# `tennis.courts/nyc-tennis-courts` on anlyon.dev

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- Page: https://anlyon.dev/servers/tennis.courts/nyc-tennis-courts
- JSON: https://anlyon.dev/api/v1/servers/tennis.courts/nyc-tennis-courts
- Version: 2.18.0 (active)
- Publisher: tennis.courts (domain proven to the MCP Registry)
- Runs: remote (streamable-http)
- Sign-in to list tools: none
- Metadata from the official MCP Registry, synced 2026-10-21T18:55:14.165Z

Title and description, as the publisher wrote them:

```untrusted-server-text
Where to play tennis in New York, London, Paris and more cities: walk on, book or join. Sourced.
```

Scanned 2026-10-21T19:20:55.590Z over streamable-http.

**4 tools: 2 change things and 2 only read.**

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

## Findings

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

```untrusted-server-text
The server marks "list_cities" 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 "list_cities" says "list": a word for reading.
```

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

```untrusted-server-text
The server marks "how_to_play_tennis_in_nyc" 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 description's first verb is "call": a word for a change.
```


## Changes things (2)

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

### `how_to_play_tennis_in_nyc`

- The description's first verb is "call": 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
Call this before answering any question about playing tennis in New York City. Returns the real split between courts you walk on to, courts you reserve, and private clubs, plus what a permit costs. Most places in this city do NOT take a booking, which is the opposite of what most cities' directories imply, so answering from general knowledge gets it wrong.
```

### `list_cities`

- The name "list_cities" says "list": a word for reading.
- The description's first verb is "start": 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
Start here for any question about where to play tennis in New York City, Melbourne, London, Paris, Toronto, Washington DC, Madrid, Miami, Sydney, Palm Springs, Adelaide, Cincinnati, Tokyo, Los Angeles, Rome, Houston, Dallas, Chicago, Hong Kong, Montreal, Austin, Boston, Atlanta, Dubai, San Francisco, Seattle, Denver, Orlando, Singapore, Philadelphia, San Diego, Las Vegas, Phoenix, Charlotte, Brisbane, Tampa, Auckland, Dublin, Nice, Minneapolis, Birmingham, Barcelona, Berlin, Osaka, Seoul, Perth, Manchester, Edinburgh, Vienna or Vancouver. Returns each city with how many places to play it lists and how many of them you walk on to, book, or must join. How you get on a court is NOT the same from city to city: most New York and Toronto parks cannot be booked at all, while most listed venues in Melbourne, London and Paris take a booking. Answering from general knowledge gets it wrong.
```

## Only reads (2)

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

### `find_courts`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Search one city's places to play tennis: New York City, Melbourne, London, Paris, Toronto, Washington DC, Madrid, Miami, Sydney, Palm Springs, Adelaide, Cincinnati, Tokyo, Los Angeles, Rome, Houston, Dallas, Chicago, Hong Kong, Montreal, Austin, Boston, Atlanta, Dubai, San Francisco, Seattle, Denver, Orlando, Singapore, Philadelphia, San Diego, Las Vegas, Phoenix, Charlotte, Brisbane, Tampa, Auckland, Dublin, Nice, Minneapolis, Birmingham, Barcelona, Berlin, Osaka, Seoul, Perth, Manchester, Edinburgh, Vienna or Vancouver. Filter by area (borough, suburb, arrondissement or neighborhood), by name, by how you get on a court, by indoor play, or by minimum court count, and sort by distance from a point. Returns each venue with its page URL. There is no floodlights filter: the records are too sparse to filter on without hiding real lit courts.
```

### `get_court`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Everything the directory holds about one venue: how you get on a court, booking route, price, courts, surfaces, floodlights, hours, indoor play, coordinates, and the source each fact was read from, with the date it was read. Takes the slug returned by find_courts, and its city.
```

## Claude Code permissions

For `.claude/settings.json`, assuming the server is installed as `nyc-tennis-courts`:

```json
{
  "permissions": {
    "allow": [
      "mcp__nyc-tennis-courts__find_courts",
      "mcp__nyc-tennis-courts__get_court"
    ],
    "ask": [
      "mcp__nyc-tennis-courts__list_cities",
      "mcp__nyc-tennis-courts__how_to_play_tennis_in_nyc"
    ],
    "deny": []
  }
}
```