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

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- Page: https://anlyon.dev/servers/io.usefulapi/bannerbear
- JSON: https://anlyon.dev/api/v1/servers/io.usefulapi/bannerbear
- 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
Bannerbear MCP by usefulapi
Generate images, videos, and screenshots from your Bannerbear templates via AI.
```

Scanned 2026-10-22T10:19:21.897Z over streamable-http.

**15 tools: 4 can delete or cancel things and 11 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 | 11 | allow |

## Exfil surface

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

| 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__bannerbear__bannerbear_get_collection` `mcp__bannerbear__bannerbear_get_image` `mcp__bannerbear__bannerbear_get_video` |
| 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.

### `bannerbear_create_collection`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Generate a collection of images from a template set (additive; CONSUMES API quota). Async: returns a `pending` collection whose uid you poll with bannerbear_get_collection (image_urls map populates on completion). API: POST /v2/collections.
```

### `bannerbear_create_image`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Generate an image from a template (additive; CONSUMES API quota). Async by default: returns a `pending` image whose uid you poll with bannerbear_get_image. Set synchronous:true to block and receive the finished image (image_url populated) via the sync host. API: POST /v2/images.
```

### `bannerbear_create_screenshot`

- The name "bannerbear_create_screenshot" says "create": a word for a change.
- The description's first verb is "capture": a word that usually means money moves, which cannot be taken back.
- The server marks it destructive (destructiveHint: true).

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Capture a screenshot of a web page (additive; CONSUMES API quota). Async by default: returns a `pending` screenshot to poll. Set synchronous:true to block and receive the finished screenshot via the sync host. API: POST /v2/screenshots.
```

### `bannerbear_create_video`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Generate a video from a video template (additive; CONSUMES API quota). Async: returns a `pending` video whose uid you poll with bannerbear_get_video (video_url populates on completion). API: POST /v2/videos.
```

## Only reads (11)

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

### `bannerbear_get_account`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Get account details and usage: api_usage, api_quota, and paid_plan_name. API: GET /v2/account.
```

### `bannerbear_get_collection`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Get a single collection — poll this to check an async render (status: pending | completed | failed; image_urls map populates on completion). API: GET /v2/collections/{uid}.
```

### `bannerbear_get_image`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Get a single generated image — poll this to check an async render (status: pending | completed | failed; image_url populates on completion). API: GET /v2/images/{uid}.
```

### `bannerbear_get_template`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Get a single template incl. its available_modifications (the layers you can override when generating). API: GET /v2/templates/{uid}.
```

### `bannerbear_get_template_set`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Get a single template set and the templates it contains. API: GET /v2/template_sets/{uid}.
```

### `bannerbear_get_video`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Get a single generated video — poll this to check an async render (status: pending | completed | failed; video_url populates on completion). API: GET /v2/videos/{uid}.
```

### `bannerbear_list_effects`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
List the image effects available for use in template modifications. API: GET /v2/effects.
```

### `bannerbear_list_fonts`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
List the fonts available for use in template modifications. API: GET /v2/fonts.
```

### `bannerbear_list_images`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
List generated images in the project (paginated). API: GET /v2/images.
```

### `bannerbear_list_template_sets`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
List the template sets in the project (used by collections). API: GET /v2/template_sets.
```

### `bannerbear_list_templates`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
List the templates in the project. Filter/paginate with page, tag, name, and limit. API: GET /v2/templates.
```

## Claude Code permissions

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

```json
{
  "permissions": {
    "allow": [
      "mcp__bannerbear__bannerbear_get_account",
      "mcp__bannerbear__bannerbear_list_templates",
      "mcp__bannerbear__bannerbear_get_template",
      "mcp__bannerbear__bannerbear_list_template_sets",
      "mcp__bannerbear__bannerbear_get_template_set",
      "mcp__bannerbear__bannerbear_list_images",
      "mcp__bannerbear__bannerbear_get_image",
      "mcp__bannerbear__bannerbear_get_video",
      "mcp__bannerbear__bannerbear_get_collection",
      "mcp__bannerbear__bannerbear_list_fonts",
      "mcp__bannerbear__bannerbear_list_effects"
    ],
    "ask": [],
    "deny": [
      "mcp__bannerbear__bannerbear_create_image",
      "mcp__bannerbear__bannerbear_create_collection",
      "mcp__bannerbear__bannerbear_create_screenshot",
      "mcp__bannerbear__bannerbear_create_video"
    ]
  }
}
```

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

- `mcp__bannerbear__bannerbear_get_image`: untrusted-input
- `mcp__bannerbear__bannerbear_get_video`: untrusted-input
- `mcp__bannerbear__bannerbear_get_collection`: untrusted-input

## Remote posture

What an anonymous client saw at the remote endpoint, last 2026-10-22T15:23:39.662Z, unchanged since 2026-10-22T15:23:39.662Z. 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://bannerbear.usefulapi.io/.well-known/oauth-protected-resource/mcp` |
| Authorization servers | `https://bannerbear.usefulapi.io` |
| Legacy HTTP+SSE transport | `no` |
| Dynamic client registration | `yes` |
| Client ID metadata documents | `no` |

- **high** 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 destructive). Whether a call also works without credentials was not tested: tools are never called.

https://bannerbear.usefulapi.io/mcp: tools/list returned 15 tools to an anonymous client, including bannerbear_create_image (destructive), bannerbear_create_collection (destructive), bannerbear_create_screenshot (destructive), bannerbear_create_video (destructive)
```