# `tools.csvfile/csv-file-tools` 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.csvfile/csv-file-tools
- JSON: https://anlyon.dev/api/v1/servers/tools.csvfile/csv-file-tools
- Version: 1.0.0 (active)
- Publisher: tools.csvfile (domain proven to the MCP Registry)
- Runs: remote (streamable-http)
- Sign-in to list tools: none
- Metadata from the official MCP Registry, synced 2026-10-23T23:17:56.906Z

Title and description, as the publisher wrote them:

```untrusted-server-text
CSV File Tools
Inspect, filter, sort and edit CSV text with four free tools. No account or API key required.
```

Scanned 2026-10-23T23:18:00.066Z over streamable-http.

**4 tools: 3 change things and 1 only read.**

| Group | Class | Tools | Claude Code |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Deletes or cancels | destructive | 0 | deny |
| Can't be undone | irreversible | 0 | ask |
| Changes things | write | 3 | ask |
| Only reads | read | 1 | 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

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

```untrusted-server-text
The server marks "edit_csv_cells" 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 "edit_csv_cells" says "edit": a word for a change.
```


## Changes things (3)

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

### `edit_csv_cells`

- The name "edit_csv_cells" says "edit": 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
Apply up to 1,000 explicit edits to existing cells only. Zero-based row indices include the header. Duplicate coordinates apply in input order. Return complete CSV with literal string values; never evaluate formulas.
```

### `filter_csv_rows`

- 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
Keep data records whose explicit zero-based column equals an exact string. Header defaults to preserved. Reject missing target columns; preserve empty and ragged records otherwise.
```

### `sort_csv_rows`

- 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
Stably sort data records by an explicit zero-based column using literal code-unit string order, asc or desc. Header defaults to preserved. No numeric, date or locale inference. Reject missing target columns.
```

## Only reads (1)

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

### `inspect_csv`

- The name "inspect_csv" says "inspect": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Return record, maximum column and cell counts with up to 20 preview records. Preserve ragged and empty records; never infer types or a delimiter.
```

## Claude Code permissions

For `.claude/settings.json`, assuming the server is installed as `csv-file-tools`:

```json
{
  "permissions": {
    "allow": [
      "mcp__csv-file-tools__inspect_csv"
    ],
    "ask": [
      "mcp__csv-file-tools__filter_csv_rows",
      "mcp__csv-file-tools__sort_csv_rows",
      "mcp__csv-file-tools__edit_csv_cells"
    ],
    "deny": []
  }
}
```