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:

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

Meta Tools

Tool	Description
`pylon_do`	Natural language — describe any task and Pylon routes it
`pylon_chain`	Multi-step workflows — chain actions in a single request
`pylon_discover`	Search for capabilities on the x402 bazaar

Resources

Resource	Description
`pylon://capabilities`	Full capability list with schemas and pricing
`pylon://status`	Live service status and circuit breaker states

How It Works

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

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

Environment Variables

Variable	Default	Description
`PYLON_GATEWAY_URL`	`https://api.pylonapi.com`	Gateway URL (override for self-hosted)

License

MIT

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