### `get_service_info`

- The name "get_service_info" says "get": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Describe the Merchant Context service, price, and inspection checks.
```

### `preflight`

- The description's first verb is "resolve": 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
Resolve one merchant, evaluate sourced intent constraints, select a safe action, state approval, and return attribution.
```

### `resolve_merchant`

- The name "resolve_merchant" says "resolve": 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
Resolve cached merchant identity, sourced facts, offers, terms, freshness, and safe actions for free. Call this before relying on merchant facts or starting an action.
```

### `search_merchants`

- The name "search_merchants" 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 cached merchant records by sourced offer, place, price, timing, policy, action support, and freshness. Payment and adoption never change order.
```

## Claude Code permissions

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

```json
{
  "permissions": {
    "allow": [
      "mcp__merchant-context__get_service_info",
      "mcp__merchant-context__resolve_merchant",
      "mcp__merchant-context__search_merchants",
      "mcp__merchant-context__compare_offers",
      "mcp__merchant-context__get_safe_actions",
      "mcp__merchant-context__preflight"
    ],
    "ask": [
      "mcp__merchant-context__check_merchant",
      "mcp__merchant-context__refresh_merchant",
      "mcp__merchant-context__inspect_merchant"
    ],
    "deny": []
  }
}
```

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

- `mcp__merchant-context__check_merchant`: untrusted-input
- `mcp__merchant-context__resolve_merchant`: untrusted-input
- `mcp__merchant-context__search_merchants`: untrusted-input
- `mcp__merchant-context__compare_offers`: untrusted-input
- `mcp__merchant-context__get_safe_actions`: untrusted-input
- `mcp__merchant-context__preflight`: untrusted-input
- `mcp__merchant-context__refresh_merchant`: untrusted-input
- `mcp__merchant-context__inspect_merchant`: untrusted-input

## Remote posture

What an anonymous client saw at the remote endpoint, last 2026-10-22T15:00:22.809Z, unchanged since 2026-10-22T15:00:22.809Z. 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 (1 irreversible, 2 write). Whether a call also works without credentials was not tested: tools are never called.

https://api.merchant.atomandbits.com/mcp: tools/list returned 9 tools to an anonymous client, including refresh_merchant (irreversible), check_merchant (write), inspect_merchant (write)
```