# `io.github.mrfomoweb3/hacklist-mcp` on anlyon.dev

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- Page: https://anlyon.dev/servers/io.github.mrfomoweb3/hacklist-mcp
- JSON: https://anlyon.dev/api/v1/servers/io.github.mrfomoweb3/hacklist-mcp
- Version: 0.2.0 (active)
- Publisher: io.github.mrfomoweb3 (GitHub account)
- Runs: remote (streamable-http), local (npm)
- Sign-in to list tools: none
- Repository: https://github.com/mrfomoweb3/hacklist-mcp
- Metadata from the official MCP Registry, synced 2026-10-21T18:42:12.040Z

Title and description, as the publisher wrote them:

```untrusted-server-text
HackList
Live AI & Web3 hackathons, grants and programs from HackList, ranked for what's worth entering.
```

Scanned 2026-10-21T19:25:18.301Z over streamable-http.

**8 tools: 3 change things and 5 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 | 5 | allow |

## Findings

- **warn** Annotations that disagree with the tool in `closing_soon` ([annotation-conflict](https://anlyon.dev/methodology#annotation-conflict))

```untrusted-server-text
The server marks "closing_soon" read-only (readOnlyHint: true), and its own name, description or input give the class "write".

annotations: {"readOnlyHint":true,"destructiveHint":false,"idempotentHint":true,"openWorldHint":true}; The description's first verb is "open": a word for a change.
```


## Changes things (3)

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

### `best_opportunities`

- 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
Ranks open HackList opportunities for a specific builder and explains each pick. Favours specific briefs (a named API, dataset, metric or protocol) over generic 'build anything with AI' events, weighs prize size and whether it is real cash, deadline runway and accessibility, collapses duplicate listings, and drops events the builder can't enter (students only, region-locked, in-person, partners only). Returns why each one ranks and what to watch out for.
```

### `closing_soon`

- The description's first verb is "open": a word for a change.
- The server marks it read-only (readOnlyHint: true), but an annotation never lowers a class.
- Findings: warn annotation-conflict

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Open listings whose deadline is within N days, soonest first, with the prize and whether it's worth a sprint.
```

### `whats_new`

- 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
Listings posted or updated on HackList in the last N days, newest first. Useful for 'what got added this week'. Uses HackList's own posted date when the site exposes it, otherwise its sitemap last-modified time.
```

## Only reads (5)

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

### `fetch`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Fetch the full HackList listing for an id returned by search. (Compatibility tool for ChatGPT connectors and deep research.)
```

### `get_opportunity`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Full details for one HackList listing: brief, prize (with USD estimate and cash vs credits), deadline and days left, when it was posted/updated on HackList, apply link, eligibility traps (students only, region-locked, in-person, approval needed) and duplicate listings. Accepts a HackList URL, an id, or a title.
```

### `hacklist_overview`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
A snapshot of HackList right now: how many open listings by type and category, total listed prize money, the biggest prizes, duplicate listings found, and how fresh/complete this server's data is. Pass refresh=true to re-fetch.
```

### `search`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Search open HackList hackathons, grants and programs by keyword. Returns ids to pass to fetch. (Compatibility tool for ChatGPT connectors and deep research.)
```

### `search_opportunities`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Search and filter HackList's AI & Web3 hackathons, grants, bounties and programs. Filters by keyword, type, category, format, prize, how soon it closes and how recently it was posted or updated. Duplicate listings of the same event are collapsed by default. Use get_opportunity for the full brief and eligibility details of a result.
```

## Claude Code permissions

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

```json
{
  "permissions": {
    "allow": [
      "mcp__hacklist__search_opportunities",
      "mcp__hacklist__get_opportunity",
      "mcp__hacklist__hacklist_overview",
      "mcp__hacklist__search",
      "mcp__hacklist__fetch"
    ],
    "ask": [
      "mcp__hacklist__best_opportunities",
      "mcp__hacklist__whats_new",
      "mcp__hacklist__closing_soon"
    ],
    "deny": []
  }
}
```