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

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- Page: https://anlyon.dev/servers/io.usefulapi/insightly
- JSON: https://anlyon.dev/api/v1/servers/io.usefulapi/insightly
- 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 2026-10-22T11:18:46.107Z

Title and description, as the publisher wrote them:

```untrusted-server-text
Insightly MCP by usefulapi
Read and write Insightly contacts, organisations, leads, opportunities, tasks and notes.
```

Scanned 2026-10-22T11:20:10.547Z over streamable-http.

**21 tools: 11 can delete or cancel things and 10 only read.**

| Group | Class | Tools | Claude Code |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Deletes or cancels | destructive | 11 | deny |
| Can't be undone | irreversible | 0 | ask |
| Changes things | write | 0 | ask |
| Only reads | read | 10 | 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__insightly__insightly_get_current_user` `mcp__insightly__insightly_get_record` `mcp__insightly__insightly_list_record_activity` `mcp__insightly__insightly_list_records` `mcp__insightly__insightly_search_by_tag` |
| untrusted-input | Brings in text someone else can write: web pages, inbound email, messages, issues and comments. | `mcp__insightly__insightly_get_current_user` |
| 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 (11)

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

### `insightly_add_note`

- The name "insightly_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
Add a note (title + body) to a Contact, Organisation, Lead, Opportunity or Project. Insightly: POST /<Object>/{id}/Notes.
```

### `insightly_create_contact`

- The name "insightly_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
Create a contact (first_name is required). Insightly: POST /Contacts.
```

### `insightly_create_lead`

- The name "insightly_create_lead" 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 lead (last_name is required). Insightly's schema also marks lead_status_id and lead_source_id as required — get valid ids from insightly_list_lead_statuses / insightly_list_lead_sources. Insightly: POST /Leads.
```

### `insightly_create_opportunity`

- The name "insightly_create_opportunity" 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 sales opportunity (opportunity_name is required). Insightly: POST /Opportunities.
```

### `insightly_create_organisation`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Create an organisation (company). Insightly: POST /Organisations.
```

### `insightly_create_task`

- The name "insightly_create_task" 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 task (title is required). Insightly requires OWNER_USER_ID and COMPLETED on a task: if owner_user_id is omitted it is filled with the API key's own user (via GET /Users/Me), and completed defaults to false. Insightly: POST /Tasks.
```

### `insightly_update_contact`

- The name "insightly_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
Update a contact. Only the fields you pass are changed (v3.1 partial update). Insightly: PUT /Contacts with CONTACT_ID.
```

### `insightly_update_lead`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Update a lead. Only the fields you pass are changed. Insightly: PUT /Leads with LEAD_ID.
```

### `insightly_update_opportunity`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Update an opportunity's value, probability, dates, owner or details. Only the fields you pass are changed. Insightly: PUT /Opportunities with OPPORTUNITY_ID.
```

### `insightly_update_organisation`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Update an organisation. Only the fields you pass are changed. Insightly: PUT /Organisations with ORGANISATION_ID.
```

### `insightly_update_task`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Update a task — mark it completed, change due date, status, assignee or details. Only the fields you pass are changed. Insightly: PUT /Tasks with TASK_ID.
```

## Only reads (10)

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

### `insightly_get_current_user`

- The name "insightly_get_current_user" says "get": a word for reading.
- Tag private-data: The description's first sentence says "fetch" and "email": it reads mail.
- Tag untrusted-input: The description's first sentence says "fetch" and "email": it reads inbound email, which other people can write.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Fetch the user the API key belongs to (USER_ID, name, email, admin flag). A cheap way to confirm the key and pod are right, and to get your own id for owner fields. Insightly: GET /Users/Me.
```

### `insightly_get_record`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Fetch a single Contact, Organisation, Lead, Opportunity, Project, Task, Event or Note by id, with its custom fields, tags and links. Insightly: GET /<Object>/{id}.
```

### `insightly_list_lead_sources`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
List the lead sources defined in the instance (LEAD_SOURCE_ID, name). Insightly: GET /LeadSources.
```

### `insightly_list_lead_statuses`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
List the lead statuses defined in the instance (LEAD_STATUS_ID, name, type). Insightly: GET /LeadStatuses.
```

### `insightly_list_pipeline_stages`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
List every pipeline stage (STAGE_ID, PIPELINE_ID, name, order) — map an opportunity's or project's STAGE_ID to a stage name. Insightly: GET /PipelineStages.
```

### `insightly_list_pipelines`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
List the sales and project pipelines (PIPELINE_ID, name, whether for opportunities or projects). Insightly: GET /Pipelines.
```

### `insightly_list_record_activity`

- The name "insightly_list_record_activity" says "list": a word for reading.
- Tag private-data: The description's first sentence says "list" and "note": it reads notes.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
List the Notes, Tasks or Events attached to one Contact, Organisation, Lead, Opportunity or Project — the activity history of that record. Insightly: GET /<Object>/{id}/Notes | Tasks | Events.
```

### `insightly_list_records`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
List records of one type — Contacts, Organisations, Leads, Opportunities, Projects, Tasks, Events or Notes — optionally filtered by one field value and/or last-updated time. With field_name + field_value (both required together) or updated_after_utc this uses GET /<Object>/Search; otherwise GET /<Object>. Field names are Insightly's UPPER_SNAKE names, e.g. EMAIL_ADDRESS, LAST_NAME, ORGANISATION_NAME, OPPORTUNITY_STATE, LEAD_RATING, or a custom field such as Industry__c.
```

### `insightly_list_users`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
List the users in the Insightly instance — needed to resolve OWNER_USER_ID / RESPONSIBLE_USER_ID. Insightly: GET /Users.
```

### `insightly_search_by_tag`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
List Contacts, Organisations, Leads, Opportunities or Projects carrying a tag. Insightly: GET /<Object>/SearchByTag?tagName=.
```

## Claude Code permissions

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

```json
{
  "permissions": {
    "allow": [
      "mcp__insightly__insightly_get_current_user",
      "mcp__insightly__insightly_list_users",
      "mcp__insightly__insightly_list_records",
      "mcp__insightly__insightly_get_record",
      "mcp__insightly__insightly_list_record_activity",
      "mcp__insightly__insightly_search_by_tag",
      "mcp__insightly__insightly_list_pipelines",
      "mcp__insightly__insightly_list_pipeline_stages",
      "mcp__insightly__insightly_list_lead_statuses",
      "mcp__insightly__insightly_list_lead_sources"
    ],
    "ask": [],
    "deny": [
      "mcp__insightly__insightly_create_contact",
      "mcp__insightly__insightly_update_contact",
      "mcp__insightly__insightly_create_organisation",
      "mcp__insightly__insightly_update_organisation",
      "mcp__insightly__insightly_create_lead",
      "mcp__insightly__insightly_update_lead",
      "mcp__insightly__insightly_create_opportunity",
      "mcp__insightly__insightly_update_opportunity",
      "mcp__insightly__insightly_create_task",
      "mcp__insightly__insightly_update_task",
      "mcp__insightly__insightly_add_note"
    ]
  }
}
```

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

- `mcp__insightly__insightly_get_current_user`: private-data, untrusted-input
- `mcp__insightly__insightly_list_records`: private-data
- `mcp__insightly__insightly_get_record`: private-data
- `mcp__insightly__insightly_list_record_activity`: private-data
- `mcp__insightly__insightly_search_by_tag`: private-data
