# `pro.appboard/appboard` on anlyon.dev

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> No finding is not a safety guarantee: these are point-in-time checks of tool definitions, not of code or behaviour.

- Page: https://anlyon.dev/servers/pro.appboard/appboard
- JSON: https://anlyon.dev/api/v1/servers/pro.appboard/appboard
- Version: 1.0.0 (active)
- Publisher: pro.appboard (domain proven to the MCP Registry)
- Runs: remote (streamable-http)
- Sign-in to list tools: none
- Metadata from the official MCP Registry, synced 2026-10-21T18:54:31.282Z

Title and description, as the publisher wrote them:

```untrusted-server-text
AppBoard.pro product discovery
Search community-ranked software products: trending launches, details, and alternatives to a tool.
```

Scanned 2026-10-21T19:20:00.786Z over streamable-http.

**7 tools: 7 only read.**

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

## Exfil surface

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


## Only reads (7)

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

### `appboard_alternatives_to`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Find products offered as alternatives to a tool the user ALREADY USES — "what can I use instead of Notion / Product Hunt / Zapier". Pass the tool's target slug. This differs from appboard_find_alternatives, which starts from a product listed on AppBoard; use this one when the user names the tool they want to replace. Call appboard_list_alternative_targets when unsure which slug a tool has.
```

### `appboard_browse_taxonomy`

- The name "appboard_browse_taxonomy" says "browse": a word for reading.
- Tag untrusted-input: The name "appboard_browse_taxonomy" says "browse": it reads web pages, which anyone can write.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
List the controlled vocabulary for a dimension — categories, use cases, platforms, audiences or pricing models. Call this to discover the exact filter values appboard_find_products accepts, and to answer "what categories exist". Each term carries the appboardUrl of its browse page.
```

### `appboard_find_alternatives`

- The name "appboard_find_alternatives" says "find": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Find alternatives and competitors to a specific product. Use this for "what's a good alternative to X" or "what else is like X". Alternatives that are themselves on AppBoard include a slug you can pass to appboard_product_details and an appboardUrl. When the tool being replaced has an AppBoard collection, alternativesPage is the URL of that "alternatives to X" page — share it with the user.
```

### `appboard_find_products`

- The name "appboard_find_products" says "find": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Search AppBoard for software products by need, category, use case, platform, audience or pricing model. Use this whenever the user asks what tool to use for a job ("a free email API", "note-taking apps for teams"). Results are ranked by real community engagement, not by advertising. Filter values are the names returned by appboard_browse_taxonomy — an unknown name is an error, so list the vocabulary first if you are unsure. Each product carries an appboardUrl, and each of its categories, use cases and platforms carries the appboardUrl of its browse page.
```

### `appboard_list_alternative_targets`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
List the tools AppBoard has alternatives for, most-covered first, with the slug to pass to appboard_alternatives_to. Use it to resolve a tool name to a slug, or to answer "what tools do you cover alternatives for".
```

### `appboard_product_details`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Get everything AppBoard knows about one product: what it does, its pricing model, platforms, use cases, target audiences, community metrics, any discount code, and its alternatives. Use after appboard_find_products when the user asks about a specific product. Taxonomy terms link to their browse pages; an alternative that has its own AppBoard collection carries alternativesPage — the URL to open for it.
```

### `appboard_trending`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
List the products gaining the most community momentum in a time window. Use this for "what's new/hot/trending" questions. Ranked by AppBoard's Points-Based Score, which weights recent upvotes, comments, follows and saves by recency.
```

## Claude Code permissions

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

```json
{
  "permissions": {
    "allow": [
      "mcp__appboard__appboard_alternatives_to",
      "mcp__appboard__appboard_browse_taxonomy",
      "mcp__appboard__appboard_find_alternatives",
      "mcp__appboard__appboard_find_products",
      "mcp__appboard__appboard_list_alternative_targets",
      "mcp__appboard__appboard_product_details",
      "mcp__appboard__appboard_trending"
    ],
    "ask": [],
    "deny": []
  }
}
```

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

- `mcp__appboard__appboard_browse_taxonomy`: untrusted-input

## Remote posture

What an anonymous client saw at the remote endpoint, last 2026-10-22T15:12:37.547Z, unchanged since 2026-10-22T15:12:37.547Z. 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 | `0` |
| 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` |