# `io.github.mkibrick/compshop` on anlyon.dev

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- Page: https://anlyon.dev/servers/io.github.mkibrick/compshop
- JSON: https://anlyon.dev/api/v1/servers/io.github.mkibrick/compshop
- Version: 0.1.0 (active)
- Publisher: io.github.mkibrick (GitHub account)
- Runs: remote (streamable-http)
- Sign-in to list tools: none
- Repository: https://github.com/mkibrick/compshop
- Metadata from the official MCP Registry, synced 2026-10-21T18:41:12.634Z

Title and description, as the publisher wrote them:

```untrusted-server-text
CompShop
Search 350+ compensation surveys by industry, region, or job title. Independent directory.
```

Scanned 2026-10-21T19:25:12.370Z over streamable-http.

**7 tools: 1 change things and 6 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 | 6 | 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.

### `recommend_surveys`

- 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
Recommend the best-fit compensation surveys given a hiring/benchmarking context. Use when the user asks 'what survey should I use for [situation]?' Returns ranked vendors with rationale. Required: industry. Optional: region, role focus.
```

## Only reads (6)

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

### `find_surveys_for_position`

- The name "find_surveys_for_position" says "find": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Find compensation surveys that benchmark a specific job title or position (e.g. 'Software Engineer', 'CPA', 'Sr Acct', 'head of finance'). Combines literal title matching with embedding-based semantic similarity, so abbreviations and paraphrases work — 'CPA' returns 'Certified Public Accountant', 'Sr Acct' returns 'Senior Accountant'. Reports per position are ranked to surface broad-coverage surveys (general-industry, US scope) before niche cuts.
```

### `get_report`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Detailed info on a single survey report by slug.
```

### `get_vendor`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Detailed info on a specific vendor by slug, including all of their reports. Use after `search` or `list_vendors_by_industry` returns a candidate.
```

### `list_vendors_by_industry`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
List every CompShop vendor that publishes surveys for a given industry. Use when the user asks 'what survey publishers cover [industry]?'
```

### `list_vendors_by_region`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
List vendors with survey coverage in a given region. Use when the user asks 'what publishers cover [region]?' Region is matched against both vendor-level scope and individual report scopes.
```

### `search`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Free-text search across the CompShop directory of compensation surveys. Returns matching vendors, reports, job families, and positions. Use for open-ended discovery questions like 'biotech surveys in Europe' or 'CEO compensation data'.
```

## Claude Code permissions

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

```json
{
  "permissions": {
    "allow": [
      "mcp__compshop__search",
      "mcp__compshop__list_vendors_by_industry",
      "mcp__compshop__list_vendors_by_region",
      "mcp__compshop__find_surveys_for_position",
      "mcp__compshop__get_vendor",
      "mcp__compshop__get_report"
    ],
    "ask": [
      "mcp__compshop__recommend_surveys"
    ],
    "deny": []
  }
}
```