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ToolSnap MCP

by ToolSnap-appversion 1.1.2i★ 1iRuns in the cloud
Registry nameapp.toolsnap/toolsnap-mcp

How to install

What it does

Deterministic AI agent microtools, no accounts/API keys. fetch_extract: 98% token cut. 47 tools.

  • Connects Runs in the cloud
  • Account or key No key needed
  • Category Other

Install

Pick the AI app you use, then copy the settings.

Passed 4/4 checks · What you ask goes through the maker’s server (mcp.toolsnap.app) · ✓ Commands checked Nov 13, 2026

First: which AI do you use?

Pick your app and the steps appear below.

Works with Claude · about 2 min

No key, nothing to install · Set it up once on claude.ai or the desktop app, then use it in chat · free accounts can add 1 · on Team/Enterprise an Owner adds it

  1. Open Claude’s Connectors page

    CustomizeConnectors

    CustomizeConnectors1Add2https://…3Add4
  2. Click “Add” → “Custom” → “Web” and fill in these 2 fields

    Copy each value into the field with the same name in Claude, then click Continue

    Name · NameToolSnap MCP
    Remote MCP server URL · Addresshttps://mcp.toolsnap.app/mcp

    Click Continue past the sign-in settings Claude detected · under Authentication choose what the maker says (Sign in now, Sign in when needed or No sign in), then click Add

  3. Turn it on in a chat

    +ConnectorsToolSnap MCP

  4. Try it

    Use ToolSnap MCP and tell me what you can do for me, then show me one thing

    ✓ If Claude says it is using ToolSnap MCP or shows a ToolSnap MCP tool in the answer, you are connected

Menu names checked against Anthropic’s help page on Nov 11, 2026 · your screen may differ slightly by app version

Works with ChatGPT, depending on your plan

Full MCP: ChatGPT Business, Enterprise or Edu on the web · Pro: connects with read/fetch permissions, so tools that change data may not work · Plus: not confirmed in OpenAI’s docs; if you see an add-custom-MCP option on the Plugins page you can try these steps · web only

  1. Open ChatGPT’s add-MCP page on the web

    Plugins+Add custom MCP server

    ChatGPTPlugins1+2https://…3Create4
  2. Fill in the name and address

    Enter a name, paste the address under Connection, tick the risk warning and click Create as a plugin

    Name · NameToolSnap MCP
    Connection · Addresshttps://mcp.toolsnap.app/mcp
  3. Pick ToolSnap MCP in a chat

    Start a new chat and pick ToolSnap MCP from your plugins before typing

  4. Try it

    Use ToolSnap MCP and tell me what you can do for me, then show me one thing

    ✓ If ChatGPT says it is using ToolSnap MCP or shows a ToolSnap MCP tool in the answer, you are connected

Menu names checked against OpenAI’s help page on Nov 11, 2026 · your screen may differ slightly by app version

Works with Claude Code · about 2 min

No key, nothing to install

  1. Open Terminal

    Mac: press Command+Space and type Terminal · Windows: open PowerShell

  2. Paste this command and press Enter

    claude mcp add --transport http --scope user toolsnap https://mcp.toolsnap.app/mcp
  3. Type /mcp in Claude Code

    You should see ToolSnap MCP listed as connected

  4. Try it

    Use ToolSnap MCP and tell me what you can do for me, then show me one thing

    ✓ If Claude Code says it is using ToolSnap MCP or shows a ToolSnap MCP tool in the answer, you are connected

Menu names checked against Anthropic’s help page on Nov 11, 2026 · your screen may differ slightly by app version

Works with Cursor · about 2 min

No key, nothing to install

  1. Click this button to open Cursor

    Open in Cursor

    Cursor asks you to confirm; click Install

  2. Open the AI chat in Cursor in Agent mode

  3. Try it

    Use ToolSnap MCP and tell me what you can do for me, then show me one thing

    ✓ If Cursor says it is using ToolSnap MCP or shows a ToolSnap MCP tool in the answer, you are connected

Menu names checked against Cursor’s help page on Nov 11, 2026 · your screen may differ slightly by app version

Works with VS Code · about 2 min

No key, nothing to install

  1. Click this button to open VS Code

    Open in VS Code

    VS Code asks you to confirm; click Install

  2. Open the AI chat in VS Code in Agent mode

  3. Try it

    Use ToolSnap MCP and tell me what you can do for me, then show me one thing

    ✓ If VS Code says it is using ToolSnap MCP or shows a ToolSnap MCP tool in the answer, you are connected

Menu names checked against VS Code’s help page on Nov 11, 2026 · your screen may differ slightly by app version

Other apps that use MCP, such as Windsurf, Zed or Gemini CLI, each add servers differently. See how in the app list.

See every app that uses MCP →

Address for apps that connect over the web

Addresshttps://mcp.toolsnap.app/mcp

JSON settings are under “For developers” below

Stuck? Ask people who use ToolSnap MCP💬 Discussion →
For developers: Terminal commands and JSON settings

Over the web

Claude Code

claude mcp add --transport http --scope user toolsnap https://mcp.toolsnap.app/mcp

Cursor (~/.cursor/mcp.json)

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "toolsnap": {
      "url": "https://mcp.toolsnap.app/mcp"
    }
  }
}

VS Code (mcp.json)

{
  "servers": {
    "toolsnap": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://mcp.toolsnap.app/mcp"
    }
  }
}

These settings are generated from the maker’s registry entry. If the README says otherwise, follow the README.

At a glance

Downloads per weeki
Not on npm/PyPI
Verified domain
✓ toolsnap.app
Connection
Runs in the cloud
Transport
streamable-http
Latest versioni
1.1.2
Categoryi
Other
Published to registryi
Oct 22, 2026
Code last changedi
Nov 14, 2026
Maker
ToolSnap-app
Registry status
Active

Which apps can use it

Based on how this server connects and on each app’s own docs, checked Nov 10, 2026.

Connect over the internet in

ClaudeChatGPTGooseLM StudioMsty StudioCherry StudioCursorVS Code + GitHub CopilotVisual StudioWindsurf (Devin Desktop)ZedKiroClineContinueJetBrains AI AssistantClaude CodeCodex CLIGemini CLIOpenCodenodecodeWarpLibreChatOpen WebUIRaycast

All apps, with pros and cons →

Related guides

What it can do

Tool names and descriptions exactly as the server reported them on Nov 12, 2026. The maker wrote them, not us; we show them as plain text.

  • tool_catalog

    Free, read-only, no network. Browse all 47 tools in 10 families (web, seo, data, documents, images, media, utils, payments, recipes, meta). No args: families with id, label, one-liner, tool count. family=' ': each tool with name, price, description, notes, inputSchema. tool=' ':

  • use_tool

    Free wrapper. Runs any catalog tool missing from your tools/list exactly as a direct call: args pass through unchanged and the inner tool's price, payment, result and errors apply verbatim. Its hints are the worst case over the whole catalog: not read-only because some inner tool

  • task_recipes

    Free. Multi-tool workflow prompts (clone a site, SEO audit). No args → menu; recipe=' ' → prompt.

  • memory_snippet

    Free, read-only. Returns static text: a short note on when ToolSnap tools suit a task, plus how to store a note in your runtime's memory. This tool saves nothing. Use only if your user asks about persistent memory or ToolSnap setup; show them the text and save it only with their

  • pricing

    Free, read-only, no network, no arguments; calling it charges nothing. Call it before a paid tool to see its exact cost and whether first_call_free applies, or to choose pay-per-call vs prepaid. Returns a JSON menu: endpoint and docs URLs; payment with x402 USDC on Base, minimum

  • fetch_extract

    Free, read-only. Fetch a public http(s) URL and return its body as plain text: script, style, nav, header, footer and aside removed, tags stripped, entities decoded, whitespace collapsed. Median 98% fewer tokens than raw HTML. Follows up to 5 redirects, 10 s timeout; private and

  • fetch_html

    Free, read-only. Fetch a page and return its HTML minus scripts, styles, svg, iframes, comments and inline handlers; tags and attributes stay, so structure is readable. For inspecting or rebuilding markup, not plain text (fetch_extract gives that). Runs no JavaScript: SPAs return

  • html_to_markdown

    Free, read-only. Convert a fetched URL or an HTML string you pass (one of the two) to Markdown: headings, links, lists, emphasis, code, quotes. Drops nav, header, footer, aside, script and style. Returns text, cut at maxChars with a marker. Runs no JavaScript: SPAs return an empt

  • fetch_metadata

    Free, read-only. Fetch a public http(s) URL and return its metadata as JSON: url (after redirects), title, description, canonical, robots, author, keywords, lang, charset, og{} and twitter{} (prefix stripped), httpEquiv{}, jsonLd[] (parsed blocks, malformed ones skipped). Absent

  • pdf_text_extract

    Free, read-only. Extract plain text from a PDF given as a URL (max 20 MB) or inline base64 (max 5 MB), one of the two. Returns text, cut at maxChars with a marker. Text-layer PDFs only: scans return little or nothing (no OCR). Layout and tables are not preserved. Fails if the URL

  • csv_query

    Free, read-only. Query a comma-separated CSV with a header row, from a URL (max 5 MB, streamed) or inline text, one of the two: select columns, filter rows, sort, limit. Returns {meta:{returned_rows,columns,total_rows,truncated},rows:[{column:value}]}, all values strings, or CSV

  • json_query

    Free, read-only. JSONPath-lite query on JSON from a URL or an inline string (one of the two). Returns matches as JSON: one match bare, several as an array. Supports $, .key, ['key'], [0], [-1], [*], ..key and [?(@.k op v)]; no slices or jq. Errors on invalid JSON or over 5 MB (js

  • sitemap_parse

    Free, read-only. Fetch one XML sitemap and return JSON. A urlset gives urls[] (loc, lastmod, changefreq, priority, plus image/news extensions), urlCount and truncated. A sitemap index gives type 'sitemapindex' and sitemaps[] with the child URLs; children are not fetched, call aga

  • rss_parse

    Free, read-only. Fetch an RSS 2.0 or Atom feed and return JSON: feed title, link, description, lastBuildDate, itemCount, truncated, and items[] with title, link, pubDate, guid, description (HTML stripped), author, categories, enclosure. Items past maxItems are dropped and truncat

  • screenshot_url

    Screenshot a page → public image URL. $0.04/call. Paid: calling without a payment payload returns a structured 402 with payment options — that response is the documented behavior, not a failure.

  • keyword_research

    Google Ads volume/CPC/competition for 1-20 keywords. $0.04 USDC/call. Paid: calling without a payment payload returns a structured 402 with payment options — that response is the documented behavior, not a failure.

  • remove_background

    Remove an image's background, return a transparent PNG URL. $0.03 USDC/call. Paid: calling without a payment payload returns a structured 402 with payment options — that response is the documented behavior, not a failure.

Basic checksi

We check information anyone can see; we have not read the code. Checks that do not apply are left out of the count. · Checked Nov 15, 2026

  • ✓ Pass

    Maker matches the repo

    The registry name was verified against the domain toolsnap.app (the registry checks domain ownership)

  • ✓ Pass

    Still maintained

    Code last changed yesterday

  • – Not applicable

    Has a licence

    Not applicable: a cloud server run by the owner of toolsnap.app; you don't run code from the repo

  • ✓ Pass

    Endpoint responds

    Responded in 281 ms (HTTP 200)

  • – Not applicable

    Sign-in with OAuth

    No sign-in needed

  • ✓ Pass

    No hidden instructions in tool descriptions

    Read 17 tool descriptions and found no hidden instructions to the AI

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Compared with others in Otheri

  • More stars than 86% of the other 19925 servers in this category
  • Published to the registry more recently than 64% of the other 19925 servers in this category
  • Basic checks equal to or better than 100% of the other 19925 servers in this category

Compared with every active server in this category in the registry. Stars count only when the publisher owns the repo.

Common questions

Is ToolSnap MCP safe?

It passed 4 of 4 applicable basic checks. We have not read the code. Before adding a key or token, see what access the server asks for and use a key with only the permissions you need.

What keys or codes does it need?

The registry does not list a required key, though some servers ask you to sign in on first use.

Does it run on my computer or in the cloud?

It runs in the maker’s cloud. Connect over the internet with nothing to install, but what you send passes through the maker’s servers.

Is it still maintained?

The GitHub repo last changed yesterday, and the latest version (1.1.2) reached the registry 24 days ago.

Which apps can use it?

Apps that support MCP, such as Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor and VS Code. It connects by URL, so apps that accept remote MCP servers work too, such as ChatGPT on the web (full MCP on Business and above; Pro read-only).

What can I use instead?

In the same category: World Monitor, openstatus, Oh My Posh Validator, Strata, Jitsu

Similar alternatives

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Oh My Posh Validator

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Strata

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Jitsu

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  • World Monitor — Runs in the cloud, nothing to install · No key needed
  • openstatus — Runs in the cloud, nothing to install · No key needed
  • Oh My Posh Validator — Runs in the cloud, nothing to install · No key needed
  • Strata — Runs in the cloud, nothing to install · No key needed
  • Jitsu — Runs in the cloud, nothing to install · No key needed

README from the maker

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ToolSnap MCP

One connection, superpowers for your agent: deterministic microtools. Pay per call with USDC on Base — no account needed — or buy fiat credits with a card if you'd rather not touch crypto.

Live endpoint: https://mcp.toolsnap.app/mcp Server card: /.well-known/mcp.json Pricing: /.well-known/pricing.json Docs: mcp.toolsnap.app/docs


Why

ToolSnap is built around three ideas:

1. Deterministic — no LLM in the loop. Most agent stacks now "clean" web pages by paying a second model to summarize them. ToolSnap's extraction is pure parsing: exact quotes, stable output, zero added inference cost, reproducible runs. What you extract is what the page said.

2. Context-efficient by design. The biggest cost for AI agents isn't generation — it's context. Loading a raw webpage can burn 50,000+ tokens on HTML boilerplate; connecting a fat MCP server can burn as many in tool definitions. ToolSnap moves the work server-side *and* keeps discovery compact: tools/list shows a small curated core, and the full catalog of 47 microtools (web, PDFs, CSV/JSON, sitemaps, RSS, images, media generation…) sits one free tool_catalog() call away, executed via use_tool.

Benchmark (11 real pages, June 2026):

Raw HTMLExtractedSaving
Median tokens53,8202,00198.1%
Cost @ Sonnet ($3/M)$0.162$0.006$0.156/call
Break-even page size——26 KB

fetch_extract is free — this saving costs nothing.

3. No account required (crypto path). Free tools work the second you connect. Paid tools settle per call with USDC on Base via x402 — an agent with a wallet can pay cold: no signup, no subscription, no key management. Rather not touch crypto? Buy fiat credits with a card and get an API key instead — same discounted per-call price, no wallet needed.


Connect

Any agent, one line

Hand your agent this prompt and it can do the rest on its own:

Set up https://mcp.toolsnap.app/SKILL.md — connect the MCP server it describes and save the skill for future sessions.

SKILL.md is a self-contained skill file (connect config, tool discovery, cost guardrails), generated live from the tool registry so it is never stale.

Claude Desktop
{

"mcpServers": { "toolsnap": { "url": "https://mcp.toolsnap.app/mcp", "transport": "streamable-http" } } }

Free tools work immediately with the URL connection above. Paid tools need an x402 payment client — a wallet alone is not enough, because most MCP clients can't satisfy a 402 Payment Required on their own. Use the pay-proxy below (re-download it if your copy predates the 2026-10 spec-shaped 402, see Payment).

Claude Code
claude mcp add --transport http toolsnap https://mcp.toolsnap.app/mcp

Or install the Claude Code plugin (MCP connection + the toolsnap skill, bundled):

/plugin marketplace add ToolSnap-app/toolsnap-claude-plugin

/plugin install toolsnap

Paid tools — connect through the pay-proxy

scripts/pay-proxy.mjs is a local stdio MCP server that wraps the remote endpoint, reads your wallet, and signs + retries automatically when the server asks for payment. The private key never leaves your host; only signatures are sent.

{

"mcpServers": { "toolsnap": { "command": "node", "args": ["/ABSOLUTE/PATH/to/toolsnap-mcp/scripts/pay-proxy.mjs"] } } }

No wallet yet? Call the wallet_setup tool — it generates a wallet you control, helps your human fund it with USDC on Base, and wires this proxy. Key resolution order: TOOLSNAP_WALLET_KEY → ~/.toolsnap/wallet.key → macOS Keychain (toolsnap-agent-wallet/default).

Useful env: TOOLSNAP_MAX_PRICE_USDC (per-call spend cap, default 0.10), TOOLSNAP_PREPAID=1 + TOOLSNAP_AUTO_DEPOSIT_USDC (use the cheaper prepaid balance).

Paid tools — no wallet, pay with a card

Buy credits at mcp.toolsnap.app/checkout (handled by Polar, our Merchant of Record). You'll get an API key in a one-time pop-up — connect with it directly, no proxy needed:

{

"mcpServers": { "toolsnap": { "url": "https://mcp.toolsnap.app/mcp", "headers": { "Authorization": "Bearer sk_live_..." } } } }

Clients that can't send custom headers (some claude.ai connectors) can embed the key in the URL instead: https://mcp.toolsnap.app/mcp/sk_live_... (the key may then appear in that client's request logs — prefer the header when your client supports it).

Direct MCP call
curl -X POST https://mcp.toolsnap.app/mcp \

-H "Content-Type: application/json" \ -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/list"}'


Tools

47 tools total. tools/list shows a curated core of 17; discover everything else with the free tool_catalog tool and run it with use_tool(name, args).

Paid (x402)
ToolDescriptionPrice
screenshot_urlCapture a page → public image URL.$0.04 USDC
fetch_renderedRender a JS page (SPA) in a headless browser → clean text.$0.04 USDC
keyword_researchGoogle Ads volume/CPC/competition via DataForSEO.$0.04 USDC
remove_backgroundRemove an image's background → transparent PNG URL.$0.03 USDC
image_generateText-to-image via fal.ai FLUX.from $0.02 USDC
image_upscale2x/4x super-resolution via fal.ai ESRGAN.from $0.02 USDC
audio_transcribeSpeech-to-text via fal.ai Wizper.from $0.02 USDC
text_to_speechText-to-speech via fal.ai Kokoro.from $0.02 USDC
video_generateAsync text/image-to-video via fal.ai.from $0.08 USDC
csv_query_xl / json_query_xlQuery URL-hosted CSV (5–100 MB) / JSON (5–25 MB).$0.02 USDC

No first-call-free: these tools have real per-call cost, so every call settles from the start. Media tools are priced per call from your own args (the table shows the floor). Pay-per-call is USDC on Base using x402 v2 (EIP-3009 transferWithAuthorization); prepaid (deposit once, debit off-chain, crypto or card) is cheaper per call.

Free (always)

Flagship: fetch_extract (URL → clean text, median 98.1% fewer tokens than raw HTML) and fetch_html (URL → clean structured HTML). Plus a wide utility catalog:

ToolDescription
pricingMachine-readable pricing menu. Call this first.
tool_catalogDiscover the full tool catalog (families → detail).
use_toolExecute any tool not in your tools/list.
memory_snippetGet the ToolSnap habit block for your harness's persistent memory.
task_recipesReady-to-run multi-tool workflows for whole tasks.
uuid_generate1–100 random UUID v4 values
hash_textSHA-256 / SHA-1 / SHA-512 (hex)
base64_encode / base64_decodeBase64 encode/decode
url_encode / url_decodePercent-encode/decode
json_formatParse + pretty-print or minify JSON
timestamp_convertUnix ↔ ISO 8601 (auto-detects direction)
text_statsChars, words, lines, sentences

Call tool_catalog() for the complete, current list with schemas and prices.


Payment (x402)

When an agent calls a paid tool (e.g. screenshot_url) without payment, the server returns a tool result in the x402 v2 MCP transport shape: isError: true, the payment requirements in structuredContent, and the same object JSON-encoded in content[0].text (a second text block carries the next steps):

{

"jsonrpc": "2.0", "id": 1, "result": { "isError": true, "structuredContent": { "x402Version": 2, "error": "Payment required to use this tool", "resource": { "url": "https://mcp.toolsnap.app/mcp#screenshot_url", "serviceName": "ToolSnap" }, "accepts": [{ "scheme": "exact", "network": "eip155:8453", "amount": "40000", "asset": "0x833589fCD6eDb6E08f4c7C32D4f71b54bdA02913", "payTo": "0x…", "maxTimeoutSeconds": 300 }], "extensions": { "bazaar": { "info": { "input": { "type": "mcp" } } } } }, "content": [{ "type": "text", "text": " " }, { "type": "text", "text": "Payment required: …" }] } }

Until 2026-10 this was a JSON-RPC error (error.code: 402, error.data). If you downloaded `scripts/pay-proxy.mjs` before then, download it again: older copies only recognise the old shape and will not pay on their own. (The prepaid-deposit challenge, account_deposit, still answers with the JSON-RPC 402 error.)

An x402-enabled client reads accepts[0], signs an EIP-3009 TransferWithAuthorization, and retries with _meta["x402/payment"] set. See x402 spec.


Run locally

npm install

cp .dev.vars.example .dev.vars # fill in wallet secrets npm run dev

Worker at http://localhost:8787

Type-check

npm run typecheck

Deploy

npm run deploy

Production deploys come from .github/workflows/deploy.yml (push to main).

Alerta de despliegues inesperados

Vigila que nadie publique toolsnap-mcp ni toolsnap-portal fuera del workflow (acción A14 del plan de seguridad). Corre en el cron de 5 minutos que ya existe (src/alerts/deploy-watch.ts): lee los últimos deployments de cada Worker por la API de Cloudflare con un token de solo lectura y, si hay uno nuevo que no está registrado como esperado, avisa por Telegram (el canal de las demás alertas) con Worker, deployment, versión, fecha, author_email, origen y mensaje. La primera pasada sin estado solo guarda el último deployment. Un rollback avisa siempre, esté o no registrado.

Lo esperado vive en el KV X402_NONCES: esperado:{worker}:dep:{deploymentId} (caduca a los 90 días) y ultimo-visto:{worker}. Se registra el *deployment* y no la versión a propósito: un wrangler rollback crea un deployment nuevo con una versión ya conocida. El workflow registra el suyo tras wrangler deploy. Cualquier otra cosa avisa, también un wrangler secret put (crea una versión nueva): si lo has hecho tú, regístralo. Si el aviso no consigue salir por Telegram se reintenta cada pasada y, pasada 1 hora, el cron falla y lo ve /analytics (tarea deploy-watch).

Deploy manual desde el Mac (o tras un wrangler secret put):

CLOUDFLARE_API_TOKEN=... scripts/registrar-deploy.sh toolsnap-mcp

Hazlo en los tres minutos siguientes al deploy: es el margen de cortesía antes de que la alerta salga. toolsnap-portal se despliega desde otro repositorio: su workflow tiene que llamar a este mismo script con `toolsnap-porta

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