Airbyte Status Checker MCP Server

Checks the status of Airbyte connections through the Claude Desktop MCP protocol.

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What is the Airbyte Status Checker MCP server?

Airbyte Status Checker MCP server exists for a simple reason — assistants are far more useful when they can act on Airbyte Status Checker directly instead of describing what you should do. Checks the status of Airbyte connections through the Claude Desktop MCP protocol.

What you get

This is a sample app that conforms to the MCP protocol from Anthropic. It is designed to run as a an MCP server in Claude Desktop and allows users to check the status of Airbyte connections.

Setting it up

Setup follows the usual MCP pattern — install or clone the server, register it in your client's configuration file, restart the client.

Configuration and credentials

You will need 4 environment variables: AIRBYTE_WORKSPACE_ID, AIRBYTE_CLIENT_ID, AIRBYTE_CLIENT_SECRET, AIRBYTE_API_KEY. The server will not start without them, which is usually why the tools fail to appear on a first run. Keep credentials in your client's env block or a secrets manager rather than in a file you might commit.

Choosing this one

This sits in the developer tooling group, where several servers overlap in what they claim to do but differ sharply once you actually set them up. It is maintained by quintonwall; worth a glance at recent repository activity before you build anything load-bearing on it.

This entry was verified against Airbyte Status Checker's own documentation before publication; SyncDev keeps the directory reviewed rather than auto-generated.

Before you rely on it

  • It runs with your machine's permissions. That is convenient and also the reason to think about what you point it at before you approve a tool call.
  • Missing credentials fail quietly in some clients — if no tools show up, check the environment block first.
  • MCP clients confirm each tool call by default. Leave that on until you have watched what the airbyte status checker mcp server does with a few real requests.

Configuration

VariableDescriptionRequired
AIRBYTE_WORKSPACE_IDConfiguration value read at startup.Optional
AIRBYTE_CLIENT_IDConfiguration value read at startup.Optional
AIRBYTE_CLIENT_SECRETCredential the server authenticates with.Yes
AIRBYTE_API_KEYCredential the server authenticates with.Yes

Frequently asked questions

It's a tool that integrates with Claude Desktop as an MCP server to allow you to check the status of your Airbyte connections.