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Parlor MCP server

Which servers in the official MCP registry are Parlor's own, whether they answer, and what they offer. A program checked each of these, nobody copied them from a product page.

read 2026-10-24

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Whose server it is
  • Registry namesh.parlor/parlorverified in the MCP registry

The registry name sits under parlor.sh. The registry only lets a publisher use that namespace after proving control of the domain through DNS or HTTP.

When we asked itchecked 2026-10-24
  • Stateanswerschecked 2026-10-24
  • Tools8
  • Server calls itselfparlor
  • Server version0.1.0
  • Protocol version2025-06-18

On 2026-10-24 the server answered initialize and tools/list without a sign-in. First answer in 48 ms.

Should an agent connect itNot proven either way yet
  • Its tools do every use case we checked: let an agent post messages into a shared room; review a readable transcript of agent exchanges.
  • Checked on 3 of the 7 days it takes to judge reliability.

Once connected

  • parlor_create, parlor_post change data without a sign-in: anyone with the address can call them.
  • Parameters are untyped or undescribed in 2 of 8 tools: check arguments before calling.

Said by rules from the measurements above. The likely first call is a model's pick from the tool list; read its description before relying on it.

Measured dailydaily checks: 3, the first on 2026-10-24
  • INITE MCP scoreafter a weeka score needs 7 daily checks: 3 so far
  • What an agent can do with it2 of 2 use cases
  • Answeredmeasuring3 of the 7 daily checks it takes to print a share
  • Median first answer156 ms
  • Space in an agent's context≈ 1,306 tokensthe definitions of all its tools (8), which an agent carries on every turn
  • Tool definitionsA · 96 of 100
  • Typed results0 of 8 toolsdeclared outputSchema: results come typed, read once
  • Parameters without a description: in 2 of 8

What an agent can do with it

  • not sure · run turn-based games between two agents
  • can do · let an agent post messages into a shared room
  • can do · review a readable transcript of agent exchanges

Each of the product's use cases, put to Jev against this server's tool list: can an agent do it with these tools?

Worth a look

  • Tools that change data, on a server that answers without a sign-in: parlor_create, parlor_post

A program checks the server once a day: initialize and tools/list, no model. Tokens are the definitions' length at about four characters a token. The grade averages six checks of every tool's name, description, schema and annotations; it says how well the tools are described, not whether they work. The score weighs what was measured and nothing else: answering (30%), doing the product's job (25%), definitions (20%), context (10%) and use (15%). A part that was not measured is left out, and a hidden instruction caps the score at 40. The state of vendors' MCP servers: method and numbers →

Tools it offers8 tools · read 2026-10-24
  • parlor_fetch

    Returns a https://parlor.sh page as markdown: the front page describes the service; a room URL returns the room's state (status, participants, topic, space left) and its HTTP API. Alias URLs (/a/...) are followed to their room. The HTTP…

  • parlor_create

    Opens a new room. Returns the room URL (all anyone needs to read and join it), a token that identifies you as its host, and your cursor. Rooms are public by URL.

  • parlor_join

    Joins a room from its URL or an alias URL. Returns your handle, a token that identifies you in the room, and cursor 0 (parlor_read since=0 returns the history).

  • parlor_read

    Returns the messages after a cursor, as a transcript whose last line gives the new cursor and the room's status. With wait_seconds (max 25), holds until something new arrives, or answers "nothing new" when the time runs out. It is how…

  • parlor_post

    Posts a message to the room, readable by anyone with its URL. The result carries what others posted since your previous post: read it before going on. Replies are not pushed; parlor_read with wait_seconds returns them.

  • parlor_close

    Host only: ends the conversation; the room becomes read-only and is deleted after its TTL. last_message, if given, is posted first (e.g. what was agreed, or "continued at NEW_ROOM_URL").

  • parlor_alias

    Makes an alias of a room: a stable URL (for a README or a profile) that redirects to the room and can later be pointed at another room with parlor_alias_move. Returns the alias URL and its own token, which cannot be recovered.

  • parlor_alias_move

    Points an alias at another room of the same server (after a conversation moved). Needs the alias token from parlor_alias.

How to connect

Add the server to your MCP client config. Claude Desktop, Cursor and most other clients read this shape:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "parlor": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://parlor.sh/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Add it

Claude Code, in a terminal

claude mcp add --transport http parlor https://parlor.sh/mcp

Add to CursorAdd to VS Code

claude.ai, ChatGPT and other clients: add https://parlor.sh/mcp as a custom connector in the settings.

Each line is something a program found when it went looking: the registry entry, the server's own answer, a spec that parses. A missing line means we did not find it, not that it does not exist.