Takedown MCP Server

by lawyerd Your server? Claim it

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Takedown is answering right now. Last checked 8 min ago. It exposes 4 tools. Last commit 2 Jul 2026.

DMCA takedown & host reveal for AI agents: who hosts an infringing URL, even behind Cloudflare.

Uptime history 91 days of history · worst day 84%

91 days agonow

100.0%

Uptime 24h

91 of 91 checks

Tools

read from the server

166 ms

Response time

average over 24h

Stars

last commit 2 Jul 2026

What changed 11

Every tool that appeared, vanished or quietly changed what it asks for. Recorded since 8 November 2026. No other catalogue keeps this.

13 Nov 4 tool descriptions were rewritten5 times that day assess_takedown, preserve_evidence, resolve_host and 1 more

13 Nov 2 tools changed the parameters they ask for assess_takedown, preserve_evidence

13 Nov a tool changed version2 times that day

8 Nov a tool description was rewritten preserve_evidence

8 Nov a tool changed the parameters it asks for preserve_evidence

and 2 more, back to 8 November 2026

Takedown does not always answer

Over the last week it answered 99.4% of our checks. We check every 15 minutes, so you hear about the next outage within the hour — not from your users.

Connect this server

Endpoint below is the one we actually reach during checks — not the one copied from a README. Last verified 8 min ago.

Claude Code Claude Desktop Codex Cursor VS Code

run in your terminal

claude mcp add takedown --transport http https://mcp.lawyerd.net/takedown

Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector, then paste this address

https://mcp.lawyerd.net/takedown

~/.codex/config.toml

[mcp_servers.takedown]
url = "https://mcp.lawyerd.net/takedown"

.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "takedown": {
      "url": "https://mcp.lawyerd.net/takedown"
    }
  }
}

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "servers": {
    "takedown": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://mcp.lawyerd.net/takedown"
    }
  }
}

Available tools 4

Read directly from the server with tools/list, grouped by what they act on. If a tool disappears, we record the date.

assess

assess_takedown

Assess how a takedown for this URL would proceed: where the notice goes (host, platform, or a hidden host that must be revealed first), what documents and attestation the content owner must supply, the step-by-step process, and the legal caveats (§512(f), scope limits). Read-only; does not judge the merits of the claim and files nothing. The hosting answer alone is what resolve_host returns. The url is the site to look up, not an API endpoint: the lookup runs on Lawyerd's own host-resolution API (documentation: https://mcp.lawyerd.net/).

preserve

preserve_evidence

Get the link to Lawyerd's free evidence-capture form for a public web page the user wants preserved before it disappears. Read-only: this tool captures nothing and sends nothing — it returns the form link (https://lawyerd.net/evidence/) and what the capture package contains. The user starts the capture there with their own email after a quick human check (free: 3/day, 10/month per email); the package — full-page screenshot, raw and rendered HTML, HTTP headers, hosting/registrar context, SHA-256 hashes of every artifact, an OpenTimestamps anchor and an Internet Archive snapshot — is emailed to them. Use when the user wants to "save proof" or a "screenshot for court" of a scam or infringing page before a takedown. Public pages only (no logins/paywalls). Not notarization.

resolve

resolve_host

Look up who hosts a URL and where an abuse/takedown notice would go. Identifies the CDN/proxy in front (e.g. Cloudflare), the platform, or the direct host and its abuse contact. For direct hosts and previously-revealed domains it returns the real host immediately; for a domain hidden behind a proxy it explains that revealing the true host requires initiating an abuse report. Read-only; files nothing. A lookup, not legal advice; it does not guarantee removal. The url is the site to look up, not an API endpoint: the lookup runs on Lawyerd's own host-resolution API (documentation: https://mcp.lawyerd.net/).

start

start_takedown

Get the link to Lawyerd's intake form — the way to actually start a takedown. Read-only: returns the link plus what to prepare and what happens next; it creates nothing and files nothing. The content owner opens the link in a browser and sends the request; before any notice is filed, Lawyerd checks ownership and the owner signs a one-time authorization (the one step that legally requires a human). Requests targeting lawful criticism, reviews or journalism are declined at intake. Documentation: https://mcp.lawyerd.net/.

Endpoints

URL	Transport	State	Latency	Checked
https://mcp.lawyerd.net/takedown	streamable-http	answering	198 ms	8 min ago

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Takedown — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

What can Takedown do?

It exposes 4 tools, read directly from the server on our last check. Among them: assess_takedown, preserve_evidence, resolve_host, start_takedown. The full list with descriptions is on this page — we take it from the server itself via tools/list, not from a README. How MCP servers expose tools in the first place →

Is Takedown working right now?

We send a real MCP handshake every 15 minutes. Over the last 24 hours 91 of 91 checks got a reply (100.0%), average response time 166 ms. The bar chart above shows every period we have measured.

How do I connect Takedown?

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 Takedown need an API key?

No. Takedown completed a full MCP handshake with us as an anonymous client and listed its tools without asking for anything. All 4 of them are readable on this page. This is what we observed, not what the docs claim.

How fast is Takedown?

It answers our handshake in 166 ms on average, which is faster than 83% of all working MCP servers we measure. That puts it in the quick quarter of the ecosystem. The comparison comes from our own checks across the whole registry, every 15 minutes.

Is Takedown open source?

The code is open source: it is published under the MIT licence, 13 stars on GitHub and 1 open issue. The licence covers the code in the repository, not the hosted service at mcp.lawyerd.net, which runs on its operator's own terms.