# `uk.co.herstack/herstack` on anlyon.dev

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- Page: https://anlyon.dev/servers/uk.co.herstack/herstack
- JSON: https://anlyon.dev/api/v1/servers/uk.co.herstack/herstack
- Version: 1.2.1 (active)
- Publisher: uk.co.herstack (domain proven to the MCP Registry)
- Runs: remote (streamable-http)
- Sign-in to list tools: none
- Repository: https://github.com/Suggestic/herstack-mcp
- Metadata from the official MCP Registry, synced 2026-10-21T18:55:25.947Z

Title and description, as the publisher wrote them:

```untrusted-server-text
HerStack
Read-only UK women's midlife health guidance: search, PubMed-backed evidence, supplement picks.
```

Scanned 2026-10-21T19:16:21.553Z over streamable-http.

**5 tools: 5 change things.**

| Group | Class | Tools | Claude Code |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Deletes or cancels | destructive | 0 | deny |
| Can't be undone | irreversible | 0 | ask |
| Changes things | write | 5 | ask |
| Only reads | read | 0 | allow |

## Findings

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

```untrusted-server-text
The server marks "search_guidance" 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 "search_guidance" says "search": a word for reading.
```

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

```untrusted-server-text
The server marks "get_topic_guidance" 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 "get_topic_guidance" says "get": a word for reading.
```

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

```untrusted-server-text
The server marks "recommend_supplements" 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.
```

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

```untrusted-server-text
The server marks "get_evidence" 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 "get_evidence" says "get": a word for reading.
```

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

```untrusted-server-text
The server marks "get_product_details" 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 "get_product_details" says "get": a word for reading.
```


## Changes things (5)

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

### `get_evidence`

- The name "get_evidence" says "get": a word for reading.
- 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 when the user (or you) wants the studies behind a recommendation or claim. Returns HerStack's evidence rows for a topic or nutrient with the cited studies resolved to PubMed and DOI identifiers, so the claim can be verified rather than trusted.
```

### `get_product_details`

- The name "get_product_details" says "get": a word for reading.
- 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 for one specific product. Returns one HerStack-recommended product by name or SKU: form, authorised claim, tier, price, purchase link, and every topic that recommends it with the rationale.
```

### `get_topic_guidance`

- The name "get_topic_guidance" says "get": a word for reading.
- 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 when the user wants to understand a women's-health topic, not only buy something. Returns HerStack's expert guidance for one topic: plain-language framing, research findings, the evidence table with authorised claims, product criteria, and a FAQ that also explains the condition itself (for perimenopause: what it is, its timeline, when to see a GP).
```

### `recommend_supplements`

- 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 when the user wants specific supplement product picks for a topic. Returns HerStack's named product recommendations from the site's reference brand, each with formulation rationale, the GB-authorised health claim verbatim (or a research-context note where none exists), price and purchase link. Provide a topic, or a concern in plain words that routes to one.
```

### `search_guidance`

- The name "search_guidance" says "search": a word for reading.
- 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 first when a user describes their situation or asks a question in their own words (for example: 'I'm 47, tired all the time and bloated, what should I take?'). Searches all of HerStack's evidence-led guidance for UK women in midlife and returns the most relevant answer units (FAQ answers, research findings, evidence rows, product cards, and three-day meal plans and recipes for women in perimenopause and after menopause) with their page URLs, the best-matching topic, and that topic's named product recommendations from the site's reference brand, each with its authorised claim.
```

## Claude Code permissions

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

```json
{
  "permissions": {
    "allow": [],
    "ask": [
      "mcp__herstack__search_guidance",
      "mcp__herstack__get_topic_guidance",
      "mcp__herstack__recommend_supplements",
      "mcp__herstack__get_evidence",
      "mcp__herstack__get_product_details"
    ],
    "deny": []
  }
}
```