# `io.publicapis/directory` on anlyon.dev

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- Page: https://anlyon.dev/servers/io.publicapis/directory
- JSON: https://anlyon.dev/api/v1/servers/io.publicapis/directory
- Version: 1.0.0 (active)
- Publisher: io.publicapis (domain proven to the MCP Registry)
- Runs: remote (streamable-http)
- Sign-in to list tools: none
- Metadata from the official MCP Registry, synced 2026-10-21T18:52:35.869Z

Title and description, as the publisher wrote them:

```untrusted-server-text
PublicAPIs.io
Search 1,500+ public APIs with docs, code and auth/free-tier filters; list or sponsor your API.
```

Scanned 2026-10-21T19:17:20.456Z over streamable-http.

**8 tools: 1 do something that can't be undone, 1 change things and 6 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 | 6 | allow |

## Findings

No check matched anything in these tool definitions.


## Can't be undone (1)

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

### `send_message`

- The name "send_message" says "send": a word for sending, and what is sent cannot be taken back.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Reply to the broker in an open deal. Returns the broker's answer and the deal status.
```

## Changes things (1)

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

### `start_deal`

- The name "start_deal" says "start": a word for a change.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Open a conversation with the PublicAPIs.io broker agent to list or sponsor an API. Say what you want in plain language and include the API name, website and a contact email if you have them. Returns deal_id and deal_key (keep both; they are needed to continue) and the broker's reply. Every deal is approved by a person before payment.
```

## Only reads (6)

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

### `compare_apis`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Compare 2-5 APIs side by side (auth, free tier, HTTPS, pricing, docs summary) to choose one. Pass slugs from search_apis.
```

### `get_api`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Everything about one API by slug (from search_apis): documentation summary, endpoints, auth, pricing and links. Use before writing integration code.
```

### `get_deal`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Status of a deal: negotiating, agreed, awaiting_approval, awaiting_payment (payment_url is included), publishing, live (live_url), rejected. Also returns the last messages.
```

### `get_quickstart`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Ready-to-run example code for calling an API, in javascript, python or curl. Use when you are about to integrate an API into code. Verified samples are marked verified=true.
```

### `list_offerings`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Ways to get an API listed or sponsored on PublicAPIs.io, with fixed prices, current sponsorship availability and the rules.
```

### `search_apis`

- The name "search_apis" says "search": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Find a public API or data source for a task: use this whenever the user (or your code) needs an API, dataset or third-party service, e.g. weather, geocoding, payments, sports scores, crypto prices, jobs, LLMs. Searches 1,500+ APIs on PublicAPIs.io and returns name, description, category, link and signals (auth: none/api_key/oauth, free_tier, https). Filter with auth="none" for APIs that need no key, free=true, https=true.
```

## Claude Code permissions

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

```json
{
  "permissions": {
    "allow": [
      "mcp__directory__search_apis",
      "mcp__directory__get_api",
      "mcp__directory__get_quickstart",
      "mcp__directory__compare_apis",
      "mcp__directory__list_offerings",
      "mcp__directory__get_deal"
    ],
    "ask": [
      "mcp__directory__start_deal",
      "mcp__directory__send_message"
    ],
    "deny": []
  }
}
```