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The Ultimate Critic MCP Server

io.github.marksignals/the-ultimate-critic
not responding

The Ultimate Critic is listed as active in the registry but did not answer our last check.

Check AI work against requirements and return structured verdicts, findings, and repair steps.

Uptime history 40 hours of history · worst hour 0%
40 hours agonow
0.0%
Uptime 24h
0 of 92 checks
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Tools
hidden behind auth
8101 ms
Response time
average over 24h
open, no key
Access
streamable-http

Connect this server

Endpoint below is the one we actually reach during checks — not the one copied from a README. Last verified 1 min ago.

run in your terminal
claude mcp add the-ultimate-critic --transport http https://ultimate-critic.fly.dev/mcp
~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "the-ultimate-critic": {
      "url": "https://ultimate-critic.fly.dev/mcp"
    }
  }
}
~/.codex/config.toml
[mcp_servers.the-ultimate-critic]
url = "https://ultimate-critic.fly.dev/mcp"
.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "the-ultimate-critic": {
      "url": "https://ultimate-critic.fly.dev/mcp"
    }
  }
}
.vscode/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "the-ultimate-critic": {
      "url": "https://ultimate-critic.fly.dev/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Endpoints

URLTransportStateLatencyChecked
https://ultimate-critic.fly.dev/mcp streamable-http answering 8101 ms 1 min ago

The Ultimate Critic — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

Is The Ultimate Critic working right now?
We send a real MCP handshake every 15 minutes. Over the last 24 hours 0 of 92 checks got a reply (0.0%), average response time 8101 ms. The bar chart above shows every period we have measured.
The registry lists The Ultimate Critic 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 The Ultimate Critic?
Copy the ready config from this page — we generate it for Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Codex, Cursor and VS Code, each with the file path that client actually reads. It is a remote server, so there is nothing to install — the client connects to the address.
Does The Ultimate Critic need an API key?
No. The Ultimate Critic 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.