GOV.UK Notify Platform Status MCP Server

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Monitor the operational status of GOV.UK Notify, the UK government's messaging platform for sending emails, SMS, and letters. Get real-time component status, active incidents, and historical incident details.

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Domain knowledge for GOV.UK Notify Platform Status — workflow patterns, data models, and gotchas for your AI agent.

GOV.UK Notify Platform Status

Statuspage.io-powered status API for GOV.UK Notify, the government's messaging platform. No authentication required.

Data Model

Component — A service (API, Email sending, SMS sending, Letter sending, etc.) with an operational status.
Status values — operational, degraded_performance, partial_outage, major_outage.
Incident — A disruption event with timeline of updates, affected components, and resolution status.
Incident status — investigating, identified, monitoring, resolved, postmortem.

Components Tracked

API
Notify website
Email sending / delivery receipts
SMS sending / delivery receipts
Letter sending / delivery receipts

Gotchas

Statuspage.io API: Standard Statuspage.io v2 format (JSON).
Time zone: All timestamps in Europe/London timezone.
Incidents list: Returns all incidents (no pagination), ordered newest first.
Component groups: Some components may be nested in groups.

Tools in this Server (2)

Notify Incidents

Get recent incidents affecting GOV.UK Notify services. Returns incident name, status (investigating, identified, monitoring, resolved), impact level, ...

Notify Platform Status

Get the current operational status of all GOV.UK Notify components including API, website, email sending/delivery, SMS sending/delivery, and letter se...

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the GOV.UK Notify Platform Status MCP server?

How do I connect GOV.UK Notify Platform Status to my AI agent?

Add the MCPBundles server URL to your MCP client configuration (Claude Desktop, Cursor, VS Code, etc.). The URL format is: https://mcp.mcpbundles.com/bundle/gov-notify-status. Authentication is handled automatically.

How many tools does GOV.UK Notify Platform Status provide?

GOV.UK Notify Platform Status provides 2 tools that can be called by AI agents, along with a SKILL.md that gives your AI agent domain knowledge about when and how to use them.

What authentication does GOV.UK Notify Platform Status require?

GOV.UK Notify Platform Status uses open data APIs — no authentication required.

Setup Instructions

Connect GOV.UK Notify Platform Status to any MCP client in minutes

MCP URL

https://mcp.mcpbundles.com/bundle/gov-notify-status

Claude.ai Cursor VS Code VS Code Insiders Goose LM Studio Cherry Studio ChatGPT

One-click install:

Install on Claude.ai Install for organization (admins)

The link prefills the Add custom connector dialog — you still review the values and click Add, then Connect to complete OAuth.

Or add manually

Open claude.ai → Settings → Connectors.
Click the + button and choose Add custom connector.
Set Name to GOV.UK Notify Platform Status and paste the MCP URL into Remote MCP server URL.
Click Add. GOV.UK Notify Platform Status will appear under Not connected — select it and click Connect to complete OAuth.