# `io.github.jueluddinsf/handoff` on anlyon.dev

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- Page: https://anlyon.dev/servers/io.github.jueluddinsf/handoff
- JSON: https://anlyon.dev/api/v1/servers/io.github.jueluddinsf/handoff
- Version: 1.0.0 (active)
- Publisher: io.github.jueluddinsf (GitHub account)
- Runs: remote (streamable-http)
- Sign-in to list tools: none
- Repository: https://github.com/jueluddinsf/handoff-mcp
- Metadata from the official MCP Registry, synced 2026-10-29T18:24:38.271Z

Title and description, as the publisher wrote them:

```untrusted-server-text
Handoff: File Sharing for AI Agents
Private file storage and controlled share links for AI agents.
```

Scanned 2026-10-29T18:24:47.049Z over streamable-http.

**10 tools: 1 can delete or cancel things, 5 change things and 4 only read.**

| Group | Class | Tools | Claude Code |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Deletes or cancels | destructive | 1 | deny |
| Can't be undone | irreversible | 0 | ask |
| Changes things | write | 5 | ask |
| Only reads | read | 4 | 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__handoff__fetch_shared_file` `mcp__handoff__get_share_status` `mcp__handoff__list_files` |
| untrusted-input | Brings in text someone else can write: web pages, inbound email, messages, issues and comments. | `mcp__handoff__fetch_shared_file` |
| outbound | Can carry data to people or systems: it sends, posts or publishes, or takes a recipient, channel or URL. | none |

## Findings

- **warn** Mentions of other tools or servers in `signup` ([tool-shadowing](https://anlyon.dev/methodology#tool-shadowing))

```untrusted-server-text
The description contains "any other tool", wording about other tools or servers.

description: "...n API key once. Call this first, before any other tool. No Authorization header is required. S..."
```


## Deletes or cancels (1)

Removes, cancels or revokes something. Claude Code: deny.

### `revoke_share`

- The name "revoke_share" says "revoke": a word for removing or ending something.
- The description says "cannot be undone".

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Permanently revoke an owned share. Later downloads fail. This cannot be undone and does not delete the file. Requires your API key.
```

## Changes things (5)

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

### `approve_share`

- The name "approve_share" says "approve": a word for a change.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Approve an owned grant that was created with requires_approval. Opens stay blocked until this succeeds. Requires your API key.
```

### `create_share_link`

- The name "create_share_link" says "create": a word for a change.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Create a controlled download link for a file you own. Use this when a person or another agent should fetch the file. The response includes url and token ONCE. Save the url immediately. Later status calls do not return it. Download with GET on that url. Requires your API key.
```

### `deny_share`

- 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
Deny an owned grant. A denied grant stays blocked. Requires your API key.
```

### `save_file`

- The name "save_file" says "save": a word for a change.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Save a private file for this account. Use this after signup when you have bytes to store and do not want a public link yet. Returns the file id and metadata. Does not share the file. Requires your API key.
```

### `signup`

- The description's first verb is "create": a word for a change.
- Findings: warn tool-shadowing

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Create a Handoff account and return an API key once. Call this first, before any other tool. No Authorization header is required. Save api_key. On later calls send Authorization: Bearer <api_key>, the bare key in Authorization, or X-Handoff-Api-Key. Pass api_key only if you cannot set headers. The key is a secret. Do not put it in a file you share.
```

## Only reads (4)

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

### `fetch_shared_file`

- The name "fetch_shared_file" says "fetch": a word for reading.
- Tag private-data: The name "fetch_shared_file" says "fetch" and "file": it reads files. The description's first sentence says "file": it reads files.
- Tag untrusted-input: The description's first sentence says "url": it reads web pages, which anyone can write.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Download a file from a share url or token. Use this when you were given a Handoff url and need the bytes. Honors expiry, open limits, approval, and agent audience. anyone_with_link needs no key. An agent audience uses your API key. Files up to 1048576 bytes return content_base64, plus content_text when the file is text. Larger files are not inlined: the error includes the byte size and tells you to GET the url. A successful inline return counts as an open. A file over the inline limit does not.
```

### `get_access_log`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Read the latest 1000 access attempts for an owned grant, including refused downloads. Use this to see whether a share was opened. Requires your API key.
```

### `get_share_status`

- The name "get_share_status" says "get": a word for reading.
- Tag private-data: The description's first sentence says "read" and "secret": it reads secrets.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Read an owned grant: token_prefix (not the secret), audience, approval, expiry, revocation, and open_count. Does not download the file and does not return the share URL. Requires your API key.
```

### `list_files`

- The name "list_files" says "list": a word for reading.
- Tag private-data: The name "list_files" says "list" and "file": it reads files. The description's first sentence says "list" and "file": it reads files.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
List this account's files, newest first, up to 1000. Use this to find a file_id before sharing. Returns metadata only, never bytes or download URLs. Requires your API key.
```

## Claude Code permissions

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

```json
{
  "permissions": {
    "allow": [
      "mcp__handoff__list_files",
      "mcp__handoff__get_share_status",
      "mcp__handoff__get_access_log",
      "mcp__handoff__fetch_shared_file"
    ],
    "ask": [
      "mcp__handoff__signup",
      "mcp__handoff__save_file",
      "mcp__handoff__create_share_link",
      "mcp__handoff__approve_share",
      "mcp__handoff__deny_share"
    ],
    "deny": [
      "mcp__handoff__revoke_share"
    ]
  }
}
```

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

- `mcp__handoff__list_files`: private-data
- `mcp__handoff__get_share_status`: private-data
- `mcp__handoff__fetch_shared_file`: private-data, untrusted-input