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How to Use 24 API Tools from Your AI Assistant with HttpStatus MCP Server

The Problem
If you're building APIs with an AI coding assistant, you've probably done this dance:

  • Ask Claude/Cursor to write an API endpoint
  • Switch to browser to test it
  • Switch to another tab to check SSL
  • Open Postman to run a collection
  • Go back to chat to continue coding
  • Every tab switch breaks your flow.

The Solution
HttpStatus MCP Server brings 24 API tools directly into your AI assistant. Mock APIs, run security scans, check SSL, validate OpenAPI specs, debug CORS, capture webhooks — all without leaving your editor.

Setup (10 seconds)
Add this to your MCP client config (Claude, Cursor, Windsurf, etc.):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "httpstatus": {
      "url": "https://mcp.httpstatus.com/mcp"
       }
     }
  }
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That's it. OAuth2 handles auth automatically. Or use a Bearer token if you prefer.

What You Can Do

  • API Mocking : "Create a mock API at /users that returns a 200 with a JSON array of 3 users, with a 500ms delay"
    No more spinning up local servers or writing throwaway Express apps. Create, update, list, and delete mocks in conversation.

  • Security Scanning : "Scan example.com for security issues"
    Checks HTTP security headers, TLS configuration, CORS policy, CSP, HSTS, and common XSS vectors — returns findings with severity levels.

  • SSL Certificate Checks : "Check when the SSL certificate for mysite.com expires"
    Returns validity dates, issuer chain, supported protocols, cipher suites, and days until expiry.

  • Chaos Engineering : "Create a chaos rule that returns 503 on /api/payments 30% of the time"
    Test how your app handles failures without deploying anything.

  • OpenAPI Validation : "Validate this OpenAPI spec"
    Validates OpenAPI 2.x/3.x in JSON or YAML. Catches schema errors before they hit production.

  • CORS Debugging : "Debug CORS for api.mysite.com from localhost:3000"
    Tests preflight and actual requests, reports allowed methods, headers, credentials, and misconfigurations.

  • Automation Workflows : "Import my Postman collection and run it"

Build multi-step API workflows, generate them from OpenAPI specs, or import directly from Postman.

More Tools

  • decode_jwt — Decode JWT header, payload, and signature
  • analyze_har — Analyze HAR files for performance issues
  • run_trace — Analyze distributed traces (Jaeger, Zipkin, OpenTelemetry)
  • run_redirect_analyzer — Follow and report redirect chains
  • capture_webhook — Create webhook capture bins for inspection
  • create_monitor / get_monitor_status — Uptime monitoring That's 24 tools total.

Where to Find It :
Website - httpstatus.com
Documentation — httpstatus.com/mcp
GitHub — https://github.com/httpstatus-com/httpstatus-mcp-server
MCP Registry — registry.modelcontextprotocol.io
Smithery — https://smithery.ai/servers/samdomainerplus-szw0/httpstatus
Glama — glama.ai/mcp/connectors/com.httpstatus/mcp-server
mcp.so — mcp.so/server/httpstatus-mcp-server
Cursor Directory — cursor.directory/plugins/httpstatus-mcp-server
Dev Hunt — devhunt.org/tool/httpstatus-mcp-server
Product Hunt - https://www.producthunt.com/products/httpstatus-mcp-server

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