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

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- Page: https://anlyon.dev/servers/io.usefulapi/northflank
- JSON: https://anlyon.dev/api/v1/servers/io.usefulapi/northflank
- 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
Northflank MCP by usefulapi
Inspect and control your Northflank projects, services, jobs, and builds from your AI assistant.
```

Scanned 2026-10-22T10:19:30.449Z over streamable-http.

**17 tools: 5 can delete or cancel things and 12 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 | 12 | allow |

## Exfil surface

No private-data -> untrusted-input -> outbound path in this server alone: no tool is tagged untrusted-input or outbound.

| Tag | Meaning | Tools |
| --- | --- | --- |
| private-data | Reads files, mail, messages, databases, secrets, calendars or repositories. | `mcp__northflank__northflank_list_addons` `mcp__northflank__northflank_list_secret_groups` `mcp__northflank__northflank_list_service_builds` |
| untrusted-input | Brings in text someone else can write: web pages, inbound email, messages, issues and comments. | none |
| 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.

### `northflank_pause_service`

- Nothing in its name or description says what it does, so it is counted as a write.
- The server marks it destructive (destructiveHint: true).

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
MUTATING: pause a service, scaling it to zero running instances. POST /v1/projects/{projectId}/services/{serviceId}/pause.
```

### `northflank_restart_service`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
MUTATING: restart all running containers of a service. POST /v1/projects/{projectId}/services/{serviceId}/restart.
```

### `northflank_resume_service`

- Nothing in its name or description says what it does, so it is counted as a write.
- The server marks it destructive (destructiveHint: true).

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
MUTATING: resume a paused service. Optionally set the instance count and CI/CD/autoscaling state to restore. POST /v1/projects/{projectId}/services/{serviceId}/resume.
```

### `northflank_scale_service`

- Nothing in its name or description says what it does, so it is counted as a write.
- The server marks it destructive (destructiveHint: true).

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
MUTATING: set the number of running instances (replicas) for a service. POST /v1/projects/{projectId}/services/{serviceId}/scale.
```

### `northflank_trigger_service_build`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
MUTATING: start a new build for a build/combined service. With an empty body it builds the latest commit on the linked branch; optionally target a branch, a specific commit sha, or a pull request. POST /v1/projects/{projectId}/services/{serviceId}/build.
```

## Only reads (12)

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

### `northflank_get_addon`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Get details and status of a single addon. GET /v1/projects/{projectId}/addons/{addonId}.
```

### `northflank_get_job`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Get details of a single job, including build/deploy config and cron schedule. GET /v1/projects/{projectId}/jobs/{jobId}.
```

### `northflank_get_project`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Get details of a single project, including region, cluster and associated services/jobs/addons. GET /v1/projects/{projectId}.
```

### `northflank_get_service`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Get details and current status of a single service. GET /v1/projects/{projectId}/services/{serviceId}.
```

### `northflank_get_service_metrics`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Get CPU / memory metrics for a service's containers. GET /v1/projects/{projectId}/services/{serviceId}/metrics. Use queryType=single (default) for a current snapshot or queryType=range with duration/startTime/endTime.
```

### `northflank_list_addons`

- The name "northflank_list_addons" says "list": a word for reading.
- Tag private-data: The description's first sentence says "list" and "database": it reads databases.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
List addons (managed databases / services) in a project with their status. GET /v1/projects/{projectId}/addons.
```

### `northflank_list_domains`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
List custom domains for the account (or a team), with verification status. GET /v1/domains (team: GET /v1/teams/{teamId}/domains).
```

### `northflank_list_jobs`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
List jobs (manual / cron) in a project. GET /v1/projects/{projectId}/jobs.
```

### `northflank_list_projects`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
List projects for the authenticated token (or a specific team). Good first call to discover project ids. GET /v1/projects (team: GET /v1/teams/{teamId}/projects).
```

### `northflank_list_secret_groups`

- The name "northflank_list_secret_groups" says "list": a word for reading.
- Tag private-data: The name "northflank_list_secret_groups" says "list" and "secret": it reads secrets. The description's first sentence says "list" and "secret": it reads secrets.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
List a project's secret groups — METADATA ONLY (id, name, type, priority, restrictions). Does NOT return secret values. GET /v1/projects/{projectId}/secrets.
```

### `northflank_list_service_builds`

- The name "northflank_list_service_builds" says "list": a word for reading.
- Tag private-data: The description's first sentence says "list" and "branch": it reads repositories.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
List a build service's build runs / history (branch, sha, status, timestamps). GET /v1/projects/{projectId}/services/{serviceId}/build.
```

### `northflank_list_services`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
List services in a project (build / deployment / combined) with their build+deployment status. GET /v1/projects/{projectId}/services.
```

## Claude Code permissions

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

```json
{
  "permissions": {
    "allow": [
      "mcp__northflank__northflank_list_projects",
      "mcp__northflank__northflank_get_project",
      "mcp__northflank__northflank_list_services",
      "mcp__northflank__northflank_get_service",
      "mcp__northflank__northflank_list_jobs",
      "mcp__northflank__northflank_get_job",
      "mcp__northflank__northflank_list_addons",
      "mcp__northflank__northflank_get_addon",
      "mcp__northflank__northflank_list_service_builds",
      "mcp__northflank__northflank_get_service_metrics",
      "mcp__northflank__northflank_list_secret_groups",
      "mcp__northflank__northflank_list_domains"
    ],
    "ask": [],
    "deny": [
      "mcp__northflank__northflank_trigger_service_build",
      "mcp__northflank__northflank_restart_service",
      "mcp__northflank__northflank_scale_service",
      "mcp__northflank__northflank_pause_service",
      "mcp__northflank__northflank_resume_service"
    ]
  }
}
```

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

- `mcp__northflank__northflank_list_addons`: private-data
- `mcp__northflank__northflank_list_service_builds`: private-data
- `mcp__northflank__northflank_list_secret_groups`: private-data