Riveter

Name: Riveter
Author: riveterhq

by riveterhqversion 0.3.6i★ –iComputer or cloud

Registry nameio.github.CodyWatters/riveter

Install

Overview

Description from the maker (original English)

MCP server for Riveter's enrichment, scraping, and monitoring API

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Our basic checksi2 of 3 passedChecked from public information; code not scanned yet
UsageiNot measured yet★ –

What you can do with it

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Connection: Computer or cloud
Transport: stdio, Streamable HTTP
Category: Web & browsers
You need to fill in: RIVETER_API_KEY, Authorization

Install

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

Before you install

Basic checks: 2 of 3 passed
Runs on the maker’s server: what you ask it goes through their server.
You fill in yourself: RIVETER_API_KEY, Authorization

Values marked secret are keys to your account. Never share them or paste them into a chat.

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?

ClaudeClaude CodeCursorVS CodeChatGPT

Pick your app above. We remember it, so next time the button says “Install in …”.

This address needs a key in a request header, which the add-connector menu cannot set. Use Claude Code, Cursor or VS Code instead.

Or run it on your computer

Open Claude Desktop → Settings → Developer → Edit Config, and paste this into claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "riveter": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "riveter-mcp-server"
      ],
      "env": {
        "RIVETER_API_KEY": "your-value"
      }
    }
  }
}

Run this in your terminal

claude mcp add --transport http riveter https://mcp.riveterhq.com/mcp --header 'Authorization: your-value'

Or run it on your computer

claude mcp add riveter --env RIVETER_API_KEY=your-value -- npx -y riveter-mcp-server

Fill in the empty values before running it.

Open in Cursor

Or copy the settings yourself

Paste into .cursor/mcp.json in your project, or ~/.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "riveter": {
      "url": "https://mcp.riveterhq.com/mcp",
      "headers": {
        "Authorization": "your-value"
      }
    }
  }
}

Or run it on your computer

Open in Cursor

Or copy the settings yourself

Paste into .cursor/mcp.json in your project, or ~/.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "riveter": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "riveter-mcp-server"
      ],
      "env": {
        "RIVETER_API_KEY": "your-value"
      }
    }
  }
}

Your browser asks to open the app, then the app shows the settings and asks you to confirm. Key values are left empty for you to fill in.

Open in VS Code

Or copy the settings yourself

Paste into .vscode/mcp.json in your project

{
  "servers": {
    "riveter": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://mcp.riveterhq.com/mcp",
      "headers": {
        "Authorization": "your-value"
      }
    }
  }
}

Or run it on your computer

Open in VS Code

Or copy the settings yourself

Paste into .vscode/mcp.json in your project

{
  "servers": {
    "riveter": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "riveter-mcp-server"
      ],
      "env": {
        "RIVETER_API_KEY": "your-value"
      }
    }
  }
}

Your browser asks to open the app, then the app shows the settings and asks you to confirm. Key values are left empty for you to fill in.

This address needs a key in a request header, which the add-connector menu cannot set. Use Claude Code, Cursor or VS Code instead.

Your choice stays on this device in a cookie; no account needed.

Values you fill in

RIVETER_API_KEY secret required env
Your Riveter API key (get one at https://app.riveterhq.com/settings/api)
Authorization secret HTTP header
Optional. Omit to sign in with OAuth. Or pass `Bearer ` (get one at https://app.riveterhq.com/settings/api)

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

What it can do

The server asks you to sign in before it lists its tools.

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 publisher (CodyWatters) is not the repo owner (riveterhq); someone else may have listed it
… 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 156 ms (HTTP 401)
✓ Pass
Sign-in with OAuth
Declares OAuth sign-in, so your AI app can take you to log in
… Not checked yet
No hidden instructions in tool descriptions
Not checked yet; we read the tool list when we check the endpoint

Compared with others in Web & browsersi

More stars than 0% of the other 880 servers in this category
Published to the registry more recently than 82% of the other 880 servers in this category
Basic checks equal to or better than 31% of the other 880 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 Riveter safe?

It passed 2 of 3 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?

You need to fill in: RIVETER_API_KEY, Authorization

Does it run on my computer or in the cloud?

Either way works: install it on your computer or connect to the cloud version.

Is it still maintained?

The GitHub repo last changed –, and the latest version (0.3.6) reached the registry 7 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 in developer mode.

What can I use instead?

In the same category: Browser Use, Chrome DevTools MCP, MCP Server Browser

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README from the maker

Open the README

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Riveter MCP Server

An MCP (Model Context Protocol) server that connects AI assistants like Claude and Cursor to the Riveter API. Run enrichments, build datasets, scrape webpages, manage monitors, and more — directly from your assistant.

Tools are generated dynamically from Riveter's OpenAPI spec, so they stay up to date automatically.

Two ways to connect:

Hosted — https://mcp.riveterhq.com/mcp. Nothing to install. Works from claude.ai, Claude Desktop, Cowork, Claude mobile, ChatGPT, Claude Code, and Cursor.
Local (`npx`) — this npm package, run on your machine over stdio. Use it when your client cannot reach remote servers.

Setup

1a. Hosted server (no API key needed up front)

Add https://mcp.riveterhq.com/mcp as a custom connector and click Connect. A browser window opens on Riveter: sign in and click Allow. Riveter creates an API key for that connection; it is listed in Settings → API keys, and revoking it disconnects the client.

Claude Code:

claude mcp add --transport http riveter https://mcp.riveterhq.com/mcp

Then run /mcp and choose Authenticate.

Cursor:

"mcpServers": { "riveter": { "url": "https://mcp.riveterhq.com/mcp" } } }

If the client cannot open a browser, pass a key as a header instead: Authorization: Bearer sk_riv_your_key_here (Claude Code --header "Authorization: Bearer sk_riv_...", Cursor "headers": { "Authorization": "Bearer sk_riv_..." }).

1b. Local server (npx)

Get a Riveter API key at app.riveterhq.com/settings/api.

Claude Desktop — open the config file:

macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
Windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json

Add the Riveter server:

"mcpServers": { "riveter": { "command": "npx", "args": ["-y", "--prefer-online", "riveter-mcp-server@latest"], "env": { "RIVETER_API_KEY": "sk_riv_your_key_here" } } } }

Cursor / Windsurf — add the same riveter entry to your MCP config (e.g. ~/.cursor/mcp.json).

Claude Code:

claude mcp add riveter --env RIVETER_API_KEY=sk_riv_your_key_here -- npx -y riveter-mcp-server

Codex:

codex mcp add riveter --env RIVETER_API_KEY=sk_riv_your_key_here -- npx -y riveter-mcp-server

Keeping the tools current: the local server loads the API definition once, when your client starts it, and keeps that process running. After Riveter ships an API change, restart your AI client (or the MCP server from its settings page) to load the new tools. --prefer-online riveter-mcp-server@latest makes the same restart also pick up new server versions. The hosted server needs no restart; it reloads the API definition every 10 minutes.

Environment variables

Local (stdio) server — dist/index.js:

Variable	Required	Default	Description
`RIVETER_API_KEY`	Yes	—	Your Riveter API key
`RIVETER_API_BASE_URL`	No	`https://api.riveterhq.com/v1`	API base URL
`RIVETER_OPENAPI_URL`	No	`https://docs.riveterhq.com/openapi.yaml`	OpenAPI spec URL. `https://docs.riveterhq.com/openapi.legacy.yaml` serves the legacy generation instead (verb endpoints, legacy enrichments, the retired list-build operations)

Hosted (Streamable HTTP) server — dist/http.js, deployed by Riveter:

Variable	Default	Description
`PORT`	`8080`	Listen port
`MCP_PUBLIC_URL`	`https://mcp.riveterhq.com/mcp`	Public URL, exactly as users enter it (RFC 9728 `resource`)
`OAUTH_ISSUER_URL`	`https://app.riveterhq.com`	Authorization server advertised in the protected resource metadata
`SPEC_REFRESH_INTERVAL_MS`	`600000`	How often the spec is re-fetched; `0` disables
`RIVETER_API_BASE_URL`, `RIVETER_OPENAPI_URL`	as above

The hosted server holds no API key. It forwards the caller's Authorization: Bearer ... header to the API on every call and answers 401 with a WWW-Authenticate challenge when the header is missing.

How it works

On startup, the server:

Fetches the OpenAPI spec from docs.riveterhq.com/openapi.yaml
Parses each endpoint into an MCP tool with typed parameters and annotations (readOnlyHint from GET, destructiveHint from DELETE or the spec's x-mcp-destructive, openWorldHint from the spec's x-mcp-open-world)
Uses the spec's info.x-mcp-instructions as the short server-level instructions (the long API overview stays on the docs site); an operation's x-mcp-description replaces its description for the tool when set
Adds one help tool whose topics (column config, formats, tools, run_when, examples, credits, limits, errors, ...) come from the spec's info.x-mcp-help — long guidance is loaded only when the assistant asks for it
Serves the tools over stdio (local) or Streamable HTTP (hosted)

When the API docs are updated, the local server picks up the changes the next time your assistant launches, and the hosted server re-fetches the spec every 10 minutes — no rebuild or republish needed.

Development

Source: github.com/riveterhq/riveter-mcp. Issues welcome there.

npm install

npm test # build + unit + stdio e2e + http e2e npm run dev:http # hosted server on :8080 (set MCP_PUBLIC_URL=http://localhost:8080/mcp)

This repository is a read-only mirror of the mcp-server/ directory of Riveter's private monorepo, where development happens. The spec-contract tests need the monorepo's openapi.yaml, so they skip here. Releases are described in PUBLISHING.md.

Support

Questions or issues? See the Riveter API docs or contact support@riveterhq.com.

License

MIT

Riveter

Overview

PopNx MCP’s three pillars

What you can do with it

Install

Before you install

Or run it on your computer

Or run it on your computer

Or run it on your computer

Or run it on your computer

Values you fill in

What it can do

Basic checksi

Maker matches the repo

Still maintained

Has a licence

Endpoint responds

Sign-in with OAuth

No hidden instructions in tool descriptions

Compared with others in Web & browsersi

Common questions

Alternatives

Browser Use

Chrome DevTools MCP

MCP Server Browser

README from the maker

Riveter MCP Server

Setup

1a. Hosted server (no API key needed up front)

1b. Local server (npx)

Environment variables

How it works

Development

Support

License