io.usefulapi/ably

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Ably MCP by usefulapi

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MCP server for Ably — channel history, presence, occupancy, stats, publish, and app management.

Summary by lookupd

Lets an agent read Ably channel history, presence, occupancy and usage stats, list apps and keys, and publish messages to channels.

Install

Claude Code, remote (streamable-http)

claude mcp add --transport http ably https://ably.usefulapi.io/mcp

Codex, remote (streamable-http)

codex mcp add ably --url https://ably.usefulapi.io/mcp

Cursor, remote (streamable-http) → .cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "ably": {
      "url": "https://ably.usefulapi.io/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Other clients: docs. Or tell your agent: Set up lookupd for me: read https://lookupd.com/agent.md and follow it.

Tools (15 tools)

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• ably_get_channel_history Retrieve historical messages published to a channel, newest-first by default. REST: GET /channels/{channel}/messages.
• ably_get_presence List the members currently present on a channel (who is online now). REST: GET /channels/{channel}/presence.
• ably_get_presence_history Retrieve historical presence events (enter/leave/update) for a channel. REST: GET /channels/{channel}/presence/history.
• ably_get_channel_details Get status and occupancy metrics for a single channel (connections, publishers, subscribers, presence members). REST: GET /channels/{channel}.
• ably_list_channels Enumerate channels that are currently active in the app. Requires the API key to have the 'channel-metadata' capability. REST: GET /channels.
• ably_get_stats Retrieve message/connection/channel usage statistics for the app tied to the API key, bucketed by time. REST: GET /stats.
• ably_get_service_time Return the current Ably service time in ms since epoch. Useful for aligning start/end windows to the server clock. REST: GET /time.
• ably_publish_message WRITE: publish a message to a channel. Every connected subscriber receives it in real time. This is a real, outward-facing side effect — confirm the channel and
• ably_whoami Return details about the configured control token: the account and user it belongs to and its capabilities. Good first call to confirm control-plane access. Con
• ably_list_apps List all apps in the account (id, name, status, tls-only). Account id is resolved automatically from the control token when ABLY_ACCOUNT_ID is unset. Control AP
• ably_list_keys List the API keys for an app, including their capabilities (but not the full secret). Control API: GET /apps/{app_id}/keys.
• ably_list_namespaces List the channel namespaces (channel-rule prefixes) configured for an app, e.g. persistence and push settings. Control API: GET /apps/{app_id}/namespaces.
• ably_list_queues List the Ably Queues (AMQP/STOMP message queues) provisioned for an app, with their state and messaging stats. Control API: GET /apps/{app_id}/queues.
• ably_list_rules List the integration rules (reactor rules: webhooks, AWS Lambda/SQS/Kinesis, Kafka, Pulsar, etc.) configured for an app. Control API: GET /apps/{app_id}/rules.
• ably_get_account_stats Retrieve aggregated usage statistics across the whole account, bucketed by time. Account id is resolved from the control token when ABLY_ACCOUNT_ID is unset. Co

Details

• Version: 1.37.3
• Transports: streamable-http
• Uptime (7 days): 100%
• Median latency: 565 ms
• First indexed: 2026-11-01T10:03:34.288Z
• Last seen in registry: 2026-11-11T00:17:18.531Z
• Repository: https://github.com/m190/usefulapi-mcp
• Website: https://usefulapi.io/ably/

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