Read page status, components, uptime, incidents and content templates in StatusCast. For IT and operations teams that publish a status page with StatusCast. 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": {
"statuscast": {
"url": "https://statuscast.usefulapi.io/mcp"
}
}
}Add to VS Code or add this to .vscode/mcp.json:
{
"servers": {
"statuscast": {
"type": "http",
"url": "https://statuscast.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.
Read the page status and the components with their state.
statuscast_get_page_status statuscast_list_components
Find a component and read its uptime for a period.
statuscast_search_components statuscast_get_component statuscast_get_component_uptime
Search the incidents and open one to read the updates.
statuscast_search_incidents statuscast_get_incident
List the group incidents and the content templates for incident posts.
statuscast_list_group_incidents statuscast_list_content_templates
The login page asks for your StatusCast domain and StatusCast API token.
Create the token in StatusCast → Settings → Integrations → Generate New Token. Your token is used only to call the API on your behalf and to derive a private account id; it is never shown to anyone.
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 StatusCast domain and StatusCast API token. 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 StatusCast connector, then ask in plain words. The AI picks the tools.
| Tool | Type | What it does |
|---|---|---|
statuscast_get_page_status | read | Get page status Get the overall status of the status page: status, status text and since when it is in effect. Good first call. StatusCast API: GET /api/v4/page/status. |
statuscast_get_page | read | Get page details Get the name, domain, CNAME, logo and date format of a status page by its numeric page id (the pageId from statuscast_get_page_status). StatusCast API: GET /api/v4/page/{id}. |
statuscast_list_components | read | List components List all components (services) with id, name, parent, status (Available, DegradedPerformance, Unavailable, Maintenance, Investigating, Identified, Monitoring, Informational) and hidden flag. StatusCast API: GET /api/v4/components. |
statuscast_search_components | read | Search components Search components with paging and filters: text, parent, children, sort order. Use it when the component list is large. StatusCast API: POST /api/v4/components. |
statuscast_get_component | read | Get component Get one component by id: name, description, parent, status and linked components. StatusCast API: GET /api/v4/component/{id}. |
statuscast_get_component_uptime | read | Get component uptime Get the uptime percentage of one component for a date range, with the incident ids and the downtime periods. StatusCast API: GET /api/v4/component/{id}/uptime. |
statuscast_search_incidents | read | Search incidents Search incidents and maintenance events with filters (status, keyword, component ids, date window) and paging. Returns items with title, type, status, dates and posts. StatusCast API: POST /api/v4/incidents. |
statuscast_get_incident | read | Get incident Get one incident by id with all its posts (updates), affected components and groups. StatusCast API: GET /api/v4/incident/{id}. |
statuscast_list_group_incidents | read | List group incidents List the incidents of one subscriber group by group id. StatusCast API: GET /api/v4/groupincidents/{id}. |
statuscast_list_content_templates | read | List content templates List the incident content templates: event, status, post type, linked components and groups, subject and body. StatusCast API: GET /api/v4/contenttemplate. |
statuscast_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. | |
statuscast_request_feature | Request a missing feature Tell usefulapi that the user needs something the StatusCast 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. | |
statuscast_upgrade | Upgrade to Pro (unlimited*) Get Pro: unlimited tool calls (fair use limit: 10,000 a month) on StatusCast (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. | |
statuscast_cancel_subscription | Cancel the Pro subscription Cancel the caller's StatusCast 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 statuscast_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 StatusCast server only. Subscribe with statuscast_upgrade (it returns a Stripe Checkout link). Cancel any time with statuscast_cancel_subscription: Pro continues to the end of the paid period, with no refund for the current period, and running statuscast_upgrade before then undoes the cancel. Or write to [email protected].
Check the current status of your services. Review the uptime of a component. Review past incidents. Check the group incidents and templates. See what you can do for the details.
No. usefulapi is an independent service. It is not affiliated with or endorsed by StatusCast. The server calls the StatusCast API with your own StatusCast 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 StatusCast domain and StatusCast API token. See Before you connect for where to find them.
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 StatusCast domain and StatusCast API token. 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 StatusCast 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 StatusCast.
All 10 StatusCast tools are marked read-only.
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 StatusCast server only. Cancel any time: Pro then runs to the end of the paid period. Run statuscast_usage_status to see how many calls you used.
Ask the AI to run statuscast_upgrade: it returns a Stripe Checkout link. To cancel, run statuscast_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 statuscast_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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