# `uk.co.reliness/sanctions-screening` 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/uk.co.reliness/sanctions-screening
- JSON: https://anlyon.dev/api/v1/servers/uk.co.reliness/sanctions-screening
- 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 2026-11-07T00:18:15.184Z

Title and description, as the publisher wrote them:

```untrusted-server-text
UK Data: Sanctions screening
Screen people, companies and ships against UK, US OFAC, EU and UN sanctions lists, daily
```

Scanned 2026-11-07T00:18:18.400Z over streamable-http.

**8 tools: 4 change things and 4 only read.**

| Group | Class | Tools | Claude Code |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Deletes or cancels | destructive | 0 | deny |
| Can't be undone | irreversible | 0 | ask |
| Changes things | write | 4 | 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 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__sanctions-screening__eu_sanctions_check` `mcp__sanctions-screening__ofac_check` `mcp__sanctions-screening__sanctions_check_company` `mcp__sanctions-screening__sanctions_check_person` `mcp__sanctions-screening__sanctions_check_ship` `mcp__sanctions-screening__sanctions_screen` `mcp__sanctions-screening__uk_sanctions_check` `mcp__sanctions-screening__un_sanctions_check` |
| 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 (4)

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

### `sanctions_check_company`

- 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
Check whether a COMPANY or organisation is on the UK, US (OFAC), EU or UN sanctions lists, including trading names and aliases. For supplier and customer due diligence and approving payments to businesses. (cost: 3 credits)
```

### `sanctions_check_person`

- 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
Check whether a named PERSON is on the UK, US (OFAC), EU or UN sanctions lists. Add date or year of birth and nationality to firm up or rule out a match. For onboarding a customer, vetting a director or shareholder, or approving a payment to an individual. (cost: 3 credits)
```

### `sanctions_check_ship`

- 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
Check whether a SHIP or vessel is sanctioned (UK, US OFAC, EU, UN), by vessel name, former name or 7-digit IMO number. For shipping, chartering, freight and maritime insurance checks. (cost: 3 credits)
```

### `sanctions_screen`

- 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
Screen a person, company or ship by name against the UK Sanctions List (FCDO/OFSI), the US OFAC lists, the UN Security Council list and the EU financial sanctions list in one call. Matching tolerates transliteration and spelling variants; date of birth and country re-rank matches but never hide a name match. Returns the listed record, why it matched and which lists were checked. Covers the UK, US OFAC (SDN and Consolidated), EU and UN lists; does not cover politically exposed persons (PEPs). Use for supplier, customer and payment screening. (cost: 3 credits)
```

## Only reads (4)

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

### `eu_sanctions_check`

- The description's first verb is "search": 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
Search the EU consolidated financial sanctions list for a person or organisation, with the EU programme and listing date. For EU counterparties and EU trade. (cost: 3 credits)
```

### `ofac_check`

- The description's first verb is "search": 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
Search the US Treasury OFAC sanctions lists (SDN and Consolidated non-SDN) for a person, company or ship. For US-dollar payments, US counterparties and any OFAC compliance check. (cost: 3 credits)
```

### `uk_sanctions_check`

- The description's first verb is "search": 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
Search the UK Sanctions List (FCDO, enforced by OFSI) for a person, company or ship, with the UK regime, measures (asset freeze, travel ban) and designation date. For UK firms meeting their UK sanctions obligations. (cost: 3 credits)
```

### `un_sanctions_check`

- The description's first verb is "search": 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
Search the UN Security Council consolidated sanctions list (ISIL/Al-Qaida, Taliban, DPRK, Iran-related and other regimes) for a person or entity. (cost: 3 credits)
```

## Claude Code permissions

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

```json
{
  "permissions": {
    "allow": [
      "mcp__sanctions-screening__ofac_check",
      "mcp__sanctions-screening__uk_sanctions_check",
      "mcp__sanctions-screening__eu_sanctions_check",
      "mcp__sanctions-screening__un_sanctions_check"
    ],
    "ask": [
      "mcp__sanctions-screening__sanctions_screen",
      "mcp__sanctions-screening__sanctions_check_person",
      "mcp__sanctions-screening__sanctions_check_company",
      "mcp__sanctions-screening__sanctions_check_ship"
    ],
    "deny": []
  }
}
```

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

- `mcp__sanctions-screening__sanctions_screen`: untrusted-input
- `mcp__sanctions-screening__sanctions_check_person`: untrusted-input
- `mcp__sanctions-screening__sanctions_check_company`: untrusted-input
- `mcp__sanctions-screening__sanctions_check_ship`: untrusted-input
- `mcp__sanctions-screening__ofac_check`: untrusted-input
- `mcp__sanctions-screening__uk_sanctions_check`: untrusted-input
- `mcp__sanctions-screening__eu_sanctions_check`: untrusted-input
- `mcp__sanctions-screening__un_sanctions_check`: untrusted-input

## Remote posture

What an anonymous client saw at the remote endpoint, last 2026-11-14T12:24:00.468Z, unchanged since 2026-11-07T05:22:41.077Z. 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 | `4` |
| 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 4 tools that change things (4 write). Whether a call also works without credentials was not tested: tools are never called.

https://ukdata.reliness.co.uk/mcp/sanctions-screening: tools/list returned 8 tools to an anonymous client, including sanctions_screen (write), sanctions_check_person (write), sanctions_check_company (write), sanctions_check_ship (write)
```