# Something Awful Forums MCP Server

> Something Awful Forums MCP Server — bphillab-somethingawful-forums-mcp. Use this tool when you need to access and interact with Something Awful Forums programmatically, enabling tasks such as browsing threads, searching forums, and managing private messages. It solves problems related to automating forum interactions, data scraping, and account management. The tool takes account credentials as input and provides outputs such as thread data, user information, and private message management capabilities.

Canonical page: https://skillsregistry.net/skills/bphillab-somethingawful-forums-mcp  
JSON: https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/bphillab-somethingawful-forums-mcp

## Description

An MCP server that connects to Something Awful Forums using your account credentials. It enables Claude to browse threads, read posts, search forums, look up users, and manage private messages.

## Trust

- **Trust score (0–1):** 0.69
- **Verification tier:** scanned
- **Last scanned:** 2026-08-29

## Facts

- **Version:** 1.0.0
- **Skill type:** atomic
- **Execution layer:** mcp-remote
- **Runtime environment:** api
- **Category:** search
- **Updated:** 2026-08-29

## Source

- **Source listing:** [Glama](https://glama.ai/mcp/servers/zu1qcpb6w4)
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/bphillab/somethingawful_forums_mcp>

## Use it

Resolve this record through the SkillsRegistry MCP server (no auth, read-only):

```
claude mcp add --transport http --scope user skillsregistry https://api.skillsregistry.net/mcp
```

```json
{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "get_skill",
    "arguments": {
      "slug": "bphillab-somethingawful-forums-mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

REST: `GET https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/bphillab-somethingawful-forums-mcp` · pull for local use: `GET https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/bphillab-somethingawful-forums-mcp/pull`

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