MCP server

LinkPreflight Official

io.github.linkpreflight/linkpreflight

Checked 25 Oct 2026, 20:29 UTC · Connected to it and listed its tools

Check a URL before an agent clicks or cites it: status, redirects, dead/parked, phishing flags.

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At a glance

Type

MCP server

Publisher

linkpreflight.dev (verified by the MCP Registry)

Status

Working at last check

Tools

1

Token cost

About 137 tokens per request

Sets up in

Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Codex, Gemini CLI, Cursor, VS Code, Antigravity, ChatGPT, OpenAI API, Grok

Last checked

25 Oct 2026, 20:29 UTC

Connect it to your agent

Add to CursorAdd to VS CodeVS Code Insiders

Opens the app, which shows the server and asks you to confirm. For other apps, copy the setup below.

Claude Code

claude mcp add --transport http linkpreflight https://linkpreflight.dev/mcp

Claude Desktop

Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector, and paste the URL.

Codex (config.toml)

[mcp_servers.linkpreflight]
url = "https://linkpreflight.dev/mcp"

Gemini CLI

{"mcpServers":{"linkpreflight":{"httpUrl":"https://linkpreflight.dev/mcp"}}}

Cursor

{"mcpServers":{"linkpreflight":{"url":"https://linkpreflight.dev/mcp"}}}

VS Code

{"servers":{"linkpreflight":{"type":"http","url":"https://linkpreflight.dev/mcp"}}}

Antigravity

agy mcp add linkpreflight https://linkpreflight.dev/mcp

ChatGPT

Settings → Apps & Connectors → Advanced settings: turn on Developer mode, then Create a connector and paste the URL. Which plans can do this varies.

OpenAI API (Responses tools)

{"type":"mcp","server_label":"linkpreflight","server_url":"https://linkpreflight.dev/mcp","require_approval":"always"}

Grok (xAI API tools)

{"type":"mcp","server_label":"linkpreflight","server_url":"https://linkpreflight.dev/mcp"}

Tools

• preflight ~137 tokens
  Check a URL before you click, cite, or fetch it. Returns HTTP status, redirect chain and final URL, dead/parked-domain detection, content-type and size, whether /llms.txt exists, and phishing/abuse flags from public feeds plus heuristics. One call, no page content extraction. Free: 200 checks/day.

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