Unkey MCP by usefulapi MCP Server

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Unkey MCP by usefulapi is answering right now. Last checked 14 min ago. It exposes 19 tools. Last commit 10 Oct 2026.

Manage API keys, identities, permissions, rate-limit overrides and verification analytics.

Uptime history 13 days of history

13 days 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 8

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

9 Oct a tool changed version4 times that day

7 Oct a tool changed version

30 Sep a tool changed version3 times that day

and 5 more, back to 30 September 2026

Nothing serious here today

Today is the operative word: we check Unkey 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 14 min ago.

Claude Code Claude Desktop Codex Cursor VS Code

run in your terminal

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

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

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

~/.codex/config.toml

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

.cursor/mcp.json

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

.vscode/mcp.json

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

unkey

unkey_create_api

Create a new API namespace to issue keys under. Unkey: POST /v2/apis.createApi.

unkey_create_identity

Create an identity — an end user or organisation that keys and shared rate limits attach to. Unkey: POST /v2/identities.createIdentity.

unkey_create_key

Issue a new API key under an API. The plaintext key is returned ONCE in the response and cannot be retrieved later unless recoverable is set. Unkey: POST /v2/keys.createKey.

unkey_delete_key

Revoke a key. By default this is a soft delete the key stops working but stays queryable; pass permanent to erase it. Unkey: POST /v2/keys.deleteKey.

unkey_get_api

Fetch an API namespace by id. Read-only despite being a POST. Unkey: POST /v2/apis.getApi.

unkey_get_identity

Fetch a single identity with its metadata and shared rate limits. Read-only despite being a POST. Unkey: POST /v2/identities.getIdentity.

unkey_get_key

Fetch a key's metadata by its key id — name, owner, permissions, credits, rate limits and whether it is enabled. Read-only despite being a POST. Unkey: POST /v2/keys.getKey.

unkey_get_ratelimit_override

Fetch the override for one identifier in a namespace. Read-only despite being a POST. Unkey: POST /v2/ratelimit.getOverride.

unkey_list_api_keys

List every key issued under one API, optionally narrowed to a single customer by externalId. Read-only despite being a POST. Unkey: POST /v2/apis.listKeys.

unkey_list_identities

List identities — the end users or organisations your keys belong to. Read-only despite being a POST. Unkey: POST /v2/identities.listIdentities.

unkey_list_permissions

List the permissions defined in the workspace. Read-only despite being a POST. Unkey: POST /v2/permissions.listPermissions.

unkey_list_ratelimit_overrides

List the per-identifier overrides in one rate-limit namespace. Read-only despite being a POST. Unkey: POST /v2/ratelimit.listOverrides.

unkey_list_roles

List the roles defined in the workspace. Read-only despite being a POST. Unkey: POST /v2/permissions.listRoles.

unkey_liveness

Check that the Unkey API is reachable and the root key works. The only GET in the v2 surface. Unkey: GET /v2/liveness.

unkey_query_verification_analytics

Run a read-only SQL query over key-verification analytics. The query must use one of the public aliases: key_verifications_v1, key_verifications_per_minute_v1, key_verifications_per_hour_v1, key_verifications_per_day_v1 or key_verifications_per_month_v1. Physical default.* table names are rejected, and results are scoped to your workspace. Unkey: POST /v2/analytics.getVerifications.

unkey_set_ratelimit_override

Set a custom rate limit for one identifier in a namespace — how you raise or lower a single customer's limit. Unkey: POST /v2/ratelimit.setOverride.

unkey_update_key

Change a key's name, owner, metadata, expiry, roles, permissions or enabled state. Unkey: POST /v2/keys.updateKey.

unkey_update_key_credits

Set, increment or decrement a key's remaining credits. Use set with no value for unlimited. Unkey: POST /v2/keys.updateCredits.

unkey_whoami_key

Given a plaintext API key, return which key it is and its metadata — without spending credits or recording a verification. This is the safe way to identify a key a customer sent you. Unkey: POST /v2/keys.whoami.

Endpoints

URL	Transport	State	Latency	Checked
https://unkey.usefulapi.io/mcp	streamable-http	answering	72 ms	14 min ago

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Unkey MCP by usefulapi — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

What can Unkey MCP by usefulapi do?

It exposes 19 tools, read directly from the server on our last check. Among them: unkey_create_api, unkey_create_identity, unkey_create_key, unkey_delete_key, unkey_get_api, unkey_get_identity 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 Unkey 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 Unkey 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 Unkey MCP by usefulapi need an API key?

No. Unkey 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 Unkey 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 Unkey 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.