Ably is a Communication MCP server that lets Claude Code, Cursor, Windsurf and any MCP-compatible AI agent publish and subscribe to Ably realtime channels for pub/sub messaging from AI agents. Install in 1 minute with mcpizy install ably.
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Publish and subscribe to Ably realtime channels for pub/sub messaging from AI agents.
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The Ably MCP server is an Communication Model Context Protocol server that lets Claude Code, Cursor, Windsurf, VS Code with Copilot, and other MCP-compatible AI agents publish and subscribe to Ably realtime channels for pub/sub messaging from AI agents. It exposes Ably's capabilities as tools the AI can call directly from your editor or CLI.
The fastest way is the MCPizy CLI: run `mcpizy install ably` and MCPizy will add the server to your `.claude.json` automatically. You can also install it manually by adding an entry under `mcpServers` in `.claude.json` with the command `npx -y @ably/mcp-server` and restarting Claude Code.
Yes. The Ably MCP server is free and open source (see the GitHub repository linked on this page). You may still need a Ably account or API key to connect the server to the underlying service, but the MCP layer itself has no MCPizy subscription cost.
Yes. Any MCP-compatible client works — including Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Cursor (via `.cursor/mcp.json`), Windsurf, VS Code with Copilot Chat, and custom agents built on the MCP SDK. The same install command targets all of them; only the config file path differs.
Once installed, your AI agent can publish and subscribe to Ably realtime channels for pub/sub messaging from AI agents directly inside your conversation. Typical use cases include asking Claude Code or Cursor to run Ably operations, inspect results, chain Ably with other MCP servers (see our Workflow Recipes), and automate repetitive communication tasks without leaving your editor.