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

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- Page: https://anlyon.dev/servers/io.usefulapi/tinypng
- JSON: https://anlyon.dev/api/v1/servers/io.usefulapi/tinypng
- Version: 1.3.4 (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 2026-10-22T11:18:55.496Z

Title and description, as the publisher wrote them:

```untrusted-server-text
TinyPNG MCP by usefulapi
Compress, resize and convert images with TinyPNG by URL, and check this month's compression count.
```

Scanned 2026-10-22T11:20:51.081Z over streamable-http.

**4 tools: 2 change things and 2 only read.**

| Group | Class | Tools | Claude Code |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Deletes or cancels | destructive | 0 | deny |
| Can't be undone | irreversible | 0 | ask |
| Changes things | write | 2 | ask |
| Only reads | read | 2 | allow |

## Exfil surface

4 private-data -> untrusted-input -> outbound paths in this server alone. Denying 1 outbound tool breaks every one: `mcp__tinypng__tinypng_compress_image`.

| Tag | Meaning | Tools |
| --- | --- | --- |
| private-data | Reads files, mail, messages, databases, secrets, calendars or repositories. | `mcp__tinypng__tinypng_get_usage` |
| untrusted-input | Brings in text someone else can write: web pages, inbound email, messages, issues and comments. | `mcp__tinypng__tinypng_compress_image` `mcp__tinypng__tinypng_download_image` `mcp__tinypng__tinypng_get_usage` `mcp__tinypng__tinypng_transform_image` |
| outbound | Can carry data to people or systems: it sends, posts or publishes, or takes a recipient, channel or URL. | `mcp__tinypng__tinypng_compress_image` |

| Private data | Untrusted input | Outbound |
| --- | --- | --- |
| `mcp__tinypng__tinypng_get_usage` | `mcp__tinypng__tinypng_compress_image` | `mcp__tinypng__tinypng_compress_image` |
| `mcp__tinypng__tinypng_get_usage` | `mcp__tinypng__tinypng_download_image` | `mcp__tinypng__tinypng_compress_image` |
| `mcp__tinypng__tinypng_get_usage` | `mcp__tinypng__tinypng_get_usage` | `mcp__tinypng__tinypng_compress_image` |
| `mcp__tinypng__tinypng_get_usage` | `mcp__tinypng__tinypng_transform_image` | `mcp__tinypng__tinypng_compress_image` |

## Findings

No check matched anything in these tool definitions.


## Changes things (2)

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

### `tinypng_compress_image`

- The description's first verb is "write": a word for a change.
- Tag untrusted-input: The server marks it openWorldHint: true: it reaches things outside the server's own data.
- Tag outbound: The input takes a URL (input.url): a request to a URL can carry data to whoever runs it.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
WRITE (uses quota): ask TinyPNG (Tinify) to fetch a public image by URL and compress it (JPEG, PNG, WebP, AVIF or JPEG XL). Returns the output_url (Tinify's Location address of the compressed image), the compressed size and type, the savings when the input size is known, and the Compression-Count header (compressions used this month). The image is stored by Tinify for about 48 hours; output_url needs your API key, so use tinypng_download_image to get the bytes and tinypng_transform_image to resize, convert or keep metadata. Each compression counts against the monthly quota of your Tinify API key (the free plan includes 500 per month); resizing and converting count one extra compression each. POST /shrink.
```

### `tinypng_transform_image`

- The description's first verb is "write": a word for a change.
- 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 (uses quota): apply a resize, a format conversion and/or metadata preservation to an image compressed earlier (the output_url from tinypng_compress_image, valid about 48 hours). Returns the resulting type, byte size, width, height and Compression-Count; the image itself is returned too when include_image is true and it is under 1 MB. Resize: method scale (give width OR height), or fit / cover / thumb (give width AND height); images are never scaled up. Convert: one or more of image/webp, image/jpeg, image/png, image/avif, image/jxl (several = the smallest is returned) or */* (the smallest of WebP, JPEG, PNG); converting a transparent image to JPEG needs a background colour. Preserve: copyright, creation, location (location is JPEG only) keeps that metadata, which makes the file slightly larger. Each call is a fresh request: resize and convert each count one extra compression on your monthly Tinify quota, preserve is free. Tinify returns the bytes only (no new URL), so only include_image gives you the transformed file, and only when it is under 1 MB. POST /output/{id}.
```

## Only reads (2)

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

### `tinypng_download_image`

- The description's first verb is "fetch": 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 "fetch" and "url": it reads web pages, which anyone can write.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Fetch the compressed image of an earlier tinypng_compress_image (its output_url, valid about 48 hours) and return it as an image with its type, byte size, width and height. Images over 1 MB are described but not returned inline. Downloading does not use extra compression quota. GET /output/{id}.
```

### `tinypng_get_usage`

- The name "tinypng_get_usage" says "get": a word for reading.
- Tag private-data: The description's first sentence says "calendar": it reads calendars.
- 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
How many compressions your Tinify API key has used this calendar month (the Compression-Count header), and whether the key is valid. The check sends an empty request that Tinify refuses, so nothing is compressed and no quota is used. Compare with your Tinify plan (the free plan includes 500 per month). POST /shrink with no body.
```

## Claude Code permissions

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

```json
{
  "permissions": {
    "allow": [
      "mcp__tinypng__tinypng_download_image",
      "mcp__tinypng__tinypng_get_usage"
    ],
    "ask": [
      "mcp__tinypng__tinypng_compress_image",
      "mcp__tinypng__tinypng_transform_image"
    ],
    "deny": []
  }
}
```

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

- `mcp__tinypng__tinypng_compress_image`: untrusted-input, outbound
- `mcp__tinypng__tinypng_transform_image`: untrusted-input
- `mcp__tinypng__tinypng_download_image`: untrusted-input
- `mcp__tinypng__tinypng_get_usage`: private-data, untrusted-input