# `io.github.theluckystrike/cpi-inflation-calculator-mcp` on anlyon.dev

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- Page: https://anlyon.dev/servers/io.github.theluckystrike/cpi-inflation-calculator-mcp
- JSON: https://anlyon.dev/api/v1/servers/io.github.theluckystrike/cpi-inflation-calculator-mcp
- Version: 1.0.0 (active)
- Publisher: io.github.theluckystrike (GitHub account)
- Runs: remote (streamable-http)
- Sign-in to list tools: none
- Repository: https://github.com/theluckystrike/cpi-inflation-calculator-mcp
- Metadata from the official MCP Registry, synced 2026-11-03T08:18:19.818Z

Title and description, as the publisher wrote them:

```untrusted-server-text
CPI Inflation Calculator
Inflation calculator with official BLS CPI 1913 to the latest month, raise vs inflation, SS COLA.
```

Scanned 2026-11-03T08:18:55.998Z over streamable-http.

**5 tools: 1 do something that can't be undone, 1 change things and 3 only read.**

| Group | Class | Tools | Claude Code |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Deletes or cancels | destructive | 0 | deny |
| Can't be undone | irreversible | 1 | ask |
| Changes things | write | 1 | ask |
| Only reads | read | 3 | 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__cpi-inflation-calculator__calculate_inflation` `mcp__cpi-inflation-calculator__calculate_social_security_cola` `mcp__cpi-inflation-calculator__compare_raise_to_inflation` `mcp__cpi-inflation-calculator__get_inflation_rate` `mcp__cpi-inflation-calculator__get_latest_cpi` |
| outbound | Can carry data to people or systems: it sends, posts or publishes, or takes a recipient, channel or URL. | `mcp__cpi-inflation-calculator__calculate_inflation` |

## Findings

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

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

annotations: {"readOnlyHint":true,"destructiveHint":false,"idempotentHint":true,"openWorldHint":true}; The input addresses people (input.to): what it sends cannot be taken back.
```


## Can't be undone (1)

Sends, pays, publishes or merges: once done, it cannot be taken back. Claude Code: ask.

### `calculate_inflation`

- The input addresses people (input.to): what it sends cannot be taken back.
- 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.
- Tag outbound: The input takes a destination (input.to): what the tool writes goes there.
- Findings: warn annotation-conflict

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Adjusts a dollar amount for inflation between any two periods from 1913 to the latest month the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics has published, using the official CPI-U (or CPI-W or core CPI). Checks the BLS Public Data API live for months newer than its bundled data (bundled through September 2026, fetched 2026-11-03), so it knows CPI figures newer than a model's training data. Handles the October 2025 gap: BLS published no October 2025 CPI because of the 2025 lapse in appropriations. Returns the adjusted amount, cumulative and average annual inflation, and the exact index values used.
```

## Changes things (1)

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

### `calculate_social_security_cola`

- 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
Computes the Social Security cost-of-living adjustment for a year with the statutory formula: average CPI-W for July-September of the prior year over the same quarter a year earlier, rounded to 0.1%. Uses official BLS CPI-W values (live check). Reproduces the 3.6% COLA for 2027 that SSA announced in October 2026, and shows the Q3 index values behind it. Covers 1976 onward.
```

## Only reads (3)

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

### `compare_raise_to_inflation`

- The name "compare_raise_to_inflation" says "compare": 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
Compares a pay change with CPI inflation over the same period using official BLS data through the latest published month (checked live). Returns the nominal raise, inflation, the real (inflation-adjusted) raise, the pay needed to keep pace, and the gain or shortfall. Works for salaries, hourly wages, rents or any recurring amount.
```

### `get_inflation_rate`

- The name "get_inflation_rate" says "get": 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
Returns the official U.S. inflation rate for a calendar year from BLS CPI data: annual-average change (BLS annual averages, including the 2025 average published despite the missing October 2025 index), December-to-December change, and for the current year the latest 12-month rate. Years 1914 to the present for CPI-U and CPI-W, 1958 onward for core CPI.
```

### `get_latest_cpi`

- The name "get_latest_cpi" says "get": 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
Returns the most recent CPI index values published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, checked live against the BLS Public Data API: the latest month, the 12-month inflation rate for headline CPI-U, CPI-W and core CPI (less food and energy), the not seasonally adjusted 1-month change, and the year-to-date change. Use it to answer 'what is inflation right now'. If the live check fails it says so and falls back to bundled BLS data (through September 2026).
```

## Claude Code permissions

For `.claude/settings.json`, assuming the server is installed as `cpi-inflation-calculator`:

```json
{
  "permissions": {
    "allow": [
      "mcp__cpi-inflation-calculator__get_latest_cpi",
      "mcp__cpi-inflation-calculator__get_inflation_rate",
      "mcp__cpi-inflation-calculator__compare_raise_to_inflation"
    ],
    "ask": [
      "mcp__cpi-inflation-calculator__calculate_inflation",
      "mcp__cpi-inflation-calculator__calculate_social_security_cola"
    ],
    "deny": []
  }
}
```

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

- `mcp__cpi-inflation-calculator__calculate_inflation`: untrusted-input, outbound
- `mcp__cpi-inflation-calculator__get_latest_cpi`: untrusted-input
- `mcp__cpi-inflation-calculator__get_inflation_rate`: untrusted-input
- `mcp__cpi-inflation-calculator__compare_raise_to_inflation`: untrusted-input
- `mcp__cpi-inflation-calculator__calculate_social_security_cola`: untrusted-input