Should I Ship on Friday
The Should I Ship on Friday API is a cutting-edge deployment risk analyzer powered by years of collective trauma from the software industry. It evaluates your deploy type, team size, and temporal coordinates to produce a comprehensive risk assessment. The result is always no. We've spent considerable engineering effort to arrive at this conclusion every single time, regardless of input.
Add to Your MCP Client
Drop this server into Claude Desktop, Cursor, Continue, or any MCP-compatible client.
{
"mcpServers": {
"ship-on-friday": {
"url": "https://api.stupidmcps.com/ship-on-friday/mcp"
}
}
}
{
"mcpServers": {
"ship-on-friday": {
"url": "https://api.stupidmcps.com/ship-on-friday/mcp"
}
}
}
POST https://api.stupidmcps.com/ship-on-friday/mcp
Add the snippet to your client's MCP config (typically claude_desktop_config.json for Claude Desktop, ~/.cursor/mcp.json for Cursor). Restart the client. The tools become available to your AI assistant.
No-code option: connect via Pipeworx — one click into Claude, ChatGPT, and friends.
Or Try It Directly — No MCP Client Required
Parameters
| Parameter | Type | Required | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
deploy_type |
string |
Optional | "hotfix" |
Type of deployment: hotfix, feature, migration, infrastructure, or yolo |
team_size |
number |
Optional | 1 |
Number of people who will be woken up at 3am when this goes wrong |
is_friday |
boolean |
Optional | auto-detected |
Whether it is currently Friday. Auto-detected via server time. Override at your own risk. |
Examples
curl "https://api.stupidapis.com/ship-on-friday/check?deploy_type=migration&team_size=3"
import requests
response = requests.get(
"https://api.stupidapis.com/ship-on-friday/check",
params={"deploy_type": "migration", "team_size": 3}
)
print(response.json())
const response = await fetch( "https://api.stupidapis.com/ship-on-friday/check?deploy_type=migration&team_size=3" ); const data = await response.json(); console.log(data);
Response Schema
| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
answer |
string |
Always 'no'. We checked. |
reason |
string |
A detailed explanation of why not |
risk_level |
string |
Always 'catastrophic'. We also checked this. |
suggested_day |
string |
A better day to deploy (never Friday) |
on_call_sympathy_score |
number |
How sorry we feel for your on-call engineer (0-100) |
is_friday |
boolean |
Server's assessment of whether it is, in fact, Friday |
Example Response
{
"answer": "no",
"reason": "It's Friday. You have a migration. 3 people will be sad. Don't do this.",
"risk_level": "catastrophic",
"suggested_day": "Monday (the day God intended for deployments)",
"on_call_sympathy_score": 87,
"is_friday": true
}
MCP Access
This API is available as an MCP tool for AI assistants. Connect your agent to:
POST https://api.stupidmcps.com/ship-on-friday/mcp
POST https://api.stupidmcps.com/mcp
Use Pipeworx to connect this MCP tool to Claude, ChatGPT, and other AI assistants with no code.
