About Faxbeep
Faxbeep is a read-only remote MCP server for checking fax machines, fax services, and scan-to-email setups. It provides public test destinations and lets an agent inspect received tests; received faxes are publicly visible for 30 days.
Key features
- 01Provides test fax numbers and email addresses
- 02Lists received faxes with filters
- 03Retrieves fax details and linked files
- 04Read-only remote server with no authentication
Use cases
- 01Check whether an office fax machine delivered a test
- 02Verify a scan-to-email setup
- 03Inspect a fax without sending one using the sample
MCP support
Exposes tools to MCP clients for retrieving test destinations and listing or viewing received faxes. Faxbeep receives faxes but does not send them.
Configuration
Remote servers need no local install. Pick your client, then copy the config or install in one click.
https://faxbeep.com/mcpclaude mcp add --transport http com-faxbeep-faxbeep https://faxbeep.com/mcp{"mcpServers":{"com-faxbeep-faxbeep":{"type":"http","url":"https://faxbeep.com/mcp"}}}Open in Cursor{"servers":{"com-faxbeep-faxbeep":{"type":"http","url":"https://faxbeep.com/mcp"}}}Open in VS Code{"mcpServers":{"com-faxbeep-faxbeep":{"type":"http","url":"https://faxbeep.com/mcp"}}}{"mcpServers":{"com-faxbeep-faxbeep":{"serverUrl":"https://faxbeep.com/mcp"}}}Run commands in a terminal; paste JSON into the client’s MCP config and restart. Servers that need sign-in will prompt on first connect.
Tools
Details
From the project READMEFaxbeep MCP server
Test a fax machine, a fax service or a scan-to-email setup from your AI agent. Faxbeep gives free public test fax numbers and test email addresses. Send a test to one, then ask your agent whether it arrived.
https://faxbeep.com/mcp
Remote server, Streamable HTTP, no authentication. Read-only.
Every test that Faxbeep receives is public on faxbeep.com for 30 days. Do not send a private document.
Add it to your chat app
- Claude: Customize > Connectors > Add custom connector. Name
Faxbeep, URLhttps://faxbeep.com/mcp, no sign in. - ChatGPT: turn on developer mode in the Apps settings, then create an app with the URL
https://faxbeep.com/mcpand no authentication.
Menus change often. The docs have the current steps.
Add it to a coding agent
# Claude Code
claude mcp add --transport http faxbeep https://faxbeep.com/mcp
# Codex
codex mcp add faxbeep --url https://faxbeep.com/mcp
Cursor: put this in ~/.cursor/mcp.json, or in .cursor/mcp.json in a project:
{
"mcpServers": {
"faxbeep": {
"url": "https://faxbeep.com/mcp"
}
}
}
Add it to Gemini CLI
Install the extension from this repository:
gemini extensions install https://github.com/faxbeep/faxbeep-mcp --ref main
Use /mcp to check the connection and see the three tools. The --ref main is needed: without it, the installer takes a release, and a release holds only the ChatGPT package.
Add it to Antigravity
The Antigravity plugin package connects to the hosted server. See its installation instructions.
Tools
| Tool | What it does |
|---|---|
get_test_numbers | The test fax numbers (US, UK, Australia), the test email addresses, the limits, and now, the server time |
list_test_faxes | The test faxes received since a time, newest first. Filters: sender, page count, limit |
get_test_fax | One test fax, by its slug (fax_1a2b3c4d) or by the URL of its page on faxbeep.com |
Each result gives the sender (masked as on faxbeep.com), the time received, the page count, and links to the PDF, the thumbnail and the page of the fax.
A match by time, sender or page count narrows the candidates. It does not prove that a fax is yours, because other people send tests at the same time. Check the page.
Example
I want to test the fax machine at the office. Give me a number, and tell me when my fax arrives.
The agent calls get_test_numbers, gives you a number, and notes the server time. You send the fax. The agent calls list_test_faxes with that time and shows you the page of each new fax, so you can find yours.
To try the connection without sending anything, ask for the fax fax_example. It is a fixed sample, not a real fax.
Faxbeep does not send faxes
Faxbeep only receives. To send a test without a fax machine, use a fax sending service, for example PayPerFax, which has its own MCP server.
Documentation
- Faxbeep MCP: overview and example prompts
- MCP server reference: tools, fields, errors, polling rules, limits
- Faxbeep API: the same data over plain HTTP
- Privacy
About this repository
This repository documents the hosted server. The server code is not open source. server.json is the entry in the official MCP registry as com.faxbeep/faxbeep. Its version counts the versions of that registry entry. It is not the version that the server reports.
The files in this public repository are available under the MIT License. That license does not cover the hosted server, which is not included here.
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