# `io.github.mrkeyoor/should-i-use` on anlyon.dev

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- Page: https://anlyon.dev/servers/io.github.mrkeyoor/should-i-use
- JSON: https://anlyon.dev/api/v1/servers/io.github.mrkeyoor/should-i-use
- Version: 0.3.2 (active)
- Publisher: io.github.mrkeyoor (GitHub account)
- Runs: remote (streamable-http), local (npm)
- Sign-in to list tools: none
- Repository: https://github.com/mrkeyoor/should-i-use
- Metadata from the official MCP Registry, synced 2026-10-21T18:42:12.040Z

Title and description, as the publisher wrote them:

```untrusted-server-text
Honest library picks for coding agents in 25-360 tokens. Tells your agent what NOT to install.
```

Scanned 2026-10-21T19:25:18.915Z over streamable-http.

**6 tools: 5 change things and 1 only read.**

| Group | Class | Tools | Claude Code |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Deletes or cancels | destructive | 0 | deny |
| Can't be undone | irreversible | 0 | ask |
| Changes things | write | 5 | ask |
| Only reads | read | 1 | 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

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

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

annotations: {"readOnlyHint":true,"destructiveHint":false,"idempotentHint":true,"openWorldHint":false}; The name "docs_link" says "link": a word for a change.
```


## Changes things (5)

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

### `alternatives`

- 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
Curated alternatives to a library, each with a one-line "prefer it when" and a verdict if the alternative is also indexed.
```

### `audit_dependencies`

- 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
Audit a project's dependencies for unmaintained packages, unstable APIs, and documented reasons to switch. Pass the contents of package.json, requirements.txt, or pyproject.toml. Returns only the dependencies worth a decision, not a report on every line. Run this before working in an unfamiliar codebase.
```

### `docs_link`

- The name "docs_link" says "link": 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
Official docs URL and GitHub repo for a library, one line each. Use when the clamped answers are not enough.
```

### `pick_library`

- 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
Given a coding task, recommend 1-3 libraries from the should-i-use index with one-line reasoning and an honest warning about the top pick. Use before installing anything.
```

### `should_i_use`

- 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
Honest verdict on a specific library: 4-axis scores with reasons, when to skip it, and maintenance signals (last push, weekly downloads).
```

## Only reads (1)

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

### `how_do_i`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Return the 1-2 best code snippets for a task with a library, plus the gotcha for each. Snippets are correct for the indexed version. Far cheaper in tokens than a docs dump.
```

## Claude Code permissions

For `.claude/settings.json`, assuming the server is installed as `should-i-use`:

```json
{
  "permissions": {
    "allow": [
      "mcp__should-i-use__how_do_i"
    ],
    "ask": [
      "mcp__should-i-use__pick_library",
      "mcp__should-i-use__should_i_use",
      "mcp__should-i-use__alternatives",
      "mcp__should-i-use__audit_dependencies",
      "mcp__should-i-use__docs_link"
    ],
    "deny": []
  }
}
```

## Remote posture

What an anonymous client saw at the remote endpoint, last 2026-10-22T15:02:55.158Z, unchanged since 2026-10-22T15:02:55.158Z. 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 | `5` |
| 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 5 tools that change things (5 write). Whether a call also works without credentials was not tested: tools are never called.

https://mrkeyoor.com/mcp: tools/list returned 6 tools to an anonymous client, including pick_library (write), should_i_use (write), alternatives (write), audit_dependencies (write), docs_link (write)
```