# `org.biobricks/site` on anlyon.dev

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- Page: https://anlyon.dev/servers/org.biobricks/site
- JSON: https://anlyon.dev/api/v1/servers/org.biobricks/site
- Version: 1.0.1 (active)
- Publisher: org.biobricks (domain proven to the MCP Registry)
- Runs: remote (streamable-http)
- Sign-in to list tools: none
- Metadata from the official MCP Registry, synced 2026-10-21T18:54:11.752Z

Title and description, as the publisher wrote them:

```untrusted-server-text
BioBricks: the site's own MCP server — dataset, enquiry (enquiry = a human handoff, not a...
```

Scanned 2026-10-21T19:19:42.317Z over streamable-http.

**10 tools: 6 change things and 4 only read.**

| Group | Class | Tools | Claude Code |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Deletes or cancels | destructive | 0 | deny |
| Can't be undone | irreversible | 0 | ask |
| Changes things | write | 6 | ask |
| Only reads | read | 4 | allow |

## Exfil surface

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

| 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. | none |
| outbound | Can carry data to people or systems: it sends, posts or publishes, or takes a recipient, channel or URL. | none |

## Findings

No check matched anything in these tool definitions.


## Changes things (6)

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

### `dataset_columns`

- Nothing in its name or description says what it does, so it is counted as a write.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
The columns, which of them are numeric, the row count and the provenance banner of the BioBricks dataset. Call this first to learn the schema.
```

### `dataset_provenance`

- Nothing in its name or description says what it does, so it is counted as a write.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
The source, the date it was computed, the licence and the citation for the BioBricks dataset. Read this to attribute a figure correctly.
```

### `dataset_row`

- Nothing in its name or description says what it does, so it is counted as a write.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
The rows of the BioBricks dataset where a column equals a value exactly (case-insensitive).
```

### `dataset_top`

- Nothing in its name or description says what it does, so it is counted as a write.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
The highest (or lowest) rows of the BioBricks dataset by a numeric column — "which is the most/least X".
```

### `enquiry_fields`

- Nothing in its name or description says what it does, so it is counted as a write.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Every field of the BioBricks enquiry: key, label, type, whether required, help text and the allowed options where there are any. Pass answers to submit_enquiry keyed by field key.
```

### `submit_enquiry`

- The name "submit_enquiry" says "submit": a word for a change.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Submits an enquiry to BioBricks — NOT a purchase, NOT a guaranteed quote. Step 1: call with the answers (keyed by field key from enquiry_fields) and consent=true; it validates and returns a summary, the consent line and a confirmation token — show the person the summary and the consent line. Step 2: only if the person agrees, call again with the same answers, consent=true and the confirmation token; the enquiry is then submitted, and the person receives an email with a link they must click before any provider sees it. Consent means the person has read and agreed to: "Send my contact details to up to three gene synthesis and research supply firms, chosen by BioBricks, who'll contact me directly. I'll be emailed each firm's name as my details go to it, and can stop any more firms getting them."
```

## Only reads (4)

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

### `dataset_compare`

- The name "dataset_compare" says "compare": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
The rows of the BioBricks dataset whose column is any of the given values, in the order given — for "X vs Y" questions.
```

### `dataset_search`

- The name "dataset_search" says "search": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Rows of the BioBricks dataset whose cells contain the query (case-insensitive), up to 50.
```

### `dataset_stats`

- The description's first verb is "count": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
count, min, max, mean, median and sum of a numeric column of the BioBricks dataset (grouping commas and currency are handled; non-numeric rows are excluded and counted).
```

### `enquiry_describe`

- The name "enquiry_describe" says "describe": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Read first. States plainly what submit_enquiry does on BioBricks: it starts an enquiry with human providers who quote directly. Nothing is bought, ordered or paid; no quote is guaranteed; it is free. Also returns who receives the details, the consent wording, and how the person confirms.
```

## Claude Code permissions

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

```json
{
  "permissions": {
    "allow": [
      "mcp__site__dataset_search",
      "mcp__site__dataset_compare",
      "mcp__site__dataset_stats",
      "mcp__site__enquiry_describe"
    ],
    "ask": [
      "mcp__site__dataset_columns",
      "mcp__site__dataset_row",
      "mcp__site__dataset_top",
      "mcp__site__dataset_provenance",
      "mcp__site__enquiry_fields",
      "mcp__site__submit_enquiry"
    ],
    "deny": []
  }
}
```

## Remote posture

What an anonymous client saw at the remote endpoint, last 2026-10-22T15:11:55.507Z, unchanged since 2026-10-22T15:11:55.507Z. 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 | `none` |
| Authorization servers | `none` |
| Legacy HTTP+SSE transport | `no` |
| Dynamic client registration | `not observed` |
| Client ID metadata documents | `not observed` |

- **warn** 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 (6 write). Whether a call also works without credentials was not tested: tools are never called.

https://biobricks.org/mcp: tools/list returned 10 tools to an anonymous client, including dataset_columns (write), dataset_row (write), dataset_top (write), dataset_provenance (write), enquiry_fields (write) and 1 more
```