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WindowsForum MCP Server

com.windowsforum/mcp-server
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WindowsForum MCP Server is answering right now. Last checked 13 min ago. It exposes 22 tools.

Search WindowsForum.com threads, posts, and Windows news; fetch documents and Microsoft KB info.

Uptime history 40 hours of history
40 hours agonow
100.0%
Uptime 24h
91 of 91 checks
22
Tools
read from the server
222 ms
Response time
average over 24h
open, no key
Access
streamable-http

Connect this server

Endpoint below is the one we actually reach during checks — not the one copied from a README. Last verified 13 min ago.

run in your terminal
claude mcp add mcp-server --transport http https://mcp.windowsforum.com/
~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcp-server": {
      "url": "https://mcp.windowsforum.com/"
    }
  }
}
~/.codex/config.toml
[mcp_servers.mcp-server]
url = "https://mcp.windowsforum.com/"
.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcp-server": {
      "url": "https://mcp.windowsforum.com/"
    }
  }
}
.vscode/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcp-server": {
      "url": "https://mcp.windowsforum.com/"
    }
  }
}

Available tools 22

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

forum
get_forum
Get a WindowsForum forum section's details by node id — title, description, and thread/message counts; pair with list_threads or get_forum_updates to see its activity.
get_forum_statistics
Get sitewide WindowsForum statistics — total threads, posts, and members, plus the newest member; use for questions about the community's size and activity. Returns: Dictionary with various forum statistics
get_forum_updates
Summarize recent WindowsForum activity over the last N hours (default 24) — new threads and posts across the community; use for "what's new" questions.
search
search
Search all WindowsForum content (threads, posts, Windows news) with combined keyword and semantic ranking — the best first call for any question or topic; returns snippets with ids for the fetch tool. Returns a list of search results with basic information. Use the fetch tool to get complete document content.
search_kb
Search official Microsoft Knowledge Base articles on support.microsoft.com by topic or keyword — use for Windows update, patch, and known-issue lookups when you lack a KB number. Returns matching KB article titles and URLs. Use get_kb_article to fetch the full content of a specific article. Returns: Dictionary with 'results' key containing list of matching KB articles with title and url.
thread
get_thread
Get a WindowsForum thread's metadata by id — title, author, reply and view counts, dates, and canonical URL; use fetch or get_thread_posts to read its content.
get_thread_posts
Read every post in a WindowsForum thread by thread id, in order — use to follow the full conversation, including replies and accepted solutions, after finding a thread via search.
threads
list_threads
List the most recently active WindowsForum threads with pagination — use to see what the community is discussing right now, without needing a search query.
search_threads
Search WindowsForum threads with structured controls — sort by relevance, date, replies, or views, in either order, with pagination; use when result ordering or paging matters.
article
get_kb_article
Retrieve an official Microsoft Knowledge Base article from support.microsoft.com by KB number (e.g. KB5063878) — returns the update's title, summary, and affected builds. Use this tool when a user asks about a specific KB number. Fetches the full article content including title, summary, known issues, and resolution steps.
elastic
search_elastic
Relevance-ranked full-text thread search with explicit offset pagination — use to page through a large result set beyond what the main search tool returns. Complements the main `search` tool: use this to page through a large result set with an explicit offset.
fetch
fetch
Retrieve the complete content of a WindowsForum document (thread or post) by ID — use after search to read the full discussion for detailed analysis and citation. Returns the full text for detailed analysis and citation, including title, URL, and metadata. Use it to expand a search result into its whole document.
latest
get_latest_registered_users
List the newest WindowsForum member registrations — use for community-growth questions or to identify recent joiners.
mysql
search_mysql
Exact substring lookup over thread titles and author usernames, ordered by view count — use for literal title or author matching rather than relevance-ranked full-text search. Complements the main `search` tool: use this for literal title or author matching rather than relevance-ranked full-text search.
online
get_online_users
See who is on WindowsForum right now — counts of members, guests, and robots currently online, with recently active member names. Returns: Dictionary with online users and guest count
post
get_post
Get a single WindowsForum post by post id — returns the post's text, author, thread context, and URL; use when you have a specific post reference to verify or quote.
posts
search_posts
Search individual WindowsForum posts (not just thread titles) for a keyword or phrase — use to find specific answers, error messages, or fixes buried inside long threads.
semantic
search_semantic
Find WindowsForum discussions by meaning rather than exact words — embedding-based semantic search that excels at natural-language questions and paraphrased topics. Uses kNN vector similarity to find content that is semantically related to the query, even if it doesn't share exact keywords. Best for natural language questions and conceptual searches.
time
get_time
Get the current server date and time — use to anchor time-sensitive queries like 'latest' or 'this week' before searching recent content. Returns: Current timestamp in ISO format
user
get_user
Look up a WindowsForum member's public profile by username or user id — registration date, message count, reaction score, and role.
users
search_users
Find WindowsForum members whose usernames match a query — use to locate a member before calling get_user for their full profile.
windows
get_windows_news_posts
Get WindowsForum's recent Windows news coverage from the last N days (default 7) — curated news threads on updates, security patches, and Microsoft announcements.

Endpoints

URLTransportStateLatencyChecked
https://mcp.windowsforum.com/ streamable-http answering 193 ms 13 min ago

WindowsForum MCP Server — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

What can WindowsForum MCP Server do?
It exposes 22 tools, read directly from the server on our last check. Among them: fetch, get_forum, get_forum_statistics, get_forum_updates, get_kb_article, get_latest_registered_users and 16 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 →
What is WindowsForum MCP Server mostly used for?
Its tools cluster around forum, threads and search. That is what this server is built to work with — the grouping comes from the actual tool names, not from a category we assigned.
Is WindowsForum MCP Server 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 222 ms. The bar chart above shows every period we have measured.
How do I connect WindowsForum MCP Server?
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 WindowsForum MCP Server need an API key?
No. WindowsForum MCP Server completed a full MCP handshake with us as an anonymous client and listed its tools without asking for anything. All 22 of them are readable on this page. This is what we observed, not what the docs claim.
How fast is WindowsForum MCP Server?
It answers our handshake in 222 ms on average, which is faster than 58% of all working MCP servers we measure. The comparison comes from our own checks across the whole registry, every 15 minutes.