Catalog Machine MCP by usefulapi MCP Server

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Catalog Machine MCP by usefulapi is answering right now. Last checked 11 min ago. It exposes 9 tools. Last commit 2 Nov 2026.

Read products, orders and catalogs; update products and rebuild catalog PDFs in Catalog Machine.

Uptime history 21 hours of history

21 hours agonow

100.0%

Uptime 24h

77 of 77 checks

Tools

read from the server

254 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 Catalog Machine 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 catalog-machine --transport http https://catalog-machine.usefulapi.io/mcp

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

https://catalog-machine.usefulapi.io/mcp

~/.codex/config.toml

[mcp_servers.catalog-machine]
url = "https://catalog-machine.usefulapi.io/mcp"

.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "catalog-machine": {
      "url": "https://catalog-machine.usefulapi.io/mcp"
    }
  }
}

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "servers": {
    "catalog-machine": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://catalog-machine.usefulapi.io/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Available tools 9

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

catalogmachine

catalogmachine_get_catalog_job

Get the status, errors and warnings of a catalog rebuild job. Catalog Machine API: GET /jobs/catalogs/{jobId}.

catalogmachine_get_import_job

Get the status of the last Shopify import job (`shopify`) or CSV import job (`csv`). Catalog Machine API: GET /jobs/import/shopify-import or /jobs/import/csv-import.

catalogmachine_get_product

Get one product by its Code, with all fields and variants. Catalog Machine API: GET /products/{code}.

catalogmachine_list_catalogs

List catalogs with permalink, status, privacy and the HTML and PDF links. Catalog Machine API: GET /catalogs.

catalogmachine_list_categories

List product categories with their field definitions. Catalog Machine API: GET /categories.

catalogmachine_list_orders

List orders (open orders by default), with customer and line items. Filter by status. Catalog Machine API: GET /orders.

catalogmachine_list_products

List products with all fields, variants and collections. Filter by category or collection. Catalog Machine API: GET /products.

catalogmachine_rebuild_catalog

WRITE. Start a rebuild of the catalog PDF by permalink. Returns a JobId: check it with catalogmachine_get_catalog_job. Catalog Machine API: GET /catalogs/{permalink}/rebuild.

catalogmachine_update_product

WRITE. Change fields of one product. The tool reads the product, merges your `fields` over it, and sends the full record back (the API needs the whole structure). Top-level keys only, for example Name, Price, Description. Variants and Collections replace the old list if you pass them. Catalog Machine API: GET then POST /products/{code}.

Endpoints

URL	Transport	State	Latency	Checked
https://catalog-machine.usefulapi.io/mcp	streamable-http	answering	88 ms	11 min ago

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Catalog Machine MCP by usefulapi — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

What can Catalog Machine MCP by usefulapi do?

It exposes 9 tools, read directly from the server on our last check. Among them: catalogmachine_get_catalog_job, catalogmachine_get_import_job, catalogmachine_get_product, catalogmachine_list_catalogs, catalogmachine_list_categories, catalogmachine_list_orders and 3 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 Catalog Machine 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 254 ms. The bar chart above shows every period we have measured.

How do I connect Catalog Machine 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 Catalog Machine MCP by usefulapi need an API key?

No. Catalog Machine MCP by usefulapi completed a full MCP handshake with us as an anonymous client and listed its tools without asking for anything. All 9 of them are readable on this page. This is what we observed, not what the docs claim.

How fast is Catalog Machine MCP by usefulapi?

It answers our handshake in 254 ms on average, which is faster than 56% of all working MCP servers we measure. The comparison comes from our own checks across the whole registry, every 15 minutes.

Is Catalog Machine 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 catalog-machine.usefulapi.io, which runs on its operator's own terms.