# `uk.co.reliness/air-quality` on anlyon.dev

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- Page: https://anlyon.dev/servers/uk.co.reliness/air-quality
- JSON: https://anlyon.dev/api/v1/servers/uk.co.reliness/air-quality
- Version: 1.5.0 (active)
- Publisher: uk.co.reliness (domain proven to the MCP Registry)
- Runs: remote (streamable-http)
- Sign-in to list tools: none
- Metadata from the official MCP Registry, synced 2026-11-07T00:17:38.570Z

Title and description, as the publisher wrote them:

```untrusted-server-text
UK Data: UK air quality (Defra)
Live UK air pollution from Defra monitors: NO2, PM2.5, PM10, ozone and the Daily Air Quality Index
```

Scanned 2026-11-07T00:18:12.151Z over streamable-http.

**7 tools: 6 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 | 6 | 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 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. | `mcp__air-quality__air_pollutant_history` `mcp__air-quality__air_quality_index_near` `mcp__air-quality__air_quality_stations_near` `mcp__air-quality__no2_level_near` `mcp__air-quality__ozone_level_near` `mcp__air-quality__pm10_level_near` `mcp__air-quality__pm25_level_near` |
| 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.


## Changes things (6)

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

### `air_pollutant_history`

- 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.
- Tag untrusted-input: The server marks it openWorldHint: true: it reaches things outside the server's own data.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Hourly readings of one pollutant at one Defra UK-AIR monitor over a period of 1 to 168 hours (7 days): up to 100 hourly rows are shown (the latest), while the minimum, maximum, mean, peak hour and daily means cover the whole period. For evidence and comparisons: councillors, campaigners, schools, journalists and researchers asking "when was pollution highest this week". Takes a timeseries_id or station_id from the other air quality tools. Data are provisional; this is not the ratified long-term archive. (cost: 1 credit)
```

### `air_quality_index_near`

- 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.
- Tag untrusted-input: The server marks it openWorldHint: true: it reaches things outside the server's own data.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
One answer to "what is the air quality near me today": the overall UK Daily Air Quality Index (1-10, Low, Moderate, High or Very High) with health advice, calculated from the latest NO2, ozone, PM2.5 and PM10 measurements at the nearest working Defra AURN monitors, and which pollutant drives it. Calculated with the Defra DAQI bands and averaging periods; it is not Defra's own published index or the air pollution forecast, and pollutants may come from different nearby sites. (cost: 1 credit)
```

### `no2_level_near`

- 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.
- Tag untrusted-input: The server marks it openWorldHint: true: it reaches things outside the server's own data.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Latest hourly nitrogen dioxide (NO2) reading in ug/m3 at the nearest working Defra AURN monitor, with its Daily Air Quality Index band (1-10, Low to Very High) and health advice. NO2 is mainly traffic and diesel pollution, the UK's headline roadside pollutant, so this answers "how bad is the traffic pollution near me right now" for cyclists, parents on the school run and people with asthma. Source: Defra UK-AIR. A single monitor can be several km away and not represent your street. (cost: 1 credit)
```

### `ozone_level_near`

- 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.
- Tag untrusted-input: The server marks it openWorldHint: true: it reaches things outside the server's own data.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Latest hourly ground-level ozone (O3) reading in ug/m3 at the nearest working Defra AURN monitor, plus its 8-hour mean and the Daily Air Quality Index band and health advice that mean gives. Ozone peaks on hot sunny days (summer smog), often higher in the countryside than in cities, so this suits runners and people with lung conditions in heatwaves. Source: Defra UK-AIR. Not a forecast. (cost: 1 credit)
```

### `pm10_level_near`

- 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.
- Tag untrusted-input: The server marks it openWorldHint: true: it reaches things outside the server's own data.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Latest hourly coarse particulate (PM10) reading in ug/m3 at the nearest working Defra AURN monitor, plus its 24-hour mean and the Daily Air Quality Index band and health advice that mean gives. Useful for Saharan dust episodes, construction and road dust. Source: Defra UK-AIR. Not a forecast; one monitor may not represent your street. (cost: 1 credit)
```

### `pm25_level_near`

- 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.
- Tag untrusted-input: The server marks it openWorldHint: true: it reaches things outside the server's own data.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Latest hourly fine particulate (PM2.5) reading in ug/m3 at the nearest working Defra AURN monitor, plus its 24-hour mean and the Daily Air Quality Index band and health advice that mean gives. PM2.5 is the pollutant most linked to health effects (smoke, wood burners, traffic, bonfire night), so this suits asthma and COPD sufferers, runners and parents. Source: Defra UK-AIR. Not a forecast; one monitor may not represent your street. (cost: 1 credit)
```

## Only reads (1)

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

### `air_quality_stations_near`

- The description's first verb is "list": a word for reading.
- Tag untrusted-input: The server marks it openWorldHint: true: it reaches things outside the server's own data.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Lists the official Defra AURN air quality monitoring sites near a UK point, nearest first, with the headline pollutants each currently measures (NO2, ozone, PM2.5, PM10). Every UK-AIR station id is checked against its latest reading and marked current, not_reporting or retired, so you know which id to pass to air_pollutant_history; sites with only retired records are left out. A starting point for "where is air pollution measured near me" for residents, schools, researchers and property buyers. Covers only the national automatic network, not local council diffusion tubes or low-cost sensors. (cost: 1 credit)
```

## Claude Code permissions

For `.claude/settings.json`, assuming the server is installed as `air-quality`:

```json
{
  "permissions": {
    "allow": [
      "mcp__air-quality__air_quality_stations_near"
    ],
    "ask": [
      "mcp__air-quality__no2_level_near",
      "mcp__air-quality__pm25_level_near",
      "mcp__air-quality__pm10_level_near",
      "mcp__air-quality__ozone_level_near",
      "mcp__air-quality__air_quality_index_near",
      "mcp__air-quality__air_pollutant_history"
    ],
    "deny": []
  }
}
```

Capability tags behind the rules (a read tagged outbound is asked about):

- `mcp__air-quality__air_quality_stations_near`: untrusted-input
- `mcp__air-quality__no2_level_near`: untrusted-input
- `mcp__air-quality__pm25_level_near`: untrusted-input
- `mcp__air-quality__pm10_level_near`: untrusted-input
- `mcp__air-quality__ozone_level_near`: untrusted-input
- `mcp__air-quality__air_quality_index_near`: untrusted-input
- `mcp__air-quality__air_pollutant_history`: untrusted-input

## Remote posture

What an anonymous client saw at the remote endpoint, last 2026-11-14T12:21:32.624Z, unchanged since 2026-11-07T05:20:13.481Z. 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 | `6` |
| 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 6 tools that change things (6 write). Whether a call also works without credentials was not tested: tools are never called.

https://ukdata.reliness.co.uk/mcp/air-quality: tools/list returned 7 tools to an anonymous client, including no2_level_near (write), pm25_level_near (write), pm10_level_near (write), ozone_level_near (write), air_quality_index_near (write) and 1 more
```