# `io.github.shibley/aisotools` on anlyon.dev

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- Page: https://anlyon.dev/servers/io.github.shibley/aisotools
- JSON: https://anlyon.dev/api/v1/servers/io.github.shibley/aisotools
- Version: 0.1.3 (active)
- Publisher: io.github.shibley (GitHub account)
- Runs: remote (streamable-http)
- Sign-in to list tools: none
- Repository: https://github.com/shibley/aisotools-mcp-server
- Metadata from the official MCP Registry, synced 2026-10-21T18:49:20.848Z

Title and description, as the publisher wrote them:

```untrusted-server-text
AISOTools
Search, compare, and find alternatives across a catalog of 3,000+ AI tools.
```

Scanned 2026-10-21T19:27:12.989Z over streamable-http.

**5 tools: 5 only read.**

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

## Findings

- **high** Text addressed to the model in `search_ai_tools` ([model-directed-text](https://anlyon.dev/methodology#model-directed-text))

```untrusted-server-text
The description contains "do not tell the user", an instruction to keep something from the user.

description: "...`truncated` is true there are more, so do not tell the user the catalog only contains what this pag..."
```


## Only reads (5)

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

### `compare_ai_tools`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Side-by-side comparison of 2-5 AI tools: pricing, rating, features, pros and cons. Use when the user is choosing between named products.
```

### `find_ai_tool_alternatives`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Alternatives to a given AI tool, drawn from the catalog's curated alternative lists and falling back to same-category tools. Use when the user wants to replace or switch off a product.
```

### `get_ai_tool`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Full catalog record for one AI tool: description, features, pros, cons, who it is best for, pricing tiers, and alternatives. Accepts a slug or a display name.
```

### `list_ai_tool_categories`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Every category in the AISOTools catalog with its slug, subcategories, and how many tools it contains. Use the slugs to filter search_ai_tools.
```

### `search_ai_tools`

- The name "search_ai_tools" says "search": a word for reading.
- Findings: high model-directed-text

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Search the AISOTools catalog of AI tools by keyword, category, and pricing model. Returns ranked summaries with the canonical aisotools.com page for each result. Use this first when the user asks which AI tool does something. `matched` is how many tools matched in total and `returned` is how many came back — when `truncated` is true there are more, so do not tell the user the catalog only contains what this page returned; raise `limit` (max 50) instead.
```

## Claude Code permissions

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

```json
{
  "permissions": {
    "allow": [
      "mcp__aisotools__search_ai_tools",
      "mcp__aisotools__get_ai_tool",
      "mcp__aisotools__list_ai_tool_categories",
      "mcp__aisotools__compare_ai_tools",
      "mcp__aisotools__find_ai_tool_alternatives"
    ],
    "ask": [],
    "deny": []
  }
}
```