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

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- Page: https://anlyon.dev/servers/io.usefulapi/sendbird
- JSON: https://anlyon.dev/api/v1/servers/io.usefulapi/sendbird
- Version: 1.16.3 (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 2026-10-21T19:23:31.915Z

Title and description, as the publisher wrote them:

```untrusted-server-text
Sendbird MCP by usefulapi
MCP server for Sendbird — chat users, channels, members, and messages from your AI client.
```

Scanned 2026-10-21T19:41:41.746Z over streamable-http.

**14 tools: 4 can delete or cancel things, 1 change things and 9 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 | 9 | allow |

## Findings

- **warn** Annotations that disagree with the tool in `sendbird_request` ([annotation-conflict](https://anlyon.dev/methodology#annotation-conflict))

```untrusted-server-text
The server marks "sendbird_request" read-only (readOnlyHint: true), and its own name, description or input give the class "write".

annotations: {"readOnlyHint":true}; The name "sendbird_request" says "request": a word for a change.
```


## Deletes or cancels (4)

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

### `sendbird_create_group_channel`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
MUTATES Sendbird data: creates a group channel with the given members. Platform API: POST /group_channels.
```

### `sendbird_create_user`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
MUTATES Sendbird data: creates a new user. Platform API: POST /users.
```

### `sendbird_send_message`

- The name "sendbird_send_message" says "send": a word for sending, and what is sent cannot be taken back.
- The server marks it destructive (destructiveHint: true).

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
MUTATES Sendbird data: sends a message into a channel as a user (MESG) or as an admin (ADMM). File/multipart messages are not supported. Platform API: POST /{channel_type}/{channel_url}/messages.
```

### `sendbird_update_user`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
MUTATES Sendbird data: partially updates a user's profile. Only provided fields change. Platform API: PUT /users/{user_id}.
```

## Changes things (1)

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

### `sendbird_request`

- The name "sendbird_request" says "request": a word for a change.
- The server marks it read-only (readOnlyHint: true), but an annotation never lowers a class.
- Findings: warn annotation-conflict

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Power-user escape hatch: issue a raw GET to any Chat Platform API v3 path not wrapped by a dedicated tool (e.g. /group_channels/{url}/messages/{id}, /report, /applications/settings_global). READ-ONLY — GET only. Platform API: GET {path}.
```

## Only reads (9)

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

### `sendbird_get_group_channel`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Fetch a single group channel by URL, optionally with members and receipts. Platform API: GET /group_channels/{channel_url}.
```

### `sendbird_get_open_channel`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Fetch a single open channel by URL. Platform API: GET /open_channels/{channel_url}.
```

### `sendbird_get_user`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Fetch a single user by user_id. Platform API: GET /users/{user_id}.
```

### `sendbird_list_group_channel_members`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
List the members of a group channel. Platform API: GET /group_channels/{channel_url}/members. Returns { members[], next }.
```

### `sendbird_list_group_channels`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
List group channels in the application, with rich filtering (name, members, distinct/public/super mode). Platform API: GET /group_channels. Returns { channels[], next }.
```

### `sendbird_list_group_channels_by_user`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
List the group channels a given user belongs to. Platform API: GET /users/{user_id}/my_group_channels. Returns { channels[], next }.
```

### `sendbird_list_messages`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
List messages in a channel, anchored at a timestamp or message id. Provide EITHER message_ts (unix ms) OR message_id. Platform API: GET /{channel_type}/{channel_url}/messages. Returns { messages[] }.
```

### `sendbird_list_open_channels`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
List open (public, participant-based) channels. Platform API: GET /open_channels. Returns { channels[], next }.
```

### `sendbird_list_users`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
List the users in the application. Supports filtering by activity, nickname, ids, and metadata. Platform API: GET /users. Returns { users[], next }.
```

## Claude Code permissions

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

```json
{
  "permissions": {
    "allow": [
      "mcp__sendbird__sendbird_list_users",
      "mcp__sendbird__sendbird_get_user",
      "mcp__sendbird__sendbird_list_group_channels",
      "mcp__sendbird__sendbird_get_group_channel",
      "mcp__sendbird__sendbird_list_group_channel_members",
      "mcp__sendbird__sendbird_list_group_channels_by_user",
      "mcp__sendbird__sendbird_list_open_channels",
      "mcp__sendbird__sendbird_get_open_channel",
      "mcp__sendbird__sendbird_list_messages"
    ],
    "ask": [
      "mcp__sendbird__sendbird_request"
    ],
    "deny": [
      "mcp__sendbird__sendbird_send_message",
      "mcp__sendbird__sendbird_create_user",
      "mcp__sendbird__sendbird_update_user",
      "mcp__sendbird__sendbird_create_group_channel"
    ]
  }
}
```