Opafex MCP Server

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Opafex is listed as active in the registry but did not answer our last check. It exposes 5 tools.

Helps UK small business owners decide where AI fits: what to automate first, data checks, payback.

Uptime history 12 days of history · worst day 0%

12 days agonow

25.3%

Uptime 24h

23 of 91 checks

Tools

read from the server

432 ms

Response time

average over 24h

open, no key

Access

streamable-http

What changed 1

Every tool that appeared, vanished or quietly changed what it asks for. Recorded since 18 October 2026. No other catalogue keeps this.

18 Oct a tool changed the parameters it asks for assess_automation_opportunities

Opafex does not always answer

Over the last week it answered 15.7% 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 16 min ago.

Claude Code Claude Desktop Codex Cursor VS Code

run in your terminal

claude mcp add business-automation --transport http https://opafex.com/api/mcp

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

https://opafex.com/api/mcp

~/.codex/config.toml

[mcp_servers.business-automation]
url = "https://opafex.com/api/mcp"

.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "business-automation": {
      "url": "https://opafex.com/api/mcp"
    }
  }
}

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "servers": {
    "business-automation": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://opafex.com/api/mcp"
    }
  }
}

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.

assess

assess_automation_opportunities

Works out what a small business should automate first, from how it runs today, instead of a generic list of AI tools. Use when an owner asks how AI can help their business, where to start, what is worth it versus hype, or how to get good people off admin. Map what the owner has said onto the options and leave out anything they have not said. Returns the best-fitting approaches with the reasons, what to check first, a small first step, and the questions still worth asking.

data

check_ai_data_protection

Lists what a UK firm should check before client or staff information goes into an AI tool, under UK GDPR, ordered by what matters most for that tool and that data. Use when an owner asks if they can put client information into ChatGPT, whether ChatGPT or Copilot is GDPR compliant for their business, what to do about staff pasting customer details into AI, or what to ask an AI supplier. Returns questions to ask with the reason for each, not legal advice.

draft

draft_ai_policy

Drafts a one-page AI use policy for a small UK firm: approved tools, what must never be pasted in, human checking, telling clients, and who is responsible. Use when an owner asks whether they need an AI policy, what to put in one, or how to stop staff pasting client details into AI tools. Returns the clauses and the steps to take before adopting it. A starting draft, not legal advice.

estimate

estimate_automation_payback

Works out whether automating a task pays for itself, from the owner's own hours, headcount, hourly cost and supplier quote, with every assumption stated and time for checking the output deducted. Use when an owner asks if an AI tool or automation is worth the money, how long it takes to pay back, or how to estimate the return before committing. Ask the owner for the numbers rather than guessing them.

sector

get_sector_playbook

Describes how a specific type of UK firm uses AI: what gets drafted, chased or checked, what to look for in a tool, and the questions firms in that sector ask. Use when an owner or partner in accountancy, recruitment, a law firm, financial planning, insurance broking, an estate or letting agency, construction or a trade such as plumbing or electrical work asks how firms like theirs use AI. Use other for any other small business.

Endpoints

URL	Transport	State	Latency	Checked
https://opafex.com/api/mcp	streamable-http	answering	24 ms	16 min ago

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Opafex — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

What can Opafex do?

It exposes 5 tools, read directly from the server on our last check. Among them: assess_automation_opportunities, check_ai_data_protection, draft_ai_policy, estimate_automation_payback, get_sector_playbook. 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 Opafex working right now?

We send a real MCP handshake every 15 minutes. Over the last 24 hours 23 of 91 checks got a reply (25.3%), average response time 432 ms. The bar chart above shows every period we have measured.

The registry lists Opafex 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 Opafex?

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 Opafex need an API key?

No. Opafex completed a full MCP handshake with us as an anonymous client and listed its tools without asking for anything. All 5 of them are readable on this page. This is what we observed, not what the docs claim.

How fast is Opafex?

It answers our handshake in 432 ms on average, which is faster than 32% of all working MCP servers we measure. The comparison comes from our own checks across the whole registry, every 15 minutes.