# `io.usefulapi/instatus` on anlyon.dev

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- Page: https://anlyon.dev/servers/io.usefulapi/instatus
- JSON: https://anlyon.dev/api/v1/servers/io.usefulapi/instatus
- Version: 1.16.3 (active)
- Publisher: io.usefulapi (domain proven to the MCP Registry)
- Runs: remote (streamable-http)
- Sign-in to list tools: none
- Repository: https://github.com/m190/usefulapi-mcp
- Metadata from the official MCP Registry, synced 2026-10-21T19:23:21.685Z

Title and description, as the publisher wrote them:

```untrusted-server-text
Instatus MCP by usefulapi
Manage status pages: components, incidents and maintenances; set live component status.
```

Scanned 2026-10-21T19:40:20.313Z over streamable-http.

**14 tools: 7 can delete or cancel things and 7 only read.**

| Group | Class | Tools | Claude Code |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Deletes or cancels | destructive | 7 | deny |
| Can't be undone | irreversible | 0 | ask |
| Changes things | write | 0 | ask |
| Only reads | read | 7 | allow |

## Findings

- **warn** Mentions of other tools or servers in `instatus_list_pages` ([tool-shadowing](https://anlyon.dev/methodology#tool-shadowing))

```untrusted-server-text
The description contains "every other tool", wording about other tools or servers.

description: "...in, and timestamps. The page id is what every other tool takes as `page_id`. Instatus: GET /v2/p..."
```


## Deletes or cancels (7)

Removes, cancels or revokes something. Claude Code: deny.

### `instatus_create_incident`

- The name "instatus_create_incident" says "create": a word for a change.
- The server marks it destructive (destructiveHint: true).

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
CREATES a new incident — this MODIFIES live status-page data and can notify subscribers. Provide `name` (required); optionally set the initial `message`, affected `components`, per-component impact via `statuses`, `status`, `started`, `notify`, and `shouldPublish`. Instatus: POST /v1/{page_id}/incidents. Returns the created incident.
```

### `instatus_create_maintenance`

- The name "instatus_create_maintenance" says "create": a word for a change.
- The server marks it destructive (destructiveHint: true).

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
CREATES a new scheduled maintenance — this MODIFIES live status-page data and can notify subscribers. Provide `name` (required); optionally set `message`, affected `components`, per-component impact via `statuses`, `status`, `start`/`end`, `duration`, and `notify`. Instatus: POST /v1/{page_id}/maintenances. Returns the created maintenance.
```

### `instatus_delete_incident`

- The name "instatus_delete_incident" says "delete": a word for removing or ending something.
- The description says "PERMANENTLY DELETES".
- The server marks it destructive (destructiveHint: true).

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
PERMANENTLY DELETES an incident by id — this MODIFIES live status-page data and cannot be undone. Instatus: DELETE /v1/{page_id}/incidents/{incident_id}.
```

### `instatus_delete_maintenance`

- The name "instatus_delete_maintenance" says "delete": a word for removing or ending something.
- The description says "PERMANENTLY DELETES".
- The server marks it destructive (destructiveHint: true).

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
PERMANENTLY DELETES a scheduled maintenance by id — this MODIFIES live status-page data and cannot be undone. Instatus: DELETE /v1/{page_id}/maintenances/{maintenance_id}.
```

### `instatus_update_component`

- The name "instatus_update_component" says "update": a word for a change.
- The server marks it destructive (destructiveHint: true).

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
UPDATES a component by id — this MODIFIES live status-page data. The key way to set a component's operational status (OPERATIONAL, UNDERMAINTENANCE, DEGRADEDPERFORMANCE, PARTIALOUTAGE, MAJOROUTAGE). Send only the fields you want to change. Instatus: PUT /v2/{page_id}/components/{component_id}. Returns the updated component.
```

### `instatus_update_incident`

- The name "instatus_update_incident" says "update": a word for a change.
- The server marks it destructive (destructiveHint: true).

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
UPDATES an existing incident by id — this MODIFIES live status-page data and can notify subscribers (e.g. move it to MONITORING or RESOLVED). Send only the fields you want to change. Instatus: PUT /v1/{page_id}/incidents/{incident_id}. Returns the updated incident.
```

### `instatus_update_maintenance`

- The name "instatus_update_maintenance" says "update": a word for a change.
- The server marks it destructive (destructiveHint: true).

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
UPDATES an existing scheduled maintenance by id — this MODIFIES live status-page data and can notify subscribers. Send only the fields you want to change. Instatus: PUT /v1/{page_id}/maintenances/{maintenance_id}. Returns the updated maintenance.
```

## Only reads (7)

Looks things up and changes nothing. Claude Code: allow.

### `instatus_get_component`

- The name "instatus_get_component" says "get": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Get a single component by id — its full state (name, description, status, order, showUptime, grouped, archived). Instatus: GET /v2/{page_id}/components/{component_id}.
```

### `instatus_get_incident`

- The name "instatus_get_incident" says "get": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Get a single incident by id — its full state including its update timeline and affected components. Instatus: GET /v1/{page_id}/incidents/{incident_id}.
```

### `instatus_get_maintenance`

- The name "instatus_get_maintenance" says "get": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Get a single scheduled maintenance by id — its full state including its update timeline and affected components. Instatus: GET /v1/{page_id}/maintenances/{maintenance_id}.
```

### `instatus_list_components`

- The name "instatus_list_components" says "list": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
List a status page's components — id, name, description, status, order, showUptime, grouped, archived. The component ids are what you set impact on. Instatus: GET /v2/{page_id}/components.
```

### `instatus_list_incidents`

- The name "instatus_list_incidents" says "list": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
List a status page's incidents, most recent first — optionally filtered by status. Each incident: id, name, status, impact, affected components, updates, timestamps. Instatus: GET /v1/{page_id}/incidents.
```

### `instatus_list_maintenances`

- The name "instatus_list_maintenances" says "list": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
List a status page's scheduled maintenances, most recent first — id, name, status, affected components, start/end, updates. Instatus: GET /v2/{page_id}/maintenances.
```

### `instatus_list_pages`

- The name "instatus_list_pages" says "list": a word for reading.
- Findings: warn tool-shadowing

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
List all status pages on the account — each page's id, subdomain, name, status, url, custom domain, and timestamps. The page id is what every other tool takes as `page_id`. Instatus: GET /v2/pages.
```

## Claude Code permissions

For `.claude/settings.json`, assuming the server is installed as `instatus`:

```json
{
  "permissions": {
    "allow": [
      "mcp__instatus__instatus_list_pages",
      "mcp__instatus__instatus_list_components",
      "mcp__instatus__instatus_get_component",
      "mcp__instatus__instatus_list_incidents",
      "mcp__instatus__instatus_get_incident",
      "mcp__instatus__instatus_list_maintenances",
      "mcp__instatus__instatus_get_maintenance"
    ],
    "ask": [],
    "deny": [
      "mcp__instatus__instatus_update_component",
      "mcp__instatus__instatus_create_incident",
      "mcp__instatus__instatus_update_incident",
      "mcp__instatus__instatus_delete_incident",
      "mcp__instatus__instatus_create_maintenance",
      "mcp__instatus__instatus_update_maintenance",
      "mcp__instatus__instatus_delete_maintenance"
    ]
  }
}
```