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Plain-English fixes for Windows, PC games, and code. Search or paste an error. No account needed.
Remote server: your requests and data go to plainerror.com. Claude Code: claude mcp add --transport http plainerror https://plainerror.com/mcp · Claude app: Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector.
The tools this server listed when we connected to it, in its own words.
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 canonicasearch_fixes — Search PlainError's published plain-English error fixes. Uses the same matching as the website search box. Returns titles, one-line summarieget_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 likNot tested by KitScout yet. When our harness runs it, pros, cons and the tasks we tried appear here, with the date and evidence.