12 actions ready for your AI

Connect Ably to your AI

Add your Ably key once and every AI you use can get channels withs, get push subscriptions and publish push notifications through it.

Needs your API keyWorks today: paste the key from this app and your AI can use it. One-click sign-in is not built yet.

Not verified by us yet. Its actions come from Ably's own documented API, and we have not run them here yet.

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What your AI can do with Ably

Choose a task and ask your AI.

Message

Get messages by channelGET
Get message history for a channel
channel_idrequired
The Channel's ID.
X-Ably-Version
The version of the API you wish to use.
format
The response format you would like
Publish messages to channelPOST
Publish a message to a channel
channel_idrequired
The Channel's ID.
X-Ably-Version
The version of the API you wish to use.
format
The response format you would like
clientId
The client ID of the publisher of this message.

Metadata

Get metadata of channelGET
Get metadata of a channel
channel_idrequired
The Channel's ID.
X-Ably-Version
The version of the API you wish to use.
format
The response format you would like
Get metadata of all channelsGET
Enumerate all active channels of the application
X-Ably-Version
The version of the API you wish to use.
format
The response format you would like
prefix
Optionally limits the query to only those channels whose name starts with the given prefix
by
optionally specifies whether to return just channel names (by=id) or ChannelDetails (by=value)

Presence

Get presence of channelGET
Get presence of a channel
channel_idrequired
The Channel's ID.
X-Ably-Version
The version of the API you wish to use.
format
The response format you would like
Get presence history of channelGET
Get presence history of a channel
channel_idrequired
The Channel's ID.
X-Ably-Version
The version of the API you wish to use.
format
The response format you would like

Push

Get push subscriptions on channelsGET
List channel subscriptions
X-Ably-Version
The version of the API you wish to use.
format
The response format you would like
channel
Filter to restrict to subscriptions associated with that channel.
deviceId
Optional filter to restrict to devices associated with that deviceId.
Publish push notification to devicesPOST
Publish a push notification to device(s)
recipientrequired
Push recipient details for a device.
X-Ably-Version
The version of the API you wish to use.
format
The response format you would like

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Channel

Get channels with push subscribersGET
List all channels with at least one subscribed device
X-Ably-Version
The version of the API you wish to use.
format
The response format you would like

Stat

Get statsGET
Retrieve usage statistics for an application
X-Ably-Version
The version of the API you wish to use.
format
The response format you would like
unit
Specifies the unit of aggregation in the returned results.

Subscribe push device to channelPOST
Subscribe a device to a channel
X-Ably-Version
The version of the API you wish to use.
format
The response format you would like
body
The request body.

Time

Get timeGET
Get the service time
X-Ably-Version
The version of the API you wish to use.
format
The response format you would like

Ask your AI

Try one of these requests with a connected AI.

Show me the time in Ably
Show me the message channel in Ably
Show me the stat in Ably

Works with

All apps

Use Ably alongside your other connected apps.

Slack6 actions Discord6 actions Telegram Bot4 actions Twilio24 actions GitHub14 actions Notion5 actions Gmail6 actions Linear5 actions New Relic24 actions Opsgenie24 actions Miro24 actions Paylocity24 actions

Published servers for Ably

Built by the community and served through your gateway with the same key. A curated pick is one ahel has checked.

ablyby m190Community serverTurn PDFs and images into typed fields, invoices, receipts, IDs and custom models, via Mindee OCR.Listed 15 tools to the nightly probe 2026-09-09 with no credential.Ready to connect

Ably MCP server, hosted by ahel

One hosted endpoint serves Ably. There is nothing to install and no local server to run.

Connect Ably to Claude, Claude Code, Cursor or Codex

Add your Ably key. ahel stores it encrypted.
Paste one link into your AI: https://mcp.ahel.ai (once, for every app).
Ask for the work. Your AI picks the action and ahel runs it with your key.

Documentation

Ably API docsably.io
Where to find your Ably keyon the vendor's side; paste it into ahel after sign-in

About Ably

Ably is a messaging service. Connect your own key and your AI can get channels withs, get push subscriptions and publish push notifications.

Ably over MCP: ahel serves Ably to Claude, Claude Code, Cursor and Codex as one hosted MCP endpoint. There is no local server to run. Add your Ably key once, paste one link into your AI, and the actions above are there.

Messaging

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Questions

Is my Ably key safe?

Your Ably key is sealed in ahel and added to the request server-side when your AI calls Ably. It never crosses the MCP link, no tool can read it back, and you can turn the app off or remove the key at any time.

Which AIs can use Ably through ahel?

Any MCP-capable AI: Claude, Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, VS Code and others. Paste one link, https://mcp.ahel.ai, into the AI once and everything in your gateway arrives through it.

What can my AI do with Ably?

12 actions today, covering messages, metadata and presences. Ask in plain language; your AI picks the action and ahel runs it with your key.

Does connecting Ably cost anything?

Connecting apps is free during ahel's early access. Free, Pro and Team all cost nothing today, and the pricing page lists what each one includes. Ably may bill you for API use under its own terms.