⚡ 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

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

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

Links

• Pylon Website
• GitHub
• x402 Protocol

License

MIT