IsItDown

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

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Documentation & install

Readme and setup notes from the catalogue, plus a client-ready config you can copy for your MCP host.

Installation

Add the following to your MCP client configuration file.

Configuration

View docs

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

You can run a lightweight MCP Server that checks whether a website is currently down by querying isitdownrightnow and returns a concise status message along with recent downtime info. This makes it easy to integrate uptime checks into your Claude Desktop workflows or other MCP clients.

How to use

Use this MCP server with your MCP client to ask about a website’s current status. You supply the root domain (for example, example.com) and you receive a clear message indicating whether the site is up or down, plus context about the most recent downtime events. You can also invoke it directly as a standalone service or call it from Python as a library function to programmatically retrieve status information.

How to install

Prerequisites you need on your system:

Python (and its package tools) installed
uv (the MCP runner) available on your path
Git for cloning repositories (recommended)

# 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 .

Claude Desktop configuration

To run the server from Claude Desktop, add this configuration to your Claude Desktop setup.

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

Usage examples

Standalone usage from the command line:

Run the MCP server directly with the installed script
Or run it via the Python module if you prefer that startup method.

Usage as a library

You can call the server function from Python to check a website’s status programmatically.

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

Available tools

get_website_status

Checks if a website is currently down and returns a status message with the last recorded downtime information.