mcp-server-isitdown

An MCP server that checks if a website is currently down by querying www.isitdownrightnow.com.

Overview

This MCP server provides a simple tool to check if a website is experiencing downtime, and can provide some information about recent downtime events.

Related MCP server: cointelegraph-mcp

Tools

The following tools are implemented:

get_website_status: Checks if a website is currently down or not.
- Input: root_domain (string): The root domain of the website to check (e.g., "example.com")
- Output: A string message indicating whether the website is up or down, with the last recorded downtime information

Installation

Installing via Smithery

To install IsItDown Server for Claude Desktop automatically via Smithery:

npx -y @smithery/cli install @hesreallyhim/mcp-server-isitdown --client claude

Note: This package is not currently published to a public registry. Installation is only available from source.

From Source

# Clone the repository git clone https://github.com/yourusername/mcp-server-isitdown.git cd mcp-server-isitdown # Using uv (recommended) uv pip install -e . # Using pip pip install -e .

Configuration for Claude Desktop

Add this configuration to your claude_desktop_config.json file:

"isitdown": { "command": "/path/to/uv", "args": [ "--directory", "/path/to/cloned/repo/src", "run", "mcp_server_isitdown" ] }

Usage

Run as a standalone MCP server

# Using the installed script mcp-server-isitdown # Using the Python module python -m mcp_server_isitdown

Example usage with Claude for Dekstop:

"Is wikipedia down right now?"
"When was the last time reddit was down?"

Use as a library

from mcp_server_isitdown.server import get_website_status # Check if a website is down (async function) async def check_website(): result = await get_website_status("example.com") print(result) # Prints status message with up/down status

Development

# Type checking uvx mypy . # Run all pre-commit hooks uv pre-commit run --all-files # Install in development mode uv pip install -e ".[dev]" # Run the Inspector mcp dev src/mcp_server_isitdown/server.py