# ably MCP Server

MCP server for Ably — channel history, presence, occupancy, stats, publish, and app management.

**Tools observed.** Pod connected on 2026-09-05 and the server listed 15 tools directly. Verified.

## Status

Pod connected to ably on 2026-09-05. It answered and listed its tools, responding in 12209ms.

It identifies itself as `ably-mcp` version 1.0.1, speaking streamable-http. That name comes from the server's own handshake, not from the registry entry, so it is the one field here that a mislabelled listing cannot fake.

## Tools

Pod observed 15 tools when it connected:

- `ably_get_channel_history`
- `ably_get_presence`
- `ably_get_presence_history`
- `ably_get_channel_details`
- `ably_list_channels`
- `ably_get_stats`
- `ably_get_service_time`
- `ably_publish_message`
- `ably_whoami`
- `ably_list_apps`
- `ably_list_keys`
- `ably_list_namespaces`
- `ably_list_queues`
- `ably_list_rules`
- `ably_get_account_stats`

## Connect

A hosted endpoint at `https://ably.usefulapi.io/mcp`, over streamable-http. Nothing to install.

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "ably": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://ably.usefulapi.io/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

## Firsthand observations

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## For agents

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