Stackexchange MCP Server is answering right now. Last checked 14 min ago. 603 installs a week from npm. It exposes 5 tools. Last commit 10 Sep 2026.
Search Stack Exchange questions, fetch Q&A threads as markdown, look up tag FAQs and user profiles.
What changed 18
Every tool that appeared, vanished or quietly changed what it asks for. Recorded since 23 August 2026. No other catalogue keeps this.
Nothing serious here today
Today is the operative word: we check Stackexchange MCP Server every 15 minutes and re-read its code on every release. Watch it and you find out the day that stops being true.
Connect this server
Endpoint below is the one we actually reach during checks — not the one copied from a README. Last verified 14 min ago.
claude mcp add stackexchange-mcp-server --transport http https://stackexchange.caseyjhand.com/mcp{
"mcpServers": {
"stackexchange-mcp-server": {
"url": "https://stackexchange.caseyjhand.com/mcp"
}
}
}[mcp_servers.stackexchange-mcp-server]
url = "https://stackexchange.caseyjhand.com/mcp"{
"mcpServers": {
"stackexchange-mcp-server": {
"url": "https://stackexchange.caseyjhand.com/mcp"
}
}
}{
"mcpServers": {
"stackexchange-mcp-server": {
"url": "https://stackexchange.caseyjhand.com/mcp"
}
}
}This one needs environment variables set before it will start:
STACKEXCHANGE_API_KEY (Stack Exchange API key — lifts per-IP quota from ~300/day to ~10,000/day.), MCP_HTTP_HOST (The hostname for the HTTP server.), MCP_HTTP_PORT (The port to run the HTTP server on.), MCP_HTTP_ENDPOINT_PATH (The endpoint path for the MCP server.), MCP_AUTH_MODE (Authentication mode to use: 'none', 'jwt', or 'oauth'.), MCP_LOG_LEVEL (Sets the minimum log level for output (e.g., 'debug', 'info', 'warn').).
The author declared them in the registry entry; get the values from the project itself.
Available tools 5
Read directly from the server with tools/list, grouped by what they act on.
If a tool disappears, we record the date.
stackexchange_get_tag_faq
stackexchange_get_thread
stackexchange_get_user
stackexchange_list_sites
stackexchange_search_questions
Endpoints
| URL | Transport | State | Latency | Checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| https://stackexchange.caseyjhand.com/mcp | streamable-http | answering | 410 ms | 14 min ago |
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