Bird MCP Server

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answering

Bird is answering right now. Last checked 15 min ago. It exposes 16 tools. Last commit 1 Sep 2026.

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

Uptime history 47 days of history · worst day 4%

47 days agonow

100.0%

Uptime 24h

91 of 91 checks

Tools

read from the server

171 ms

Response time

average over 24h

Stars

last commit 1 Sep 2026

Nothing serious here today

Today is the operative word: we check Bird 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 15 min ago.

Claude Code Claude Desktop Codex Cursor VS Code

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

URL	Transport	State	Latency	Checked
https://bird.usefulapi.io/mcp	streamable-http	answering	62 ms	15 min ago

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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 91 of 91 checks got a reply (100.0%), average response time 171 ms. The bar chart above shows every period we have measured.

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 171 ms on average, which is faster than 72% 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.