# `org.videohistoryproject/research` on anlyon.dev

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- Page: https://anlyon.dev/servers/org.videohistoryproject/research
- JSON: https://anlyon.dev/api/v1/servers/org.videohistoryproject/research
- Version: 1.0.0 (active)
- Publisher: org.videohistoryproject (domain proven to the MCP Registry)
- Runs: remote (streamable-http)
- Sign-in to list tools: none
- Metadata from the official MCP Registry, synced 2026-10-21T18:54:25.192Z

Title and description, as the publisher wrote them:

```untrusted-server-text
Video History Project
Search experimental video history, read public records, follow sources and export citations.
```

Scanned 2026-10-21T19:19:50.773Z over streamable-http.

**6 tools: 1 change things and 5 only read.**

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

## Findings

No check matched anything in these tool definitions.


## Changes things (1)

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

### `export_citations`

- 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
Export citations for 1–25 VHP IDs or URLs. format is text or ris; target is publication (the cataloged work) or page (the VHP web page). Missing publication metadata returns a per-item error; choose page to cite a biography or history page.
```

## Only reads (5)

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

### `describe_collection`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Describe the Video History Project collection, searchable text, filters, citation practices and response limits. Useful when beginning research.
```

### `get_record`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Read a public VHP record by ID or VHP URL, resolving old addresses locally. Returns metadata, source links, citations and a section of existing text. Default section is body; choose other section names from sections. Follow content.nextOffset with the same section and version for complete text. Linked scans are not read.
```

### `get_related_records`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Get the site's existing similarity suggestions for a public record. These are research leads, not evidence of a historical relationship. May return no suggestions when the index has none or the editor has disabled them.
```

### `list_terms`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Find catalog author or subject filter keys by part of a name. Returns exact keys, display labels and counts of discoverable records. field is author or subject. Follow nextPage; use a returned key in search_records.
```

### `search_records`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Search public VHP records by words or quoted phrases. Empty query browses. Combine exact author/subject keys from list_terms, recorded years and a type from describe_collection. Follow nextPage. Excerpts label their source; read get_record before quoting.
```

## Claude Code permissions

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

```json
{
  "permissions": {
    "allow": [
      "mcp__research__get_record",
      "mcp__research__list_terms",
      "mcp__research__search_records",
      "mcp__research__get_related_records",
      "mcp__research__describe_collection"
    ],
    "ask": [
      "mcp__research__export_citations"
    ],
    "deny": []
  }
}
```