INDIVIDUAL MCP TOOL

ably_get_presence

List the members currently present on a channel (who is online now).

usefulapi.ionone authenticationAvailability not checked

LIVE ENDPOINT

https://ably.usefulapi.io/mcp

No auth detected

Connect to this endpoint to inspect the live schema for ably_get_presence and invoke it with your own arguments.

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Inferred read-only · medium confidence · heuristic, not a guarantee.

No write-capable action terms were found; this is not proof that invocation has no side effects.

CONNECT WITH APPROVAL

Review this server and its permissions before adding it. Secret placeholders must be set locally.

Codex

~/.codex/config.toml

[mcp_servers.ably-mcp]
url = "https://ably.usefulapi.io/mcp"
enabled = true

Claude Code

.mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "ably-mcp": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://ably.usefulapi.io/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Claude Desktop

Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector

Name: ably-mcp
Remote MCP URL: https://ably.usefulapi.io/mcp

Add this remote URL as a custom connector in Claude Desktop. Availability depends on the user plan and workspace policy.

Cursor

.cursor/mcp.json

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

Visual Studio Code

.vscode/mcp.json

Add to Visual Studio Code

{
  "servers": {
    "ably-mcp": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://ably.usefulapi.io/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Generic MCP

Client-specific MCP configuration

{
  "name": "ably-mcp",
  "transport": "streamable-http",
  "url": "https://ably.usefulapi.io/mcp"
}

MCP Inspector

Run the official MCP Inspector locally and enter the indexed Streamable HTTP endpoint.

ably_get_channel_history — Retrieve historical messages published to a channel, newest-first by default.
ably_get_presence_history — Retrieve historical presence events (enter/leave/update) for a channel.
ably_get_channel_details — Get status and occupancy metrics for a single channel (connections, publishers, subscribers, presence members).
ably_list_channels — Enumerate channels that are currently active in the app.
ably_get_stats — Retrieve message/connection/channel usage statistics for the app tied to the API key, bucketed by time.
ably_get_service_time — Return the current Ably service time in ms since epoch.
ably_publish_message — WRITE: publish a message to a channel.
ably_whoami — Return details about the configured control token: the account and user it belongs to and its capabilities.