About API Status Check
API Status Check is an MCP server for coding assistants that checks live status for 285 cloud services and APIs. It also lists services and categories, and can probe a public URL.
Key features
- 01Check a named API's status
- 02List monitored APIs and status
- 03Browse service categories
- 04Check all APIs in a category
- 05Probe a public URL
Use cases
- 01Check whether GitHub is operational
- 02Review status across a service category
- 03Test availability of a public URL
MCP support
The MCP server exposes service-status lookup, API and category listing, category-wide checks, and public URL availability checks. It is available through a hosted Streamable HTTP endpoint or local execution.
Configuration
Remote servers need no local install. Pick your client, then copy the config or install in one click.
https://apistatuscheck.com/api/mcpclaude mcp add --transport http shibley-apistatuscheck https://apistatuscheck.com/api/mcp{"mcpServers":{"shibley-apistatuscheck":{"type":"http","url":"https://apistatuscheck.com/api/mcp"}}}Open in Cursor{"servers":{"shibley-apistatuscheck":{"type":"http","url":"https://apistatuscheck.com/api/mcp"}}}Open in VS Code{"mcpServers":{"shibley-apistatuscheck":{"type":"http","url":"https://apistatuscheck.com/api/mcp"}}}{"mcpServers":{"shibley-apistatuscheck":{"serverUrl":"https://apistatuscheck.com/api/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
8| Parameter | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| limit | integer | No | Max results (default 25). |
| category | string | No | Category slug to filter by, e.g. "ai" — omit for all categories. |
Details
From the project READMEAPI Status Check MCP Server
An MCP (Model Context Protocol) server for checking real-time operational status of 285 cloud services and APIs directly from AI coding assistants.
Features
| Tool | Description |
|---|---|
check_status | Check the status of a specific API (e.g. github, openai, stripe) |
list_apis | List all monitored APIs and their current status |
list_categories | List available service categories (cloud, payments, etc.) |
check_category | Check all APIs in a specific category |
check_url | Check any public URL for availability |
Supported Services
AWS, GitHub, Stripe, OpenAI, Vercel, Cloudflare, Datadog, PagerDuty, Twilio, Shopify, Slack, Zoom, and 270+ more. Full list at apistatuscheck.com.
Quick Start
Hosted endpoint (recommended — nothing to install)
The server is also hosted, so the fastest path is the remote Streamable HTTP
endpoint. This is the same entry the official MCP Registry advertises as
io.github.shibley/apistatuscheck.
claude mcp add --transport http apistatuscheck https://apistatuscheck.com/api/mcp
For stdio-only clients:
npx -y mcp-remote https://apistatuscheck.com/api/mcp
Using npx
npx -y apistatuscheck-mcp-server
Broken on published version
0.1.0. That tarball'sdist/index.jsshipped without a#!/usr/bin/env nodeshebang, so the shim was executed byshinstead of Node and the command failed withcommand not found. Fixed in this repo (shebang added, plus anapistatuscheck-mcp-serverbin alias so the command matches the package name), but the fix is not on npm yet —0.1.1needs to be published. Until then, build from source:git clone https://github.com/shibley/apistatuscheck-mcp-server.git cd apistatuscheck-mcp-server && npm install && npm run build node dist/index.js
Using Docker
docker build -t apistatuscheck-mcp .
docker run -i apistatuscheck-mcp
Configuration
Claude Desktop
Add to your claude_desktop_config.json. This points at the hosted endpoint —
do not use "args": ["-y", "apistatuscheck-mcp-server"], because the only version
on npm (0.1.0) is the broken one described above and fails silently.
{
"mcpServers": {
"apistatuscheck": {
"command": "npx",
"args": ["-y", "mcp-remote", "https://apistatuscheck.com/api/mcp"]
}
}
}
Cursor / Other MCP Clients
Same hosted endpoint via mcp-remote:
{
"mcpServers": {
"apistatuscheck": {
"command": "npx",
"args": ["-y", "mcp-remote", "https://apistatuscheck.com/api/mcp"]
}
}
}
Environment Variables
| Variable | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|
ASC_BASE_URL | https://apistatuscheck.com | Base URL for the API |
Local Development
git clone https://github.com/shibley/apistatuscheck-mcp-server.git
cd apistatuscheck-mcp-server
npm install
npm run build
node dist/index.js
License
MIT — Bity LLC
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