# `io.github.josifb/whichlib` on anlyon.dev

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- Page: https://anlyon.dev/servers/io.github.josifb/whichlib
- JSON: https://anlyon.dev/api/v1/servers/io.github.josifb/whichlib
- Version: 0.2.3 (active)
- Publisher: io.github.josifb (GitHub account)
- Runs: remote (streamable-http), local (npm)
- Sign-in to list tools: none
- Repository: https://github.com/josifb/whichlib
- Metadata from the official MCP Registry, synced 2026-10-21T18:37:16.776Z

Title and description, as the publisher wrote them:

```untrusted-server-text
whichlib
Dependency picker for coding agents: recommends, compares and scores GitHub repos with a verdict.
```

Scanned 2026-10-21T19:24:03.029Z over streamable-http.

**3 tools: 1 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 | 1 | ask |
| Only reads | read | 2 | allow |

## Findings

No check matched anything in these tool definitions.


## Changes things (1)

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

### `trending_repos`

- 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
Discover projects: the most-starred GitHub repositories created in the last day, week or month, or with period "rising" repositories of any age that gained the most stars this week (like GitHub Trending; risingRank keeps that order). Optionally one language; each scored and returned sorted by score (starsRank keeps the stars order). Each result has a 0-100 score (momentum 40% (stars gained per week; without history, lifetime stars per week scaled by the npm/PyPI download trend), maintenance 25%, adoption incl. npm/PyPI weekly downloads 25%, license 10%), a tier (Strong >=75, Solid >=50, Watch >=25, Avoid <25; New for repos under 30 days old, too new to judge), a one-line verdict and the full breakdown. Not the right tool for picking a dependency, since new repositories have little maintenance history; use recommend_repos for that. One GitHub search (rising: one download of the daily list from raw.githubusercontent.com instead), plus one npm/PyPI lookup per repository when withDownloads is true. Hosted: 50 free tool calls per day per user; send header X-GitHub-Token with your own GitHub token for unlimited use, or run the npm package locally (npx -y whichlib).
```

## Only reads (2)

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

### `compare_repos`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Compare 2-10 known GitHub repositories side by side, best score first: score and tier, stars, forks, open issues, last push, license, npm/PyPI weekly downloads (only when the registry links back to the repository) and a verdict. Each result has a 0-100 score (momentum 40% (stars gained per week; without history, lifetime stars per week scaled by the npm/PyPI download trend), maintenance 25%, adoption incl. npm/PyPI weekly downloads 25%, license 10%), a tier (Strong >=75, Solid >=50, Watch >=25, Avoid <25; New for repos under 30 days old, too new to judge), a one-line verdict and the full breakdown. Use this to choose between candidates you already have (for example zod vs valibot) or to check a dependency the project already uses; use recommend_repos to find candidates. One GitHub API call per repository plus npm/PyPI lookups. A repository that does not exist is listed under notFound and the rest are still compared; the call fails only if none can be fetched, or when GitHub's rate limit is reached or the token is rejected. Hosted: 50 free tool calls per day per user; send header X-GitHub-Token with your own GitHub token for unlimited use, or run the npm package locally (npx -y whichlib).
```

### `recommend_repos`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Find the best open-source library for a need before adding a dependency. Give the need in plain words and get up to `limit` GitHub repositories ranked by fit = score x relevance to the need. Each result has a 0-100 score (momentum 40% (stars gained per week; without history, lifetime stars per week scaled by the npm/PyPI download trend), maintenance 25%, adoption incl. npm/PyPI weekly downloads 25%, license 10%), a tier (Strong >=75, Solid >=50, Watch >=25, Avoid <25; New for repos under 30 days old, too new to judge), a one-line verdict and the full breakdown. Use this when you do not yet have candidates; use compare_repos when you already have names. Makes 3 GitHub searches plus npm/PyPI lookups for the shortlist. Hosted: 50 free tool calls per day per user; send header X-GitHub-Token with your own GitHub token for unlimited use, or run the npm package locally (npx -y whichlib).
```

## Claude Code permissions

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

```json
{
  "permissions": {
    "allow": [
      "mcp__whichlib__recommend_repos",
      "mcp__whichlib__compare_repos"
    ],
    "ask": [
      "mcp__whichlib__trending_repos"
    ],
    "deny": []
  }
}
```