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

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- Page: https://anlyon.dev/servers/io.usefulapi/castle
- JSON: https://anlyon.dev/api/v1/servers/io.usefulapi/castle
- Version: 1.16.3 (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 2026-10-21T19:23:16.065Z

Title and description, as the publisher wrote them:

```untrusted-server-text
Castle MCP by usefulapi
Investigate security events and manage the allow/deny lists an analyst acts on.
```

Scanned 2026-10-21T19:37:24.172Z over streamable-http.

**14 tools: 6 can delete or cancel things, 1 change things and 7 only read.**

| Group | Class | Tools | Claude Code |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Deletes or cancels | destructive | 6 | deny |
| Can't be undone | irreversible | 0 | ask |
| Changes things | write | 1 | ask |
| Only reads | read | 7 | allow |

## Findings

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

```untrusted-server-text
The server marks "castle_unarchive_list_item" destructive (destructiveHint: true), and its name says "list", a word for reading.

annotations: {"destructiveHint":true}; The name "castle_unarchive_list_item" says "list": a word for reading.
```


## Deletes or cancels (6)

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

### `castle_archive_list_item`

- The name "castle_archive_list_item" says "archive": a word for removing or ending something.
- The server marks it destructive (destructiveHint: true).

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Archive a list entry so it stops matching. Reversible with castle_unarchive_list_item. Castle: DELETE /v1/lists/{list_id}/items/{id}/archive.
```

### `castle_create_list`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Create a new allow or deny list. primary_field is the event field its entries match on, e.g. ip or user.email. Castle: POST /v1/lists.
```

### `castle_create_list_item`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Add an entry to a list — for example block an IP or an email. This changes live policy behaviour. Castle: POST /v1/lists/{list_id}/items.
```

### `castle_unarchive_list_item`

- The name "castle_unarchive_list_item" says "list": a word for reading.
- The server marks it destructive (destructiveHint: true).
- Findings: warn annotation-conflict

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Restore a previously archived list entry so it matches again. Castle: PUT /v1/lists/{list_id}/items/{id}/unarchive.
```

### `castle_update_list`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Rename a list or change its colour or description. Castle: PUT /v1/lists/{id}.
```

### `castle_update_list_item`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Change the comment on a list entry. Castle: PUT /v1/lists/{list_id}/items/{id}.
```

## Changes things (1)

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

### `castle_group_events`

- 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.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Aggregate matching events by one or more fields — the fast way to see which IPs, devices or countries dominate a spike. Read-only despite being a POST. Castle: POST /v1/events/group.
```

## Only reads (7)

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

### `castle_count_list_items`

- The name "castle_count_list_items" says "count": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Count the entries in one list, with the same optional filters as the search. Read-only despite being a POST. Castle: POST /v1/lists/{list_id}/items/count.
```

### `castle_get_events_schema`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
List the event fields you can filter and group on, with their types. Read this first — the other query tools need real field names. Castle: GET /v1/events/schema.
```

### `castle_get_list`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Fetch a single list with its primary and secondary field definitions. Castle: GET /v1/lists/{id}.
```

### `castle_get_list_item`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Fetch a single list entry — its value, who added it, the comment and its archive time. Castle: GET /v1/lists/{list_id}/items/{id}.
```

### `castle_search_events`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Query the security event stream — logins, registrations, transactions and their risk verdicts. Read-only despite being a POST: Castle takes the query in the body. Castle: POST /v1/events/query.
```

### `castle_search_list_items`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Search the entries of one list — the blocked IPs, emails or device ids it holds. Read-only despite being a POST. Castle: POST /v1/lists/{list_id}/items/query.
```

### `castle_search_lists`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Find the allow/deny lists defined in the environment. Read-only despite being a POST. Castle: POST /v1/lists/query.
```

## Claude Code permissions

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

```json
{
  "permissions": {
    "allow": [
      "mcp__castle__castle_get_events_schema",
      "mcp__castle__castle_search_events",
      "mcp__castle__castle_search_lists",
      "mcp__castle__castle_get_list",
      "mcp__castle__castle_search_list_items",
      "mcp__castle__castle_count_list_items",
      "mcp__castle__castle_get_list_item"
    ],
    "ask": [
      "mcp__castle__castle_group_events"
    ],
    "deny": [
      "mcp__castle__castle_create_list",
      "mcp__castle__castle_update_list",
      "mcp__castle__castle_create_list_item",
      "mcp__castle__castle_update_list_item",
      "mcp__castle__castle_archive_list_item",
      "mcp__castle__castle_unarchive_list_item"
    ]
  }
}
```