# `io.usefulapi/rev-ai` on anlyon.dev

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> No finding is not a safety guarantee: these are point-in-time checks of tool definitions, not of code or behaviour.

- Page: https://anlyon.dev/servers/io.usefulapi/rev-ai
- JSON: https://anlyon.dev/api/v1/servers/io.usefulapi/rev-ai
- Version: 1.4.0 (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 2026-10-23T08:19:15.638Z

Title and description, as the publisher wrote them:

```untrusted-server-text
Rev.ai MCP by usefulapi
Transcribe audio with Rev.ai: submit jobs by URL, read transcripts, summaries and captions.
```

Scanned 2026-10-23T08:21:04.777Z over streamable-http.

**8 tools: 2 can delete or cancel things and 6 only read.**

| Group | Class | Tools | Claude Code |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Deletes or cancels | destructive | 2 | deny |
| Can't be undone | irreversible | 0 | ask |
| Changes things | write | 0 | ask |
| Only reads | read | 6 | 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__rev-ai__revai_get_account` |
| untrusted-input | Brings in text someone else can write: web pages, inbound email, messages, issues and comments. | `mcp__rev-ai__revai_delete_job` `mcp__rev-ai__revai_get_account` `mcp__rev-ai__revai_get_captions` `mcp__rev-ai__revai_get_job` `mcp__rev-ai__revai_get_summary` `mcp__rev-ai__revai_get_transcript` `mcp__rev-ai__revai_list_jobs` `mcp__rev-ai__revai_submit_job` |
| 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 (2)

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

### `revai_delete_job`

- The name "revai_delete_job" says "delete": a word for removing or ending something.
- The description says "permanently delete".
- The server marks it destructive (destructiveHint: true).
- Tag untrusted-input: The server marks it openWorldHint: true: it reaches things outside the server's own data.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
WRITE: permanently delete a finished (transcribed or failed) job with its media and transcript. This cannot be undone. A job still in progress cannot be deleted. DELETE /jobs/{id}.
```

### `revai_submit_job`

- The name "revai_submit_job" says "submit": a word for a change.
- The server marks it destructive (destructiveHint: true).
- Tag untrusted-input: The server marks it openWorldHint: true: it reaches things outside the server's own data.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
WRITE: start an asynchronous machine transcription job for an audio or video file at a public URL. It uses Rev.ai credit (free credit first). Returns the job with status in_progress; then poll revai_get_job and read the result with revai_get_transcript. Human transcription is not offered. POST /jobs.
```

## Only reads (6)

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

### `revai_get_account`

- The name "revai_get_account" says "get": a word for reading.
- Tag private-data: The description's first sentence says "email": it reads mail.
- Tag untrusted-input: The server marks it openWorldHint: true: it reaches things outside the server's own data. The description's first sentence says "email": it reads inbound email, which other people can write.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
The Rev.ai account behind the token: email, free, purchased, total and invoiced balance (USD) and whether HIPAA is on. GET /account.
```

### `revai_get_captions`

- The name "revai_get_captions" says "get": a word for reading.
- Tag untrusted-input: The server marks it openWorldHint: true: it reaches things outside the server's own data. The description's first sentence says "web": it reads web pages, which anyone can write.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Captions for a transcribed job as SRT (default) or WebVTT. Long files are paged by character: repeat with next_offset until it is null. For multichannel jobs pass speaker_channel. GET /jobs/{id}/captions.
```

### `revai_get_job`

- The name "revai_get_job" says "get": a word for reading.
- Tag untrusted-input: The server marks it openWorldHint: true: it reaches things outside the server's own data.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
One transcription job by id: status (in_progress, transcribed, failed), timestamps, duration, language, failure reason. Poll this until status is transcribed. GET /jobs/{id}.
```

### `revai_get_summary`

- The name "revai_get_summary" says "get": a word for reading.
- Tag untrusted-input: The server marks it openWorldHint: true: it reaches things outside the server's own data.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
The summary of a transcribed job. It exists only if the job was submitted with summarization_type. Paged by character like revai_get_transcript. GET /jobs/{id}/transcript/summary.
```

### `revai_get_transcript`

- The name "revai_get_transcript" says "get": a word for reading.
- Tag untrusted-input: The server marks it openWorldHint: true: it reaches things outside the server's own data.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
The transcript of a transcribed job. format=text (default) is plain text with speaker labels and timestamps; format=segments is a list of {speaker, start, end, text} per speaker turn (seconds). Long transcripts are paged: repeat with next_offset until it is null. GET /jobs/{id}/transcript.
```

### `revai_list_jobs`

- The name "revai_list_jobs" says "list": a word for reading.
- Tag untrusted-input: The server marks it openWorldHint: true: it reaches things outside the server's own data.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
List transcription jobs from the last 30 days, newest first: id, status (in_progress, transcribed, failed), name, duration, language, failure reason. Page with starting_after = the previous reply's next_starting_after. GET /jobs.
```

## Claude Code permissions

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

```json
{
  "permissions": {
    "allow": [
      "mcp__rev-ai__revai_get_account",
      "mcp__rev-ai__revai_list_jobs",
      "mcp__rev-ai__revai_get_job",
      "mcp__rev-ai__revai_get_transcript",
      "mcp__rev-ai__revai_get_summary",
      "mcp__rev-ai__revai_get_captions"
    ],
    "ask": [],
    "deny": [
      "mcp__rev-ai__revai_submit_job",
      "mcp__rev-ai__revai_delete_job"
    ]
  }
}
```

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

- `mcp__rev-ai__revai_get_account`: private-data, untrusted-input
- `mcp__rev-ai__revai_list_jobs`: untrusted-input
- `mcp__rev-ai__revai_get_job`: untrusted-input
- `mcp__rev-ai__revai_submit_job`: untrusted-input
- `mcp__rev-ai__revai_delete_job`: untrusted-input
- `mcp__rev-ai__revai_get_transcript`: untrusted-input
- `mcp__rev-ai__revai_get_summary`: untrusted-input
- `mcp__rev-ai__revai_get_captions`: untrusted-input

## Remote posture

What an anonymous client saw at the remote endpoint, last 2026-10-22T15:30:46.853Z, unchanged since 2026-10-22T15:30:46.853Z. 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 | `2` |
| Protocol version | `2025-06-18` |
| WWW-Authenticate on 401 | `not observed` |
| resource_metadata in WWW-Authenticate | `none` |
| RFC 9728 protected resource metadata | `https://rev-ai.usefulapi.io/.well-known/oauth-protected-resource/mcp` |
| Authorization servers | `https://rev-ai.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 2 tools that change things (2 destructive). Whether a call also works without credentials was not tested: tools are never called.

https://rev-ai.usefulapi.io/mcp: tools/list returned 8 tools to an anonymous client, including revai_submit_job (destructive), revai_delete_job (destructive)
```