Persona MCP by usefulapi MCP Server

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Persona MCP by usefulapi is answering right now. Last checked 12 min ago. It exposes 14 tools. Last commit 10 Oct 2026.

Read Persona inquiries, accounts, verifications and reports.

Uptime history 13 days of history

13 days agonow

100.0%

Uptime 24h

91 of 91 checks

Tools

read from the server

90 ms

Response time

average over 24h

Stars

last commit 10 Oct 2026

What changed 6

Every tool that appeared, vanished or quietly changed what it asks for. Recorded since 1 October 2026. No other catalogue keeps this.

9 Oct a tool changed version4 times that day

8 Oct a tool changed version

1 Oct a tool changed version

and 3 more, back to 1 October 2026

Nothing serious here today

Today is the operative word: we check Persona 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 persona --transport http https://persona.usefulapi.io/mcp

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

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

~/.codex/config.toml

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

.cursor/mcp.json

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

.vscode/mcp.json

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

Available tools 14

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

persona

persona_add_account_tag

WRITE: adds a tag to an account (mutates state). Tags label/segment accounts for review and automation. Sends JSON body { meta: { "tag-name": <tag_name> } }. Persona REST: POST /accounts/{account_id}/add-tag.

persona_get_account

Get a single account by id — the persistent identity record for an end user. Returns JSON:API { data } containing PII. Persona REST: GET /accounts/{account_id}.

persona_get_case

Get a single case by id — a manual-review workflow item. Returns JSON:API { data } containing PII. Persona REST: GET /cases/{case_id}.

persona_get_event

Get a single audit-trail event by id, including its name and payload. Returns JSON:API { data } — payloads may reference PII. Persona REST: GET /events/{event_id}.

persona_get_inquiry

Get a single identity-verification inquiry by id, including its status, template, and relationships (verifications, account). Returns JSON:API { data } containing PII. Persona REST: GET /inquiries/{inquiry_id}.

persona_get_report

Get a single report by id — a screening/monitoring result (e.g. watchlist, adverse-media, business lookup). Returns JSON:API { data } containing PII. Persona REST: GET /reports/{report_id}.

persona_get_transaction

Get a single transaction by id — a record submitted for transaction fraud/monitoring analysis. Returns JSON:API { data } containing PII. Persona REST: GET /transactions/{transaction_id}.

persona_get_verification

Get a single verification by id — one identity check within an inquiry (e.g. government-id, selfie, database, document). Returns JSON:API { data } with check results and PII. Persona REST: GET /verifications/{verification_id}.

persona_list_accounts

List accounts (a persistent identity record for an end user, linking their inquiries/verifications over time). Optionally filter by reference_id and paginate via the JSON:API links.next cursor (page_after) / links.prev (page_before). Returns JSON:API { data:[...], links } — objects contain PII. Persona REST: GET /accounts.

persona_list_cases

List cases (manual-review workflow items grouping inquiries/reports for an analyst to adjudicate). Optionally filter by status, case_template_id, account_id, reference_id, inquiry_id, report_id, and paginate via the JSON:API links.next cursor (page_after) / links.prev (page_before). Returns JSON:API { data:[...], links } — objects contain PII. Persona REST: GET /cases.

persona_list_events

List audit-trail events (an immutable log of actions across your Persona account — inquiry/account/case state changes, etc.). Paginate via the JSON:API links.next cursor (page_after) / links.prev (page_before). Returns JSON:API { data:[...], links } — payloads may reference PII. Persona REST: GET /events.

persona_list_inquiries

List identity-verification inquiries (an end-user's KYC verification session). Optionally filter by status, account_id, reference_id, inquiry_template_id, and a created-at date range, and paginate via the JSON:API links.next cursor (page_after) / links.prev (page_before). Returns JSON:API { data:[...], links } — objects contain PII. Persona REST: GET /inquiries.

persona_list_reports

List reports (screening/monitoring results such as watchlist, adverse-media, or business lookups). Paginate via the JSON:API links.next cursor (page_after) / links.prev (page_before). Returns JSON:API { data:[...], links } — objects may contain PII. Persona REST: GET /reports.

persona_list_transactions

List transactions (records submitted for transaction fraud/monitoring analysis). Optionally filter by reference_id and transaction_type_id, and paginate via the JSON:API links.next cursor (page_after) / links.prev (page_before). Returns JSON:API { data:[...], links } — objects may contain PII. Persona REST: GET /transactions.

Endpoints

URL	Transport	State	Latency	Checked
https://persona.usefulapi.io/mcp	streamable-http	answering	84 ms	12 min ago

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Persona MCP by usefulapi — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

What can Persona MCP by usefulapi do?

It exposes 14 tools, read directly from the server on our last check. Among them: persona_add_account_tag, persona_get_account, persona_get_case, persona_get_event, persona_get_inquiry, persona_get_report and 8 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 Persona 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 90 ms. The bar chart above shows every period we have measured.

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

No. Persona MCP by usefulapi completed a full MCP handshake with us as an anonymous client and listed its tools without asking for anything. All 14 of them are readable on this page. This is what we observed, not what the docs claim.

How fast is Persona MCP by usefulapi?

It answers our handshake in 90 ms on average, which is faster than 87% 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 Persona 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.