# `io.github.mcpexplorer/mcpexplorer` 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.mcpexplorer/mcpexplorer
- JSON: https://anlyon.dev/api/v1/servers/io.github.mcpexplorer/mcpexplorer
- Version: 1.0.0 (active)
- Publisher: io.github.mcpexplorer (GitHub account)
- Runs: remote (streamable-http)
- Sign-in to list tools: none
- Repository: https://github.com/mcpexplorer/mcp
- Metadata from the official MCP Registry, synced 2026-10-21T18:40:25.843Z

Title and description, as the publisher wrote them:

```untrusted-server-text
MCPExplorer
Search, vet & assemble MCP servers from your agent: verified tools, risk labels, and trust scores.
```

Scanned 2026-10-21T19:24:57.491Z over streamable-http.

**14 tools: 3 change things and 11 only read.**

| Group | Class | Tools | Claude Code |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Deletes or cancels | destructive | 0 | deny |
| Can't be undone | irreversible | 0 | ask |
| Changes things | write | 3 | ask |
| Only reads | read | 11 | allow |

## Exfil surface

No private-data -> untrusted-input -> outbound path in this server alone: no tool is tagged private-data or untrusted-input 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. | none |
| 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 (3)

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

### `generate_runtime_config`

- The name "generate_runtime_config" says "generate": a word for a change.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Generate the install + client config for an MCP server in a given runtime (claude-desktop, cursor, vscode, windsurf, cline, continue, goose, openai-agents, langgraph, crewai).
```

### `plan_toolset`

- 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
Turn a plain-language goal into a recommended, governed toolset: the best-fit curated loadout (matched transparently by goal terms) plus an assembled set of the most relevant indexed servers, each with LIVE trust and tool-risk, and an aggregate governance posture for the kit. The decision layer over search/capability/trust/loadouts.
```

### `report_broken_server`

- 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
Report that an MCP server's install, docs, or endpoint is broken. Creates a submission for editorial review.
```

## Only reads (11)

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

### `check_trust`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Return the explainable trust score, label, scoring reasons, and verification history for an MCP server.
```

### `compare_servers`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Compare two MCP servers side by side: trust, transport, tools, install, and links.
```

### `get_alternatives`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Find verified MCP servers with the same capabilities as a given server, ranked by trust.
```

### `get_capability`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
List the best MCP servers that provide a capability (e.g. 'send-email', 'web-search'), ranked by trust.
```

### `get_ecosystem_stats`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Live snapshot of the indexed MCP ecosystem: totals (servers, tools, handshake-verified), provenance and transport breakdowns, and the current top-trust / most-adopted / newest / biggest-trust-riser servers.
```

### `get_loadout`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Fetch one curated loadout: its servers (each with role + LIVE trust/transport/tool-risk from the index), an aggregated governance posture for the whole kit, and the plays (see→decide→act sequences) it's designed to run.
```

### `get_server`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Fetch the full record for one MCP server by slug: install methods, tools, trust, verification, and provenance.
```

### `list_capabilities`

- The name "list_capabilities" says "list": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
List the capability slugs an agent can filter or look up by (e.g. 'send-email', 'query-database'), most-populated first. Use these with get_capability or search_servers' capability filter — the taxonomy isn't guessable.
```

### `list_loadouts`

- The name "list_loadouts" says "list": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
List curated loadouts — deliberately-assembled kits of MCP servers + governance + plays for a specific job (GTM, coding, research, support, infra). The agent-facing version of the /loadouts product. Use get_loadout for the full kit with live trust.
```

### `list_runtimes`

- The name "list_runtimes" says "list": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
List the runtimes generate_runtime_config supports (Claude Desktop, Cursor, VS Code, agent frameworks, …), with each one's config path. Enumerate these instead of guessing runtime slugs.
```

### `search_servers`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Search the MCPExplorer index of MCP servers by free text and filters. Omit `query` to browse the whole index ranked by trust score. Every filter either applies or is echoed back in `ignored_filters` with a reason — filters never silently do nothing.
```

## Claude Code permissions

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

```json
{
  "permissions": {
    "allow": [
      "mcp__mcpexplorer__search_servers",
      "mcp__mcpexplorer__get_server",
      "mcp__mcpexplorer__get_capability",
      "mcp__mcpexplorer__compare_servers",
      "mcp__mcpexplorer__check_trust",
      "mcp__mcpexplorer__get_alternatives",
      "mcp__mcpexplorer__list_loadouts",
      "mcp__mcpexplorer__get_loadout",
      "mcp__mcpexplorer__list_capabilities",
      "mcp__mcpexplorer__get_ecosystem_stats",
      "mcp__mcpexplorer__list_runtimes"
    ],
    "ask": [
      "mcp__mcpexplorer__generate_runtime_config",
      "mcp__mcpexplorer__plan_toolset",
      "mcp__mcpexplorer__report_broken_server"
    ],
    "deny": []
  }
}
```

## Remote posture

What an anonymous client saw at the remote endpoint, last 2026-10-22T15:02:25.184Z, unchanged since 2026-10-22T15:02:25.184Z. 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` |

- **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 3 tools that change things (3 write). Whether a call also works without credentials was not tested: tools are never called.

https://mcpexplorer.com/mcp: tools/list returned 14 tools to an anonymous client, including generate_runtime_config (write), plan_toolset (write), report_broken_server (write)
```