Linkrescue MCP Server

Find broken affiliate links fast, prioritize by impact, and generate fix suggestions your AI agent can act on.

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What is the Linkrescue MCP MCP server?

Linkrescue MCP MCP server is a locally run integration for AI assistants that speak the Model Context Protocol. Find broken affiliate links fast, prioritize by impact, and generate fix suggestions your AI agent can act on.

What the assistant can call

Once Linkrescue MCP is connected, these are the calls the assistant has available:

  • check_broken_links — scan a URL (or sitemap) and return a structured broken-link report
  • monitor_links — set up recurring monitoring for a website
  • get_fix_suggestions — generate prioritized remediation recommendations
  • health_check — verify MCP server and backend API connectivity
  • Developer — focused version: README.dev.md
  • Marketplace — focused version: README.marketplace.md
  • Variable — Description
  • LINKRESCUE_API_BASE_URL — Base URL for LinkRescue API
  • LINKRESCUE_API_KEY — API key for authenticated requests
  • PyPI — The PyPI tool exposed by this server
  • Smithery — 1. Push repository to GitHub 2. Create/add server in Smithery 3. Point Smithery to this repository

Setting it up

The server ships on PyPI as linkrescue-mcp, so your MCP client can launch it on demand — there is no separate build step. Add the server block to your client's configuration, restart it, and the tools register themselves.

Configuration and credentials

You will need 2 environment variables: LINKRESCUE_API_BASE_URL, LINKRESCUE_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

Plenty of developer tooling servers cover similar ground. The differences that matter in practice are scope of access and how much setup stands between you and a working tool call. Linkrescue MCP's toolset — check_broken_links, monitor_links, get_fix_suggestions and 8 more — is a fair guide to whether it matches your workflow. It is maintained by carsonroell-debug; worth a glance at recent repository activity before you build anything load-bearing on it.

We check each listing at SyncDev against the project's documentation before it goes live — if something here drifts out of date, it is a bug worth reporting.

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.
  • With 11 tools registered it takes up a noticeable share of the context window; turn it off in projects that never touch Linkrescue MCP.
  • 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 linkrescue mcp mcp server does with a few real requests.

Available tools

ToolWhat it does
check_broken_linksscan a URL (or sitemap) and return a structured broken-link report
monitor_linksset up recurring monitoring for a website
get_fix_suggestionsgenerate prioritized remediation recommendations
health_checkverify MCP server and backend API connectivity
Developerfocused version: README.dev.md
Marketplacefocused version: README.marketplace.md
VariableDescription
LINKRESCUE_API_BASE_URLBase URL for LinkRescue API
LINKRESCUE_API_KEYAPI key for authenticated requests
PyPIThe PyPI tool exposed by this server.
Smithery1. Push repository to GitHub 2. Create/add server in [Smithery](https://smithery.ai/) 3. Point Smithery to this repository

How to install the Linkrescue MCP MCP server

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "linkrescue": {
      "command": "linkrescue-mcp"
    }
  }
}

Configuration as documented by the project. Restart the client after saving.

Configuration

VariableDescriptionRequired
LINKRESCUE_API_BASE_URLEndpoint or connection string the server talks to.Yes
LINKRESCUE_API_KEYCredential the server authenticates with.Yes

Example prompts to try

  • Use Linkrescue MCP to check broken links.
  • Use Linkrescue MCP to monitor links.
  • Use Linkrescue MCP to get fix suggestions.

Frequently asked questions

It connects Linkrescue MCP to MCP-compatible AI assistants such as Claude and Cursor, exposing 11 tools (check_broken_links, monitor_links, get_fix_suggestions, and more) that the assistant can call on your behalf. Instead of copying data back and forth by hand, the assistant works with Linkrescue MCP directly.