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FindBroadband outages

by findbroadbanddeals.com · remote · no sign-in to list tools · v1.0.0 · published by com.findbroadbanddeals

Is my broadband down? Live UK provider status and the last 30 days of outages

Read only1 high finding
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3 tools: 3 only read.

Scanned Oct 21, 2026

1 check matched something in the tool definitions. No finding is not a safety guarantee. How the checks work.

claude mcp add --transport http broadband-outages https://www.findbroadbanddeals.com/api/mcp/outages

Findings

Matches of fixed checks, with the text they matched.

1 high
  • Highget_provider_outage_status

    The description contains "Never tell the user", an instruction to keep something from the user.

    Matched text

    description: "...that the provider has said all is well. Never tell the user their own line is or isn't affected: sa..."

    What this check looks for

Tools

Open a tool for its reasons and full description. Descriptions are the publisher's own words, shown as they are.

3 tools

Only reads 3Claude Code: allow
  • get_outage_historyUse when the user asks about past broadband outages: how often a provider went down recently, what happened on a given day or which providers had problems lately.No findings

    Why it is in this group

    • The name "get_outage_history" says "get": a word for reading.
    Description, as the server wrote it
    Use when the user asks about past broadband outages: how often a provider went down recently, what happened on a given day or which providers had problems lately. Returns the incidents each provider's FindBroadband page lists, current first then newest first, with when they started and were resolved, where and the provider's own words, plus a count per provider when no provider is given. For providers whose status page we can't read, days with only public reports appear as public_reports entries. Covers the last 30 days only; say so if asked about anything older. Public reports are unconfirmed.

    Annotations the server declares

    • readOnlyHint: true
    • destructiveHint: false
    • idempotentHint: true
    • openWorldHint: false
  • get_outage_overviewUse when the user asks if there is a broadband outage right now without naming a provider, or wants the current status of UK broadband providers.No findings

    Why it is in this group

    • The name "get_outage_overview" says "get": a word for reading.
    Description, as the server wrote it
    Use when the user asks if there is a broadband outage right now without naming a provider, or wants the current status of UK broadband providers. Returns the FindBroadband hub's own board: every provider we track with its status (Down, Issues earlier or Working fine), where the problem is when the provider named a place, the hub's headline and a link to each provider's page. Down includes incidents limited to the places named, so always say where. For one provider in detail use get_provider_outage_status.

    Annotations the server declares

    • readOnlyHint: true
    • destructiveHint: false
    • idempotentHint: true
    • openWorldHint: false
  • get_provider_outage_statusUse when the user asks whether a specific broadband provider is down, having problems or has an outage, e.g.1 finding

    Why it is in this group

    • The name "get_provider_outage_status" says "get": a word for reading.

    Findings

    • High

      The description contains "Never tell the user", an instruction to keep something from the user.

      Matched text

      description: "...that the provider has said all is well. Never tell the user their own line is or isn't affected: sa..."

      What this check looks for
    Description, as the server wrote it
    Use when the user asks whether a specific broadband provider is down, having problems or has an outage, e.g. 'is BT down?' or 'Virgin Media not working'. Returns what that provider's FindBroadband page shows: the status and its headline, the current incidents and the most recent past ones in the provider's own words with the places they named, a day by day picture of the last 30 days and links. Quote the headline and the provider's words as given rather than rewording them. When status_based_on is public_reports we can't read the provider's own status page: Down means people are reporting problems, which the provider hasn't confirmed, and Working fine means nobody is reporting problems, not that the provider has said all is well. Never tell the user their own line is or isn't affected: say what has been reported and where, and point them to the provider's status page or the provider if they are still offline.

    Annotations the server declares

    • readOnlyHint: true
    • destructiveHint: false
    • idempotentHint: true
    • openWorldHint: false

This is not a safety rating, and no finding is not a safety guarantee. The groups and findings come from fixed checks of the tool definitions the server returned on the date shown, not from its code or what it does when called. How the checks work.

Install

Pinned to version 1.0.0. Values in angle brackets are yours to fill in.

claude mcp add --transport http broadband-outages https://www.findbroadbanddeals.com/api/mcp/outages

Run in a terminal.

Claude Code permissions

Allow the reads, ask before a change, deny the deletes. Paste into .claude/settings.json.

.claude/settings.json
{
  "permissions": {
    "allow": [
      "mcp__broadband-outages__get_outage_overview",
      "mcp__broadband-outages__get_provider_outage_status",
      "mcp__broadband-outages__get_outage_history"
    ],
    "ask": [],
    "deny": []
  }
}

Tools that only read are allowed, tools that change things ask first, tools that delete or cancel are denied. It assumes the server is installed as broadband-outages. Review it before you use it.