
Wraps the StupidAPIs Magic 8 Ball endpoint and exposes it through a single tool that takes yes/no questions and returns mystical answers. Supports cynical mode for negative-weighted responses and corporate mode for business jargon variants. Requires an X-API-Key for authentication. Hosted through the Pipeworx gateway, which means you can use the ask_pipeworx natural language interface instead of calling the tool directly. Realistically, this is for tie-breaking decisions, adding humor to workflows, or building demo agents that need a randomized oracle. The streamable-http transport makes it easy to drop into any MCP-compatible client without local setup.
magic-8-ball MCP — wraps StupidAPIs (requires X-API-Key)
Part of Pipeworx — an MCP gateway connecting AI agents to 1476+ live data sources.
| Tool | Description |
|---|---|
magic_8_ball_ask | Ask a yes-or-no question and get a mystical answer. Returns response text. Supports cynical mode for negative-weighted answers or corporate mode for business jargon. Use when you need a random decision, tie-breaker, or humorous perspective. |
Add to your MCP client (Claude Desktop, Cursor, Windsurf, etc.):
{
"mcpServers": {
"magic-8-ball": {
"url": "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/magic-8-ball/mcp"
}
}
}
tools/list at https://gateway.pipeworx.io/magic-8-ball/mcp returns the tools in the table
above plus the shared Pipeworx meta-tools — ask_pipeworx,
discover_tools, search_within, remember/recall and the rest of the
gateway-wide set. So the tool count you see is larger than this table: a
single-pack endpoint currently lists roughly 30 shared tools alongside the
pack's own. The connection's initialize response states its exact scope, and
is the authoritative answer for a given day.
This is deliberate, not multiplexing by accident. The meta-tools are what let a
scoped connection answer a question this pack does not cover — via
ask_pipeworx, which routes across the whole catalog — without you adding a
second MCP server. There is currently no way to mount a pack endpoint without
them; if the extra schemas cost you more context than the routing is worth,
connect to the full gateway once rather than to several pack endpoints.
Or connect to the full Pipeworx gateway to get every pack's tools listed directly, instead of just this one's:
{
"mcpServers": {
"pipeworx": {
"url": "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/mcp"
}
}
}
Both URLs reach the same gateway and the same 1476+ data sources. The
only difference is which pack's tools are listed directly; ask_pipeworx
reaches all of them from either one.
Instead of calling tools directly, you can ask questions in plain English — this works on the pack endpoint above as well as on the full gateway:
ask_pipeworx({ question: "your question about Magic 8 Ball data" })
The gateway picks the right tool and fills the arguments automatically.
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