context 7 is not connecting even after changing API key

[Ashutosh-Tosh]

context7 - resolve-library-id (MCP)(libraryName: "Django")
⎿  Unauthorized. Please check your API key.

● context7 - resolve-library-id (MCP)(libraryName: "SQLite")
⎿  Unauthorized. Please check your API key.

● context7 - resolve-library-id (MCP)(libraryName: "Django SQLite")
⎿  Unauthorized. Please check your API key.

● context7 - resolve-library-id (MCP)(libraryName: "sqlite3")
⎿  Unauthorized. Please check your API key.

[enesgules]

did you check your API Key? You can always generate a new one and use that. also could you share your config and for which client you are seeing this?

[delvauxo]

you can easily see this is claude code ! I have the same issue here and don't understand why. it worked before. I also tried to change (regenerate) my api key but still the same...

[enesgules]

could you share your config please, let's double check if it's in the correct format

[delvauxo]

I actually only have this :

/home/delvauxo/.claude/settings.json :
{ "statusLine": { "type": "command", "command": "bash ~/.claude/statusline.sh" } }

I added the api key via the recommanded command :
claude mcp add context7 -- npx -y @upstash/context7-mcp --api-key YOUR_API_KEY

I tested the api key with curl and it's working ! So I suppose the issue should be to the Claude Code side...

[GauranshMathur]

Same issue here, unable to connect, i think it may be a claude code issue with the way its managing the mcp server. Might have something to do with how claude is sending the request which is why it keeps saying unauthorised even though testing via curl works

[enesgules]

Could you guys share your Curl requests please @delvauxo @GauranshMathur

[enesgules]

We are working on improving the network capacity of our remote server, there might be connection related issues which I'm not sure about still.

[GauranshMathur]

Could you guys share your Curl requests please @delvauxo @GauranshMathur

@enesgules I was using the one provided in the docs, with the generated api key

curl -X GET "https://context7.com/api/v1/search?query=react+hook+form" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer CONTEXT7_API_KEY"

Then to connect via mcp i have tried both

claude mcp add --transport http context7 https://mcp.context7.com/mcp --header "CONTEXT7_API_KEY: YOUR_API_KEY"

and

claude mcp add context7 -- npx -y @upstash/context7-mcp --api-key YOUR_API_KEY

But all i can see is it will say

❯ claude mcp get context7

context7:
  Scope: Local config (private to you in this project)
  Status: ✓ Connected
  Type: http
  URL: https://mcp.context7.com/mcp
  Headers:
    Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY
    Accept: application/json, text/event-stream

[enesgules]

Even after saying connected doesn't it work @GauranshMathur

[GauranshMathur]

@enesgules

I found the issue, had to restart claude again after adding the mcp server. And now it is able to work.

Adding the MCP server via the bash input in claude itself causes this issue, but after restart its fine.