diff --git a/crates/op-cli/src/main.rs b/crates/op-cli/src/main.rs
index 7b741c0fa..44f151ac0 100644
--- a/crates/op-cli/src/main.rs
+++ b/crates/op-cli/src/main.rs
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ fn run(args: &[String]) -> Result<String, String> {
     let out = match command {
         Command::Help => USAGE.to_string(),
         Command::Version => version_json(),
+        Command::Status => status_json(port),
         Command::ToolsList => post(port, &tools_list_body())?,
         Command::ToolCall { tool, args } => {
             post(port, &tool_call_body(&tool, &args_to_json(&args)))?
@@ -64,6 +65,7 @@ struct Parsed {
 enum Command {
     Help,
     Version,
+    Status,
     ToolsList,
     ToolCall {
         tool: String,
@@ -170,7 +172,7 @@ fn command_from_positionals(positionals: &[String], flags: &Flags) -> Result<Com
         "help" | "-h" | "--help" => Ok(Command::Help),
         "version" => Ok(Command::Version),
         "tools" => Ok(Command::ToolsList),
-        "status" => tool_call("get_document_info", vec![]),
+        "status" => Ok(Command::Status),
         "open" => {
             let args = flag_value(flags, "file")
                 .or_else(|| positionals.get(1).cloned())
@@ -674,6 +676,21 @@ fn pretty_json(raw: &str) -> String {
         .unwrap_or_else(|| raw.to_string())
 }
 
+fn status_json(port: u16) -> String {
+    status_json_from_running(
+        port,
+        std::net::TcpStream::connect(("127.0.0.1", port)).is_ok(),
+    )
+}
+
+fn status_json_from_running(port: u16, running: bool) -> String {
+    if running {
+        format!(r#"{{"running":true,"port":{port},"url":"http://127.0.0.1:{port}"}}"#)
+    } else {
+        r#"{"running":false}"#.to_string()
+    }
+}
+
 /// JSON-RPC body for `tools/list`.
 fn tools_list_body() -> String {
     r#"{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/list"}"#.to_string()
diff --git a/crates/op-cli/src/tests.rs b/crates/op-cli/src/tests.rs
index 7db441fec..8a194289b 100644
--- a/crates/op-cli/src/tests.rs
+++ b/crates/op-cli/src/tests.rs
@@ -43,6 +43,24 @@ fn default_port_matches_ts_mcp_http_port() {
     assert!(USAGE.contains("127.0.0.1:3100/mcp"));
 }
 
+#[test]
+fn parse_args_maps_ts_status_to_local_status_probe() {
+    let p = parse_args(&["status".to_string()]).expect("parse status");
+    assert_eq!(p.command, Command::Status);
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn status_json_matches_ts_running_shape_without_requiring_server() {
+    assert_eq!(
+        status_json_from_running(DEFAULT_PORT, false),
+        r#"{"running":false}"#
+    );
+    assert_eq!(
+        status_json_from_running(3101, true),
+        r#"{"running":true,"port":3101,"url":"http://127.0.0.1:3101"}"#
+    );
+}
+
 #[test]
 fn http_request_targets_mcp_endpoint() {
     let request = http_request("{}");
diff --git a/crates/op-cli/src/usage.txt b/crates/op-cli/src/usage.txt
index 86f69af14..3c613815b 100644
--- a/crates/op-cli/src/usage.txt
+++ b/crates/op-cli/src/usage.txt
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ USAGE:
   op help                                 show this message
 
 COMMON COMMANDS:
+  op status                               check whether MCP HTTP is reachable
   op get [--type T] [--name N] [--id ID] [--depth N] [--parent P]
   op selection                            get current selection
   op insert <json|@file|->                insert a leaf node