# Minecraft Server Status & Players AI Agent Connect

> Minecraft live infrastructure as an MCP: Java + Bedrock server status (player counts, MOTD, versions), player profile/UUID lookup, skin renders and the official 910-version Mojang manifest — keyless.

## Overview
- **Category:** gaming-entertainment
- **Price:** Free
- **Endpoint:** https://edge.vinkius.com/vk_preview_lL4hQTwz2GXWUpa0C2tRkmUOT9PmSVYcQww011dd/ai-agent-connect
- **Tags:** minecraft, server-status, mojang, multiplayer, gaming-database, player-lookup

## Description

**Minecraft's live multiplayer infrastructure** as a single MCP server — the world's best-selling game, monitored through its public status services.

### What you can do
- **Server status (Java + Bedrock)** — ping any server: online flag, players online/max, clean MOTD, protocol version, SRV resolution, even Forge mod lists when exposed (2b2t: 1226 players, CubeCraft: 1600+)
- **Player profiles** — resolve username ⇄ UUID via Mojang, check premium status, get skin render URLs (avatar, helm, 3D head, body)
- **Version intelligence** — the full official Mojang manifest: 910 versions (releases, snapshots, old_beta/alpha) with types and release dates — mod/plugin compatibility answers
- **Server comparisons** — ping up to 8 servers at once, auto-detecting Java vs Bedrock, ranked by population

### Why it matters
Server status is the heartbeat of Minecraft culture: "is 2b2t up?", "how many people are on Hypixel right now?", "does this server support 1.21?" — answered with live data, not stale screenshots.

### Who is this for?
Server admins, Discord bot builders, YouTubers, community moderators, hosting providers and AI agents that monitor or report on Minecraft multiplayer.

## Tools

### get_java_server_status
io: online flag, players online/max, clean MOTD text, protocol version, SRV record resolution, Forge/Modded mod list when exposed. Works with hostnames (play.cubecraft.net, 2b2t.org) or IPs. For "is this server up and how many players are on?".

Check a Minecraft JAVA server live status: online state, player count, version, MOTD

### get_player_skins
Combine with lookup_player for display cards. No fetch needed — the URLs are embeddable images.

Get skin/head render URLs for a Minecraft player (avatar, helm, body, isometric)

### list_game_versions
Essential for mod/plugin compatibility checks ("does X support 1.21.4?").

List Minecraft game versions from the official Mojang manifest (910+ releases and snapshots)

### lookup_player
Returns the canonical profile id and name. Useful before rendering skins or checking if a premium username exists.

Resolve a Minecraft player profile by username OR UUID (id, name, textures availability)

### compare_servers
For "which server has more players right now?" and uptime spot-checks.

Compare multiple Minecraft servers side by side (player counts, versions, online state)

### get_bedrock_server_status
io): online flag, players online/max, gamemode (Survival/Creative), version name and protocol. The Hive, Lifeboat, CubeCraft-Bedrock and Realms-alternatives use Bedrock. Note the platform: many big servers run both Java AND Bedrock.

Check a Minecraft BEDROCK server live status: players, version, gamemode

### get_version_details
Get full details of one Minecraft version: type, release date and JSON manifest URL

## Prompt Examples

**Prompt:** 
```
Is 2b2t online right now? How many players?
```

**Response:** 
```
⛏️ **2b2t.org — Java status**

🟢 ONLINE — **1226 players** online
Version: Velocity 1.7.2-26.2
MOTD: the oldest anarchy server, as always

Queue is probably long at this hour. Want me to compare player counts with other anarchy servers?
```

**Prompt:** 
```
Compare Hypixel, CubeCraft and The Hive player counts
```

**Response:** 
```
📊 **Server population ranking (live)**

1. 🟢 The Hive (Bedrock) — 23,204 players
2. 🟢 CubeCraft (Java) — 1,616 players
3. ⚫ Hypixel — offline from here / rate-limited

Bedrock servers dominate raw player counts — The Hive alone outnumbers most Java networks. Want a status check on the Java runners-up?
```

**Prompt:** 
```
What's the latest Minecraft snapshot and when did 1.21.4 release?
```

**Response:** 
```
🗂️ **Mojang version manifest**

Latest release: 26.2 · Latest snapshot: 26.3-pre-2 (2026-09-04)
1.21.4: released as a full release — exact date pulled from the manifest.

910 versions tracked since old_alpha. Need the JSON manifest URL for your launcher?
```

## Frequently Asked Questions

**Do I need an API key or registration?**
No. mcstatus.io, the Mojang profile API and the piston-meta version manifest are all public — no authentication anywhere in this MCP.

**Why does a server show offline when I know it's up?**
Some servers block status pings (enable-status=false in server.properties), hide behind proxies, or are Bedrock-only (a Java ping fails). The compare_servers tool auto-probes Bedrock too — try it there.