Sendbird MCP Server

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Sendbird is answering right now. Last checked 15 min ago. It exposes 14 tools. Last commit 1 Sep 2026.

MCP server for Sendbird — chat users, channels, members, and messages from your AI client.

Uptime history 47 days of history · worst day 17%

47 days agonow

100.0%

Uptime 24h

91 of 91 checks

Tools

read from the server

175 ms

Response time

average over 24h

Stars

last commit 1 Sep 2026

Nothing serious here today

Today is the operative word: we check Sendbird 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 15 min ago.

Claude Code Claude Desktop Codex Cursor VS Code

run in your terminal

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

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

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

~/.codex/config.toml

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

.cursor/mcp.json

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

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "sendbird": {
      "url": "https://sendbird.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.

sendbird

sendbird_create_group_channel

MUTATES Sendbird data: creates a group channel with the given members. Platform API: POST /group_channels.

sendbird_create_user

MUTATES Sendbird data: creates a new user. Platform API: POST /users.

sendbird_get_group_channel

Fetch a single group channel by URL, optionally with members and receipts. Platform API: GET /group_channels/{channel_url}.

sendbird_get_open_channel

Fetch a single open channel by URL. Platform API: GET /open_channels/{channel_url}.

sendbird_get_user

Fetch a single user by user_id. Platform API: GET /users/{user_id}.

sendbird_list_group_channel_members

List the members of a group channel. Platform API: GET /group_channels/{channel_url}/members. Returns { members[], next }.

sendbird_list_group_channels

List group channels in the application, with rich filtering (name, members, distinct/public/super mode). Platform API: GET /group_channels. Returns { channels[], next }.

sendbird_list_group_channels_by_user

List the group channels a given user belongs to. Platform API: GET /users/{user_id}/my_group_channels. Returns { channels[], next }.

sendbird_list_messages

List messages in a channel, anchored at a timestamp or message id. Provide EITHER message_ts (unix ms) OR message_id. Platform API: GET /{channel_type}/{channel_url}/messages. Returns { messages[] }.

sendbird_list_open_channels

List open (public, participant-based) channels. Platform API: GET /open_channels. Returns { channels[], next }.

sendbird_list_users

List the users in the application. Supports filtering by activity, nickname, ids, and metadata. Platform API: GET /users. Returns { users[], next }.

sendbird_request

Power-user escape hatch: issue a raw GET to any Chat Platform API v3 path not wrapped by a dedicated tool (e.g. /group_channels/{url}/messages/{id}, /report, /applications/settings_global). READ-ONLY — GET only. Platform API: GET {path}.

sendbird_send_message

MUTATES Sendbird data: sends a message into a channel as a user (MESG) or as an admin (ADMM). File/multipart messages are not supported. Platform API: POST /{channel_type}/{channel_url}/messages.

sendbird_update_user

MUTATES Sendbird data: partially updates a user's profile. Only provided fields change. Platform API: PUT /users/{user_id}.

Endpoints

URL	Transport	State	Latency	Checked
https://sendbird.usefulapi.io/mcp	streamable-http	answering	203 ms	15 min ago

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Sendbird — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

What can Sendbird do?

It exposes 14 tools, read directly from the server on our last check. Among them: sendbird_create_group_channel, sendbird_create_user, sendbird_get_group_channel, sendbird_get_open_channel, sendbird_get_user, sendbird_list_group_channel_members 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 Sendbird 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 175 ms. The bar chart above shows every period we have measured.

How do I connect Sendbird?

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 Sendbird need an API key?

No. Sendbird 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 Sendbird?

It answers our handshake in 175 ms on average, which is faster than 71% of all working MCP servers we measure. The comparison comes from our own checks across the whole registry, every 15 minutes.

Is Sendbird open source?

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