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

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

Title and description, as the publisher wrote them:

```untrusted-server-text
Unkey MCP by usefulapi
Manage API keys, identities, permissions, rate-limit overrides and verification analytics.
```

Scanned 2026-10-22T11:20:26.719Z over streamable-http.

**19 tools: 7 can delete or cancel things, 2 change things and 10 only read.**

| Group | Class | Tools | Claude Code |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Deletes or cancels | destructive | 7 | deny |
| Can't be undone | irreversible | 0 | ask |
| Changes things | write | 2 | ask |
| Only reads | read | 10 | 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__unkey__unkey_query_verification_analytics` |
| 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

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

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

annotations: {"readOnlyHint":true}; The name "unkey_query_verification_analytics" says "query": a word for reading.
```


## Deletes or cancels (7)

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

### `unkey_create_api`

- The name "unkey_create_api" 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 API namespace to issue keys under. Unkey: POST /v2/apis.createApi.
```

### `unkey_create_identity`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Create an identity — an end user or organisation that keys and shared rate limits attach to. Unkey: POST /v2/identities.createIdentity.
```

### `unkey_create_key`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Issue a new API key under an API. The plaintext key is returned ONCE in the response and cannot be retrieved later unless recoverable is set. Unkey: POST /v2/keys.createKey.
```

### `unkey_delete_key`

- The name "unkey_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
Revoke a key. By default this is a soft delete the key stops working but stays queryable; pass permanent to erase it. Unkey: POST /v2/keys.deleteKey.
```

### `unkey_set_ratelimit_override`

- The name "unkey_set_ratelimit_override" 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 custom rate limit for one identifier in a namespace — how you raise or lower a single customer's limit. Unkey: POST /v2/ratelimit.setOverride.
```

### `unkey_update_key`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Change a key's name, owner, metadata, expiry, roles, permissions or enabled state. Unkey: POST /v2/keys.updateKey.
```

### `unkey_update_key_credits`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Set, increment or decrement a key's remaining credits. Use set with no value for unlimited. Unkey: POST /v2/keys.updateCredits.
```

## Changes things (2)

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

### `unkey_liveness`

- Nothing in its name or description says what it does, so it is counted as a write.
- The server marks it read-only (readOnlyHint: true), but an annotation never lowers a class.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Check that the Unkey API is reachable and the root key works. The only GET in the v2 surface. Unkey: GET /v2/liveness.
```

### `unkey_query_verification_analytics`

- The name "unkey_query_verification_analytics" says "query": a word for reading.
- The description's first verb is "run": a word for a change.
- The server marks it read-only (readOnlyHint: true), but an annotation never lowers a class.
- Tag private-data: The description's first sentence says "sql": it reads databases.
- Findings: warn annotation-conflict

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Run a read-only SQL query over key-verification analytics. The query must use one of the public aliases: key_verifications_v1, key_verifications_per_minute_v1, key_verifications_per_hour_v1, key_verifications_per_day_v1 or key_verifications_per_month_v1. Physical default.* table names are rejected, and results are scoped to your workspace. Unkey: POST /v2/analytics.getVerifications.
```

## Only reads (10)

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

### `unkey_get_api`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Fetch an API namespace by id. Read-only despite being a POST. Unkey: POST /v2/apis.getApi.
```

### `unkey_get_identity`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Fetch a single identity with its metadata and shared rate limits. Read-only despite being a POST. Unkey: POST /v2/identities.getIdentity.
```

### `unkey_get_key`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Fetch a key's metadata by its key id — name, owner, permissions, credits, rate limits and whether it is enabled. Read-only despite being a POST. Unkey: POST /v2/keys.getKey.
```

### `unkey_get_ratelimit_override`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Fetch the override for one identifier in a namespace. Read-only despite being a POST. Unkey: POST /v2/ratelimit.getOverride.
```

### `unkey_list_api_keys`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
List every key issued under one API, optionally narrowed to a single customer by externalId. Read-only despite being a POST. Unkey: POST /v2/apis.listKeys.
```

### `unkey_list_identities`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
List identities — the end users or organisations your keys belong to. Read-only despite being a POST. Unkey: POST /v2/identities.listIdentities.
```

### `unkey_list_permissions`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
List the permissions defined in the workspace. Read-only despite being a POST. Unkey: POST /v2/permissions.listPermissions.
```

### `unkey_list_ratelimit_overrides`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
List the per-identifier overrides in one rate-limit namespace. Read-only despite being a POST. Unkey: POST /v2/ratelimit.listOverrides.
```

### `unkey_list_roles`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
List the roles defined in the workspace. Read-only despite being a POST. Unkey: POST /v2/permissions.listRoles.
```

### `unkey_whoami_key`

- The name "unkey_whoami_key" says "whoami": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Given a plaintext API key, return which key it is and its metadata — without spending credits or recording a verification. This is the safe way to identify a key a customer sent you. Unkey: POST /v2/keys.whoami.
```

## Claude Code permissions

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

```json
{
  "permissions": {
    "allow": [
      "mcp__unkey__unkey_get_key",
      "mcp__unkey__unkey_whoami_key",
      "mcp__unkey__unkey_get_api",
      "mcp__unkey__unkey_list_api_keys",
      "mcp__unkey__unkey_list_identities",
      "mcp__unkey__unkey_get_identity",
      "mcp__unkey__unkey_list_permissions",
      "mcp__unkey__unkey_list_roles",
      "mcp__unkey__unkey_list_ratelimit_overrides",
      "mcp__unkey__unkey_get_ratelimit_override"
    ],
    "ask": [
      "mcp__unkey__unkey_liveness",
      "mcp__unkey__unkey_query_verification_analytics"
    ],
    "deny": [
      "mcp__unkey__unkey_create_api",
      "mcp__unkey__unkey_create_key",
      "mcp__unkey__unkey_update_key",
      "mcp__unkey__unkey_update_key_credits",
      "mcp__unkey__unkey_delete_key",
      "mcp__unkey__unkey_create_identity",
      "mcp__unkey__unkey_set_ratelimit_override"
    ]
  }
}
```

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

- `mcp__unkey__unkey_query_verification_analytics`: private-data

## Remote posture

What an anonymous client saw at the remote endpoint, last 2026-10-22T15:32:20.971Z, unchanged since 2026-10-22T15:32:20.971Z. 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 | `9` |
| Protocol version | `2025-06-18` |
| WWW-Authenticate on 401 | `not observed` |
| resource_metadata in WWW-Authenticate | `none` |
| RFC 9728 protected resource metadata | `https://unkey.usefulapi.io/.well-known/oauth-protected-resource/mcp` |
| Authorization servers | `https://unkey.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 9 tools that change things (7 destructive, 2 write). Whether a call also works without credentials was not tested: tools are never called.

https://unkey.usefulapi.io/mcp: tools/list returned 19 tools to an anonymous client, including unkey_create_api (destructive), unkey_create_key (destructive), unkey_update_key (destructive), unkey_update_key_credits (destructive), unkey_delete_key (destructive) and 4 more
```