# `io.usefulapi/anvil` on anlyon.dev

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- Page: https://anlyon.dev/servers/io.usefulapi/anvil
- JSON: https://anlyon.dev/api/v1/servers/io.usefulapi/anvil
- Version: 1.16.4 (active)
- Publisher: io.usefulapi (domain proven to the MCP Registry)
- Runs: remote (streamable-http)
- Sign-in to list tools: none
- Repository: https://github.com/m190/usefulapi-mcp
- Metadata from the official MCP Registry, synced 2026-10-22T11:18:22.795Z

Title and description, as the publisher wrote them:

```untrusted-server-text
Anvil MCP by usefulapi
Hosted MCP server for Anvil — fill & generate PDFs and run Etch e-signature packets for AI agents.
```

Scanned 2026-10-22T10:18:25.773Z over streamable-http.

**10 tools: 4 can delete or cancel things and 6 only read.**

| Group | Class | Tools | Claude Code |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Deletes or cancels | destructive | 4 | deny |
| Can't be undone | irreversible | 0 | ask |
| Changes things | write | 0 | ask |
| Only reads | read | 6 | allow |

## Exfil surface

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

| Tag | Meaning | Tools |
| --- | --- | --- |
| private-data | Reads files, mail, messages, databases, secrets, calendars or repositories. | `mcp__anvil__anvil_get_etch_packet` |
| untrusted-input | Brings in text someone else can write: web pages, inbound email, messages, issues and comments. | `mcp__anvil__anvil_get_etch_packet` |
| outbound | Can carry data to people or systems: it sends, posts or publishes, or takes a recipient, channel or URL. | none |

## Findings

No check matched anything in these tool definitions.


## Deletes or cancels (4)

Removes, cancels or revokes something. Claude Code: deny.

### `anvil_create_etch_packet`

- The name "anvil_create_etch_packet" says "create": a word for a change.
- The server marks it destructive (destructiveHint: true).

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Create an Etch e-signature packet (documents + signers). GraphQL mutation: createEtchPacket. IMPORTANT: isDraft defaults to true (a safe draft that sends nothing). Setting isDraft=false with real signers SENDS signature-request emails to those signers. Use isTest=true while developing.
```

### `anvil_fill_pdf`

- The name "anvil_fill_pdf" says "fill": a word for a change.
- The server marks it destructive (destructiveHint: true).

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Fill an Anvil PDF template (cast) with data and return the finished PDF as base64. REST: POST /fill/{castEid}.pdf. Returns { filename, byteLength, pdfBase64 }. The `data` object's keys are the template's field aliases.
```

### `anvil_generate_etch_sign_url`

- The name "anvil_generate_etch_sign_url" says "generate": a word for a change.
- The server marks it destructive (destructiveHint: true).

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Generate a one-time embedded signing URL for a specific signer in an Etch packet (for iframe/redirect signing flows). GraphQL mutation: generateEtchSignURL. Returns { url }.
```

### `anvil_generate_pdf`

- The name "anvil_generate_pdf" says "generate": a word for a change.
- The server marks it destructive (destructiveHint: true).

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Generate a brand-new PDF from HTML or Markdown and return it as base64. REST: POST /generate-pdf. For type=html, pass data = { html, css? }. For type=markdown, pass data = [ { label, content }, ... ]. Returns { filename, byteLength, pdfBase64 }.
```

## Only reads (6)

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

### `anvil_current_user`

- The description's first verb is "get": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Get the authenticated Anvil user (from the API key) and the organizations they belong to (eid, name, slug). Good first call to discover org slugs/eids for other tools. GraphQL query: currentUser.
```

### `anvil_get_cast`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Fetch a cast — an Anvil PDF template — by its eid: title, version number, and whether it is a template. Use the returned eid as the cast_eid for anvil_fill_pdf. GraphQL query: cast.
```

### `anvil_get_etch_packet`

- The name "anvil_get_etch_packet" says "get": a word for reading.
- Tag private-data: The description's first sentence says "fetch" and "document": it reads documents.
- Tag untrusted-input: The description's first sentence says "fetch" and "url": it reads web pages, which anyone can write.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Fetch an Etch e-signature packet by eid: its status, details URL, document group, and every signer (eid, aliasId, name, email, status, routing order). Use this to check signature progress. GraphQL query: etchPacket.
```

### `anvil_get_organization`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Fetch an Anvil organization and its PDF templates (casts) and workflows (welds). Provide either its slug or its eid (at least one is required). GraphQL query: organization.
```

### `anvil_get_weld`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Fetch a weld — an Anvil workflow — by eid, including its forges (the individual form steps: eid, name, slug). GraphQL query: weld.
```

### `anvil_get_weld_data`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Fetch a weldData record — a single submission to a weld (workflow) — by eid: completion state, test flag, and creation time. GraphQL query: weldData.
```

## Claude Code permissions

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

```json
{
  "permissions": {
    "allow": [
      "mcp__anvil__anvil_current_user",
      "mcp__anvil__anvil_get_organization",
      "mcp__anvil__anvil_get_cast",
      "mcp__anvil__anvil_get_etch_packet",
      "mcp__anvil__anvil_get_weld",
      "mcp__anvil__anvil_get_weld_data"
    ],
    "ask": [],
    "deny": [
      "mcp__anvil__anvil_fill_pdf",
      "mcp__anvil__anvil_generate_pdf",
      "mcp__anvil__anvil_create_etch_packet",
      "mcp__anvil__anvil_generate_etch_sign_url"
    ]
  }
}
```

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

- `mcp__anvil__anvil_get_etch_packet`: private-data, untrusted-input