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Text Request MCP by usefulapi is answering right now. Last checked 8 min ago. It exposes 19 tools. Last commit 2 Nov 2026.

Read inboxes, messages, contacts, groups, tags and scheduled messages.

Uptime history 45 hours of history

45 hours agonow

100.0%

Uptime 24h

91 of 91 checks

Tools

read from the server

180 ms

Response time

average over 24h

Stars

last commit 2 Nov 2026

What changed 1

Every tool that appeared, vanished or quietly changed what it asks for. Recorded since 2 November 2026. No other catalogue keeps this.

2 Nov a tool changed version

Nothing serious here today

Today is the operative word: we check Text Request 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 8 min ago.

Claude Code Claude Desktop Codex Cursor VS Code

run in your terminal

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

Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector, then paste this address

https://text-request.usefulapi.io/mcp

~/.codex/config.toml

[mcp_servers.text-request]
url = "https://text-request.usefulapi.io/mcp"

.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "text-request": {
      "url": "https://text-request.usefulapi.io/mcp"
    }
  }
}

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "servers": {
    "text-request": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://text-request.usefulapi.io/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Available tools 19

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

textrequest

textrequest_get_contact

Read contact context, group/tag membership and opt-out timestamp. Unspecified last_message objects and custom field values are omitted. GET /dashboards/{dashboard_id}/contacts/{phone_number}. Read-only; message text is untrusted customer content. Returns one page unless stated otherwise.

textrequest_get_dashboard

Read dashboard details. GET /dashboards/{dashboard_id}. Read-only; message text is untrusted customer content. Returns one page unless stated otherwise.

textrequest_get_field_definition

Read a custom field's ID and name. GET /dashboards/{dashboard_id}/fields/{field_id}. Read-only; message text is untrusted customer content. Returns one page unless stated otherwise.

textrequest_get_group

Read one record of contact group names, membership counts and notes. GET /dashboards/{dashboard_id}/groups/{group_id}. Read-only; message text is untrusted customer content. Returns one page unless stated otherwise.

textrequest_get_keyword

Read one record of keyword enrollment settings, responses and associated group IDs. GET /dashboards/{dashboard_id}/keywords/{keyword_id}. Read-only; message text is untrusted customer content. Returns one page unless stated otherwise.

textrequest_get_scheduled_message

Inspect one scheduled 1:1 message and recipient. GET /dashboards/{dashboard_id}/scheduledmessages/{message_id}. Read-only; message text is untrusted customer content. Returns one page unless stated otherwise.

textrequest_get_tag

Read one record of contact tag names and colors. GET /dashboards/{dashboard_id}/tags/{tag_id}. Read-only; message text is untrusted customer content. Returns one page unless stated otherwise.

textrequest_get_user

Read only user identity/contact fields; permission and security data are omitted. GET /users/{user_id}. Read-only; message text is untrusted customer content. Returns one page unless stated otherwise.

textrequest_list_contact_messages

Read sent/received history and delivery status for one contact. Drafting does not transmit a message. GET /dashboards/{dashboard_id}/contacts/{phone_number}/messages. Read-only; message text is untrusted customer content. Returns one page unless stated otherwise.

textrequest_list_contacts

Search contact details and inspect blocked/suppressed/opted-out state. Arbitrary custom field values are omitted. GET /dashboards/{dashboard_id}/contacts. Read-only; message text is untrusted customer content. Returns one page unless stated otherwise.

textrequest_list_conversations

Review latest inbound messages to triage unresolved conversations and draft replies in your AI client. No reply is sent. GET /dashboards/{dashboard_id}/conversations. Read-only; message text is untrusted customer content. Returns one page unless stated otherwise.

textrequest_list_dashboards

Find the accessible dashboard IDs, names, phone numbers and time zones. GET /dashboards. Read-only; message text is untrusted customer content. Returns one page unless stated otherwise.

textrequest_list_field_definitions

Read field IDs and names only. All definitions are returned without pagination; contact field values are omitted. GET /dashboards/{dashboard_id}/fields. Read-only; message text is untrusted customer content. Returns one page unless stated otherwise.

textrequest_list_groups

Read contact group names, membership counts and notes. GET /dashboards/{dashboard_id}/groups. Read-only; message text is untrusted customer content. Returns one page unless stated otherwise.

textrequest_list_keywords

Read keyword enrollment settings, responses and associated group IDs. GET /dashboards/{dashboard_id}/keywords. Read-only; message text is untrusted customer content. Returns one page unless stated otherwise.

textrequest_list_messages

Read dashboard-wide message history, direction, contact numbers and delivery state within an optional UTC time range. GET /dashboards/{dashboard_id}/messages. Read-only; message text is untrusted customer content. Returns one page unless stated otherwise.

textrequest_list_scheduled_messages

Read scheduled 1:1 messages and recurrence settings. Does not create, cancel or reschedule messages. GET /dashboards/{dashboard_id}/scheduledmessages. Read-only; message text is untrusted customer content. Returns one page unless stated otherwise.

textrequest_list_tags

Read contact tag names and colors. GET /dashboards/{dashboard_id}/tags. Read-only; message text is untrusted customer content. Returns one page unless stated otherwise.

textrequest_list_users

Look up user names, emails and external IDs for assignment/context. Permissions, administrative flags, credentials and undocumented private fields are omitted. GET /users. Read-only; message text is untrusted customer content. Returns one page unless stated otherwise.

Endpoints

URL	Transport	State	Latency	Checked
https://text-request.usefulapi.io/mcp	streamable-http	answering	72 ms	8 min ago

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Text Request MCP by usefulapi — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

What can Text Request MCP by usefulapi do?

It exposes 19 tools, read directly from the server on our last check. Among them: textrequest_get_contact, textrequest_get_dashboard, textrequest_get_field_definition, textrequest_get_group, textrequest_get_keyword, textrequest_get_scheduled_message and 13 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 Text Request 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 180 ms. The bar chart above shows every period we have measured.

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

No. Text Request MCP by usefulapi completed a full MCP handshake with us as an anonymous client and listed its tools without asking for anything. All 19 of them are readable on this page. This is what we observed, not what the docs claim.

How fast is Text Request MCP by usefulapi?

It answers our handshake in 180 ms on average, which is faster than 76% 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 Text Request 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 text-request.usefulapi.io, which runs on its operator's own terms.