# `io.github.mir-quadri/nj-transit-mcp` on anlyon.dev

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- JSON: https://anlyon.dev/api/v1/servers/io.github.mir-quadri/nj-transit-mcp
- Version: 1.3.0 (active)
- Publisher: io.github.mir-quadri (GitHub account)
- Runs: remote (streamable-http)
- Sign-in to list tools: none
- Repository: https://github.com/mir-quadri/nj-transit-mcp
- Metadata from the official MCP Registry, synced 2026-11-02T02:17:39.383Z

Title and description, as the publisher wrote them:

```untrusted-server-text
NJ Transit rail, bus and PATH schedules via MCP (scheduled, plus live PATH)
```

Scanned 2026-11-02T02:18:07.469Z over streamable-http.

**6 tools: 4 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 | 4 | ask |
| Only reads | read | 2 | 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__nj-transit__lines` `mcp__nj-transit__next_departures` `mcp__nj-transit__search_stations` `mcp__nj-transit__server_status` `mcp__nj-transit__service_alerts` `mcp__nj-transit__trip_between` |
| outbound | Can carry data to people or systems: it sends, posts or publishes, or takes a recipient, channel or URL. | none |

## Findings

- **info** The word "credentials" in `next_departures` ([credentials-mention](https://anlyon.dev/methodology#credentials-mention))

```untrusted-server-text
The description mentions "credentials".

description: "...eduled by default, live delays when NJT credentials are configured. system 'nj_bus': NJ Tra..."
```

- **info** The word "credentials" in `service_alerts` ([credentials-mention](https://anlyon.dev/methodology#credentials-mention))

```untrusted-server-text
The description mentions "credentials".

description: "...e alerts. NJ Transit alerts require NJT credentials (see server_status for how to enable);..."
```


## Changes things (4)

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

### `lines`

- 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.
- 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
All lines/routes. NJ Transit: 17 rail + light-rail routes.
NJ bus: 263 routes (short_name is the bus number; long names are
empty in the bus feed, use trip headsigns for destinations).
PATH: 4 daytime routes.
```

### `next_departures`

- 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.
- Tag untrusted-input: The server marks it openWorldHint: true: it reaches things outside the server's own data.
- Findings: info credentials-mention

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Next departures from a station/stop (name or stop ID).
system 'nj_transit': rail + light rail, scheduled by default, live
delays when NJT credentials are configured. system 'nj_bus': NJ
Transit bus, SCHEDULED only in v1.2 (BUSDATA live not enabled).
system 'path': live PATH arrivals, no key needed. Times are
America/New_York.
NOTE: New Jersey Transit has no subway. For a subway-like ride use
system='path', or NJ light rail lines HBLR / NLR / River Line.
```

### `service_alerts`

- 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.
- Tag untrusted-input: The server marks it openWorldHint: true: it reaches things outside the server's own data.
- Findings: info credentials-mention

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Service alerts. NJ Transit alerts require NJT credentials (see
server_status for how to enable); PATH has no separate alerts feed
in v1, so PATH alerts are reported as unavailable, not invented.
```

### `trip_between`

- 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.
- 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
Next NJ Transit trains/buses from origin to destination on the
SAME trip (no transfers). Returns departure, arrival and duration.
Times ET. system: 'nj_transit' (default, rail + light rail) or
'nj_bus' (bus, scheduled only in v1.2).
```

## Only reads (2)

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

### `search_stations`

- The name "search_stations" 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
Find stations/stops by name. system: 'nj_transit' (rail + light
rail), 'nj_bus' (NJ Transit bus street stops), 'path', or 'all'.
'all' includes bus, so a first 'all' search downloads the 50 MB bus
GTFS once; use system='nj_bus' for bus-only searches. Returns
station/stop IDs to use with next_departures / trip_between.
```

### `server_status`

- The name "server_status" says "status": 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
What data this server is actually serving right now: GTFS date
range and counts, whether live NJ data is enabled, PATH feed age.
Use this to answer 'is this live or scheduled?' honestly.
```

## Claude Code permissions

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

```json
{
  "permissions": {
    "allow": [
      "mcp__nj-transit__search_stations",
      "mcp__nj-transit__server_status"
    ],
    "ask": [
      "mcp__nj-transit__next_departures",
      "mcp__nj-transit__trip_between",
      "mcp__nj-transit__lines",
      "mcp__nj-transit__service_alerts"
    ],
    "deny": []
  }
}
```

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

- `mcp__nj-transit__search_stations`: untrusted-input
- `mcp__nj-transit__next_departures`: untrusted-input
- `mcp__nj-transit__trip_between`: untrusted-input
- `mcp__nj-transit__lines`: untrusted-input
- `mcp__nj-transit__service_alerts`: untrusted-input
- `mcp__nj-transit__server_status`: untrusted-input