Instead

What you can do with it

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• Connection: Runs in the cloud
• Transport: Streamable HTTP
• Category: Other

Install

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

You need

• Runs in the cloudNothing to install; it connects over the internet

Which app do you use?

https://instead.work/mcp

claude mcp add --transport http instead https://instead.work/mcp

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "instead": {
      "url": "https://instead.work/mcp"
    }
  }
}

{
  "servers": {
    "instead": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://instead.work/mcp"
    }
  }
}

https://instead.work/mcp

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What it can do

Tool names and descriptions exactly as the server reported them on Nov 6, 2026. The maker wrote them, not us; we show them as plain text.

• how_to_hire

  Advice for a small UK business owner who needs staff (café, pub, restaurant, bar, shop, salon): how to find people through those who already know the business, what to pay, the UK rules to follow, and what Instead costs.

• post_job

  Make a job for a small business on Instead, free. It takes applications at once through a link and QR code; the owner then publishes it to read and answer applicants by opening the publish link and signing in with their email (30 seconds). The job is public for applications as so

• make_hiring_poster

  Print-ready posters for a job: an A4 window poster, an A5 poster for regulars and an A6 table card, each with a QR code people apply from. Takes a job made with post_job (its code or link) or a live Instead job (its link or slug).

• search_jobs

  Live jobs at independent UK cafés, pubs, restaurants, bars, shops and salons on Instead, London first: every job shows the pay, applying takes about two minutes from a phone with no account, and everyone hears back within 48 hours. Also returns independent London places hiring on

• pay_rates

  The hourly pay independent London cafés, restaurants, pubs, bars and bakeries advertise on their own websites this month, by role: the middle (median), the range and how many ads (Instead's London Hospitality Pay Index). For an owner choosing what to pay, or someone weighing up a

• compare_hiring_costs

  What hiring costs on Instead next to Indeed, Totaljobs, Caterer.com, Reed, CV-Library, Job Today, Harri, Find a Job and recruitment agencies: each one's published price, when you pay, and what three hires a year cost, every price quoted from the company's own page with the date i

• get_job

  Everything about one live job: what it involves, pay, hours, what's needed and the business, with the link to apply.

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 7, 2026

• ! Caution

  Maker matches the repo

  The registry lists no source repo, so we cannot match the publisher (instead.work) to the code

• … Not checked yet

  Still maintained

  We have not read this repo from GitHub yet

• … Not checked yet

  Has a licence

  We have not read this repo from GitHub yet

• ✓ Pass

  Endpoint responds

  Responded in 399 ms (HTTP 200)

• – Not applicable

  Sign-in with OAuth

  No sign-in needed

• ✓ Pass

  No hidden instructions in tool descriptions

  Read 7 tool descriptions and found no hidden instructions to the AI

Compared with others in Otheri

• More stars than 0% of the other 32620 servers in this category
• Published to the registry more recently than 88% of the other 32620 servers in this category
• Basic checks equal to or better than 37% of the other 32620 servers in this category

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