deadlink-checker-mcp

Dead link checker MCP server — find broken links, redirects, and timeouts on any website.

Installation

Claude Code

claude mcp add deadlink-checker -- npx -y deadlink-checker-mcp

Claude Desktop

Add to `claude_desktop_config.json`:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "deadlink-checker": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "deadlink-checker-mcp"]
    }
  }
}

Cursor

Add to MCP settings:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "deadlink-checker": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "deadlink-checker-mcp"]
    }
  }
}

Tools

`check_links`

Check all links on a single webpage.

Example prompt:

> Check all links on https://example.com for broken URLs

Output: JSON with status, statusText, redirectTo, responseTime, and location for every link found.

`deep_scan`

Recursively crawl internal pages and check all discovered links.

Example prompt:

> Deep scan https://example.com with depth 2 to find all broken links

Parameters:

• `url` — Starting URL
• `depth` — Crawl depth 1-3 (free: max 1)

`check_sitemap`

Parse a sitemap.xml and check every listed URL.

Example prompt:

> Check all URLs in https://example.com/sitemap.xml

Output: Status of every URL in the sitemap, with broken links and timeouts highlighted.

How It Works

1. Fetches the target page and extracts all `` links

2. Checks each link using HTTP HEAD (fast), falls back to GET if HEAD is rejected

3. Parallel batch requests (10 at a time) with 10s timeout and 1 retry

4. Reports: broken (4xx/5xx), redirects (301/302), timeouts, and healthy links

Part of the MCP Toolkit

**View all servers →**

• webcheck-mcp — Website health analysis
• git-summary-mcp — Git repository intelligence
• mcp-checkup — MCP setup health analyzer
• dev-utils-mcp — Developer utilities
• codescan-mcp — Codebase health scanner
• deadlink-checker-mcp — Dead link detector

License

MIT