Sideways MCP Server

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answering

Sideways is answering right now. Last checked 11 min ago. It exposes 6 tools.

Use Sideways for unexpected questions and lateral thinking prompts to break through mental blocks.

Uptime history 91 days of history · worst day 47%

91 days agonow

50.0%

Uptime 24h

91 of 182 checks

Tools

read from the server

153 ms

Response time

average over 24h

open, no key

Access

streamable-http

What changed 8

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

23 Sep a tool changed version

22 Sep a tool changed version2 times that day

20 Sep a tool changed version2 times that day

19 Sep a tool changed version2 times that day

30 Aug a tool changed version

and 3 more, back to 30 August 2026

Sideways does not always answer

Over the last week it answered 50.0% of our checks. We check every 15 minutes, so you hear about the next outage within the hour — not from your users.

Connect this server

Endpoint below is the one we actually reach during checks — not the one copied from a README. Last verified 11 min ago.

Claude Code Claude Desktop Codex Cursor VS Code

run in your terminal

claude mcp add sideways --transport http https://usesideways.com/mcp

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

https://usesideways.com/mcp

~/.codex/config.toml

[mcp_servers.sideways]
url = "https://usesideways.com/mcp"

.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "sideways": {
      "url": "https://usesideways.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "servers": {
    "sideways": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://usesideways.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

This server publishes 1 more address. The block above uses the one we reach during checks; the full list is under Endpoints below, and the author may intend a particular one for your client.

Available tools 6

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

sideways

get-sideways-strategy-category-disrupt

Get a random Disrupt strategy. Use when stuck in safe patterns, avoiding risk, or when work feels too polished or predictable. Best for injecting energy and unpredictability. Use this when: break patterns, embrace chaos, make destructive moves, honor mistakes. Returns a labeled strategy card to help shift your perspective and break through blocks.

get-sideways-strategy-category-embody

Get a random Embody strategy. Use when too much in your head, experiencing physical tension, or disconnected from intuition. Best for grounding abstract work in physical reality. Use this when: physical, sensory, body-based approaches to creative problems. Returns a labeled strategy card to help shift your perspective and break through blocks.

get-sideways-strategy-category-expand

Get a random Expand strategy. Use when solutions feel too minimal, when avoiding decisions, or when there's room to explore more possibilities. Best for breaking self-imposed limitations. Use this when: add more, elaborate, embrace abundance, do both. Returns a labeled strategy card to help shift your perspective and break through blocks.

get-sideways-strategy-category-pause

Get a random Pause strategy. Use when rushing, feeling frantic, or unable to see the forest for the trees. Best for gaining clarity through distance and reflection. Use this when: rest, reflect, step back, examine, take breaks. Returns a labeled strategy card to help shift your perspective and break through blocks.

get-sideways-strategy-category-reduce

Get a random Reduce strategy. Use when overwhelmed by complexity, dealing with too many options, or when clarity is needed. Best for cutting through noise and finding the core. Use this when: simplify, subtract, remove, clarify, focus on essentials. Returns a labeled strategy card to help shift your perspective and break through blocks.

get-sideways-strategy-category-reframe

Get a random Reframe strategy. Use when stuck in a single way of thinking, facing opposition, or need to see the problem from a completely different angle. Best for breaking out of mental ruts. Use this when: change your perspective, reverse assumptions, adopt alternative viewpoints. Returns a labeled strategy card to help shift your perspective and break through blocks.

Endpoints

URL	Transport	State	Latency	Checked
https://usesideways.com/mcp	streamable-http	answering	83 ms	11 min ago
https://usesideways.com/sse	sse	answering	80 ms	11 min ago

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Sideways — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

What can Sideways do?

It exposes 6 tools, read directly from the server on our last check. Among them: get-sideways-strategy-category-disrupt, get-sideways-strategy-category-embody, get-sideways-strategy-category-expand, get-sideways-strategy-category-pause, get-sideways-strategy-category-reduce, get-sideways-strategy-category-reframe. 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 Sideways working right now?

We send a real MCP handshake every 15 minutes. Over the last 24 hours 91 of 182 checks got a reply (50.0%), average response time 153 ms. The bar chart above shows every period we have measured.

How do I connect Sideways?

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 Sideways need an API key?

No. Sideways completed a full MCP handshake with us as an anonymous client and listed its tools without asking for anything. All 6 of them are readable on this page. This is what we observed, not what the docs claim.

How fast is Sideways?

It answers our handshake in 153 ms on average, which is faster than 82% 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.