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

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- Page: https://anlyon.dev/servers/io.usefulapi/lob
- JSON: https://anlyon.dev/api/v1/servers/io.usefulapi/lob
- 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
Lob MCP by usefulapi
Verify US & international addresses and send physical mail (postcards, letters, checks) via Lob.
```

Scanned 2026-10-22T10:19:17.426Z over streamable-http.

**18 tools: 4 can delete or cancel things, 1 change things and 13 only read.**

| Group | Class | Tools | Claude Code |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Deletes or cancels | destructive | 4 | deny |
| Can't be undone | irreversible | 0 | ask |
| Changes things | write | 1 | ask |
| Only reads | read | 13 | 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__lob__lob_get_letter` `mcp__lob__lob_get_postcard` `mcp__lob__lob_list_templates` |
| 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 (4)

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

### `lob_cancel_postcard`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Cancel a postcard before its send_date so it is never mailed (and not billed). Fails if the send window has passed. Lob API: DELETE /v1/postcards/{id}.
```

### `lob_create_address`

- The name "lob_create_address" 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 reusable saved address record (does NOT send any mail). Returns an address id (adr_…) usable as `to`/`from` in mail tools. Lob API: POST /v1/addresses.
```

### `lob_create_letter`

- The name "lob_create_letter" says "create": a word for a change.
- The description's first verb is "send": a word for sending, and what is sent cannot be taken back.
- 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
⚠[U+FE0F] SENDS A REAL LETTER and charges your Lob account (use a test_ key to avoid real mail/charges). `to`/`from` accept an address id (adr_…) or inline object. `file` accepts an HTML string, a hosted PDF/URL, or a template id (tmpl_…). `color` is required. Cancelable only before `send_date`. Lob API: POST /v1/letters.
```

### `lob_create_postcard`

- The name "lob_create_postcard" says "create": a word for a change.
- The description's first verb is "send": a word for sending, and what is sent cannot be taken back.
- 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
⚠[U+FE0F] SENDS A REAL POSTCARD and charges your Lob account (use a test_ key to avoid real mail/charges). `to` and `from` accept an existing address id (adr_…) or an inline address object. `front`/`back` accept an HTML string, a hosted asset URL, or a template id (tmpl_…). Cancelable only before `send_date`. Lob API: POST /v1/postcards.
```

## Changes things (1)

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

### `lob_us_autocomplete`

- Nothing in its name or description says what it does, so it is counted as a write.
- The server marks it read-only (readOnlyHint: true), but an annotation never lowers a class.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Suggest complete US addresses from a partial primary line — useful for address entry. Non-mutating. Lob API: POST /v1/us_autocompletions.
```

## Only reads (13)

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

### `lob_get_address`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Retrieve a single saved address record by id. Lob API: GET /v1/addresses/{id}.
```

### `lob_get_check`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Retrieve a single check by id, including amount, status, and check number. Lob API: GET /v1/checks/{id}.
```

### `lob_get_letter`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Retrieve a single letter by id, including status, PDF url, and tracking. Lob API: GET /v1/letters/{id}.
```

### `lob_get_postcard`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Retrieve a single postcard by id, including status, PDF url, and expected delivery. Lob API: GET /v1/postcards/{id}.
```

### `lob_list_addresses`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
List saved address records, newest first. Lob API: GET /v1/addresses.
```

### `lob_list_checks`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
List sent/scheduled checks, newest first. Lob API: GET /v1/checks.
```

### `lob_list_letters`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
List sent/scheduled letters, newest first. Lob API: GET /v1/letters.
```

### `lob_list_postcards`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
List sent/scheduled postcards, newest first. Lob API: GET /v1/postcards.
```

### `lob_list_self_mailers`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
List sent/scheduled self-mailers, newest first. Lob API: GET /v1/self_mailers.
```

### `lob_list_templates`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
List saved HTML templates usable as postcard/letter artwork. Lob API: GET /v1/templates.
```

### `lob_us_zip_lookup`

- The name "lob_us_zip_lookup" says "lookup": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Return the cities and state associated with a US ZIP code. Non-mutating. Lob API: POST /v1/us_zip_lookups.
```

### `lob_verify_intl_address`

- The description's first verb is "validate": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Validate & standardize a non-US address. `country` (2-letter ISO code) is required. Non-mutating (no mail sent). Lob API: POST /v1/intl_verifications.
```

### `lob_verify_us_address`

- The description's first verb is "validate": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Validate & standardize a US address, returning deliverability, corrected components, and a confidence score. Pass either a single freeform `address` string OR structured `primary_line`/`city`/`state`/`zip_code`. Non-mutating (no mail sent). Lob API: POST /v1/us_verifications.
```

## Claude Code permissions

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

```json
{
  "permissions": {
    "allow": [
      "mcp__lob__lob_verify_us_address",
      "mcp__lob__lob_verify_intl_address",
      "mcp__lob__lob_us_zip_lookup",
      "mcp__lob__lob_list_postcards",
      "mcp__lob__lob_get_postcard",
      "mcp__lob__lob_list_letters",
      "mcp__lob__lob_get_letter",
      "mcp__lob__lob_list_checks",
      "mcp__lob__lob_get_check",
      "mcp__lob__lob_list_self_mailers",
      "mcp__lob__lob_list_addresses",
      "mcp__lob__lob_get_address",
      "mcp__lob__lob_list_templates"
    ],
    "ask": [
      "mcp__lob__lob_us_autocomplete"
    ],
    "deny": [
      "mcp__lob__lob_create_address",
      "mcp__lob__lob_create_postcard",
      "mcp__lob__lob_create_letter",
      "mcp__lob__lob_cancel_postcard"
    ]
  }
}
```

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

- `mcp__lob__lob_get_postcard`: untrusted-input
- `mcp__lob__lob_get_letter`: untrusted-input
- `mcp__lob__lob_list_templates`: untrusted-input