# `io.github.theluckystrike/backlink-checker` on anlyon.dev

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> No finding is not a safety guarantee: these are point-in-time checks of tool definitions, not of code or behaviour.

- Page: https://anlyon.dev/servers/io.github.theluckystrike/backlink-checker
- JSON: https://anlyon.dev/api/v1/servers/io.github.theluckystrike/backlink-checker
- Version: 0.22.6 (active)
- Publisher: io.github.theluckystrike (GitHub account)
- Runs: remote (streamable-http), local (mcpb)
- Sign-in to list tools: none
- Repository: https://github.com/theluckystrike/mcp-servers
- Metadata from the official MCP Registry, synced 2026-10-21T18:50:27.940Z

Title and description, as the publisher wrote them:

```untrusted-server-text
Does a page link to your domain? Dofollow/nofollow, anchor, status, robots guards. Live, no store.
```

Scanned 2026-10-21T19:32:30.597Z over streamable-http.

**8 tools: 4 change things and 4 only read.**

| Group | Class | Tools | Claude Code |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Deletes or cancels | destructive | 0 | deny |
| Can't be undone | irreversible | 0 | ask |
| Changes things | write | 4 | ask |
| Only reads | read | 4 | allow |

## Exfil surface

No private-data -> untrusted-input -> outbound path in this server alone: no tool is tagged private-data.

| 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. | `mcp__backlink-checker__anchor_profile` `mcp__backlink-checker__license_status` `mcp__backlink-checker__link_audit` `mcp__backlink-checker__link_check` `mcp__backlink-checker__outreach_queue` `mcp__backlink-checker__referring_domain_summary` `mcp__backlink-checker__robots_guard_check` |
| outbound | Can carry data to people or systems: it sends, posts or publishes, or takes a recipient, channel or URL. | `mcp__backlink-checker__robots_guard_check` |

## Findings

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

```untrusted-server-text
The server marks "link_check" 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 name "link_check" says "link": a word for a change.
```

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

```untrusted-server-text
The server marks "link_audit" 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 name "link_audit" says "link": a word for a change.
```


## Changes things (4)

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

### `license_activate`

- Nothing in its name or description says what it does, so it is counted as a write.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Turn Pro on for this connection with key, an MCPL1.<payload>.<signature> issued at checkout for this server or the bundle. Data under your token stays; a wrong or expired key changes nothing. license_status confirms it.
```

### `link_audit`

- The name "link_audit" says "link": a word for a change.
- The server marks it read-only (readOnlyHint: true), but an annotation never lowers a class.
- Tag untrusted-input: The server marks it openWorldHint: true: it reaches things outside the server's own data.
- Findings: warn annotation-conflict

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Check up to N referring pages against one target domain and return a per-URL table: HTTP status, dofollow/nofollow, anchor text, robots guards. Free tier: 3 URLs per call.
```

### `link_check`

- The name "link_check" says "link": a word for a change.
- The server marks it read-only (readOnlyHint: true), but an annotation never lowers a class.
- Tag untrusted-input: The server marks it openWorldHint: true: it reaches things outside the server's own data.
- Findings: warn annotation-conflict

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Fetch a referring page and report whether it links to the target domain, whether that link is dofollow or nofollow, the anchor text, HTTP status and robots guards (meta robots / X-Robots-Tag noindex, nofollow).
```

### `outreach_queue`

- 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.
- Tag untrusted-input: The server marks it openWorldHint: true: it reaches things outside the server's own data.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Batch link check for outreach follow-ups: pass up to 10 page URLs and your domain, get one line per page (status, linked or not, dofollow). Built for the Monday-morning question: which of the sites that promised a link actually shipped it?
```

## Only reads (4)

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

### `anchor_profile`

- The description's first verb is "fetch": a word for reading.
- Tag untrusted-input: The server marks it openWorldHint: true: it reaches things outside the server's own data.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Fetch one referring page and list every outbound link with its anchor text and dofollow/nofollow classification, so you can see how a site links out before requesting a link change.
```

### `license_status`

- The name "license_status" says "status": a word for reading.
- Tag untrusted-input: The description's first sentence says "url": it reads web pages, which anyone can write.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Report this endpoint's licence state for your token as JSON: the product, the tier free or pro, why it is not Pro, and the checkout URL. Call it to explain a free-tier refusal. No arguments, nothing changes.
```

### `referring_domain_summary`

- The description's first verb is "fetch": a word for reading.
- Tag untrusted-input: The server marks it openWorldHint: true: it reaches things outside the server's own data. The description's first sentence says "fetch" and "http": it reads web pages, which anyone can write.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Fetch a page and summarize the referring domain: HTTP status, indexability, outbound link count, and whether the target domain appears anywhere in the text (brand mention without a link).
```

### `robots_guard_check`

- The description's first verb is "fetch": a word for reading.
- Tag untrusted-input: The server marks it openWorldHint: true: it reaches things outside the server's own data. The description's first sentence says "fetch" and "url": it reads web pages, which anyone can write. The input takes a URL (input.url), and the tool reads it: it reads web pages, which anyone can write.
- Tag outbound: The input takes a URL (input.url): a request to a URL can carry data to whoever runs it.
- Claude Code: ask, because it is tagged outbound.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Fetch one URL and report HTTP status plus meta robots / X-Robots-Tag noindex and nofollow signals, without extracting links.
```

## Claude Code permissions

For `.claude/settings.json`, assuming the server is installed as `backlink-checker`:

```json
{
  "permissions": {
    "allow": [
      "mcp__backlink-checker__anchor_profile",
      "mcp__backlink-checker__referring_domain_summary",
      "mcp__backlink-checker__license_status"
    ],
    "ask": [
      "mcp__backlink-checker__link_check",
      "mcp__backlink-checker__link_audit",
      "mcp__backlink-checker__outreach_queue",
      "mcp__backlink-checker__robots_guard_check",
      "mcp__backlink-checker__license_activate"
    ],
    "deny": []
  }
}
```

Capability tags behind the rules (a read tagged outbound is asked about):

- `mcp__backlink-checker__link_check`: untrusted-input
- `mcp__backlink-checker__link_audit`: untrusted-input
- `mcp__backlink-checker__anchor_profile`: untrusted-input
- `mcp__backlink-checker__referring_domain_summary`: untrusted-input
- `mcp__backlink-checker__outreach_queue`: untrusted-input
- `mcp__backlink-checker__robots_guard_check`: untrusted-input, outbound
- `mcp__backlink-checker__license_status`: untrusted-input

## Remote posture

What an anonymous client saw at the remote endpoint, last 2026-10-22T15:19:20.977Z, unchanged since 2026-10-22T15:19:20.977Z. 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 | `4` |
| Protocol version | `2025-06-18` |
| WWW-Authenticate on 401 | `not observed` |
| resource_metadata in WWW-Authenticate | `none` |
| RFC 9728 protected resource metadata | `https://mcp.zovo.one/.well-known/oauth-protected-resource` |
| Authorization servers | `https://mcp.zovo.one` |
| Legacy HTTP+SSE transport | `no` |
| Dynamic client registration | `yes` |
| Client ID metadata documents | `no` |

- **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 4 tools that change things (4 write). Whether a call also works without credentials was not tested: tools are never called.

https://mcp.zovo.one/mcp/backlink-checker: tools/list returned 8 tools to an anonymous client, including link_check (write), link_audit (write), outreach_queue (write), license_activate (write)
```