punkpeye/mcp-ping

MCP Ping is a small tool that lets an AI assistant check whether a website or server is reachable. You give it a hostname like "google.com," and it sends a ping, a basic network request, then reports back whether the host responded and how fast it replied. The project is built using something called FastMCP, which is a framework for creating MCP servers. MCP (Model Context Protocol) is a way to give AI assistants like Claude access to external tools they can call on during a conversation. In this case, the tool is a simple ping function: you pass in a hostname, and it returns the ping results showing things like response times and packet loss statistics. In practice, someone might use this so their AI assistant can check if a website is up before suggesting troubleshooting steps, or to quickly measure latency to a server during a conversation. It's a read-only tool, meaning it just gathers information and doesn't modify anything on the host it pings. It also supports routing the request through an HTTP proxy if needed. What's most notable here is that the project exists primarily as a demonstration. The author built it to show other developers how to create an MCP server using FastMCP, so it's more of a reference example than a production-grade tool. The code is simple and short by design, making it easy to study if you're learning how to build your own MCP-powered tools for AI assistants.