PlyMove MCP Server

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PlyMove is answering right now. Last checked 9 min ago. It exposes 6 tools.

Pedagogical chess intelligence for AI agents: explain positions and games for a target Elo.

Uptime history 75 days of history · worst day 93%

75 days agonow

100.0%

Uptime 24h

91 of 91 checks

Tools

read from the server

117 ms

Response time

average over 24h

authentication required

Access

streamable-http

What changed 17

Every tool that appeared, vanished or quietly changed what it asks for. Recorded since 29 August 2026. No other catalogue keeps this.

30 Aug a tool appeared analyze_what_if

30 Aug a tool changed the parameters it asks for build_game_storyboard

29 Aug 5 tool descriptions were rewritten7 times that day build_game_storyboard, compare_moves, explain_game and 2 more

29 Aug 3 tools changed the parameters they ask for6 times that day build_game_storyboard, explain_game, find_teaching_moments

29 Aug a tool appeared build_game_storyboard

29 Aug a tool changed version

and 5 more, back to 29 August 2026

Nothing serious here today

Today is the operative word: we check PlyMove 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 9 min ago.

Claude Code Claude Desktop Codex Cursor VS Code

run in your terminal

claude mcp add mcp --transport http https://mcp.plymove.com/mcp

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

https://mcp.plymove.com/mcp

~/.codex/config.toml

[mcp_servers.mcp]
url = "https://mcp.plymove.com/mcp"

.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcp": {
      "url": "https://mcp.plymove.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "servers": {
    "mcp": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://mcp.plymove.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

This endpoint answered with an authorization challenge. The server is running, but it did not say what kind of credentials it expects.

Available tools 6

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

explain

explain_game

Legacy alias for build_game_storyboard — Elo-aware game storyboard (read-only analysis; does not write files).

explain_position

Explain a single position for a target learner Elo (read-only analysis).

analyze

analyze_what_if

Analyze a user-requested alternative at a mainline decision point: legal SAN validation, Stockfish continuation, Maia naturalness, teaching point, and annotated RAV PGN (read-only).

build

build_game_storyboard

Build a verified Elo-aware game storyboard: opening, story arc, ranked moments, branches, and main lesson. Read-only analysis — does not modify user files or external systems.

compare

compare_moves

Compare candidate moves at a position for a learner (read-only analysis).

teaching

find_teaching_moments

Legacy alias for build_game_storyboard — ranked storyboard chapters from a PGN (read-only analysis).

Endpoints

URL	Transport	State	Latency	Checked
https://mcp.plymove.com/mcp	streamable-http	needs auth	121 ms	9 min ago

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PlyMove — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

What can PlyMove do?

It exposes 6 tools, read directly from the server on our last check. Among them: analyze_what_if, build_game_storyboard, compare_moves, explain_game, explain_position, find_teaching_moments. 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 PlyMove 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 117 ms. The bar chart above shows every period we have measured.

How do I connect PlyMove?

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. You will need your own credentials: it refuses anonymous clients.

Does PlyMove need an API key?

Yes. Every time we knock, PlyMove answers with an authorization challenge instead of its tool list — that is how we know it is running and gated rather than broken. Bring your own credentials and it will talk.

How fast is PlyMove?

It answers our handshake in 117 ms on average, which is faster than 89% 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.