# `town.argus/argus` on anlyon.dev

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- Page: https://anlyon.dev/servers/town.argus/argus
- JSON: https://anlyon.dev/api/v1/servers/town.argus/argus
- Version: 1.0.1 (active)
- Publisher: town.argus (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
Argus API Spend
Track API spend, credit balances and runway across OpenAI, Anthropic, OpenRouter and 25 more.
```

Scanned 2026-10-21T19:21:06.176Z over streamable-http.

**10 tools: 2 change things and 8 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 | 8 | 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

- **info** The word "credentials" in `connect_provider` ([credentials-mention](https://anlyon.dev/methodology#credentials-mention))

```untrusted-server-text
The description mentions "credential".

description: "...nnect a provider to THIS project with a credential. Validates the credential against the p..."
```


## Changes things (2)

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

### `connect_provider`

- Nothing in its name or description says what it does, so it is counted as a write.
- Findings: info credentials-mention

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Connect a provider to THIS project with a credential. Validates the credential against the provider before storing it (encrypted), then queues the initial sync. Args: provider (id from list_available_providers), secret (the provider API key), credential_type (optional), label (optional). Only pass secrets your operator gave you for this purpose.
```

### `sync_connection`

- The name "sync_connection" says "sync": a word for a change.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Queue an immediate balance/usage/plan refresh for one connection. Args: connection_id.
```

## Only reads (8)

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

### `get_advisories`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
All current advisories (top-up, upgrade, near-limit, spend-spike) across providers.
```

### `get_cost_accuracy`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Cost-accuracy state per provider: whether itemized costs are exact, estimated, or unreconciled, with the drift % between Argus's itemized total and the provider's own reported spend.
```

### `get_overview`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Cross-provider rollup: balance, burn rate, days-to-zero, month-to-date spend, projection, rate-limit headroom.
```

### `get_provider`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Full metrics + rate-limit snapshots for one connection id.
```

### `get_rate_limit_status`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Latest rate-limit headroom and error rate across the org's providers.
```

### `get_request_costs`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Recent itemized per-request costs for a provider (model, tokens, cost in USD, provenance). Args: provider (string), limit (number, default 25, max 100).
```

### `list_available_providers`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Providers that can be connected with an API key (poll plane). Anything else can still be tracked by sending telemetry — see https://argus.town/docs/ingest.
```

### `list_connections`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
List the org's connected providers and status.
```

## Claude Code permissions

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

```json
{
  "permissions": {
    "allow": [
      "mcp__argus__list_connections",
      "mcp__argus__get_overview",
      "mcp__argus__get_provider",
      "mcp__argus__get_rate_limit_status",
      "mcp__argus__get_advisories",
      "mcp__argus__get_cost_accuracy",
      "mcp__argus__get_request_costs",
      "mcp__argus__list_available_providers"
    ],
    "ask": [
      "mcp__argus__connect_provider",
      "mcp__argus__sync_connection"
    ],
    "deny": []
  }
}
```

## Remote posture

What an anonymous client saw at the remote endpoint, last 2026-10-22T15:14:34.751Z, unchanged since 2026-10-22T15:14:34.751Z. 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` |

- **warn** 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 (3 write). Whether a call also works without credentials was not tested: tools are never called.

https://api.argus.town/mcp: tools/list returned 12 tools to an anonymous client, including create_connect_link (write), connect_provider (write), sync_connection (write)
```