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IPDetective MCP by usefulapi MCP Server

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IPDetective MCP by usefulapi is answering right now. Last checked 11 min ago. It exposes 3 tools. Last commit 2 Nov 2026.

Check IPDetective usage and investigate IP bot, VPN, proxy, ASN and country signals.

Uptime history 4 days of history
4 days agonow
100.0%
Uptime 24h
91 of 91 checks
3
Tools
read from the server
166 ms
Response time
average over 24h
1
Stars
last commit 2 Nov 2026

What changed 7

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

2 Nov a tool changed version
31 Oct a tool changed version4 times that day
30 Oct a tool changed version2 times that day
and 4 more, back to 30 October 2026

Nothing serious here today

Today is the operative word: we check IPDetective 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.

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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.

run in your terminal
claude mcp add ipdetective --transport http https://ipdetective.usefulapi.io/mcp
Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector, then paste this address
https://ipdetective.usefulapi.io/mcp
~/.codex/config.toml
[mcp_servers.ipdetective]
url = "https://ipdetective.usefulapi.io/mcp"
.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "ipdetective": {
      "url": "https://ipdetective.usefulapi.io/mcp"
    }
  }
}
.vscode/mcp.json
{
  "servers": {
    "ipdetective": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://ipdetective.usefulapi.io/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Available tools 3

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

ipdetective
ipdetective_account_usage
Read account request and lookup limits and current usage. Does not look up an IP address.
ipdetective_lookup_batch
Look up 1–100 public IP addresses in one vendor request. Requires confirm:true because it consumes your IPDetective allowance. Duplicates are removed before submission. No automatic retries or background polling; check usage before resubmitting after an error.
ipdetective_lookup_ip
Look up a public IPv4 or IPv6 address for IPDetective's bot signal and optional datacenter, VPN/proxy, ASN and country information. Uses your vendor allowance. This is a risk signal, not proof of abuse. No automatic retries.

Endpoints

URLTransportStateLatencyChecked
https://ipdetective.usefulapi.io/mcp streamable-http answering 72 ms 11 min ago

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IPDetective MCP by usefulapi — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

What can IPDetective MCP by usefulapi do?
It exposes 3 tools, read directly from the server on our last check. Among them: ipdetective_account_usage, ipdetective_lookup_batch, ipdetective_lookup_ip. 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 IPDetective MCP by usefulapi 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 166 ms. The bar chart above shows every period we have measured.
How do I connect IPDetective 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 IPDetective MCP by usefulapi need an API key?
No. IPDetective MCP by usefulapi completed a full MCP handshake with us as an anonymous client and listed its tools without asking for anything. All 3 of them are readable on this page. This is what we observed, not what the docs claim.
How fast is IPDetective MCP by usefulapi?
It answers our handshake in 166 ms on average, which is faster than 79% 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 IPDetective 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 ipdetective.usefulapi.io, which runs on its operator's own terms.