The Ably MCP server is an implementation of the Model Context Protocol that connects your AI agent and assistants like Claude, Cursor, etc directly to your Ably account. It provides structured and secure access to your channels, messages, presence data, application statistics, and push notifications, so your agent can publish messages, inspect active channels, review channel history, monitor presence, and manage push notifications on your behalf.
- Channel messaging: Have your agent publish a message to one channel or send batches of messages across multiple channels.
- Channel activity and history: Let the agent list active channels, retrieve channel details, review message history, and inspect earlier versions of a message.
- Presence monitoring: Direct your agent to check who is currently present in one or more channels and review past presence activity.
- Push notification management: Instruct your agent to send individual or batch push notifications, manage channel subscriptions, and register, update, inspect, or unregister receiving devices.
- Application insights: Have your agent retrieve Ably service time and review application usage statistics.