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Bird MCP Server

io.usefulapi/bird
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Bird is listed as active in the registry but did not answer our last check. It exposes 16 tools. Last commit 1 Aug 2026.

Read SMS, WhatsApp, email, contacts and audiences from your Bird workspace, plus safe CRM writes.

Uptime history 42 hours of history · worst hour 0%
42 hours agonow
25.3%
Uptime 24h
23 of 91 checks
16
Tools
read from the server
183 ms
Response time
average over 24h
0
Stars
last commit 1 Aug 2026

Connect this server

Endpoint below is the one we actually reach during checks — not the one copied from a README. Last verified 10 min ago.

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

Available tools 16

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

bird
bird_create_audience
Creates an audience (contact list) in Bird — additive, sends no message. Static audiences start empty. Bird API: POST /v1/audiences.
bird_create_contact
Creates a contact (CRM record) in Bird — additive, sends no message. Contacts are unique by email. Bird API: POST /v1/contacts.
bird_get_audience
Fetch a single audience by id. Bird API: GET /v1/audiences/{audience_id}.
bird_get_contact
Fetch a single contact by id. Bird API: GET /v1/contacts/{contact_id}.
bird_get_email_message
Fetch a single email message by id. Bird API: GET /v1/email/messages/{message_id}.
bird_get_sms_message
Fetch a single SMS message by id. Bird API: GET /v1/sms/messages/{message_id}.
bird_get_whatsapp_message
Fetch a single WhatsApp message by id. Bird API: GET /v1/whatsapp/messages/{message_id}.
bird_list_audience_contacts
List the contacts that belong to a static audience, as a cursor page. Bird API: GET /v1/audiences/{audience_id}/contacts.
bird_list_audiences
List audiences (contact lists) in the workspace, newest first, as a cursor page. Bird API: GET /v1/audiences.
bird_list_contact_properties
List the custom contact-property definitions (schema) for the workspace. Bird API: GET /v1/contact-properties.
bird_list_contacts
List contacts (CRM records) in the workspace, newest first, as a cursor page. Bird API: GET /v1/contacts.
bird_list_email_messages
List email messages sent from the workspace, newest first, as a cursor page. Bird API: GET /v1/email/messages.
bird_list_sms_messages
List SMS messages (inbound + outbound) for the workspace, newest first, as a cursor page. Bird API: GET /v1/sms/messages.
bird_list_sms_templates
List the SMS templates available to the workspace (Bird built-ins + your own). Bird API: GET /v1/sms/templates.
bird_list_whatsapp_messages
List WhatsApp messages (inbound + outbound) for the workspace, newest first, as a cursor page. Bird API: GET /v1/whatsapp/messages.
bird_list_whatsapp_templates
List the WhatsApp message templates available to the workspace. Bird API: GET /v1/whatsapp/templates.

Endpoints

URLTransportStateLatencyChecked
https://bird.usefulapi.io/mcp streamable-http answering 58 ms 10 min ago

Bird — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

What can Bird do?
It exposes 16 tools, read directly from the server on our last check. Among them: bird_create_audience, bird_create_contact, bird_get_audience, bird_get_contact, bird_get_email_message, bird_get_sms_message and 10 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 →
Is Bird 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 183 ms. The bar chart above shows every period we have measured.
The registry lists Bird 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 Bird?
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.
Does Bird need an API key?
No. Bird completed a full MCP handshake with us as an anonymous client and listed its tools without asking for anything. All 16 of them are readable on this page. This is what we observed, not what the docs claim.
How fast is Bird?
It answers our handshake in 183 ms on average, which is faster than 66% of all working MCP servers we measure. The comparison comes from our own checks across the whole registry, every 15 minutes.
Is Bird open source?
Yes — it is published under the MIT licence, written in JavaScript and 0 stars on GitHub. The source link is on this page, so you can read exactly what it does with your data before you connect it.