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

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- Page: https://anlyon.dev/servers/io.usefulapi/emailoctopus
- JSON: https://anlyon.dev/api/v1/servers/io.usefulapi/emailoctopus
- 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 2026-10-22T11:18:35.241Z

Title and description, as the publisher wrote them:

```untrusted-server-text
EmailOctopus MCP by usefulapi
Manage lists, contacts and campaigns, and read campaign performance reports on EmailOctopus.
```

Scanned 2026-10-22T10:20:53.813Z over streamable-http.

**13 tools: 5 can delete or cancel things and 8 only read.**

| Group | Class | Tools | Claude Code |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Deletes or cancels | destructive | 5 | deny |
| Can't be undone | irreversible | 0 | ask |
| Changes things | write | 0 | ask |
| Only reads | read | 8 | 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__emailoctopus__emailoctopus_get_contact` `mcp__emailoctopus__emailoctopus_list_contacts` |
| untrusted-input | Brings in text someone else can write: web pages, inbound email, messages, issues and comments. | `mcp__emailoctopus__emailoctopus_get_campaign_links_report` |
| 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 (5)

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

### `emailoctopus_create_contact`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
CREATES a new contact in a list — this MODIFIES live data (adds a subscriber). `email_address` is required; optionally set `fields` (keyed by field tag), `tags`, and `status`. EmailOctopus: POST /lists/{list_id}/contacts. Returns the created contact.
```

### `emailoctopus_create_list`

- The name "emailoctopus_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
CREATES a new list — this MODIFIES live data. Provide a `name`. EmailOctopus: POST /lists. Returns the created list.
```

### `emailoctopus_delete_contact`

- The name "emailoctopus_delete_contact" says "delete": a word for removing or ending something.
- The description says "PERMANENTLY REMOVES".
- The server marks it destructive (destructiveHint: true).

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
PERMANENTLY REMOVES a contact from a list — this MODIFIES live data and cannot be undone. `contact_id` is the MD5 hash of the lowercased email address, or the id from list_contacts. EmailOctopus: DELETE /lists/{list_id}/contacts/{contact_id}.
```

### `emailoctopus_update_contact`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
UPDATES an existing contact in a list — this MODIFIES live data. Send only the fields you want to change (email_address, fields, tags, status). `contact_id` is the MD5 hash of the lowercased email address, or the id from list_contacts. EmailOctopus: PUT /lists/{list_id}/contacts/{contact_id}. Returns the updated contact.
```

### `emailoctopus_update_list`

- The name "emailoctopus_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
UPDATES an existing list by id — this MODIFIES live data. Sets the list's `name`. EmailOctopus: PUT /lists/{list_id}. Returns the updated list.
```

## Only reads (8)

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

### `emailoctopus_get_campaign`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Get a single campaign by its id. Returns the campaign's full state — name, status, subject, from, content, and created_at. EmailOctopus: GET /campaigns/{campaign_id}.
```

### `emailoctopus_get_campaign_links_report`

- The name "emailoctopus_get_campaign_links_report" 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 campaign's per-link click report — for each link in the campaign, the URL and its click counts. EmailOctopus: GET /campaigns/{campaign_id}/reports/links.
```

### `emailoctopus_get_campaign_report`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Get a campaign's aggregate performance report — sent, opened, clicked, bounced, unsubscribed, complained, and related counts. EmailOctopus: GET /campaigns/{campaign_id}/reports/summary.
```

### `emailoctopus_get_contact`

- The name "emailoctopus_get_contact" says "get": a word for reading.
- Tag private-data: The name "emailoctopus_get_contact" says "get" and "contact": it reads contacts. The description's first sentence says "get" and "contact": it reads contacts.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Get a single contact in a list. Returns email_address, fields, tags, status, and created_at. `contact_id` is the MD5 hash of the lowercased email address, or the `id` returned by emailoctopus_list_contacts. EmailOctopus: GET /lists/{list_id}/contacts/{contact_id}.
```

### `emailoctopus_get_list`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Get a single list by its id. Returns the list's full state — name, contact counts by status, and created_at. EmailOctopus: GET /lists/{list_id}.
```

### `emailoctopus_list_campaigns`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
List all campaigns in the account. Returns {data:[...],paging:{...}} — each campaign's id, name, status, subject, and created_at. Paginate with `limit` (max 100) and `starting_after`. EmailOctopus: GET /campaigns.
```

### `emailoctopus_list_contacts`

- The name "emailoctopus_list_contacts" says "list": a word for reading.
- Tag private-data: The name "emailoctopus_list_contacts" says "list" and "contact": it reads contacts. The description's first sentence says "list" and "contact": it reads contacts.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
List the contacts in a list. Returns {data:[...],paging:{...}} — each contact's id, email_address, fields, tags, status, and created_at. Paginate with `limit` (max 100) and `starting_after`. EmailOctopus: GET /lists/{list_id}/contacts.
```

### `emailoctopus_list_lists`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
List all lists in the account. Returns {data:[...],paging:{...}} — each list's id, name, contact counts by status, and created_at. Paginate with `limit` (max 100) and `starting_after` (cursor from the previous page). EmailOctopus: GET /lists.
```

## Claude Code permissions

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

```json
{
  "permissions": {
    "allow": [
      "mcp__emailoctopus__emailoctopus_list_lists",
      "mcp__emailoctopus__emailoctopus_get_list",
      "mcp__emailoctopus__emailoctopus_list_contacts",
      "mcp__emailoctopus__emailoctopus_get_contact",
      "mcp__emailoctopus__emailoctopus_list_campaigns",
      "mcp__emailoctopus__emailoctopus_get_campaign",
      "mcp__emailoctopus__emailoctopus_get_campaign_report",
      "mcp__emailoctopus__emailoctopus_get_campaign_links_report"
    ],
    "ask": [],
    "deny": [
      "mcp__emailoctopus__emailoctopus_create_list",
      "mcp__emailoctopus__emailoctopus_update_list",
      "mcp__emailoctopus__emailoctopus_create_contact",
      "mcp__emailoctopus__emailoctopus_update_contact",
      "mcp__emailoctopus__emailoctopus_delete_contact"
    ]
  }
}
```

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

- `mcp__emailoctopus__emailoctopus_list_contacts`: private-data
- `mcp__emailoctopus__emailoctopus_get_contact`: private-data
- `mcp__emailoctopus__emailoctopus_get_campaign_links_report`: untrusted-input
