# `io.github.joshrotenberg/hexpm-mcp` on anlyon.dev

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- Page: https://anlyon.dev/servers/io.github.joshrotenberg/hexpm-mcp
- JSON: https://anlyon.dev/api/v1/servers/io.github.joshrotenberg/hexpm-mcp
- Version: 0.3.1 (active)
- Publisher: io.github.joshrotenberg (GitHub account)
- Runs: remote (streamable-http)
- Sign-in to list tools: none
- Repository: https://github.com/joshrotenberg/hexpm-mcp
- Metadata from the official MCP Registry, synced 2026-10-21T18:37:16.776Z

Title and description, as the publisher wrote them:

```untrusted-server-text
Hex.pm MCP
MCP server for hex.pm and hexdocs.pm: search, inspect, compare, and audit Elixir packages
```

Scanned 2026-10-21T19:24:01.676Z over streamable-http.

**24 tools: 4 change things and 20 only read.**

| Group | Class | Tools | Claude Code |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Deletes or cancels | destructive | 0 | deny |
| Can't be undone | irreversible | 0 | ask |
| Changes things | write | 4 | ask |
| Only reads | read | 20 | 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__hexpm__doc_item` `mcp__hexpm__docs` `mcp__hexpm__search_docs` |
| untrusted-input | Brings in text someone else can write: web pages, inbound email, messages, issues and comments. | `mcp__hexpm__docs` `mcp__hexpm__toolbox_groups` |
| outbound | Can carry data to people or systems: it sends, posts or publishes, or takes a recipient, channel or URL. | none |

## Findings

No check matched anything in these tool definitions.


## Changes things (4)

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

### `audit`

- Nothing in its name or description says what it does, so it is counted as a write.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Audit package dependencies for risks
```

### `audit_mix_deps`

- Nothing in its name or description says what it does, so it is counted as a write.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Audit mix.exs dependencies for risks
```

### `health`

- The description's first verb is "run": a word for a change.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Run a comprehensive package health check
```

### `upgrade_check`

- Nothing in its name or description says what it does, so it is counted as a write.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Check mix.exs dependencies for upgrades
```

## Only reads (20)

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

### `alternatives`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Find alternative packages
```

### `compare`

- The name "compare" says "compare": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Compare 2-5 packages side by side
```

### `dep_tree`

- The name "dep_tree" says "tree": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Build a package dependency tree
```

### `dependencies`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Get dependencies for a package version
```

### `doc_item`

- The description's first verb is "get": a word for reading.
- Tag private-data: The name "doc_item" says "doc": it reads documents.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Get documentation for a module or function
```

### `docs`

- The description's first verb is "browse": a word for reading.
- Tag private-data: The name "docs" says "doc": it reads documents.
- Tag untrusted-input: 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 a package documentation module listing
```

### `downloads`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Get package download statistics
```

### `features`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Get optional features for a package release
```

### `info`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Get detailed package information
```

### `owners`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Get package owners and maintainers
```

### `readme`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Get package README content
```

### `release`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Get detailed package release information
```

### `search`

- The name "search" says "search": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Search hex.pm packages
```

### `search_docs`

- The name "search_docs" says "search": a word for reading.
- Tag private-data: The name "search_docs" says "search" and "doc": it reads documents.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Search within package documentation
```

### `toolbox_category`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
List projects in a Toolbox category
```

### `toolbox_group`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
List categories in a Toolbox group
```

### `toolbox_groups`

- The description's first verb is "browse": a word for reading.
- Tag untrusted-input: 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 the Elixir Toolbox taxonomy
```

### `toolbox_search`

- The name "toolbox_search" says "search": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Search packages through Elixir Toolbox
```

### `toolbox_trending`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
List trending Elixir packages
```

### `versions`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
List all package versions
```

## Claude Code permissions

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

```json
{
  "permissions": {
    "allow": [
      "mcp__hexpm__alternatives",
      "mcp__hexpm__compare",
      "mcp__hexpm__dep_tree",
      "mcp__hexpm__dependencies",
      "mcp__hexpm__doc_item",
      "mcp__hexpm__docs",
      "mcp__hexpm__downloads",
      "mcp__hexpm__features",
      "mcp__hexpm__info",
      "mcp__hexpm__owners",
      "mcp__hexpm__readme",
      "mcp__hexpm__release",
      "mcp__hexpm__search",
      "mcp__hexpm__search_docs",
      "mcp__hexpm__toolbox_category",
      "mcp__hexpm__toolbox_group",
      "mcp__hexpm__toolbox_groups",
      "mcp__hexpm__toolbox_search",
      "mcp__hexpm__toolbox_trending",
      "mcp__hexpm__versions"
    ],
    "ask": [
      "mcp__hexpm__audit",
      "mcp__hexpm__audit_mix_deps",
      "mcp__hexpm__health",
      "mcp__hexpm__upgrade_check"
    ],
    "deny": []
  }
}
```

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

- `mcp__hexpm__doc_item`: private-data
- `mcp__hexpm__docs`: private-data, untrusted-input
- `mcp__hexpm__search_docs`: private-data
- `mcp__hexpm__toolbox_groups`: untrusted-input
