Stack Overflow MCP Server

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Stack Overflow MCP Server is answering right now. Last checked 5 min ago. Last commit 11 Dec 2025.

Access Stack Overflow's trusted and verified technical questions and answers.

Uptime history 51 days of history · worst day 99%

51 days agonow

98.9%

Uptime 24h

90 of 91 checks

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Tools

hidden behind auth

243 ms

Response time

average over 24h

Stars

last commit 11 Dec 2025

Stack Overflow MCP Server missed one check 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.

Connect this server

Endpoint below is the one we actually reach during checks — not the one copied from a README. Last verified 5 min ago.

Claude Code Claude Desktop Codex Cursor VS Code

run in your terminal

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

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

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

~/.codex/config.toml

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

.cursor/mcp.json

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

.vscode/mcp.json

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

This endpoint answered with an authorization challenge. The server is running, but you need an API key from its owner to call it.

Endpoints

URL	Transport	State	Latency	Checked
https://mcp.stackoverflow.com	streamable-http	needs key	191 ms	5 min ago

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Stack Overflow MCP Server — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

Why is there no tool list for Stack Overflow MCP Server?

The server answered our handshake with an authorization challenge, so it is running — but it will not describe its tools to an anonymous client. To see them you need to connect with your own credentials. We record it as alive, not as broken: 98.9% of checks in the last 24 hours got a reply.

Is Stack Overflow MCP Server working right now?

We send a real MCP handshake every 15 minutes. Over the last 24 hours 90 of 91 checks got a reply (98.9%), average response time 243 ms. The bar chart above shows every period we have measured.

How do I connect Stack Overflow MCP Server?

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 will need your own key: it refuses anonymous clients.

Does Stack Overflow MCP Server need an API key?

Yes. Every time we knock, Stack Overflow MCP Server 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 Stack Overflow MCP Server?

It answers our handshake in 243 ms on average, which is faster than 62% of all working MCP servers we measure. The comparison comes from our own checks across the whole registry, every 15 minutes.

Is Stack Overflow MCP Server open source?

We cannot say either way: 23 stars on GitHub, but we could not determine the licence, and without one the code is not open source by default.