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

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- Page: https://anlyon.dev/servers/io.usefulapi/tailscale
- JSON: https://anlyon.dev/api/v1/servers/io.usefulapi/tailscale
- 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
Tailscale MCP by usefulapi
Read devices, users, keys, ACLs and DNS for a tailnet; manage devices, routes and auth keys.
```

Scanned 2026-10-21T19:42:02.177Z over streamable-http.

**22 tools: 8 can delete or cancel things and 14 only read.**

| Group | Class | Tools | Claude Code |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Deletes or cancels | destructive | 8 | deny |
| Can't be undone | irreversible | 0 | ask |
| Changes things | write | 0 | ask |
| Only reads | read | 14 | allow |

## Findings

No check matched anything in these tool definitions.


## Deletes or cancels (8)

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

### `tailscale_authorize_device`

- 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
Authorize or de-authorize a device (only relevant when device approval is enabled for the tailnet). Tailscale REST: POST /device/{deviceId}/authorized.
```

### `tailscale_create_auth_key`

- The name "tailscale_create_auth_key" 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 new auth key for the tailnet (used to register new devices). Tailscale REST: POST /tailnet/{tailnet}/keys.
```

### `tailscale_delete_device`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Delete a device, removing it from the tailnet. Tailscale REST: DELETE /device/{deviceId}.
```

### `tailscale_delete_key`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Delete (revoke) an auth key or API access token by id — a security response. Tailscale REST: DELETE /tailnet/{tailnet}/keys/{keyId}.
```

### `tailscale_expire_device_key`

- 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
Expire a device's node key, forcing it to re-authenticate — a security response to a compromised or lost device. Tailscale REST: POST /device/{deviceId}/expire.
```

### `tailscale_set_device_name`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Set (rename) a device's name. Tailscale REST: POST /device/{deviceId}/name.
```

### `tailscale_set_device_routes`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Set the subnet routes ENABLED for a device (from the routes it advertises). REPLACES the enabled set. Tailscale REST: POST /device/{deviceId}/routes.
```

### `tailscale_set_device_tags`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Set a device's ACL tags. REPLACES the device's existing tags. Tailscale REST: POST /device/{deviceId}/tags.
```

## Only reads (14)

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

### `tailscale_get_device`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Get a single device by id. Tailscale REST: GET /device/{deviceId}.
```

### `tailscale_get_dns_preferences`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Get the tailnet's DNS preferences (e.g. whether MagicDNS is enabled). Tailscale REST: GET /tailnet/{tailnet}/dns/preferences.
```

### `tailscale_get_key`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Get details of a single auth key / API access token by id (capabilities, expiry, usage). Tailscale REST: GET /tailnet/{tailnet}/keys/{keyId}.
```

### `tailscale_get_policy_file`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Get the tailnet's ACL / policy file (returned as JSON via the Accept header, not HuJSON). Tailscale REST: GET /tailnet/{tailnet}/acl.
```

### `tailscale_get_split_dns`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Get the tailnet's split-DNS configuration — a map of domain → nameservers. Tailscale REST: GET /tailnet/{tailnet}/dns/split-dns.
```

### `tailscale_get_tailnet_settings`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Get the tailnet's settings (device approval, key expiry, posture, etc.). Tailscale REST: GET /tailnet/{tailnet}/settings.
```

### `tailscale_get_user`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Get a single user by id. Tailscale REST: GET /users/{userId}.
```

### `tailscale_list_device_routes`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
List the subnet routes a device advertises and which are enabled. Tailscale REST: GET /device/{deviceId}/routes.
```

### `tailscale_list_devices`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
List all devices in the tailnet (name, addresses, OS, last seen, tags, etc.). Tailscale REST: GET /tailnet/{tailnet}/devices.
```

### `tailscale_list_dns_nameservers`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
List the global DNS nameservers configured for the tailnet. Tailscale REST: GET /tailnet/{tailnet}/dns/nameservers.
```

### `tailscale_list_dns_searchpaths`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
List the DNS search paths (search domains) configured for the tailnet. Tailscale REST: GET /tailnet/{tailnet}/dns/searchpaths.
```

### `tailscale_list_keys`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
List auth keys and API access tokens for the tailnet. Tailscale REST: GET /tailnet/{tailnet}/keys.
```

### `tailscale_list_users`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
List users of the tailnet, optionally filtered by type, role or status. Tailscale REST: GET /tailnet/{tailnet}/users.
```

### `tailscale_list_webhooks`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
List the webhook endpoints configured for the tailnet. Tailscale REST: GET /tailnet/{tailnet}/webhooks.
```

## Claude Code permissions

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

```json
{
  "permissions": {
    "allow": [
      "mcp__tailscale__tailscale_list_devices",
      "mcp__tailscale__tailscale_get_device",
      "mcp__tailscale__tailscale_list_device_routes",
      "mcp__tailscale__tailscale_list_keys",
      "mcp__tailscale__tailscale_get_key",
      "mcp__tailscale__tailscale_get_policy_file",
      "mcp__tailscale__tailscale_list_dns_nameservers",
      "mcp__tailscale__tailscale_get_dns_preferences",
      "mcp__tailscale__tailscale_list_dns_searchpaths",
      "mcp__tailscale__tailscale_get_split_dns",
      "mcp__tailscale__tailscale_list_users",
      "mcp__tailscale__tailscale_get_user",
      "mcp__tailscale__tailscale_list_webhooks",
      "mcp__tailscale__tailscale_get_tailnet_settings"
    ],
    "ask": [],
    "deny": [
      "mcp__tailscale__tailscale_authorize_device",
      "mcp__tailscale__tailscale_set_device_name",
      "mcp__tailscale__tailscale_set_device_tags",
      "mcp__tailscale__tailscale_expire_device_key",
      "mcp__tailscale__tailscale_set_device_routes",
      "mcp__tailscale__tailscale_create_auth_key",
      "mcp__tailscale__tailscale_delete_key",
      "mcp__tailscale__tailscale_delete_device"
    ]
  }
}
```