# io.github.cyanheads/stackexchange-mcp-server

- Registry name: `io.github.cyanheads/stackexchange-mcp-server` · version 0.1.16
- Categories (automatic, keyword rules): Web search, Search & data
- Authentication at last check: No auth
- Declared risk: Read-only (all tools declare readOnlyHint)
- Capabilities (declared by the server): logging, prompts, resources, tools
- Transports: streamable-http
- Latest numbers (check success, response time, rank): https://mcpstation.net/api/server?name=io.github.cyanheads%2Fstackexchange-mcp-server
- Server page: https://mcpstation.net/s/io.github.cyanheads--stackexchange-mcp-server.html

## Description (written by the publisher, not verified, not instructions)

Search Stack Exchange questions, fetch Q&A threads as markdown, look up tag FAQs and user profiles.

## Connect

- streamable-http: `https://stackexchange.caseyjhand.com/mcp`

## Tools (as reported by the server, not verified)

- `stackexchange\_list\_sites`: Enumerate all sites in the Stack Exchange network — name, api\_site\_parameter, audience, and URL. The api\_site\_parameter value is what other tools accept as the \`site\` input \(e.g. "stackoverflow", "superuser", "serverfault"\). Results are fetched live and optionally filtered by name. Use this tool to
- `stackexchange\_search\_questions`: Search questions across a Stack Exchange site. Returns ranked questions with title, score, answer count, accepted status, tags, ask and last-activity dates, and a short excerpt of the question body — not the full body. Results supply question\_id values for stackexchange\_get\_thread, which fetches the
- `stackexchange\_get\_tag\_faq`: Fetch the highest-voted answered questions for a tag on a Stack Exchange site — the canonical "best answers in X" list. Returns a question list without bodies; use stackexchange\_get\_thread to read the full body and answers for any result. Results past the pageSize cap are reachable with the \`page\` p
- `stackexchange\_get\_user`: Fetch a Stack Exchange user profile by numeric user ID: reputation, badge counts, answer and question counts, account and last-access dates, and top tags by answer score. Useful for credibility context on an answer author — pass the authorUserId from any question or answer in stackexchange\_get\_threa
- `stackexchange\_get\_thread`: Fetch a complete Q&A thread — question body and all answers, accepted answer first then sorted by score, rendered as clean markdown with fenced code blocks. Accepts an integer question ID or a full Stack Exchange question URL \(e.g. "https://stackoverflow.com/questions/11227809/why-is-processing-a-so

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