MCP OAuth Connect

MCP serverSecurity

Check that your AI can connect: this is a minimal connection that responds to a ping and nothing else. Once added, your AI in claude.ai, Desktop, Cursor, or Grok Connectors can send a ping and get a reply, confirming the link is live. It does not provide any other abilities.

Available today. Use it from your connected AI after setup.

After adding it, ask your AI to send a ping. If a response comes back, the connection is working.

Then ask your AI: use MCP OAuth Connect

What your AI can do with it

  • Send a ping and get a response back
  • Confirm the connection is live from claude.ai
  • Test the connection from Desktop
  • Check that Cursor can reach it
  • Verify it works from Grok Connectors

From the project's README

As published by gfb2026/mcp-oauth-connect in README.md.

Free checker for when an MCP remote answers curl but dies in Claude / Cursor / Desktop / Grok Connectors.

Part of GFB's lab surface. Founder / peer identity (companies run with agents): gregfredabytes.com · essay · what I run

The free checker reads metadata. It does not finish a handshake (no DCR, no token, no tools/list). That gap is real — treat a fail as a scoping signal, not a dead end.

Optional paid attach lab (four-client attempt + written path) lives on the studio product page, not here: https://gfbytes.com/products/mcp-oauth-connect/

On that page you can also paste a public HTTPS MCP URL and hit Check (POST /products/diagnose).

Install (free)

Claude Code:

/plugin marketplace add GFB2026/mcp-oauth-connect
/plugin install mcp-oauth-connect@mcp-oauth-connect

Grok Build:

grok plugin marketplace add GFB2026/mcp-oauth-connect
grok plugin install mcp-oauth-connect --trust

Then:

python skills/mcp-oauth-connect/scripts/diagnose.py https://your-mcp.example

Looks for a proper login challenge (not a bare 200 from curl), a registration endpoint, and S256. Paste only the URL in the Connectors UI — no API key.

template/

Public ping-only example behind https://mcp.gfbytes.com (MIT). Reference server, not a service SKU.

License

MIT for the plugin, skill, diagnose script, tests, and template/. Studio attach-lab / fix-round services are separate offers on gfbytes.com.

Signals

Last commit
Sep 2026
Advanced
Delivery
mcp-oauth-connect MCP server → your ahel gateway (mcp.ahel.ai) → every connected AI client.
Catalog kind
mcp-server
Gateway key
com-gfbytes-mcp-oauth-connect
Source
github.com/gfb2026/mcp-oauth-connect
Hosted endpoint
https://mcp.gfbytes.com/mcp