Insightly MCP by usefulapi MCP Server

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Insightly MCP by usefulapi is answering right now. Last checked 7 min ago. It exposes 21 tools. Last commit 10 Oct 2026.

Read and write Insightly contacts, organisations, leads, opportunities, tasks and notes.

Uptime history 13 days of history

13 days agonow

100.0%

Uptime 24h

92 of 92 checks

Tools

read from the server

91 ms

Response time

average over 24h

Stars

last commit 10 Oct 2026

What changed 11

Every tool that appeared, vanished or quietly changed what it asks for. Recorded since 30 September 2026. No other catalogue keeps this.

9 Oct a tool changed version4 times that day

8 Oct a tool changed version2 times that day

7 Oct a tool changed version

1 Oct a tool changed version2 times that day

30 Sep a tool changed version2 times that day

and 6 more, back to 30 September 2026

Nothing serious here today

Today is the operative word: we check Insightly 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 7 min ago.

Claude Code Claude Desktop Codex Cursor VS Code

run in your terminal

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

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

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

~/.codex/config.toml

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

.cursor/mcp.json

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

.vscode/mcp.json

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

Available tools 21

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

insightly

insightly_add_note

Add a note (title + body) to a Contact, Organisation, Lead, Opportunity or Project. Insightly: POST /<Object>/{id}/Notes.

insightly_create_contact

Create a contact (first_name is required). Insightly: POST /Contacts.

insightly_create_lead

Create a lead (last_name is required). Insightly's schema also marks lead_status_id and lead_source_id as required — get valid ids from insightly_list_lead_statuses / insightly_list_lead_sources. Insightly: POST /Leads.

insightly_create_opportunity

Create a sales opportunity (opportunity_name is required). Insightly: POST /Opportunities.

insightly_create_organisation

Create an organisation (company). Insightly: POST /Organisations.

insightly_create_task

Create a task (title is required). Insightly requires OWNER_USER_ID and COMPLETED on a task: if owner_user_id is omitted it is filled with the API key's own user (via GET /Users/Me), and completed defaults to false. Insightly: POST /Tasks.

insightly_get_current_user

Fetch the user the API key belongs to (USER_ID, name, email, admin flag). A cheap way to confirm the key and pod are right, and to get your own id for owner fields. Insightly: GET /Users/Me.

insightly_get_record

Fetch a single Contact, Organisation, Lead, Opportunity, Project, Task, Event or Note by id, with its custom fields, tags and links. Insightly: GET /<Object>/{id}.

insightly_list_lead_sources

List the lead sources defined in the instance (LEAD_SOURCE_ID, name). Insightly: GET /LeadSources.

insightly_list_lead_statuses

List the lead statuses defined in the instance (LEAD_STATUS_ID, name, type). Insightly: GET /LeadStatuses.

insightly_list_pipeline_stages

List every pipeline stage (STAGE_ID, PIPELINE_ID, name, order) — map an opportunity's or project's STAGE_ID to a stage name. Insightly: GET /PipelineStages.

insightly_list_pipelines

List the sales and project pipelines (PIPELINE_ID, name, whether for opportunities or projects). Insightly: GET /Pipelines.

insightly_list_record_activity

List the Notes, Tasks or Events attached to one Contact, Organisation, Lead, Opportunity or Project — the activity history of that record. Insightly: GET /<Object>/{id}/Notes | Tasks | Events.

insightly_list_records

List records of one type — Contacts, Organisations, Leads, Opportunities, Projects, Tasks, Events or Notes — optionally filtered by one field value and/or last-updated time. With field_name + field_value (both required together) or updated_after_utc this uses GET /<Object>/Search; otherwise GET /<Object>. Field names are Insightly's UPPER_SNAKE names, e.g. EMAIL_ADDRESS, LAST_NAME, ORGANISATION_NAME, OPPORTUNITY_STATE, LEAD_RATING, or a custom field such as Industry__c.

insightly_list_users

List the users in the Insightly instance — needed to resolve OWNER_USER_ID / RESPONSIBLE_USER_ID. Insightly: GET /Users.

insightly_search_by_tag

List Contacts, Organisations, Leads, Opportunities or Projects carrying a tag. Insightly: GET /<Object>/SearchByTag?tagName=.

insightly_update_contact

Update a contact. Only the fields you pass are changed (v3.1 partial update). Insightly: PUT /Contacts with CONTACT_ID.

insightly_update_lead

Update a lead. Only the fields you pass are changed. Insightly: PUT /Leads with LEAD_ID.

insightly_update_opportunity

Update an opportunity's value, probability, dates, owner or details. Only the fields you pass are changed. Insightly: PUT /Opportunities with OPPORTUNITY_ID.

insightly_update_organisation

Update an organisation. Only the fields you pass are changed. Insightly: PUT /Organisations with ORGANISATION_ID.

insightly_update_task

Update a task — mark it completed, change due date, status, assignee or details. Only the fields you pass are changed. Insightly: PUT /Tasks with TASK_ID.

Endpoints

URL	Transport	State	Latency	Checked
https://insightly.usefulapi.io/mcp	streamable-http	answering	75 ms	7 min ago

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Insightly MCP by usefulapi — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

What can Insightly MCP by usefulapi do?

It exposes 21 tools, read directly from the server on our last check. Among them: insightly_add_note, insightly_create_contact, insightly_create_lead, insightly_create_opportunity, insightly_create_organisation, insightly_create_task and 15 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 Insightly MCP by usefulapi working right now?

We send a real MCP handshake every 15 minutes. Over the last 24 hours 92 of 92 checks got a reply (100.0%), average response time 91 ms. The bar chart above shows every period we have measured.

How do I connect Insightly MCP by usefulapi?

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 Insightly MCP by usefulapi need an API key?

No. Insightly MCP by usefulapi completed a full MCP handshake with us as an anonymous client and listed its tools without asking for anything. All 21 of them are readable on this page. This is what we observed, not what the docs claim.

How fast is Insightly MCP by usefulapi?

It answers our handshake in 91 ms on average, which is faster than 88% of all working MCP servers we measure. That puts it in the quick quarter of the ecosystem. The comparison comes from our own checks across the whole registry, every 15 minutes.

Is Insightly MCP by usefulapi open source?

Yes — it is published under the MIT licence, written in JavaScript, 0 stars on GitHub and 1 open issue. The source link is on this page, so you can read exactly what it does with your data before you connect it.