# `tools.awesome/mcp` 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/tools.awesome/mcp
- JSON: https://anlyon.dev/api/v1/servers/tools.awesome/mcp
- Version: 1.0.0 (active)
- Publisher: tools.awesome (domain proven to the MCP Registry)
- Runs: remote (streamable-http)
- Sign-in to list tools: none
- Repository: https://github.com/Illyism/awesome-tools-mcp
- Metadata from the official MCP Registry, synced 2026-11-07T15:18:11.205Z

Title and description, as the publisher wrote them:

```untrusted-server-text
Awesome Tools
Search curated SaaS & AI tools, submit your product, and verify backlink badges from any AI agent.
```

Scanned 2026-11-07T15:18:17.346Z over streamable-http.

**7 tools: 1 do something that can't be undone, 2 change things and 4 only read.**

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


## Can't be undone (1)

Sends, pays, publishes or merges: once done, it cannot be taken back. Claude Code: ask.

### `submit_feedback`

- The name "submit_feedback" says "submit": a word for a change.
- The description's first verb is "send": a word for sending, and what is sent cannot be taken back.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Send feedback to the Awesome Tools team, optionally about a tool slug.
```

## Changes things (2)

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

### `submit_tool`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Submit your own SaaS or AI tool. plan free_backlink is free for sites with domain rating 20+, saves the listing, and needs a visible badge link on your site (returns the badge HTML; then call verify_my_backlink). plan featured_49 ($49 Featured Launch, no backlink needed) or sponsor_149 ($149 Featured + Newsletter Sponsor) returns a price only. Nothing is saved and no email is sent until the requester approves the spend and you call again with confirmPaymentSpend true, which returns a Stripe Checkout URL. No payment happens until the requester pays on Stripe.
```

### `verify_my_backlink`

- 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
Check the Awesome Tools badge or link on your site for an unpublished free listing. backlinkUrl defaults to the listing's website. When the link is live and the site is eligible, the listing is scheduled and the submitter is emailed.
```

## Only reads (4)

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

### `get_tool`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Get a tool by slug. Published tools return public details. Unpublished submissions return their status, eligibility, and free/paid next steps.
```

### `list_categories`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
List categories with published tool counts. Use the slugs in submit_tool.
```

### `list_tags`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
List tags with published tool counts.
```

### `search_tools`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Search published tools on Awesome Tools. query matches name, tagline, and description. category and tag take slugs from list_categories and list_tags. limit defaults to 20 (max 50).
```

## Claude Code permissions

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

```json
{
  "permissions": {
    "allow": [
      "mcp__awesome__search_tools",
      "mcp__awesome__get_tool",
      "mcp__awesome__list_categories",
      "mcp__awesome__list_tags"
    ],
    "ask": [
      "mcp__awesome__submit_tool",
      "mcp__awesome__verify_my_backlink",
      "mcp__awesome__submit_feedback"
    ],
    "deny": []
  }
}
```

## Remote posture

What an anonymous client saw at the remote endpoint, last 2026-11-08T06:19:55.187Z, unchanged since 2026-11-08T06:19:55.187Z. 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 | `3` |
| 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` |

- **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 3 tools that change things (1 irreversible, 2 write). Whether a call also works without credentials was not tested: tools are never called.

https://awesome.tools/mcp: tools/list returned 7 tools to an anonymous client, including submit_feedback (irreversible), submit_tool (write), verify_my_backlink (write)
```