# `io.usefulapi/estuary-flow` on anlyon.dev

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- Page: https://anlyon.dev/servers/io.usefulapi/estuary-flow
- JSON: https://anlyon.dev/api/v1/servers/io.usefulapi/estuary-flow
- 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
Estuary Flow MCP by usefulapi
Inspect Estuary Flow captures, materializations, collections and stats.
```

Scanned 2026-10-22T10:18:50.953Z over streamable-http.

**15 tools: 3 can delete or cancel things and 12 only read.**

| Group | Class | Tools | Claude Code |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Deletes or cancels | destructive | 3 | deny |
| Can't be undone | irreversible | 0 | ask |
| Changes things | write | 0 | ask |
| Only reads | read | 12 | allow |

## Exfil surface

2 private-data -> untrusted-input -> outbound paths in this server alone. Denying 1 outbound tool breaks every one: `mcp__estuary-flow__estuary_publish_draft`.

| Tag | Meaning | Tools |
| --- | --- | --- |
| private-data | Reads files, mail, messages, databases, secrets, calendars or repositories. | `mcp__estuary-flow__estuary_get_catalog_stats` `mcp__estuary-flow__estuary_list_roles` |
| untrusted-input | Brings in text someone else can write: web pages, inbound email, messages, issues and comments. | `mcp__estuary-flow__estuary_list_connector_versions` |
| outbound | Can carry data to people or systems: it sends, posts or publishes, or takes a recipient, channel or URL. | `mcp__estuary-flow__estuary_publish_draft` |

| Private data | Untrusted input | Outbound |
| --- | --- | --- |
| `mcp__estuary-flow__estuary_get_catalog_stats` | `mcp__estuary-flow__estuary_list_connector_versions` | `mcp__estuary-flow__estuary_publish_draft` |
| `mcp__estuary-flow__estuary_list_roles` | `mcp__estuary-flow__estuary_list_connector_versions` | `mcp__estuary-flow__estuary_publish_draft` |

## Findings

- **info** The word "credentials" in `estuary_list_roles` ([credentials-mention](https://anlyon.dev/methodology#credentials-mention))

```untrusted-server-text
The description mentions "credential".

description: "List the roles/capabilities the current credential is granted — which catalog prefixes it..."
```


## Deletes or cancels (3)

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

### `estuary_create_draft`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
WRITE: create a new empty draft workspace (a staging area for catalog changes; does not affect live pipelines). Estuary control-plane: POST /drafts. Returns the created row.
```

### `estuary_publish_draft`

- The name "estuary_publish_draft" says "publish": a word for a change that another call does not undo.
- The server marks it destructive (destructiveHint: true).
- Tag outbound: The name "estuary_publish_draft" says "publish": it sends or publishes something to other people.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
WRITE (DESTRUCTIVE when dry_run=false): publish a draft. dry_run=true (default) only VALIDATES the draft without changing anything. dry_run=false APPLIES the draft to the LIVE catalog — this can create, modify, or DELETE running data pipelines and their data. Set dry_run=false only when you intend to change live infrastructure. Estuary control-plane: POST /publications. Returns the publication row.
```

### `estuary_upsert_draft_spec`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
WRITE: stage (insert or replace) a catalog spec inside a draft. Edits only the draft — live pipelines are unaffected until the draft is published. Estuary control-plane: POST /draft_specs (upsert on draft_id,catalog_name). Returns the staged row.
```

## Only reads (12)

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

### `estuary_get_catalog_spec`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Get one live catalog entity by its exact catalog_name, including the full serialized `spec` and compiled `built_spec`. Estuary control-plane view live_specs_ext. PostgREST: GET /live_specs_ext?catalog_name=eq.<name>&limit=1.
```

### `estuary_get_catalog_stats`

- The name "estuary_get_catalog_stats" says "get": a word for reading.
- Tag private-data: The description's first sentence says "get" and "doc": it reads documents.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Get usage/throughput stats for one catalog entity — bytes & docs read/written (both directions), usage_seconds, warnings/errors/failures, and txn_count — per time grain. Optionally bound by a timestamp range. Estuary control-plane view catalog_stats. PostgREST: GET /catalog_stats.
```

### `estuary_get_tenant`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Get the user's tenant(s) — quotas (tasks/collections), billing tiers, recurring charge, trial start, and payment provider. Estuary control-plane table tenants. PostgREST: GET /tenants.
```

### `estuary_list_catalog`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
List live catalog entities (captures, collections, materializations, tests) the user can read, with connector + last-publication metadata. Optionally filter by a catalog-name prefix and spec_type. Estuary control-plane view live_specs_ext. PostgREST: GET /live_specs_ext.
```

### `estuary_list_connector_versions`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
List available versions (image tags) of connectors, with protocol and documentation URL. Optionally filter by connector_id. Estuary control-plane table connector_tags. PostgREST: GET /connector_tags.
```

### `estuary_list_connectors`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
List the connector catalog — available capture/materialization Docker connectors, with titles, descriptions, and logos. Optionally filter to recommended connectors. Estuary control-plane table connectors. PostgREST: GET /connectors.
```

### `estuary_list_discovers`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
List connector discovery jobs (auto-detecting bindings/resources for a capture). Estuary control-plane table discovers. PostgREST: GET /discovers.
```

### `estuary_list_draft_specs`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
List the staged spec entries within a draft (each an insert/replace of a catalog entity pending publication). Estuary control-plane table draft_specs. PostgREST: GET /draft_specs.
```

### `estuary_list_drafts`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
List the user's draft workspaces (staging areas for catalog edits before publishing). Estuary control-plane table drafts. PostgREST: GET /drafts.
```

### `estuary_list_publications`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
List publication history/status — each publish attempt of a draft; job_status carries the queued/success/failed outcome. Estuary control-plane table publications. PostgREST: GET /publications.
```

### `estuary_list_roles`

- The name "estuary_list_roles" says "list": a word for reading.
- Tag private-data: The description's first sentence says "list" and "credential": it reads secrets.
- Findings: info credentials-mention

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
List the roles/capabilities the current credential is granted — which catalog prefixes it can read/write/admin. Read-only RPC. Estuary control-plane: POST /rpc/auth_roles.
```

### `estuary_view_task_logs`

- The name "estuary_view_task_logs" says "view": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Fetch the log lines for a job by its logs_token (a UUID found on a publication, discover, or connector-tag record). Optionally page from a last-seen timestamp. Read-only RPC. Estuary control-plane: POST /rpc/view_logs.
```

## Claude Code permissions

For `.claude/settings.json`, assuming the server is installed as `estuary-flow`:

```json
{
  "permissions": {
    "allow": [
      "mcp__estuary-flow__estuary_list_catalog",
      "mcp__estuary-flow__estuary_get_catalog_spec",
      "mcp__estuary-flow__estuary_get_catalog_stats",
      "mcp__estuary-flow__estuary_list_connectors",
      "mcp__estuary-flow__estuary_list_connector_versions",
      "mcp__estuary-flow__estuary_list_drafts",
      "mcp__estuary-flow__estuary_list_draft_specs",
      "mcp__estuary-flow__estuary_list_publications",
      "mcp__estuary-flow__estuary_list_discovers",
      "mcp__estuary-flow__estuary_list_roles",
      "mcp__estuary-flow__estuary_get_tenant",
      "mcp__estuary-flow__estuary_view_task_logs"
    ],
    "ask": [],
    "deny": [
      "mcp__estuary-flow__estuary_create_draft",
      "mcp__estuary-flow__estuary_upsert_draft_spec",
      "mcp__estuary-flow__estuary_publish_draft"
    ]
  }
}
```

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

- `mcp__estuary-flow__estuary_get_catalog_stats`: private-data
- `mcp__estuary-flow__estuary_list_connector_versions`: untrusted-input
- `mcp__estuary-flow__estuary_list_roles`: private-data
- `mcp__estuary-flow__estuary_publish_draft`: outbound

## Remote posture

What an anonymous client saw at the remote endpoint, last 2026-10-22T15:28:23.109Z, unchanged since 2026-10-22T15:28:23.109Z. 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 | `3` |
| Protocol version | `2025-06-18` |
| WWW-Authenticate on 401 | `not observed` |
| resource_metadata in WWW-Authenticate | `none` |
| RFC 9728 protected resource metadata | `https://estuary-flow.usefulapi.io/.well-known/oauth-protected-resource/mcp` |
| Authorization servers | `https://estuary-flow.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 3 tools that change things (3 destructive). Whether a call also works without credentials was not tested: tools are never called.

https://estuary-flow.usefulapi.io/mcp: tools/list returned 15 tools to an anonymous client, including estuary_create_draft (destructive), estuary_upsert_draft_spec (destructive), estuary_publish_draft (destructive)
```