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io.usefulapi/instatus

REMOTE · INSTATUS.USEFULAPI.IO · SCANNED AUG 3

Manage status pages: components, incidents and maintenances; set live component status.

−41 this week 28 Trust /100
Trust breakdown (6 categories)

How this component scores in each security and reliability category. Every signal is checked automatically against the live server, and we only credit what we can confirm. How we score →

Endpoint Security46
Transport & Reachability100
Schema Quality & AI Usability0
  • Schema not yet verified: we couldn't read the endpoint's schema.Unverified
Stability & Change Management0
  • Stability not yet verified: not enough scan history yet (needs a 30-day window).Unverified
Tool Coverage0
  • Tool coverage not yet verified: we couldn't read the endpoint's tools.Unverified
Capabilities0
  • Capabilities not yet verified: we couldn't read the endpoint's capabilities.Unverified

Unverified: 4 categories

Categories scored 0 because we could not verify them: authentication we do not have, an unreachable endpoint, or not enough scan history. We only credit what we can confirm.

Install

Add this component to your MCP client. Where a client-specific snippet is available, pick your client below and copy it straight into your config; otherwise use the connection detail shown.

remote · instatus.usefulapi.io

# add to Claude Code
claude mcp add --transport http io-usefulapi-instatus https://instatus.usefulapi.io/mcp
# ~/.codex/config.toml
[mcp_servers.io-usefulapi-instatus]
url = "https://instatus.usefulapi.io/mcp"
// opencode.json
{
  "$schema": "https://opencode.ai/config.json",
  "mcp": {
    "io-usefulapi-instatus": {
      "type": "remote",
      "url": "https://instatus.usefulapi.io/mcp",
      "enabled": true
    }
  }
}
# add to OpenClaw
openclaw mcp add io-usefulapi-instatus --url https://instatus.usefulapi.io/mcp --transport streamable-http
# ~/.hermes/config.yaml
mcp_servers:
  io-usefulapi-instatus:
    url: "https://instatus.usefulapi.io/mcp"
// mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "io-usefulapi-instatus": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://instatus.usefulapi.io/mcp"
    }
  }
}

The mcpServers block is a cross-client convention. Remote transports vary, so check your client's docs.

Changelog

Every change we have recorded for this component, newest first. Security-relevant changes are always shown. ▲ marks a change for the better, ▼ a change for the worse; unmarked changes are neutral.

  • 3 Aug 26 −44
    • Endpoint reachability: reachable → not serving MCP security
    • Authorization: pass → unverified security
    • Stability: 0.20 → unverified security
    • Tool coverage: 100 → unverified functional
    • Capabilities: fail → unverified functional
  • 2 Aug 26 +54
    • Authorization: unverified → pass security
    • Transport: fail → pass security
    • MCP protocol: unverified → fail functional
    • Endpoint reachability: not serving MCP → reachable functional
    • Tool coverage: unverified → 100 functional
    • Stability: unverified → 0.20 functional
  • 1 Aug 26 −53
    • Endpoint reachability: reachable → not serving MCP security
    • Stability: 0.13 → unverified security
    • Authorization: pass → unverified security
    • Transport: pass → fail security
    • Capabilities: fail → unverified functional
    • Tool coverage: 100 → unverified functional
  • 31 Jul 26 +3
    • We updated how we score, so this day's move reflects our rubric, not a change to the server See what changed → functional
  • 30 Jul 26 −2
    • We updated how we score, so this day's move reflects our rubric, not a change to the server See what changed → functional
  • 29 Jul 26 +1

    No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 3 to 7. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 1 days of observed history at the previous scan, 2 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

  • 28 Jul 26 0
    • Stability: unverified → 0.03 functional
  • 27 Jul 26 +57
    • We updated how we score, so this day's move reflects our rubric, not a change to the server See what changed → functional
Diagnostics

Diagnostic detail from the automated scan of this channel: what the scanner observed at each step, so you can see exactly where a check passed or failed. It is informational only and never changes the trust score.

Captured 3 Aug 2026 · Probed https://instatus.usefulapi.io/mcp

TLS valid

Negotiated TLS 1.3 with TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 .

Subject Issuer Valid from Valid until Key Signature Serial
CN=usefulapi.io CN=WE1,O=Google Trust Services,C=US 19 Jul 2026 17 Oct 2026 ECDSA 256 ECDSA-SHA256 1511253d3f3c49490e7424417e3f8151
SANs: usefulapi.io, instatus.usefulapi.io, *.instatus.usefulapi.io
CN=WE1,O=Google Trust Services,C=US (CA) CN=GTS Root R4,O=Google Trust Services LLC,C=US 13 Dec 2023 20 Feb 2029 ECDSA 256 ECDSA-SHA384 7ff31977972c224a76155d13b6d685e3
CN=GTS Root R4,O=Google Trust Services LLC,C=US (CA) CN=GlobalSign Root CA,OU=Root CA,O=GlobalSign nv-sa,C=BE 15 Nov 2023 28 Jan 2028 ECDSA 384 SHA256-RSA 7fe530bf331343bedd821610493d8a1b
DNSSEC insecure

Validation of instatus.usefulapi.io. Not signed

Zone DS Keys Algorithms Outcome
. trust_anchor 20326, 38696 8, 8 Verified
io. present 57355 8 Verified
usefulapi.io. absent Unsigned (proven) parent-signed NSEC/NSEC3 proves an unsigned delegation
Authentication No authorisation required

The endpoint answered without asking for a token. Anyone who knows the URL can reach it.

Result No authorisation required
HTTP status 200
Transports 2 probes
Transport URL Outcome Status Location
streamable-http https://instatus.usefulapi.io/mcp Verified 200
http (plaintext) http://instatus.usefulapi.io/mcp Inconclusive 401
MCP tools — 14 exposed · ~1,917 tokens

The tools this component advertises to a client, with an estimated token cost for each. Expand a tool to see its parameters and schema. The per-tool counts are indicative and are not scored directly; the schema's total context footprint is one signal in Schema Quality & AI Usability.

Tool Tokens
instatus_create_incident ~216

CREATES a new incident — this MODIFIES live status-page data and can notify subscribers. Provide `name` (required); optionally set the initial `message`, affected `components`, per-component impact via `statuses`, `status`, `started`, `notify`, and `shouldPublish`. Instatus: POST /v1/{page_id}/incidents. Returns the created incident.

NameTypeReqDescription
componentsarrayComponent ids affected by this incident.
messagestringIncident update message (Markdown supported).
namestringyesIncident title (required).
notifybooleanWhether to notify subscribers about this update.
page_idstringyesThe status page's id.
shouldPublishbooleanWhether the incident should be published to the status page.
startedstringISO 8601 timestamp for when the incident started.
statusstringIncident status.
statusesarrayPer-component impact — set each listed component's status for this event.

No output schema declared.

No examples provided.

instatus_create_maintenance ~229

CREATES a new scheduled maintenance — this MODIFIES live status-page data and can notify subscribers. Provide `name` (required); optionally set `message`, affected `components`, per-component impact via `statuses`, `status`, `start`/`end`, `duration`, and `notify`. Instatus: POST /v1/{page_id}/maintenances. Returns the created maintenance.

NameTypeReqDescription
componentsarrayComponent ids affected by this maintenance.
durationintegerMaintenance duration in minutes.
endstringISO 8601 timestamp for when the maintenance ends.
messagestringMaintenance update message (Markdown supported).
namestringyesMaintenance title (required).
notifybooleanWhether to notify subscribers about this update.
page_idstringyesThe status page's id.
startstringISO 8601 timestamp for when the maintenance starts.
statusstringMaintenance status.
statusesarrayPer-component impact — set each listed component's status for this event.

No output schema declared.

No examples provided.

instatus_delete_incident ~80

PERMANENTLY DELETES an incident by id — this MODIFIES live status-page data and cannot be undone. Instatus: DELETE /v1/{page_id}/incidents/{incident_id}.

NameTypeReqDescription
incident_idstringyesThe incident's id to delete.
page_idstringyesThe status page's id.

No output schema declared.

No examples provided.

instatus_delete_maintenance ~82

PERMANENTLY DELETES a scheduled maintenance by id — this MODIFIES live status-page data and cannot be undone. Instatus: DELETE /v1/{page_id}/maintenances/{maintenance_id}.

NameTypeReqDescription
maintenance_idstringyesThe maintenance's id to delete.
page_idstringyesThe status page's id.

No output schema declared.

No examples provided.

instatus_get_component ~78

Get a single component by id — its full state (name, description, status, order, showUptime, grouped, archived). Instatus: GET /v2/{page_id}/components/{component_id}.

NameTypeReqDescription
component_idstringyesThe component's id.
page_idstringyesThe status page's id.

No output schema declared.

No examples provided.

instatus_get_incident ~71

Get a single incident by id — its full state including its update timeline and affected components. Instatus: GET /v1/{page_id}/incidents/{incident_id}.

NameTypeReqDescription
incident_idstringyesThe incident's id.
page_idstringyesThe status page's id.

No output schema declared.

No examples provided.

instatus_get_maintenance ~73

Get a single scheduled maintenance by id — its full state including its update timeline and affected components. Instatus: GET /v1/{page_id}/maintenances/{maintenance_id}.

NameTypeReqDescription
maintenance_idstringyesThe maintenance's id.
page_idstringyesThe status page's id.

No output schema declared.

No examples provided.

instatus_list_components ~109

List a status page's components — id, name, description, status, order, showUptime, grouped, archived. The component ids are what you set impact on. Instatus: GET /v2/{page_id}/components.

NameTypeReqDescription
pageintegerPage number to fetch (default 1).
page_idstringyesThe status page's id (from list_pages).
per_pageintegerItems per page (default 50, max 100).

No output schema declared.

No examples provided.

instatus_list_incidents ~135

List a status page's incidents, most recent first — optionally filtered by status. Each incident: id, name, status, impact, affected components, updates, timestamps. Instatus: GET /v1/{page_id}/incidents.

NameTypeReqDescription
pageintegerPage number to fetch (default 1).
page_idstringyesThe status page's id.
per_pageintegerItems per page (default 50, max 100).
statusstringFilter to incidents with this status (INVESTIGATING, IDENTIFIED, MONITORING, RESOLVED).

No output schema declared.

No examples provided.

instatus_list_maintenances ~103

List a status page's scheduled maintenances, most recent first — id, name, status, affected components, start/end, updates. Instatus: GET /v2/{page_id}/maintenances.

NameTypeReqDescription
pageintegerPage number to fetch (default 1).
page_idstringyesThe status page's id.
per_pageintegerItems per page (default 50, max 100).

No output schema declared.

No examples provided.

instatus_list_pages ~95

List all status pages on the account — each page's id, subdomain, name, status, url, custom domain, and timestamps. The page id is what every other tool takes as `page_id`. Instatus: GET /v2/pages.

NameTypeReqDescription
pageintegerPage number to fetch (default 1).
per_pageintegerItems per page (default 50, max 100).

No output schema declared.

No examples provided.

instatus_update_component ~214

UPDATES a component by id — this MODIFIES live status-page data. The key way to set a component's operational status (OPERATIONAL, UNDERMAINTENANCE, DEGRADEDPERFORMANCE, PARTIALOUTAGE, MAJOROUTAGE). Send only the fields you want to change. Instatus: PUT /v2/{page_id}/components/{component_id}. Returns the updated component.

NameTypeReqDescription
archivedbooleanWhether the component is archived (hidden).
component_idstringyesThe component's id to update.
descriptionstringFree-form component description.
groupedbooleanWhether the component is displayed within a group.
namestringComponent name.
orderintegerDisplay order of the component on the page.
page_idstringyesThe status page's id.
showUptimebooleanWhether to show the uptime graph for this component.
statusstringOperational status of the component.

No output schema declared.

No examples provided.

instatus_update_incident ~217

UPDATES an existing incident by id — this MODIFIES live status-page data and can notify subscribers (e.g. move it to MONITORING or RESOLVED). Send only the fields you want to change. Instatus: PUT /v1/{page_id}/incidents/{incident_id}. Returns the updated incident.

NameTypeReqDescription
componentsarrayComponent ids affected by this incident.
incident_idstringyesThe incident's id to update.
messagestringIncident update message (Markdown supported).
namestringIncident title.
notifybooleanWhether to notify subscribers about this update.
page_idstringyesThe status page's id.
shouldPublishbooleanWhether the incident should be published to the status page.
startedstringISO 8601 timestamp for when the incident started.
statusstringIncident status.
statusesarrayPer-component impact — set each listed component's status for this event.

No output schema declared.

No examples provided.

instatus_update_maintenance ~215

UPDATES an existing scheduled maintenance by id — this MODIFIES live status-page data and can notify subscribers. Send only the fields you want to change. Instatus: PUT /v1/{page_id}/maintenances/{maintenance_id}. Returns the updated maintenance.

NameTypeReqDescription
componentsarrayComponent ids affected by this maintenance.
durationintegerMaintenance duration in minutes.
endstringISO 8601 timestamp for when the maintenance ends.
maintenance_idstringyesThe maintenance's id to update.
messagestringMaintenance update message (Markdown supported).
namestringMaintenance title.
notifybooleanWhether to notify subscribers about this update.
page_idstringyesThe status page's id.
startstringISO 8601 timestamp for when the maintenance starts.
statusstringMaintenance status.
statusesarrayPer-component impact — set each listed component's status for this event.

No output schema declared.

No examples provided.