# `link.snip/snip` on anlyon.dev

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- Page: https://anlyon.dev/servers/link.snip/snip
- JSON: https://anlyon.dev/api/v1/servers/link.snip/snip
- Version: 1.0.0 (active)
- Publisher: link.snip (domain proven to the MCP Registry)
- Runs: remote (streamable-http)
- Sign-in to list tools: none
- Metadata from the official MCP Registry, synced 2026-10-21T18:53:28.415Z

Title and description, as the publisher wrote them:

```untrusted-server-text
Snip
Free QR codes that never expire and free short links with click stats.
```

Scanned 2026-10-21T19:18:16.734Z over streamable-http.

**8 tools: 1 can delete or cancel things, 5 change things and 2 only read.**

| Group | Class | Tools | Claude Code |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Deletes or cancels | destructive | 1 | deny |
| Can't be undone | irreversible | 0 | ask |
| Changes things | write | 5 | ask |
| Only reads | read | 2 | allow |

## Exfil surface

No private-data -> untrusted-input -> outbound path in this server alone: no tool is tagged private-data.

| Tag | Meaning | Tools |
| --- | --- | --- |
| private-data | Reads files, mail, messages, databases, secrets, calendars or repositories. | none |
| untrusted-input | Brings in text someone else can write: web pages, inbound email, messages, issues and comments. | `mcp__snip__shorten_link` `mcp__snip__update_link` |
| outbound | Can carry data to people or systems: it sends, posts or publishes, or takes a recipient, channel or URL. | `mcp__snip__shorten_link` `mcp__snip__update_link` |

## Findings

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

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

annotations: {"readOnlyHint":true,"destructiveHint":false,"idempotentHint":true,"openWorldHint":false}; The name "get_link_stats" says "get": a word for reading.
```

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

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

annotations: {"readOnlyHint":true,"destructiveHint":false,"idempotentHint":true,"openWorldHint":false}; The name "get_account_stats" says "get": a word for reading.
```


## Deletes or cancels (1)

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

### `delete_link`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Permanently deletes one of the user's Snip links and its click history; the short link stops working within a minute and the ending is free again. Needs the user signed in to Snip. Confirm with the user first; to pause a link instead, use update_link with disabled true.
```

## Changes things (5)

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

### `get_account_stats`

- The name "get_account_stats" says "get": a word for reading.
- The description's first verb is "click": 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
Clicks and QR scans across every link in the user's Snip account: totals, by day, the busiest links, and the top countries, referring sites and devices. Needs the user signed in to Snip. Use this for questions like "how are my links doing" or "which link got the most scans this week".
```

### `get_link_stats`

- The name "get_link_stats" says "get": a word for reading.
- The description's first verb is "click": 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
Clicks and QR scans for one of the user's own Snip links: totals, by day, by hour of the day on plans with time-of-day analytics, and the top countries, referring sites and devices. Needs the user signed in to Snip (the account endpoint or an API key). Pass the short link, its ending or its id. For every link at once, use get_account_stats.
```

### `make_qr_code`

- 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
Make a static QR code for a link, text, Wi-Fi network, contact card, email, phone number or SMS, free and with no account. Returns a PNG and an SVG download link that the user can open, save or print; show the PNG link to the user. Static codes hold the content in the pattern, so they never expire and keep working without Snip. Use this whenever the user asks for a QR code.
```

### `shorten_link`

- The name "shorten_link" says "link": 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
Turn a long web address into a short snip.link link, free, and get a QR code for it. Use this when the user wants a short link, a link they can change after printing, or click and scan counts. When the user is not signed in to Snip the link works at once and the answer includes a claim link the user can open to keep it in a free Snip account and see its clicks. When they are signed in (the account endpoint or an API key) the link is saved to their account, and a custom ending (snip.link/your-ending) is allowed.
```

### `update_link`

- The name "update_link" says "update": 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
Changes where one of the user's Snip links goes, its title, or switches it off and on. Printed QR codes follow the new destination within a minute. Needs the user signed in to Snip. Pass only the fields to change.
```

## Only reads (2)

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

### `list_domains`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
The user's own domains (go.yourbrand.com) that their Snip links can use, with whether each is live. Pass a live one as domain to shorten_link. Needs the user signed in to Snip; adding a domain happens in the dashboard (it needs a DNS record).
```

### `list_links`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
The user's Snip links, newest first, with their destinations and click counts. Needs the user signed in to Snip. Pass a search to match an ending, a destination or a title.
```

## Claude Code permissions

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

```json
{
  "permissions": {
    "allow": [
      "mcp__snip__list_links",
      "mcp__snip__list_domains"
    ],
    "ask": [
      "mcp__snip__make_qr_code",
      "mcp__snip__shorten_link",
      "mcp__snip__get_link_stats",
      "mcp__snip__get_account_stats",
      "mcp__snip__update_link"
    ],
    "deny": [
      "mcp__snip__delete_link"
    ]
  }
}
```

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

- `mcp__snip__shorten_link`: untrusted-input, outbound
- `mcp__snip__update_link`: untrusted-input, outbound

## Remote posture

What an anonymous client saw at the remote endpoint, last 2026-10-22T15:10:04.357Z, unchanged since 2026-10-22T15:10:04.357Z. 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 | `6` |
| Protocol version | `2025-06-18` |
| WWW-Authenticate on 401 | `not observed` |
| resource_metadata in WWW-Authenticate | `none` |
| RFC 9728 protected resource metadata | `https://snip.link/.well-known/oauth-protected-resource/mcp` |
| Authorization servers | `https://clerk.snip.link` |
| Legacy HTTP+SSE transport | `no` |
| Dynamic client registration | `yes` |
| Client ID metadata documents | `yes` |

- **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 6 tools that change things (1 destructive, 5 write). Whether a call also works without credentials was not tested: tools are never called.

https://snip.link/mcp: tools/list returned 8 tools to an anonymous client, including delete_link (destructive), make_qr_code (write), shorten_link (write), get_link_stats (write), get_account_stats (write) and 1 more
```