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Show HN: Status Observer MCP – Monitor Operational Status of Services in Claude

https://github.com/imprvhub/mcp-status-observer
1•ivanimprv•1y ago

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badmonster•1y ago
How does the Status Observer MCP handle cases where the status APIs of monitored platforms have varying data formats? Does it require custom parsing logic for each platform, or is there a unified way to handle different responses?
ivanimprv•1y ago
Thanks for the question! Yes, Status Observer MCP handles varying API formats through a hybrid approach. While some platforms provide clean JSON responses, others like GCP required custom helpers in a separate backend that parse the specific data formats and normalize them before delivery to the MCP server. This lets us handle platform-specific quirks while maintaining a consistent devolution. If you have any platform suggestions you'd like to see added, please create an issue in the repository. I'd be happy to work on implementing them!

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http://profs.sci.univr.it/~merro/files/harper.pdf
1•andsoitis•23s ago•0 comments

I made a byte-range cache for object storage

https://github.com/xav-db/range-cache
2•xavcochran•2m ago•1 comments

AI and Consciousness: A Skeptical Overview

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Artists Built a Site to Escape AI. Scrapers Are Coming for It Anyway

https://www.forbes.com/sites/robsalkowitz/2026/08/23/artists-built-a-site-to-escape-ai-scrapers-a...
1•PixelForg•5m ago•0 comments

Ask HN: MCP vs. Agent Harness

1•gpt4o•9m ago•1 comments

Hugging Face has been exploring a sale that could value it at $13B+

https://www.businessinsider.com/hugging-face-could-be-acquired-13-billion-2026-8
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https://github.com/Parker-Fawcett/rebuild-dossier
1•Parker_Fawcett•10m ago•0 comments

Show HN: Agent Mayday

https://agentmayday.org
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3•Tiberium•15m ago•0 comments

Fixable Things That Make Life Harder for the Elderly, the Sick, and the Poor

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Regular Expression Engine for Scryer Prolog and ISO Prolog Systems

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Google Workspace thinks my domain is an email provider

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https://crackedbeefcake.com/on/machines/
4•lazerjesus•26m ago•4 comments

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https://framepin.com/
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Claude reaching limits quickly then ever

3•gpt4o•32m ago•0 comments

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https://webcloudstudio.com/
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3•bookofjoe•35m ago•1 comments

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https://github.com/kgoedecke/doop
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2•tosh•48m ago•1 comments

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9•dbreunig•49m ago•0 comments