list_categories — Animal Checklist MCP Tool Read-only
list_categories
(list categories) is one of 4 tools on the
Animal Checklist
MCP server. Connect the server and your client discovers it on the handshake.
by client
How to call list_categories from your client
- Claude Code Animal Checklist list_categories run in your project directory
- Claude Desktop Animal Checklist list_categories ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
- Cursor Animal Checklist list_categories ~/.cursor/mcp.json
- VS Code Animal Checklist list_categories .vscode/mcp.json
- Zed Animal Checklist list_categories ~/.config/zed/settings.json
- Windsurf Animal Checklist list_categories ~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.json
- Cline Animal Checklist list_categories ~/Library/Application Support/Code/User/globalStorage/saoudrizwan.claude-dev/settings/cline_mcp_settings.json
- Gemini CLI Animal Checklist list_categories ~/.gemini/settings.json
- Grok Animal Checklist list_categories .mcp.json (in your project root)
- ChatGPT Animal Checklist list_categories Settings → Connectors → Advanced → Developer mode
- Claude.ai Animal Checklist list_categories Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector
- LangChain Animal Checklist list_categories pip install langchain-mcp-adapters
Fastest route
claude mcp add --transport http animal-checklist https://animalchecklist.com/mcpOther tools on this server
This list was read from the server itself, by connecting to it and calling tools/list on 26 September 2026. It is what
the server actually exposes, not what its listing claims.
Mutating and Read-only are read off each tool's name, not its schema — a hint, not a guarantee. The registry stores tool names only; connect the server for its live schemas.