PlainError

com.plainerror/plainerror · v0.5.25

Plain-English fixes for Windows, PC games, and code. Search or paste an error. No account needed.

Website Set it up

Connect Remote server

Terminal

claude mcp add --transport http plainerror https://plainerror.com/mcp

~/.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "plainerror": {
      "url": "https://plainerror.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "servers": {
    "plainerror": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://plainerror.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Claude Desktop

Settings > Connectors > Add custom connector
URL: https://plainerror.com/mcp

Tools 3 found in our last check

explain_error
Paste an error message (Windows, a PC game, or code). Returns a plain-English summary, ranked causes, safe-first fix steps, and the canonical plainerror.com URL. Reuses published or cached answers first. New answers share the website's limits: 10 new answers per IP per day, a si…
search_fixes
Search PlainError's published plain-English error fixes. Uses the same matching as the website search box. Returns titles, one-line summaries, and canonical URLs (at most 10).
get_fix
Return the full Markdown for a published PlainError page (or the Windows Update error-codes hub). Pass a full plainerror.com URL, a path like /windows/0x80070002-windows-update-error, or a page slug. When the published steps don't resolve an issue, results include an optional pa…

Details

Endpoint	`https://plainerror.com/mcp` (Streamable HTTP)
First published	11 Nov 2026
Last updated	11 Nov 2026
Registry name	`com.plainerror/plainerror`

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Live

Typical response: 1013 ms
Answered: 100% of 2 checks
Last check: 13 Nov 2026

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