ChangeDetection.io MCP Server

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ChangeDetection.io MCP Server runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 106 installs a week from pypi. Last commit 10 Oct 2026.

MCP server for ChangeDetection.io website monitoring and change history.

Installs per day peak 38 · avg 16 · -27% w/w

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106

Installs / week

pypi · changedetection-mcp

Stars

1 open issue

10 Oct 2026

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MIT

License

Python

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Today is the operative word: we check ChangeDetection.io MCP Server 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

This server runs on your own machine — install it with the package manager and the client starts it for you. Package name taken from the official registry entry.

Claude Code Claude Desktop Codex Cursor VS Code

run in your terminal

claude mcp add changedetection-mcp -e 'CHANGEDETECTION_BASE_URL=<CHANGEDETECTION_BASE_URL>' -e 'CHANGEDETECTION_API_KEY=<CHANGEDETECTION_API_KEY>' -- uvx changedetection-mcp

~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "changedetection-mcp": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "changedetection-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "CHANGEDETECTION_API_KEY": "<CHANGEDETECTION_API_KEY>",
        "CHANGEDETECTION_BASE_URL": "<CHANGEDETECTION_BASE_URL>"
      }
    }
  }
}

~/.codex/config.toml

[mcp_servers.changedetection-mcp]
command = "uvx"
args = ["changedetection-mcp"]
env = { CHANGEDETECTION_BASE_URL = "<CHANGEDETECTION_BASE_URL>", CHANGEDETECTION_API_KEY = "<CHANGEDETECTION_API_KEY>" }

.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "changedetection-mcp": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "changedetection-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "CHANGEDETECTION_API_KEY": "<CHANGEDETECTION_API_KEY>",
        "CHANGEDETECTION_BASE_URL": "<CHANGEDETECTION_BASE_URL>"
      }
    }
  }
}

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "servers": {
    "changedetection-mcp": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "changedetection-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "CHANGEDETECTION_API_KEY": "<CHANGEDETECTION_API_KEY>",
        "CHANGEDETECTION_BASE_URL": "<CHANGEDETECTION_BASE_URL>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Put your own values in place of <CHANGEDETECTION_BASE_URL> (Base URL of the ChangeDetection.io instance, e.g. https://changedetection.example.com), <CHANGEDETECTION_API_KEY> (ChangeDetection.io API key). The author’s registry entry marks them as required.

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ChangeDetection.io MCP Server — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

Why is there no uptime for ChangeDetection.io MCP Server?

ChangeDetection.io MCP Server runs on your own machine over stdio — there is no network address to reach, so uptime cannot be measured for it by anyone. What can be measured is adoption: the pypi package changedetection-mcp was installed 106 times last week.

How do I connect ChangeDetection.io MCP Server?

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 runs locally, so the command pulls changedetection-mcp straight from pypi; nothing to host, nothing to sign up for.

How many people use ChangeDetection.io MCP Server?

The pypi package changedetection-mcp was installed 106 times in the last week. Week over week that is -27%. We show installs rather than GitHub stars on purpose: a star is a bookmark, an install is someone actually running it.

Is ChangeDetection.io MCP Server open source?

Yes — it is published under the MIT licence, written in Python, 3 stars on GitHub and 1 open issue. The source link is on this page, so you can read exactly what it does with your data before you connect it.