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Contraption is listed as active in the registry but did not answer our last check. Last commit 26 Feb 2026.

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Uptime history 91 days of history · worst day 0%
91 days agonow
0.0%
Uptime 24h
0 of 91 checks
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Tools
hidden behind auth
541 ms
Response time
average over 24h
1
Stars
last commit 26 Feb 2026

What changed 1

Every tool that appeared, vanished or quietly changed what it asks for. Recorded since 9 August 2026. No other catalogue keeps this.

9 Aug the owner changed

What the code does

We read the source, 1 d ago · rules 995398eba69f

Capabilities

What this server is able to do. For an MCP server this is often the job itself — a terminal server runs commands because that is what it is for. Listed so you know what you are plugging in, not as an accusation.

Image downloads and pipes straight to shell Dockerfile:15, Dockerfile.dev:16
RUN curl -LsSf https://astral.sh/uv/install.sh | sh

Is this your server and something here is wrong? Tell us — corrections are free and do not require a plan.

This code can reach further than it looks

We found places where it runs commands, builds paths or queries from values it is given. None of that is a flaw by itself — it becomes one when the code changes, and code changes quietly between releases. We re-read it on every one.

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Connect this server

Endpoint below is the one we actually reach during checks — not the one copied from a README. Last verified 15 min ago.

run in your terminal
claude mcp add mcp --transport sse https://mcp.contraption.co/
Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector, then paste this address
https://mcp.contraption.co/
~/.codex/config.toml
[mcp_servers.mcp]
url = "https://mcp.contraption.co/"
.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcp": {
      "url": "https://mcp.contraption.co/"
    }
  }
}
.vscode/mcp.json
{
  "servers": {
    "mcp": {
      "type": "sse",
      "url": "https://mcp.contraption.co/"
    }
  }
}

Endpoints

URLTransportStateLatencyChecked
https://mcp.contraption.co/ sse answering 541 ms 15 min ago

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Contraption — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

Is Contraption working right now?
We send a real MCP handshake every 15 minutes. Over the last 24 hours 0 of 91 checks got a reply (0.0%), average response time 541 ms. The bar chart above shows every period we have measured.
The registry lists Contraption as active — why does it not respond?
The official MCP registry stores what the author submitted; it does not verify that the server still runs. We check the endpoint ourselves, and this one does not answer. Catalogues that copy the registry without checking will show it as working.
How do I connect Contraption?
Copy the ready config from this page. We generate it for Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Codex, Cursor and VS Code, each in the form that client actually reads. It is a remote server, so there is nothing to install — the client connects to the address.
Does Contraption need an API key?
No. Contraption completed a full MCP handshake with us as an anonymous client and listed its tools without asking for anything. This is what we observed, not what the docs claim.
Is Contraption open source?
The code is open source: it is published under the MIT licence, written in Python and 1 stars on GitHub. The licence covers the code in the repository, not the hosted service at mcp.contraption.co, which runs on its operator's own terms.