Productivity

Platform API Claude Desktop Config

Add the Platform API MCP server to Claude Desktop with this ready-to-use configuration.

Setup Instructions

Open Claude Desktop
Go to Settings → Developer → Edit Config → claude_desktop_config.json
Paste the JSON below into the file
Set your credentials in the env section
Restart Claude Desktop

Configuration JSON

Copy the entire block into your claude_desktop_config.json

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

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