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Platform API MCP Config

The [REST API specification](https://www.ably.io/documentation/rest-api) for Ably.

Config URL

Use this URL in any MCP-compatible client to fetch the config automatically.

https://mcp-bridge.pages.dev/config/ably-io-platform.json

Configuration JSON

Use curl https://mcp-bridge.pages.dev/config/ably-io-platform.json to fetch programmatically.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "ably-io-platform": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y","@mcp/ably-io-platform"],
      "env": {
      "PLATFORM_API_API_KEY": "your_platform_api_api_key"
}
    }
  }
}

How to Use

Claude Desktop

Paste the config JSON into your claude_desktop_config.json.

Full instructions →

Cursor

Go to Cursor Settings → MCP Servers → Add with the JSON above.

CLI / curl

Fetch the config programmatically:

curl https://mcp-bridge.pages.dev/config/ably-io-platform.json

Environment Variables

PLATFORM_API_API_KEY

Replace your_platform_api_api_key with your actual platform api api key

Endpoints

GET/channels

Enumerate all active channels of the application

GET/channels/{channel_id}

Get metadata of a channel

GET/channels/{channel_id}/messages

Get message history for a channel

POST/channels/{channel_id}/messages

Publish a message to a channel

GET/channels/{channel_id}/presence

Get presence of a channel

GET/channels/{channel_id}/presence/history

Get presence history of a channel

POST/keys/{keyName}/requestToken

Request an access token

GET/push/channelSubscriptions

List channel subscriptions

POST/push/channelSubscriptions

Subscribe a device to a channel

DELETE/push/channelSubscriptions

Delete a registered device's update token