Cheap MCP

What you can do with it

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• Connection: Computer or cloud
• Transport: stdio, Streamable HTTP
• Category: Other
• You need to fill in: DOC_CHEAP_API_KEY, Authorization, X-Doc-Cheap-Api-Key

Install

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You need

• Runs in the cloudNothing to install; it connects over the internet
• npmNode.js installed (for the npx command)

Which app do you use?

claude mcp add --transport http doc https://mcp.doc.cheap/mcp --header 'Authorization: Bearer {api_key}' --header 'X-Doc-Cheap-Api-Key: {api_key}'

claude mcp add doc --env DOC_CHEAP_API_KEY=your-value --env DOC_CHEAP_API_BASE=your-value -- npx -y @doc-cheap/mcp

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "doc": {
      "url": "https://mcp.doc.cheap/mcp",
      "headers": {
        "Authorization": "Bearer {api_key}",
        "X-Doc-Cheap-Api-Key": "{api_key}"
      }
    }
  }
}

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "doc": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@doc-cheap/mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "DOC_CHEAP_API_KEY": "your-value",
        "DOC_CHEAP_API_BASE": "your-value"
      }
    }
  }
}

{
  "servers": {
    "doc": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://mcp.doc.cheap/mcp",
      "headers": {
        "Authorization": "Bearer {api_key}",
        "X-Doc-Cheap-Api-Key": "{api_key}"
      }
    }
  }
}

{
  "servers": {
    "doc": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@doc-cheap/mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "DOC_CHEAP_API_KEY": "your-value",
        "DOC_CHEAP_API_BASE": "your-value"
      }
    }
  }
}

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Values you fill in

• DOC_CHEAP_API_KEY secret env
  Your doc.cheap API key. Without a key, the public sandbox key is used. It gives 10 free recognised documents per address in all, and at most 10 requests per address an hour, whatever their answer. Re…
• DOC_CHEAP_API_BASE env
  Base URL of the doc.cheap API. Only set this to reach a different deployment.
• Authorization secret HTTP header
  Your doc.cheap API key as `Bearer `, for clients that leave `Authorization` free; `X-Doc-Cheap-Api-Key` wins when both are sent. Without a key, the public sandbox key is used. It gives 10 free recogn…
• X-Doc-Cheap-Api-Key secret HTTP header
  Your doc.cheap API key, for clients that reserve `Authorization` for their own use. It wins over `Authorization` when both are sent. Without a key, the public sandbox key is used. It gives 10 free re…

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

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.

• scan_document

  Recognise a passport, national ID card or driver's licence from a photo or scan and return what is printed on it as structured JSON. Inputs: the image as image_base64 or image_url (https, on a public address); plus the optional expect_country, return_portrait, retain_hours, refer

• check_balance

  Return how many credits are left on the account and what the current period has used: the balance, split into this month's free credits (100 every month, drawn first) and the paid credits, the credits spent, and the scan counters broken down by status (recognized, unreadable, no

• search_docs

  Full-text search over the doc.cheap API documentation – endpoints, request options, every response field, the error codes and what to do about each, MRZ rules, retention and pricing. Takes a query and an optional limit (1 to 20, default 5), and answers with the matching sections:

• list_scans

  List the account's stored scans, most recent first, one page at a time. Inputs: the optional limit (1 to 100 rows, default 20) and cursor (the next_cursor of the previous page; omit it for the first page). Output: scans – one row per scan with id, status (recognized, unreadable,

• get_scan

  Fetch the full result of one stored scan by its id, as it was returned when the document was recognised. Input: scan_id – meta.id of a scan_document result, or id of a list_scans row. Output: the same Scan object scan_document returns (meta, document, holder, fields, mrz and the

• delete_scan

  Permanently delete one stored scan now, before its retention window would end. This cannot be undone: the stored result, its history row and its thumbnail are removed, and the scan can no longer be listed, fetched or replayed through its idempotency_key. The credit it drew is not

Basic checksi

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• ! Caution

  Maker matches the repo

  The registry lists no source repo, so we cannot match the publisher (doc.cheap) 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 376 ms (HTTP 200)

• – Not applicable

  Sign-in with OAuth

  No sign-in needed

• ✓ Pass

  No hidden instructions in tool descriptions

  Read 6 tool descriptions and found no hidden instructions to the AI

Compared with others in Otheri

• More stars than 0% of the other 32545 servers in this category
• Published to the registry more recently than 93% of the other 32545 servers in this category
• Basic checks equal to or better than 37% of the other 32545 servers in this category

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