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Orbit is answering right now. Last checked 6 min ago. It exposes 59 tools.

The most in-depth, source-backed context about a person for deep personalization and research.

The linked repository no longer exists on GitHub — it was deleted or made private.

Uptime history 14 days of history · worst day 98%
14 days agonow
100.0%
Uptime 24h
183 of 183 checks
59
Tools
read from the server
332 ms
Response time
average over 24h
OAuth sign-in
Access
streamable-http

What changed 73

Every tool that appeared, vanished or quietly changed what it asks for. Recorded since 10 September 2026. No other catalogue keeps this.

15 Sep 2 tools appeared quote_population_search, search_population
15 Sep a tool description was rewritten get_search_status
12 Sep 4 tool descriptions were rewritten batch_enrich_profiles, enrich_profile, get_profile and 1 more
12 Sep a tool appeared get_credit_usage
10 Sep 52 tools appeared add_directory_person, archive_directory, batch_enrich_profiles and 49 more
10 Sep 4 tool descriptions were rewritten auth_status, disconnect_orbit, get_profile and 1 more
10 Sep 4 tools disappeared connect_orbit, me, search_people_updates and 1 more
10 Sep 4 tools changed the parameters they ask for auth_status, disconnect_orbit, get_profile and 1 more
10 Sep a tool changed version

Orbit missed 3 checks this week

Everything else answered, so this is steady rather than shaky. We check every 15 minutes, which is how a one-off gets told apart from the start of a pattern, and how you hear about the next one within the hour instead of from your users.

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Endpoint below is the one we actually reach during checks — not the one copied from a README. Last verified 6 min ago.

run in your terminal
claude mcp add orbit --transport http https://chatgpt.orbitsearch.com/mcp
~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "orbit": {
      "url": "https://chatgpt.orbitsearch.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}
~/.codex/config.toml
[mcp_servers.orbit]
url = "https://chatgpt.orbitsearch.com/mcp"
.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "orbit": {
      "url": "https://chatgpt.orbitsearch.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}
.vscode/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "orbit": {
      "url": "https://chatgpt.orbitsearch.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

This endpoint answered with an authorization challenge. The server is running, and it signs you in through your browser: there is no API key to paste.

This server publishes 1 more address. The block above uses the one we reach during checks; the full list is under Endpoints below, and the author may intend a particular one for your client.

Available tools 59

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

directory
add_directory_person
Use this when the user wants to add a known Orbit profile to a directory. Confirm the directory and profile. Requires an Orbit user connection; organization and directory permissions are enforced by Orbit.
check_directory_membership
Use this when the user wants to check supplied identities for existing directory membership before import. Requires an Orbit user connection; organization and directory permissions are enforced by Orbit.
check_directory_slug
Use this when the user wants to check if a public directory slug is available. Requires an Orbit user connection; organization and directory permissions are enforced by Orbit.
create_directory
Use this when the user wants to create a directory. Confirm the organization, name, and visibility; public makes it discoverable outside the organization. Requires an Orbit user connection; organization and directory permissions are enforced by Orbit.
create_directory_watchers
Use this when the user wants to schedule updates for selected members. Confirm profile IDs, interval, phases, and ongoing organization credit usage. Requires an Orbit user connection; organization and directory permissions are enforced by Orbit.
delete_directory_watcher
Use this when the user wants to stop a directory member's watcher after confirming the target. Requires an Orbit user connection; organization and directory permissions are enforced by Orbit.
get_directory
Use this when the user wants to read a directory and its readiness before changing it. Requires an Orbit user connection; organization and directory permissions are enforced by Orbit.
get_directory_person
Use this when the user wants to read a directory member. Use its returned profile ID with get_profile for deep person research. Requires an Orbit user connection; organization and directory permissions are enforced by Orbit.
get_directory_readiness
Use this when the user wants to check whether a directory is ready to search. Requires an Orbit user connection; organization and directory permissions are enforced by Orbit.
get_directory_source
Use this when the user wants to read a source and recover pending CSV processing where needed. Requires an Orbit user connection; organization and directory permissions are enforced by Orbit.
get_directory_source_status
Use this when the user wants to check import progress and recover pending CSV processing where needed. Queued or importing is not completion. Requires an Orbit user connection; organization and directory permissions are enforced by Orbit.
list_directory_activity
Use this when the user wants to read sourced directory-member updates sorted by event date or discovery date. Requires an Orbit user connection; organization and directory permissions are enforced by Orbit.
list_directory_grants
Use this when the user wants to inspect directory access grants before sharing or revoking access. Requires an Orbit user connection; organization and directory permissions are enforced by Orbit.
list_directory_organizations
Use this when the user wants to find the user's organizations before choosing a directory. Do not guess organization IDs. Requires an Orbit user connection; organization and directory permissions are enforced by Orbit.
list_directory_people
Use this when the user wants to list directory members, optionally filtering by name or source. This is not semantic search. Requires an Orbit user connection; organization and directory permissions are enforced by Orbit.
list_directory_refreshes
Use this when the user wants to check one-time refresh progress. Report acceptance separately from completion. Requires an Orbit user connection; organization and directory permissions are enforced by Orbit.
list_directory_sources
Use this when the user wants to list import sources and recover pending CSV processing where needed. Requires an Orbit user connection; organization and directory permissions are enforced by Orbit.
list_directory_watchers
Use this when the user wants to list watchers for directory members. Requires an Orbit user connection; organization and directory permissions are enforced by Orbit.
remove_directory_people
Use this when the user wants to remove selected directory members after confirming the exact selection. Save the returned removal source for restoration. Requires an Orbit user connection; organization and directory permissions are enforced by Orbit.
remove_directory_person
Use this when the user wants to remove one directory member after confirming its directory-person ID, not its Orbit profile ID. Requires an Orbit user connection; organization and directory permissions are enforced by Orbit.
remove_directory_source_people
Use this when the user wants to remove members contributed by a source after confirming the source and impact. Requires an Orbit user connection; organization and directory permissions are enforced by Orbit.
search_directory
Use this when the user wants to search within one directory using natural language. Never fall back to global search if access is denied or the directory is not ready. Requires an Orbit user connection; organization and directory permissions are enforced by Orbit.
update_directory
Use this when the user wants to change a directory's details. Read it first and confirm changes, especially public visibility. Requires an Orbit user connection; organization and directory permissions are enforced by Orbit.
update_directory_source_status
Use this when the user wants to make an explicitly requested administrative source-status correction. Never mark an import completed merely to hide a failure; verify the actual processing state first. Requires an Orbit user connection; organization and directory permissions are enforced by Orbit.
update_directory_watcher
Use this when the user wants to change a member's watcher. Confirm schedule, phases, enabled state, and credit implications. Requires an Orbit user connection; organization and directory permissions are enforced by Orbit.
watcher
create_watcher
Create or re-enable a scheduled profile watcher. Watcher runs consume Orbit credits. Use this only after the user confirms the profile and schedule.
delete_watcher
Permanently delete one Orbit watcher.
get_watcher
Read one Orbit watcher by ID.
list_watcher_runs
List the newest runs for one Orbit watcher.
update_watcher
Replace the selected settings of an Orbit watcher. This can disable future runs or change their schedule and phases; enabled runs consume Orbit credits.
webhook
create_webhook
Register an HTTPS endpoint to receive Orbit event data outside Orbit. Confirm the destination and event types with the user first. The signing secret is shown once in the Orbit widget and is hidden from the model.
delete_webhook
Permanently delete one Orbit webhook endpoint.
archive
archive_directory
Use this when the user wants to archive a directory after confirming the exact target. Orbit's delete route also archives; this does not permanently erase data. Requires an Orbit user connection; organization and directory permissions are enforced by Orbit.
auth
auth_status
Check whether the user connected Orbit to this app.
batch
batch_enrich_profiles
Start profile research for 1 to 20 Orbit profile IDs or slugs using the connected account's Orbit credits. The regenerate operation forces fresh work and can replace existing facts for every selected profile. Use regenerate only when the user asks for that refresh.
count
count_directory_people
Use this when the user wants to count resolved directory members. Requires an Orbit user connection; organization and directory permissions are enforced by Orbit.
credit
get_credit_usage
Use this when the user asks how many Orbit credits they have or have used. Returns usage for the connected API credential and available/reserved credits for its billing account. It does not purchase credits or change the balance. Usage is not necessarily all activity by the user or organization.
directories
list_directories
Use this when the user wants to list directories in a selected organization. Requires an Orbit user connection; organization and directory permissions are enforced by Orbit.
disconnect
disconnect_orbit
Remove a legacy widget connection token. This does not disconnect Google OAuth; use ChatGPT app settings to disconnect an OAuth account.
enrich
enrich_profile
Start profile research in Orbit using the connected account's Orbit credits. Partial builds a partial profile, full builds a full profile, and regenerate forces fresh work that can replace existing profile facts. Use regenerate only when the user asks to refresh the profile.
enrichment
get_enrichment_status
Read the latest status and optional profile for one v3 enrichment request.
grant
grant_directory_access
Use this when the user wants to share directory access. Confirm the exact recipient, directory, and permissions; never infer a principal ID. Requires an Orbit user connection; organization and directory permissions are enforced by Orbit.
infer
infer_directory_csv_mapping
Use this when the user wants to suggest CSV column mapping from user-supplied headers. Review the mapping before upload; this may call an external model. Requires an Orbit user connection; organization and directory permissions are enforced by Orbit.
leave
leave_directory
Use this when the user wants to remove the authenticated user's own membership after confirmation. Requires an Orbit user connection; organization and directory permissions are enforced by Orbit.
pending
list_pending_directory_people
Use this when the user wants to inspect unresolved or processing directory members. Requires an Orbit user connection; organization and directory permissions are enforced by Orbit.
people
search_people
Find or resolve people when an agent needs maximum person context for deep personalization or research. Start an Orbit v3 search from plain English, structured intent, identity signals, or a supported combination. Enable Candidate Discovery when Orbit should find people beyond its known index. Discovery and profile generation use the connected account's Orbit credits.
populate
populate_directory_from_entities
Use this when the user wants to populate a directory from known companies or schools. Confirm IDs, AND/OR criteria and research costs. Never guess entity IDs. Poll source status after acceptance. Requires an Orbit user connection; organization and directory permissions are enforced by Orbit.
population
search_population
Search everyone in one population: every current employee of a company, or everyone who attended a school. Reserves the quoted credits from the connected account and returns the search at once; Orbit keeps adding people to its results while it runs. Follow it with get_search_status until the status is terminal. Use only after quote_population_search and the user's confirmation of the cost.
profile
get_profile
Read an existing source-backed Orbit profile for research or meeting preparation using the connected account's Orbit credits. Accepts an Orbit ID, known alias, or public profile slug. This read does not generate, refresh, or repair profile data; use enrich_profile when the user requests new research.
quote
quote_population_search
Price a search for everyone in one population: every current employee of a company, or everyone who attended a school. Returns the whole cost as one number in credits. This read starts no work and reserves no credits. Quote first, tell the user the cost, and call search_population only after they confirm.
refresh
refresh_directory_profiles
Use this when the user wants to start a credit-consuming one-time refresh. Confirm selected members or everyone and cost implications; preserve request_id on retries. Requires an Orbit user connection; organization and directory permissions are enforced by Orbit.
restore
restore_directory_people
Use this when the user wants to restore selected removed members or a recorded removal source, within the backend's restoration window. Confirm the exact selection or source. Requires an Orbit user connection; organization and directory permissions are enforced by Orbit.
resync
resync_directory_people
Use this when the user wants to rematerialize selected directory members from existing data, after confirming the selection. This is separate from a research refresh. Requires an Orbit user connection; organization and directory permissions are enforced by Orbit.
revoke
revoke_directory_access
Use this when the user wants to revoke a specific access grant after confirming the recipient and permissions affected. Requires an Orbit user connection; organization and directory permissions are enforced by Orbit.
status
get_search_status
Read the latest results and status for a v3 Orbit search, including a population search started with search_population.
test
test_webhook
Send one signed test event to an existing webhook endpoint. The payload can contain the account's most recent real event data, or an example when none exists. Confirm the destination and event type before sending. The delivery is free and is not retried or stored in delivery history.
upload
upload_directory_csv
Use this when the user wants to import user-supplied CSV text into a directory. Confirm the target and field mapping. Never invent rows. Limited to 512 KiB; use the dashboard for larger files. Preserve idempotency_key on retries. Requires an Orbit user connection; organization and directory permissions are enforced by Orbit.
watchers
list_watchers
List profile watchers for the current Orbit organization.
webhooks
list_webhooks
List webhook endpoints for the current Orbit organization. Secrets are masked.

Tools removed

Tools this server used to expose. Anything built against them stopped working on the day they went.

connect_orbit
removed 10 Sep 2026
me
removed 10 Sep 2026
search_people_updates
removed 10 Sep 2026
whoami
removed 10 Sep 2026

Endpoints

URLTransportStateLatencyChecked
https://chatgpt.orbitsearch.com/mcp streamable-http answering 252 ms 6 min ago
https://api.orbitsearch.com/mcp streamable-http sign-in 293 ms 7 min ago

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Orbit — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

What can Orbit do?
It exposes 59 tools, read directly from the server on our last check. Among them: add_directory_person, archive_directory, auth_status, batch_enrich_profiles, check_directory_membership, check_directory_slug and 53 more. 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 →
What is Orbit mostly used for?
Its tools cluster around directory, watcher and webhook. That is what this server is built to work with — the grouping comes from the actual tool names, not from a category we assigned.
Is Orbit working right now?
We send a real MCP handshake every 15 minutes. Over the last 24 hours 183 of 183 checks got a reply (100.0%), average response time 332 ms. The bar chart above shows every period we have measured.
Did Orbit ever remove tools?
Yes. connect_orbit, me, search_people_updates, whoami are no longer exposed — we recorded the date each one disappeared. A tool vanishing usually means a breaking change for anything that depended on it.
Is Orbit still maintained?
The linked repository no longer exists on GitHub — it was deleted or made private. We show this because it changes what you can expect: an unmaintained server may keep answering for months and then stop without warning.
How do I connect Orbit?
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. You sign in through your browser once and the client keeps the session: no key to copy, and it refuses anonymous clients.
How do you sign in to Orbit?
No API key is involved. Orbit answers our knock with an OAuth challenge, so you authorise it once in your browser and the client keeps the session. That is also why we see no tool list: it will not describe itself to an anonymous client, and that is the server working as intended, not a fault.
How fast is Orbit?
It answers our handshake in 332 ms on average, which is faster than 46% of all working MCP servers we measure. The comparison comes from our own checks across the whole registry, every 15 minutes.