Read forums, threads and comments; approve, spam or delete comments and close threads in Disqus. For site owners and moderators who run comment sections with Disqus. Hosted by usefulapi — connect from Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, or any MCP client.
Team and Enterprise: an Owner adds the connector for the organization first.
Run this command, then run /mcp in Claude Code to log in:
Add to Cursor or add this to ~/.cursor/mcp.json:
{
"mcpServers": {
"disqus": {
"url": "https://disqus.usefulapi.io/mcp"
}
}
}Add to VS Code or add this to .vscode/mcp.json:
{
"servers": {
"disqus": {
"type": "http",
"url": "https://disqus.usefulapi.io/mcp"
}
}
}No Add custom MCP server option? It depends on your account or workspace settings: see OpenAI's guide.
Run these commands. The second one opens the login page:
Other MCP clients (Windsurf, Cline, Zed and more): add the URL as a remote MCP server (Streamable HTTP). The client then opens the login page in your browser. Do not add an Authorization header: see Before you connect.
List the latest comments of a forum or a thread. Ask the assistant for a short summary of what readers say.
disqus_get_forum disqus_list_forum_posts disqus_list_thread_posts
List the threads of a forum and open one to read its details and comments.
disqus_list_forum_threads disqus_get_thread disqus_list_thread_posts
List the most active users of a forum and read the profile of one user.
disqus_list_most_active_users disqus_get_user
Read the comments that wait for review. Approve the good ones and mark the spam comments as spam.
Changes data · disqus_list_forum_posts disqus_approve_posts disqus_mark_posts_spam
Close a thread when a discussion gets out of control. Open it again later.
Changes data · disqus_get_thread disqus_close_thread disqus_open_thread
The login page asks for your Disqus application secret key.
Optional: Access token (optional, only with OAuth).
Create an application at disqus.com/api/applications, then copy its API Secret. The key acts as the account that owns the application. Add an access token only if you enabled OAuth for the application. Your key is used only to call the API on your behalf and to derive a private account id.
Add only the URL. Do not add an Authorization header or an API key to the client config. The server signs you in with OAuth: the login page asks for your Disqus application secret key. If the config has such a header, remove it: some clients then send that header instead of the login token, and every call fails with 401.
Turn on the Disqus connector, then ask in plain words. The AI picks the tools.
| Tool | Type | What it does |
|---|---|---|
disqus_get_forum | read | Get forum Get the details of one Disqus forum (site): name, settings, founder and counters. |
disqus_list_forum_threads | read | List forum threads List the threads (pages with comments) of a forum, newest first by default. |
disqus_list_forum_posts | read | List forum comments List the comments of a forum, newest first by default. Use 'include' to read unapproved, spam or flagged comments (needs moderator rights). |
disqus_list_posts | read | List comments List comments across the forums the account moderates (or the forums given), by date. Filter by thread, date range or state. |
disqus_get_thread | read | Get thread Get one thread: title, link, counts of comments, likes and state. Find it by id, ident or page URL. |
disqus_list_thread_posts | read | List thread comments List the comments of one thread. Find the thread by id, ident or page URL. |
disqus_get_post | read | Get comment Get one comment by id: text, author, state, likes and the thread it belongs to. |
disqus_get_user | read | Get user Get a Disqus user profile by numeric id or username. With no argument, return the account of the key. |
disqus_list_most_active_users | read | List most active users List the users of a forum ordered by the number of comments they made. |
disqus_approve_posts | write | Approve comments WRITE: approve held comments so they show on the site. The account must moderate the forum. |
disqus_mark_posts_spam | write | Mark comments as spam WRITE: mark comments as spam. They leave the public thread. The account must moderate the forum. |
disqus_delete_posts | write | Delete comments WRITE: delete comments. Ask the user to confirm the ids first. |
disqus_close_thread | write | Close thread WRITE: close a thread so nobody can add new comments. Reversible with disqus_open_thread. |
disqus_open_thread | write | Open thread WRITE: open a closed thread so people can comment again. |
disqus_usage_status | Usage status (free-tier meter) Report the caller's current usage: the plan, calls used this month, the limit of the plan (the free monthly cap or the Pro fair use limit), remaining, and whether the limit is reached. Read-only; does not count against the meter. | |
disqus_request_feature | Request a missing feature Tell usefulapi that the user needs something the Disqus tools cannot do yet (a missing tool, field or filter). Call it only when the user asks for something none of the tools can do, and tell the user that you send the request. Do not call it for errors or for normal requests. Do not include personal data, credentials or customer records. Stored with the product name and the client type (for example Claude or Cursor), without the user's account. At most 5 requests per day. Does not count against the meter. | |
disqus_upgrade | Upgrade to Pro (unlimited*) Get Pro: unlimited tool calls (fair use limit: 10,000 a month) on Disqus (the free tier caps monthly usage). Plans: "monthly" — $9/month; "yearly" — $90/year (2 months free). Cancel any time: Pro then runs to the end of the paid period, so it also suits a one-time job. *A fair use limit applies. For heavy use (near Pro's limit): "plus" or "plus_yearly" — Pro+, $39/month or $390/year, unlimited tool calls (fair use limit: 100,000 a month); an existing Pro subscription changes to Pro+ in place (needs confirm: true; the price difference for the rest of the period is charged at once). Otherwise returns a short link to open in your browser (it opens Stripe Checkout); after payment the account upgrades automatically. Does not count against the meter. | |
disqus_cancel_subscription | Cancel the Pro subscription Cancel the caller's Disqus Pro subscription at the end of the paid period (no refund for the current period; Pro continues until then, then the free tier applies). Requires confirm: true. Run disqus_upgrade later to undo the cancel before the period ends. Does not count against the meter. |
| Plan | Price | Limit |
|---|---|---|
| Free | $0 | 50 tool calls / month |
| Proper user | $9/mo · $90/yr | Unlimited* |
*Pro fair use limit: 10,000 tool calls a month on this server. For more, write to [email protected].
Pro covers this Disqus server only. Subscribe with disqus_upgrade (it returns a Stripe Checkout link). Cancel any time with disqus_cancel_subscription: Pro continues to the end of the paid period, with no refund for the current period, and running disqus_upgrade before then undoes the cancel. Or write to [email protected].
Catch up on comments on a forum. Review the threads of a forum. Find the most active commenters. Clear the moderation queue. Close a thread that gets abuse. See what you can do for the details.
No. usefulapi is an independent service. It is not affiliated with or endorsed by Disqus. The server calls the Disqus API with your own Disqus access, so it sees only the data that your account can see.
Yes. In Claude, add this server's URL as a custom connector. In ChatGPT, add it as a custom MCP server in Plugins. Then log in once. Cursor, VS Code, Claude Code and Codex work too. See the setup steps.
The login page asks for your Disqus application secret key. See Before you connect for where to find it.
No. Add only the URL. Do not add an Authorization header or an API key to the client config. The server signs you in with OAuth: the login page asks for your Disqus application secret key. If the config has such a header, remove it: some clients then send that header instead of the login token, and every call fails with 401.
The login stores them encrypted in the authorization grant of your connection. The server uses them to call the Disqus API for you and to derive a private account id for usage metering. usefulapi does not show them on any page or in any reply. To stop all access, remove the connector and change or delete these credentials in Disqus.
Yes, if you approve it. 5 of the 14 Disqus tools can create or change data. The other 9 are marked read-only. Most MCP clients ask you to approve a tool call before it runs.
The Free plan gives 50 tool calls / month. Pro costs $9/mo or $90/yr, with unlimited tool calls (fair use limit: 10,000 tool calls a month), for this Disqus server only. Cancel any time: Pro then runs to the end of the paid period. Run disqus_usage_status to see how many calls you used.
Ask the AI to run disqus_upgrade: it returns a Stripe Checkout link. To cancel, run disqus_cancel_subscription. Pro continues to the end of the paid period.
Tell the AI what you wanted to do. It can send the request with disqus_request_feature. We store the text with the server name, the type of AI client and the tool you tried, not with your account, and read every request when we plan new tools. You can send up to 5 requests per day.
Any client that supports remote MCP servers (Streamable HTTP) with OAuth login: Claude (web and desktop), Claude Code, ChatGPT, Codex, Cursor, VS Code, Windsurf and others.
This is a Model Context Protocol endpoint — meant to be connected from an AI client, not opened in a browser. An invalid_token response at the URL is the auth gate working as designed; clients authenticate automatically.
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