Kisi MCP by usefulapi MCP Server

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Kisi MCP by usefulapi is answering right now. Last checked 12 min ago. It exposes 20 tools. Last commit 10 Oct 2026.

Read Kisi places, doors, users, groups, access rights and access logs (no unlocking).

Uptime history 72 hours of history

72 hours agonow

100.0%

Uptime 24h

91 of 91 checks

Tools

read from the server

116 ms

Response time

average over 24h

Stars

last commit 10 Oct 2026

What changed 4

Every tool that appeared, vanished or quietly changed what it asks for. Recorded since 9 October 2026. No other catalogue keeps this.

9 Oct a tool changed version4 times that day

and 3 more, back to 9 October 2026

Nothing serious here today

Today is the operative word: we check Kisi 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 12 min ago.

Claude Code Claude Desktop Codex Cursor VS Code

run in your terminal

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

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

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

~/.codex/config.toml

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

.cursor/mcp.json

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

.vscode/mcp.json

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

Available tools 20

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

kisi

kisi_get_current_user

The Kisi user the API key belongs to (id, name, email, organization). Good first call. GET /user.

kisi_get_event_set

Read an event set from kisi_search_events: its status and events. Pass the previous page's cursor for the next page. GET /event_sets/{id}.

kisi_get_group

One access group by id (name, description, place, member/lock counts, restrictions). GET /groups/{id}.

kisi_get_lock

One lock/door by id: online/unlocked/locked-down state, place, floor, settings. GET /locks/{id}.

kisi_get_organization

The current Kisi organization (name, domain, settings summary). GET /organization.

kisi_get_place

One place by id, including lockdown state. GET /places/{id}.

kisi_get_user

One user by id. GET /users/{id}.

kisi_list_cards

List access cards with status (activated/deactivated/unassigned), assignee and last use. GET /cards.

kisi_list_controllers

Kisi controllers (door hardware hubs) with online/offline status. Filter by place, lock or status. GET /controllers.

kisi_list_event_types

All event type names usable as the type filter of kisi_search_events (e.g. lock.unlock). GET /events/types.

kisi_list_group_locks

The locks/doors an access group opens. GET /group_locks?group_id=.

kisi_list_groups

List access groups (who-can-open-what bundles of doors). Filter by place or by a lock to see which groups open that door. GET /groups.

kisi_list_locks

List locks/doors with their state: online, unlocked, locked_down, configured, place and floor. Filter to find offline or locked-down doors. GET /locks.

kisi_list_places

List places (sites/buildings) in the organization with address, time zone and lock/member counts. GET /places.

kisi_list_presences

Who was present at a place on a given day (derived from unlocks): actor, first/last unlock, last door. GET /presences.

kisi_list_readers

Kisi readers (card/phone readers at doors) with model and online/offline status. GET /readers.

kisi_list_role_assignments

Who holds which role where: a user/team/guest's role on the organization, a place or a group (group members = door access). Filter by user, group, place or role. GET /role_assignments.

kisi_list_schedules

Time rules: when a group's access is allowed, when doors auto-unlock (unlock timer), first-to-arrive, elevator permit timers. Filter by consequence or by the group/lock it applies to. GET /schedules.

kisi_list_users

List users (members) of the organization. Filter by group or place (users with access there), email, or free text over name/email/notes. Sort by last unlock. GET /users.

kisi_search_events

Search the access log (unlocks, denied attempts, lockdowns, admin changes) and return the first page. This CREATES a temporary saved search in Kisi (an event set, cursor-paginated, kept ~24 h); it changes no door, user or access right. Defaults to the past 90 days, the maximum width. If status is still in_progress or cursor is set, call kisi_get_event_set with the returned id. POST /event_sets.

Endpoints

URL	Transport	State	Latency	Checked
https://kisi.usefulapi.io/mcp	streamable-http	answering	80 ms	12 min ago

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Kisi MCP by usefulapi — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

What can Kisi MCP by usefulapi do?

It exposes 20 tools, read directly from the server on our last check. Among them: kisi_get_current_user, kisi_get_event_set, kisi_get_group, kisi_get_lock, kisi_get_organization, kisi_get_place and 14 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 Kisi 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 116 ms. The bar chart above shows every period we have measured.

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

No. Kisi MCP by usefulapi completed a full MCP handshake with us as an anonymous client and listed its tools without asking for anything. All 20 of them are readable on this page. This is what we observed, not what the docs claim.

How fast is Kisi MCP by usefulapi?

It answers our handshake in 116 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 Kisi 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.