Pylon

20+ pay-per-request APIs for AI agents — screenshots, web scraping, PDF, OCR, search, QR codes, translation & more. No API keys needed. Pay with USDC via x402. npm: @pylonapi/mcp

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⚡ Pylon MCP Server

Give Claude, Cursor, and any MCP client access to 20+ capabilities — screenshots, web scraping, PDF generation, search, and more. No API keys. Pay per request via x402 micropayments on Base.

Quick Start

Claude Desktop

Add to ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pylon": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "@pylonapi/mcp"]
    }
  }
}

Cursor

Add to .cursor/mcp.json in your project:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pylon": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "@pylonapi/mcp"]
    }
  }
}

Run directly

npx @pylonapi/mcp

Available Tools

Per-Capability Tools

Each Pylon capability is exposed as a dedicated tool:

ToolCostDescription
pylon_screenshot$0.01Screenshot any webpage
pylon_web_scrape$0.01Scrape content from any URL
pylon_search$0.003Web search
pylon_pdf_parse$0.02Extract text from PDFs
pylon_ocr$0.03Extract text from images
pylon_md_to_pdf$0.02Convert markdown to PDF
pylon_html_to_pdf$0.02Convert HTML to PDF
pylon_email_validate$0.005Validate email addresses
pylon_domain_intel$0.01Domain intelligence (WHOIS, DNS, SSL)
pylon_qr_code$0.005Generate QR codes
pylon_image_resize$0.01Resize/convert images
pylon_doc_gen$0.02Generate documents from templates
pylon_file_storage$0.005Upload and host files
pylon_url_shortener$0.002Shorten URLs
pylon_data_formatter$0.002Convert JSON/CSV/XML/YAML
pylon_ip_geo$0.002IP geolocation
pylon_dns_lookup$0.002DNS record lookups

Meta Tools

ToolDescription
pylon_doNatural language — describe any task and Pylon routes it
pylon_chainMulti-step workflows — chain actions in a single request
pylon_discoverSearch for capabilities on the x402 bazaar

Resources

ResourceDescription
pylon://capabilitiesFull capability list with schemas and pricing
pylon://statusLive service status and circuit breaker states

How It Works

  1. Claude/Cursor sees Pylon's tools via MCP
  2. User asks "take a screenshot of stripe.com"
  3. Claude calls pylon_screenshot with { "url": "https://stripe.com" }
  4. MCP server sends the request to Pylon's gateway
  5. Payment is handled automatically via x402 on Base
  6. Claude shows the screenshot to the user

No API keys. No accounts. No subscriptions. Just pay-per-request.

Environment Variables

VariableDefaultDescription
PYLON_GATEWAY_URLhttps://api.pylonapi.comGateway URL (override for self-hosted)

Links

License

MIT

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