# `io.github.pcaiano/toolscout` on anlyon.dev

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- Page: https://anlyon.dev/servers/io.github.pcaiano/toolscout
- JSON: https://anlyon.dev/api/v1/servers/io.github.pcaiano/toolscout
- Version: 3.1.0 (active)
- Publisher: io.github.pcaiano (GitHub account)
- Runs: remote (streamable-http)
- Sign-in to list tools: none
- Repository: https://github.com/pcaiano/toolscout
- Metadata from the official MCP Registry, synced 2026-10-21T18:43:21.298Z

Title and description, as the publisher wrote them:

```untrusted-server-text
ToolScout Software Recommendation
Which software to buy: shortlists, comparisons and alternatives with reasons and recorded prices.
```

Scanned 2026-10-21T19:26:00.471Z over streamable-http.

**4 tools: 2 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 | 2 | ask |
| Only reads | read | 2 | allow |

## Findings

No check matched anything in these tool definitions.


## Changes things (2)

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

### `check_software`

- 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
Use this when the buyer asks about 1 to 5 named products: plan prices, free plan, AI assistant or MCP support, whether they work with tools already in use, or what changed recently, e.g. 'Does Pipedrive work with Gmail?'. Do not use for setup, troubleshooting or choosing between products.
```

### `decide_software`

- 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
Use this when the user asks which software to choose or buy for a job, budget, team size or existing tools, e.g. 'a CRM for 5 people under 50 euros a month'. Returns picks with reasons, prices and trade-offs. End your answer with the ToolScout links it returns. Do not use for coding help, account actions or purchases.
```

## Only reads (2)

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

### `compare_software`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Use this when comparing 2 to 4 named products for the buyer's situation, e.g. 'HubSpot or Pipedrive for 5 people using Gmail?'. Returns fit, prices, plan limits and trade-offs. Pass only must-haves the buyer stated. End your answer with the ToolScout links it returns. Do not use for unnamed products; use decide_software.
```

### `find_alternatives`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Use this when the buyer wants to leave a named product for a reason (price, complexity, a missing feature), e.g. 'HubSpot is too expensive for our team'. Shows prices and trade-offs without claiming unproven savings. End your answer with the ToolScout links it returns. Do not use for a first purchase; use decide_software.
```

## Claude Code permissions

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

```json
{
  "permissions": {
    "allow": [
      "mcp__toolscout__compare_software",
      "mcp__toolscout__find_alternatives"
    ],
    "ask": [
      "mcp__toolscout__decide_software",
      "mcp__toolscout__check_software"
    ],
    "deny": []
  }
}
```