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IsItDown MCP Server

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MIT License
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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.

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

Build

# Build the package uv build # Install the built package uv pip install dist/mcp_isitdown_service-*.whl

License

MIT

Install Server
A
security – no known vulnerabilities
A
license - permissive license
A
quality - confirmed to work

How are these scores calculated?

remote-capable server

The server can be hosted and run remotely because it primarily relies on remote services or has no dependency on the local environment.

Tools

An MCP server that allows users to check if a website is experiencing downtime by querying isitdownrightnow.com, providing status information and details about recent downtime events.

  1. Overview
    1. Tools
      1. Installation
        1. Installing via Smithery
        2. From Source
      2. Configuration for Claude Desktop
        1. Usage
          1. Run as a standalone MCP server
          2. Example usage with Claude for Dekstop:
          3. Use as a library
        2. Development
          1. Build
            1. License

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