# `io.usefulapi/dead-mans-snitch` on anlyon.dev

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- Page: https://anlyon.dev/servers/io.usefulapi/dead-mans-snitch
- JSON: https://anlyon.dev/api/v1/servers/io.usefulapi/dead-mans-snitch
- Version: 1.3.4 (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 2026-10-22T11:18:35.241Z

Title and description, as the publisher wrote them:

```untrusted-server-text
Dead Man's Snitch MCP by usefulapi
Read Dead Man's Snitch monitors and status; create, tag, pause and unpause snitches.
```

Scanned 2026-10-22T11:18:44.764Z over streamable-http.

**8 tools: 3 can delete or cancel things, 3 change things and 2 only read.**

| Group | Class | Tools | Claude Code |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Deletes or cancels | destructive | 3 | deny |
| Can't be undone | irreversible | 0 | ask |
| Changes things | write | 3 | ask |
| Only reads | read | 2 | 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__dead-mans-snitch__deadmanssnitch_add_tags` `mcp__dead-mans-snitch__deadmanssnitch_create_snitch` `mcp__dead-mans-snitch__deadmanssnitch_get_snitch` `mcp__dead-mans-snitch__deadmanssnitch_list_snitches` `mcp__dead-mans-snitch__deadmanssnitch_pause_snitch` `mcp__dead-mans-snitch__deadmanssnitch_remove_tag` `mcp__dead-mans-snitch__deadmanssnitch_unpause_snitch` `mcp__dead-mans-snitch__deadmanssnitch_update_snitch` |
| 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 (3)

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

### `deadmanssnitch_pause_snitch`

- The description's first verb is "write": a word for a change.
- The server marks it destructive (destructiveHint: true).
- 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
WRITE: pause a snitch, which SILENCES its alerts: a job that stops running goes unnoticed while it is paused. `until` says when alerting resumes: 'healthy' (default: on the next healthy check-in), 'unpaused' (stays paused until deadmanssnitch_unpause_snitch) or a future ISO 8601 time. A snitch that has never checked in (pending) cannot be paused. POST /v1/snitches/{token}/pause.
```

### `deadmanssnitch_remove_tag`

- The name "deadmanssnitch_remove_tag" says "remove": a word for removing or ending something.
- The server marks it destructive (destructiveHint: true).
- 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
WRITE: remove one tag from a snitch (the snitch itself is untouched). Returns the remaining tags. DELETE /v1/snitches/{token}/tags/{tag}.
```

### `deadmanssnitch_update_snitch`

- The name "deadmanssnitch_update_snitch" says "update": a word for a change.
- The server marks it destructive (destructiveHint: true).
- 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
WRITE: change a snitch. Only the fields you pass change. `tags` REPLACES the whole tag list (use deadmanssnitch_add_tags to add) and `alert_email` replaces the alert recipients (an empty list = all team members). Returns the updated snitch with the token masked. PATCH /v1/snitches/{token}.
```

## Changes things (3)

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

### `deadmanssnitch_add_tags`

- The name "deadmanssnitch_add_tags" says "add": a word for a change.
- 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
WRITE: add one or more tags to a snitch, keeping the existing ones. Returns the snitch's full tag list. POST /v1/snitches/{token}/tags.
```

### `deadmanssnitch_create_snitch`

- The name "deadmanssnitch_create_snitch" says "create": a word for a change.
- 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
WRITE: create a new snitch (monitor). Returns it with its check-in URL (https://nosnch.in/<token>), which the job must call on every run; keep it secret. Fails with 402 when the plan's snitch limit is reached. POST /v1/snitches.
```

### `deadmanssnitch_unpause_snitch`

- The description's first verb is "write": a word for a change.
- 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
WRITE: resume alerting for a paused snitch (safe on a snitch that is not paused). POST /v1/snitches/{token}/unpause.
```

## Only reads (2)

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

### `deadmanssnitch_get_snitch`

- The name "deadmanssnitch_get_snitch" says "get": a word for reading.
- Tag untrusted-input: The server marks it openWorldHint: true: it reaches things outside the server's own data. The description's first sentence says "url": it reads web pages, which anyone can write.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
One snitch with its full details, including the check-in URL (https://nosnch.in/<token>). The check-in URL is a secret: anyone who has it can check in and so silence the alert; share it only where the job runs. GET /v1/snitches/{token}.
```

### `deadmanssnitch_list_snitches`

- The name "deadmanssnitch_list_snitches" says "list": 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
List the snitches (cron/heartbeat monitors) of the account with status (pending, healthy, failed, errored, paused), interval, alert type, tags and last check-in. Tokens are masked (the token is also the check-in secret); pass the masked token or the name to the other snitch tools. The API has no paging: all snitches come back. Optionally filter by tags (must have all) or status. GET /v1/snitches.
```

## Claude Code permissions

For `.claude/settings.json`, assuming the server is installed as `dead-mans-snitch`:

```json
{
  "permissions": {
    "allow": [
      "mcp__dead-mans-snitch__deadmanssnitch_list_snitches",
      "mcp__dead-mans-snitch__deadmanssnitch_get_snitch"
    ],
    "ask": [
      "mcp__dead-mans-snitch__deadmanssnitch_create_snitch",
      "mcp__dead-mans-snitch__deadmanssnitch_add_tags",
      "mcp__dead-mans-snitch__deadmanssnitch_unpause_snitch"
    ],
    "deny": [
      "mcp__dead-mans-snitch__deadmanssnitch_update_snitch",
      "mcp__dead-mans-snitch__deadmanssnitch_remove_tag",
      "mcp__dead-mans-snitch__deadmanssnitch_pause_snitch"
    ]
  }
}
```

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

- `mcp__dead-mans-snitch__deadmanssnitch_list_snitches`: untrusted-input
- `mcp__dead-mans-snitch__deadmanssnitch_get_snitch`: untrusted-input
- `mcp__dead-mans-snitch__deadmanssnitch_create_snitch`: untrusted-input
- `mcp__dead-mans-snitch__deadmanssnitch_update_snitch`: untrusted-input
- `mcp__dead-mans-snitch__deadmanssnitch_add_tags`: untrusted-input
- `mcp__dead-mans-snitch__deadmanssnitch_remove_tag`: untrusted-input
- `mcp__dead-mans-snitch__deadmanssnitch_pause_snitch`: untrusted-input
- `mcp__dead-mans-snitch__deadmanssnitch_unpause_snitch`: untrusted-input