ButterCMS MCP by usefulapi MCP Server

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ButterCMS MCP by usefulapi is answering right now. Last checked 11 min ago. It exposes 15 tools. Last commit 2 Nov 2026.

Read blog posts, authors, categories, tags, pages and collection items in ButterCMS.

Uptime history 21 hours of history

21 hours agonow

100.0%

Uptime 24h

77 of 77 checks

Tools

read from the server

228 ms

Response time

average over 24h

Stars

last commit 2 Nov 2026

What changed 1

Every tool that appeared, vanished or quietly changed what it asks for. Recorded since 2 November 2026. No other catalogue keeps this.

2 Nov a tool changed version

Nothing serious here today

Today is the operative word: we check ButterCMS MCP by usefulapi 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 11 min ago.

Claude Code Claude Desktop Codex Cursor VS Code

run in your terminal

claude mcp add buttercms --transport http https://buttercms.usefulapi.io/mcp

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

https://buttercms.usefulapi.io/mcp

~/.codex/config.toml

[mcp_servers.buttercms]
url = "https://buttercms.usefulapi.io/mcp"

.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "buttercms": {
      "url": "https://buttercms.usefulapi.io/mcp"
    }
  }
}

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "servers": {
    "buttercms": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://buttercms.usefulapi.io/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Available tools 15

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

buttercms

buttercms_get_author

Get one blog author by slug. Set include to 'recent_posts' to embed the recent posts. Read API: GET /authors/{slug}/.

buttercms_get_category

Get one blog category by slug. Set include to 'recent_posts' to embed the recent posts. Read API: GET /categories/{slug}/.

buttercms_get_collection_item

Get one collection item by its numeric id. Read API: GET /content/{collection_key}/{item_id}/.

buttercms_get_collections

Get the items of one or more collections at once. Every key must be an existing collection key. Read API: GET /content/?keys=a,b.

buttercms_get_page

Get one page by page type and slug. Use '*' as page_type for a Single Page. Read API: GET /pages/{page_type}/{page_slug}/.

buttercms_get_post

Get one blog post by slug, with the full body, metadata, and the next and previous posts. Read API: GET /posts/{slug}/.

buttercms_get_tag

Get one blog tag by slug. Set include to 'recent_posts' to embed the recent posts. Read API: GET /tags/{slug}/.

buttercms_list_authors

List all blog authors. Set include to 'recent_posts' to embed the recent posts of each one. Read API: GET /authors/.

buttercms_list_categories

List all blog categories. Set include to 'recent_posts' to embed the recent posts of each one. Read API: GET /categories/.

buttercms_list_collection_items

List the items of one collection, with paging, ordering and field filters. Each item meta.id is the item id. Read API: GET /content/{collection_key}/.

buttercms_list_pages

List pages of one page type, or all Single Pages with page_type '*'. Filtering and ordering work only for a real page type. Read API: GET /pages/{page_type}/.

buttercms_list_posts

List published blog posts, newest first, with optional filters by author, category or tag. Use exclude_body to get short results. Read API: GET /posts/.

buttercms_list_tags

List all blog tags. Set include to 'recent_posts' to embed the recent posts of each one. Read API: GET /tags/.

buttercms_search_pages

Search the direct content of pages by text. Results are sorted by relevance. Read API: GET /pages/search/.

buttercms_search_posts

Full-text search in blog post titles, bodies and summaries. Results are sorted by relevance. Read API: GET /posts/search/.

Endpoints

URL	Transport	State	Latency	Checked
https://buttercms.usefulapi.io/mcp	streamable-http	answering	142 ms	11 min ago

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ButterCMS MCP by usefulapi — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

What can ButterCMS MCP by usefulapi do?

It exposes 15 tools, read directly from the server on our last check. Among them: buttercms_get_author, buttercms_get_category, buttercms_get_collection_item, buttercms_get_collections, buttercms_get_page, buttercms_get_post and 9 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 ButterCMS MCP by usefulapi working right now?

We send a real MCP handshake every 15 minutes. Over the last 24 hours 77 of 77 checks got a reply (100.0%), average response time 228 ms. The bar chart above shows every period we have measured.

How do I connect ButterCMS MCP by usefulapi?

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.

Does ButterCMS MCP by usefulapi need an API key?

No. ButterCMS MCP by usefulapi completed a full MCP handshake with us as an anonymous client and listed its tools without asking for anything. All 15 of them are readable on this page. This is what we observed, not what the docs claim.

How fast is ButterCMS MCP by usefulapi?

It answers our handshake in 228 ms on average, which is faster than 63% of all working MCP servers we measure. The comparison comes from our own checks across the whole registry, every 15 minutes.

Is ButterCMS MCP by usefulapi open source?

The code is open source: it is published under the MIT licence, written in JavaScript, 1 stars on GitHub and 1 open issue. The licence covers the code in the repository, not the hosted service at buttercms.usefulapi.io, which runs on its operator's own terms.