JokeAPI

JokeAPI MCP Connector for Claude

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Access thousands of jokes — audit categories and flags via AI.

5 tools Official Updated Jun 28, 2026 Official Vinkius Partner

Empower your AI agent to orchestrate your entire entertainment research and humor auditing workflow with JokeAPI, the leading source for programmable jokes. By connecting JokeAPI to your agent, you transform complex content searches into a natural conversation. Your agent can instantly retrieve random jokes, audit category distributions, and query specific content flags without you ever touching a humor portal. Whether you are building social applications or conducting research on linguistic humor, your agent acts as a real-time creative assistant, ensuring your content is always fresh and well-categorized.

What you can do

  • Joke Auditing — Retrieve random or category-specific jokes and maintain a clear view of content and style distribution.
  • Category Oversight — Browse available joke categories like 'Programming', 'Misc', or 'Pun' to identify relevant themes for your audience.
  • Filter Discovery — Query available blacklist flags to maintain strict organizational control over the content served.
  • Linguistic Intelligence — Retrieve jokes in multiple supported languages to assist in regional humor research.
  • Operational Monitoring — Check API status to ensure your humor research workflow is always operational.

How it works

  1. Subscribe to this server
  2. No API Key required (JokeAPI is a free and open service)
  3. Start managing your humor intelligence through Claude, Cursor, or any MCP-compatible client

Who is this for?

  • Content Creators — monitor humor trends and retrieve fresh jokes straight from your workflow.
  • App Developers — verify joke availability and audit content filters without manual searching.
  • Linguists & Educators — perform rapid audits of joke types and identify relevant stylistic markers through natural language.
  • Operations Leads — automate entertainment data querying to orchestrate cross-functional creative teams smoothly.
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5 tools expose this connector's capabilities to your AI agent.

check_api_status

Check if the JokeAPI service is operational

get_jokes_by_category

Get jokes from a specific category (e.g., Programming, Misc, Pun)

get_random_joke

Get a random joke from any category

list_joke_categories

List all available joke categories in the database

list_joke_blacklist_flags

List all available flags for blacklisting content (e.g., nsfw, religious)

See how to talk to your AI agent using JokeAPI.

Get a random 'Programming' joke using JokeAPI.

I've retrieved a programming joke! It's currently identified as: "[Setup]... [Delivery]". Would you like to see another one or a different category like 'Pun'?

List all available joke categories.

I've scanned the category catalog. There are 6 main categories available, including 'Programming', 'Misc', 'Dark', 'Pun', 'Spooky', and 'Christmas'. I can help you retrieve a random joke for any of these specific themes.

What are the content flags for filtering jokes?

I've retrieved the blacklist flags! You can filter jokes by 'nsfw', 'religious', 'political', 'racist', 'sexist', and 'explicit'. I can assist you with an audit of jokes that avoid any of these specific markers.

No. JokeAPI is a free and open service. This server works out of the box without any static credentials required.

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