Needle is answering right now. Last checked 9 min ago. Last commit 2 Nov 2026.
Find people asking for your product on Reddit, Hacker News and forums; triage and draft replies.
Needle missed one check this week
Everything else answered, so this is steady rather than shaky. We check every 15 minutes, which is how a one-off gets told apart from the start of a pattern, and how you hear about the next one within the hour instead of from your users.
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Endpoint below is the one we actually reach during checks — not the one copied from a README. Last verified 9 min ago.
claude mcp add needle --transport http https://api.useneedle.net/mcphttps://api.useneedle.net/mcp[mcp_servers.needle]
url = "https://api.useneedle.net/mcp"{
"mcpServers": {
"needle": {
"url": "https://api.useneedle.net/mcp"
}
}
}{
"servers": {
"needle": {
"type": "http",
"url": "https://api.useneedle.net/mcp"
}
}
}This endpoint answered with an authorization challenge. The server is running, and it signs you in through your browser: there is no API key to paste.
Endpoints
| URL | Transport | State | Latency | Checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| https://api.useneedle.net/mcp | streamable-http | sign-in | 261 ms | 9 min ago |
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