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

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- Page: https://anlyon.dev/servers/io.usefulapi/helpwise
- JSON: https://anlyon.dev/api/v1/servers/io.usefulapi/helpwise
- Version: 1.3.3 (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 2026-10-21T19:23:21.685Z

Title and description, as the publisher wrote them:

```untrusted-server-text
Helpwise MCP by usefulapi
Read Helpwise conversations, contacts, tags and reports; note, tag, assign, close; send one email.
```

Scanned 2026-10-21T19:40:09.142Z over streamable-http.

**21 tools: 9 can delete or cancel things and 12 only read.**

| Group | Class | Tools | Claude Code |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Deletes or cancels | destructive | 9 | deny |
| Can't be undone | irreversible | 0 | ask |
| Changes things | write | 0 | ask |
| Only reads | read | 12 | allow |

## Findings

No check matched anything in these tool definitions.


## Deletes or cancels (9)

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

### `helpwise_add_note`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
WRITE: add an internal note to a conversation. Visible to your Helpwise team only; it is not sent to the customer. Notes cannot be deleted through this API. POST /notes/add (V0).
```

### `helpwise_apply_tags`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
WRITE: apply existing tags (ids from helpwise_list_tags) to up to 25 conversations. Tags can drive Helpwise automations. Applying a tag already present changes nothing. POST /tags/apply.
```

### `helpwise_assign_conversation`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
WRITE: assign a conversation to a team member (user id from helpwise_list_users), or pass assigned_to 0 to unassign it. The assignee may be notified by Helpwise. POST /threads/assign (V0).
```

### `helpwise_close_conversations`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
WRITE: close up to 25 conversations (mark them done). They can be reopened with helpwise_reopen_conversations. Nothing is sent to customers. PUT /conversations/action/close.
```

### `helpwise_create_contact`

- The name "helpwise_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
WRITE: create a new contact in Helpwise (name, company, job title, emails, phones, custom fields). Nothing is sent to the person. Creating the same email twice may create a duplicate. POST /contacts.
```

### `helpwise_remove_tags`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
WRITE: take tags off up to 25 conversations. The tags themselves are not deleted. POST /tags/remove.
```

### `helpwise_reopen_conversations`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
WRITE: move up to 25 conversations back to the inbox (reopen closed ones). Nothing is sent to customers. PUT /conversations/action/moveToInbox.
```

### `helpwise_send_email`

- The name "helpwise_send_email" says "send": a word for sending, and what is sent cannot be taken back.
- The description says "Irreversible".
- The input addresses people (input.to): what it sends cannot be taken back.
- The server marks it destructive (destructiveHint: true).

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
WRITE: SEND A REAL EMAIL from a Helpwise inbox to the given customer address(es). Irreversible; once sent it cannot be recalled. At most 10 recipients in total (to + cc), one message per call; never use it for lists or campaigns. This starts a new message (it is not a reply on an existing conversation). The body is plain text (blank line = new paragraph); it is sent as HTML. POST /emails/send_mail (V0).
```

### `helpwise_update_contact`

- The name "helpwise_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
WRITE: change a contact's name, company, job title, emails, phones or custom fields. Helpwise updates with PUT, so this tool first reads the contact and sends the current values together with your changes; a list you pass (emails, phones, custom_fields) REPLACES the old list. Nothing is sent to the person. PUT /contacts/{id}.
```

## Only reads (12)

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

### `helpwise_get_contact`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
One contact with emails, phones, company, custom fields and recent conversations. GET /contacts/{id}.
```

### `helpwise_get_conversation`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
One conversation with its messages, notes, drafts, assignment and contacts. Page long conversations with `page_token` from the previous reply. GET /inboxes/{inbox_id}/conversations/{conversation_id}.
```

### `helpwise_get_current_user`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
The Helpwise user the API key belongs to (name, email, id). POST /users/me (V0).
```

### `helpwise_get_report`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Overall and team-performance report for a date range: new/closed/assigned conversations (with change vs the previous period), inbound/outbound messages per day, busiest hour/day, average first response, response and resolution time, CSAT and per-agent performance. Optional inbox and tag filters. GET /reports.
```

### `helpwise_get_tag`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
One tag by id. GET /tags/{id}.
```

### `helpwise_get_tags_report`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Per-tag report for one inbox and a date range: conversations per tag (and share), open conversations, average response, first-response and resolution time. GET /inboxes/{inbox_id}/reports/tags.
```

### `helpwise_list_contacts`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
List contacts (name, company, job title, emails, phones, id). Page with limit and offset. GET /contacts.
```

### `helpwise_list_conversations`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
List conversations (threads) of one or more inboxes, newest first, with subject, snippet, tags, assignee, read/starred/closed flags and contact. Pick the folder with `folder` (default: all). Page with `next_page_token`. Inbox ids come from helpwise_list_inboxes. GET /conversations.
```

### `helpwise_list_inboxes`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
List the account's inboxes (mailboxes) with id, name, address and type. Use the ids in the other tools. POST /mailboxes/list (V0).
```

### `helpwise_list_tags`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
All tags (id, name, colour, parent, inbox). Use the ids with helpwise_apply_tags. GET /tags.
```

### `helpwise_list_users`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
List the team members (agents) with access to an inbox: id, name, email. Use the ids with helpwise_assign_conversation. POST /users/list (V0).
```

### `helpwise_search_contacts`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Search contacts by a name, email or phone term. Page with limit and offset. GET /contacts/search.
```

## Claude Code permissions

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

```json
{
  "permissions": {
    "allow": [
      "mcp__helpwise__helpwise_list_conversations",
      "mcp__helpwise__helpwise_get_conversation",
      "mcp__helpwise__helpwise_list_contacts",
      "mcp__helpwise__helpwise_search_contacts",
      "mcp__helpwise__helpwise_get_contact",
      "mcp__helpwise__helpwise_list_tags",
      "mcp__helpwise__helpwise_get_tag",
      "mcp__helpwise__helpwise_get_report",
      "mcp__helpwise__helpwise_get_tags_report",
      "mcp__helpwise__helpwise_list_inboxes",
      "mcp__helpwise__helpwise_list_users",
      "mcp__helpwise__helpwise_get_current_user"
    ],
    "ask": [],
    "deny": [
      "mcp__helpwise__helpwise_create_contact",
      "mcp__helpwise__helpwise_update_contact",
      "mcp__helpwise__helpwise_add_note",
      "mcp__helpwise__helpwise_assign_conversation",
      "mcp__helpwise__helpwise_close_conversations",
      "mcp__helpwise__helpwise_reopen_conversations",
      "mcp__helpwise__helpwise_apply_tags",
      "mcp__helpwise__helpwise_remove_tags",
      "mcp__helpwise__helpwise_send_email"
    ]
  }
}
```
