Stack Exchange MCP connector
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Stack Exchange is a network of Q&A communities, including Stack Overflow, covering topics from programming to science. The Stack Exchange MCP connector allows AI agents to search questions and answers, retrieve badges, and manage access tokens and app authentication. It also supports pulling comments, tracking answer details, and accessing badge recipients across the network's communities.
Authentication type
- API Key - Requires a static API key to be configured before the agent can connect to the service.
Uses
Use the Stack Exchange MCP connector to perform the following actions:
- Search Stack Overflow instantly for solutions to technical problems
- Track badges awarded to monitor community engagement and expertise
- Compile technical knowledge bases from questions, answers, and comments
- Monitor user reputation and activity across Stack Exchange communities
- Automate moderation by managing and editing community comments
- Benchmark community health using site statistics and activity events
- Surface important notifications by monitoring user inboxes automatically
- Audit application security by reviewing and revoking access tokens
Example prompts
Use the following example prompts to invoke Stack Exchange MCP connector tools from your AI assistant or Boomi Connect workflow:
Find the top Stack Overflow answers about Python error handling.Show me my unread messages in my Stack Exchange inbox.List the badges I've earned on Stack Exchange this year.Search Stack Exchange for questions about API authentication issues.Get all comments left on my recent Stack Exchange answers.Check my reputation and activity on my Stack Exchange account.Pull site statistics for Stack Overflow to share with my team.Revoke access tokens for an app I no longer use on Stack Exchange.Find recently awarded badges related to JavaScript on Stack Exchange.Show me all my answers posted on Stack Exchange.
Stack Exchange MCP connector tools
The Stack Exchange MCP connector provides the following tools. Each tool maps to a specific action you can invoke from your AI agent or automation.
| Tool | Description |
|---|---|
| stackexchange_stackexchangesearchquestions_invoke | Search for questions on any Stack Exchange site (e.g. |
| getAccessTokens | Reads the properties for a set of access tokens. |
| getAccessTokensInvalidate | Immediately expires the access tokens passed. |
| getAnswers | Returns all the undeleted answers in the system. |
| getAnswers2 | Gets the set of answers identified by ids. |
| getAnswersComments | Gets the comments on a set of answers. |
| getAppsDeAuthenticate | Passing valid access_tokens to this method causes the application that created them to be de-authorized by the user asso... |
| getBadges | Returns all the badges in the system. |
| getBadgesName | Gets all explicitly named badges in the system. |
| getBadgesRecipients | Returns recently awarded badges in the system. |
| getBadgesTags | Returns the badges that are awarded for participation in specific tags. |
| getBadges2 | Gets the badges identified in id. |
| getBadgesRecipients2 | Returns recently awarded badges in the system, constrained to a certain set of badges. |
| getComments | Gets all the comments on the site. |
| getComments2 | Gets the comments identified in id. |
| createCommentsDelete | Deletes a comment. |
| createCommentsEdit | Edit an existing comment. |
| getErrors | Returns the various error codes that can be produced by the API. |
| getErrors2 | Allows you to generate an error. |
| getEvents | Returns a stream of events that have occurred on the site. |
| getFiltersCreate | Creates a new filter given a list of includes, excludes, a base filter, and whether or not this filter should be "unsafe... |
| getFilters | Returns the fields included by the given filters, and the "safeness" of those filters. |
| getInbox | Returns a user's inbox. |
| getInboxUnread | Returns the unread items in a user's inbox. |
| getInfo | Returns a collection of statistics about the site. |
| getMe | Returns the user associated with the passed access_token. |
| getMeAnswers | Returns the answers owned by the user associated with the given access_token. |
| getMeAssociated | Returns all of a user's associated accounts, given an access_token for them. |
| getMeBadges | Returns the badges earned by the user associated with the given access_token. |
| getMeComments | Returns the comments owned by the user associated with the given access_token. |
| getMeComments2 | Returns the comments owned by the user associated with the given access_token that are in reply to the user identified b... |
| getMeFavorites | Returns the questions favorites by the user associated with the given access_token. |
| getMeInbox | Returns the user identified by access_token's inbox. |
| getMeInboxUnread | Returns the unread items in the user identified by access_token's inbox. |
| getMeMentioned | Returns the comments mentioning the user associated with the given access_token. |
| getMeMerges | Returns a record of merges that have occurred involving a user identified by an access_token. |
| getMeNotifications | Returns a user's notifications, given an access_token. |
| getMeNotificationsUnread | Returns a user's unread notifications, given an access_token. |
| getMePrivileges | Returns the privileges the user identified by access_token has. |
| getMeQuestions | Returns the questions owned by the user associated with the given access_token. |
| getMeQuestionsFeatured | Returns the questions that have active bounties offered by the user associated with the given access_token. |
| getMeQuestionsNoAnswers | Returns the questions owned by the user associated with the given access_token that have no answers. |
| getMeQuestionsUnaccepted | Returns the questions owned by the user associated with the given access_token that have no accepted answer. |
| getMeQuestionsUnanswered | Returns the questions owned by the user associated with the given access_token that are not considered answered. |
| getMeReputation | Returns the reputation changed for the user associated with the given access_token. |
| getMeReputationHistory | Returns user's public reputation history. |
| getMeReputationHistoryFull | Returns user's full reputation history, including private events. |
| getMeSuggestedEdits | Returns the suggested edits the user identified by access_token has submitted. |
| getMeTags | Returns the tags the user identified by the access_token passed is active in. |
| getMeTagsTopAnswers | Returns the top 30 answers the user associated with the given access_token has posted in response to questions with the... |
| getMeTagsTopQuestions | Returns the top 30 questions the user associated with the given access_token has posted in response to questions with th... |
| getMeTimeline | Returns a subset of the actions the user identified by the passed access_token has taken on the site. |
| getMeTopAnswerTags | Returns the user identified by access_token's top 30 tags by answer score. |
| getMeTopQuestionTags | Returns the user identified by access_token's top 30 tags by question score. |
| getMeWritePermissions | Returns the write permissions a user has via the api, given an access token. |
| getNotifications | Returns a user's notifications. |
| getNotificationsUnread | Returns a user's unread notifications. |
| getPosts | Fetches all posts (questions and answers) on the site. |
| getPosts2 | Fetches a set of posts by ids. |
| getPostsComments | Gets the comments on the posts identified in ids, regardless of the type of the posts. |
| getPostsRevisions | Returns edit revisions for the posts identified in ids. |
| getPostsSuggestedEdits | Returns suggsted edits on the posts identified in ids. |
| createPostsCommentsAdd | Create a new comment. |
| getPrivileges | Returns the earnable privileges on a site. |
| getQuestions | Gets all the questions on the site. |
| getQuestionsFeatured | Returns all the questions with active bounties in the system. |
| getQuestionsNoAnswers | Returns questions which have received no answers. |
| getQuestionsUnanswered | Returns questions the site considers to be unanswered. |
| getQuestions2 | Returns the questions identified in {ids}. |
| getQuestionsAnswers | Gets the answers to a set of questions identified in id. |
| getQuestionsComments | Gets the comments on a question. |
| getQuestionsLinked | Gets questions which link to those questions identified in {ids}. |
| getQuestionsRelated | Returns questions that the site considers related to those identified in {ids}. |
| getQuestionsTimeline | Returns a subset of the events that have happened to the questions identified in id. |
| getRevisions | Returns edit revisions identified by ids in {ids}. |
| getSearch | Searches a site for any questions which fit the given criteria. |
| getSearchAdvanced | Searches a site for any questions which fit the given criteria. |
| getSimilar | Returns questions which are similar to a hypothetical one based on a title and tag combination. |
| getSites | Returns all sites in the network. |
| getSuggestedEdits | Returns all the suggested edits in the systems. |
| getSuggestedEdits2 | Returns suggested edits identified in ids. |
| getTags | Returns the tags found on a site. |
| getTagsModeratorOnly | Returns the tags found on a site that only moderators can use. |
| getTagsRequired | Returns the tags found on a site that fulfill required tag constraints on questions. |
| getTagsSynonyms | Returns all tag synonyms found a site. |
| getTagsFaq | Returns the frequently asked questions for the given set of tags in {tags}. |
| getTagsInfo | Returns tag objects representing the tags in {tags} found on the site. |
| getTagsRelated | Returns the tags that are most related to those in {tags}. |
| getTagsSynonyms2 | Gets all the synonyms that point to the tags identified in {tags}. |
| getTagsWikis | Returns the wikis that go with the given set of tags in {tags}. |
| getTagsTopAnswerers | Returns the top 30 answerers active in a single tag, of either all-time or the last 30 days. |
| getTagsTopAskers | Returns the top 30 askers active in a single tag, of either all-time or the last 30 days. |
| getUsers | Returns all users on a site. |
| getUsersModerators | Gets those users on a site who can exercise moderation powers. |
| getUsersModeratorsElected | Returns those users on a site who both have moderator powers, and were actually elected. |
| getUsers2 | Gets the users identified in ids in {ids}. |
| getUsersAnswers | Returns the answers the users in {ids} have posted. |
| getUsersAssociated | Returns all of a user's associated accounts, given their account_ids in {ids}. |
| getUsersBadges | Get the badges the users in {ids} have earned. |
| getUsersComments | Get the comments posted by users in {ids}. |
| getUsersComments2 | Get the comments that the users in {ids} have posted in reply to the single user identified in {toid}. |
| getUsersFavorites | Get the questions that users in {ids} have favorited. |
| getUsersMentioned | Gets all the comments that the users in {ids} were mentioned in. |
| getUsersMerges | Returns a record of merges that have occurred involving the passed account ids. |
| getUsersQuestions | Gets the questions asked by the users in {ids}. |
| getUsersQuestionsFeatured | Gets the questions on which the users in {ids} have active bounties. |
| getUsersQuestionsNoAnswers | Gets the questions asked by the users in {ids} which have no answers. |
| getUsersQuestionsUnaccepted | Gets the questions asked by the users in {ids} which have at least one answer, but no accepted answer. |
| getUsersQuestionsUnanswered | Gets the questions asked by the users in {ids} which the site consideres unanswered, while still having at least one ans... |
| getUsersReputation | Gets a subset of the reputation changes for users in {ids}. |
| getUsersReputationHistory | Returns users' public reputation history. |
| getUsersSuggestedEdits | Returns the suggested edits a users in {ids} have submitted. |
| getUsersTags | Returns the tags the users identified in {ids} have been active in. |
| getUsersTimeline | Returns a subset of the actions the users in {ids} have taken on the site. |
| getUsersInbox | Returns a user's inbox. |
| getUsersInboxUnread | Returns the unread items in a user's inbox. |
| getUsersNotifications | Returns a user's notifications. |
| getUsersNotificationsUnread | Returns a user's unread notifications. |
| getUsersPrivileges | Returns the privileges a user has. |
| getUsersReputationHistoryFull | Returns a user's full reputation history, including private events. |
| getUsersTagsTopAnswers | Returns the top 30 answers a user has posted in response to questions with the given tags. |
| getUsersTagsTopQuestions | Returns the top 30 questions a user has asked with the given tags. |
| getUsersTopAnswerTags | Returns a single user's top tags by answer score. |
| getUsersTopQuestionTags | Returns a single user's top tags by question score. |
| getUsersWritePermissions | Returns the write permissions a user has via the api. |
