MCP Registry listing #
The hosted MCP server (https://api.openstatus.dev/mcp) is listed in the
official MCP Registry (https://registry.modelcontextprotocol.io) under the
name dev.openstatus/mcp. The registry stores metadata only; it
never fetches server.json over HTTP and does not change how the server
runs. Listing exists for discoverability in MCP clients.
Files #
apps/server/server.json— the listing. Read from disk bymcp-publisherand POSTed to the registry. Does not need to be routed or served.~/.config/openstatus/mcp-registry/(local machine, not in git):openstatus.dev.ed25519.pem— private key proving ownership of thedev.openstatus/*namespace. Backed up in the password manager.openstatus.dev.txt-record— the public TXT record value.login.sh— runsmcp-publisher login dnswith the stored key.
Namespace ownership #
dev.openstatus/* is the reverse-DNS namespace for openstatus.dev.
Ownership is proven by a TXT record on the apex openstatus.dev in
Vercel DNS (name @, not a selector subdomain):
v=MCPv1; k=ed25519; p=<base64 public key>
The matching private key never leaves the local config dir or a CI secret. If the key is lost or rotated: generate a new one, replace the TXT record, and delete the old record (a stale record is tried first and fails login).
Publishing a new version #
Every publish is immutable. Bump version in server.json first.
~/.config/openstatus/mcp-registry/login.sh # DNS auth, token cached locally
cd apps/server
mcp-publisher validate # checks against the live registry
mcp-publisher publish
curl "https://registry.modelcontextprotocol.io/v0.1/servers?search=dev.openstatus"
Constraints hit so far: description is capped at 100 characters.
Setup log #
- 2026-09-10: installed
mcp-publisher1.8.1 (/opt/homebrew/bin), generated the Ed25519 key, wrote and validatedserver.json. Pending at time of writing: TXT record in Vercel DNS, first login, first publish. Not automated in CI yet; the GitHub Actions template in the registry docs works withlogin dnsand the private key hex as a secret.
References #
- https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/registry/tree/main/docs/modelcontextprotocol-io
(
quickstart,remote-servers,authentication,github-actions)