Pylon MCP Server

The Action Layer for AI Agents — 20 capabilities, one MCP server, no API keys.

Give Claude, Cursor, or any MCP-compatible client instant access to Pylon's full API gateway. Pay per request via x402 micropayments (USDC on Base). No signup. No subscriptions.

Install

npx @pylonapi/mcp

Capabilities (20)

Tool	Description	Price
screenshot	Full-page screenshot of any webpage (PNG/JPEG)	$0.005
web_scrape	Scrape content from any URL via headless browser (Crawlee + Playwright)	$0.005
web_extract	Fast lightweight content extraction (Readability) → markdown/text	$0.003
web_search	Search the web — titles, URLs, snippets	$0.003
pdf_parse	Extract text and metadata from PDFs	$0.003
ocr	Extract text from images (optical character recognition)	$0.005
translate	Translate text between 30+ languages with auto-detection	$0.003
email_validate	Validate email — format, MX records, SMTP deliverability	$0.002
email_send	Send transactional emails (CAN-SPAM compliant)	$0.01
domain_intel	WHOIS, DNS records, SSL cert, tech stack detection	$0.005
dns_lookup	DNS records for any domain (A, AAAA, MX, CNAME, TXT, etc.)	$0.002
ip_geolocation	Geographic location of any IP address	$0.002
qr_code	Generate QR code PNG from text/URL	$0.002
image_resize	Resize, crop, convert images (PNG, JPEG, WebP)	$0.003
md_to_pdf	Render markdown as styled PDF	$0.003
html_to_pdf	Render HTML as PDF (full Chromium engine)	$0.005
document_generation	Generate PDFs from templates (invoice, receipt, report, letter)	$0.005
file_storage	Upload files, get public URL (up to 50MB, 30-day expiry)	$0.005
url_shortener	Shorten URLs with click tracking, custom slugs	$0.002
data_formatter	Convert between JSON, CSV, XML, YAML	$0.002

Setup

Claude Desktop / Cursor

Add to your MCP config (claude_desktop_config.json):

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

Standalone

npx @pylonapi/mcp

The server communicates via stdio using the MCP protocol. Capabilities are auto-discovered from the Pylon gateway at startup.

How It Works

1. Your AI agent calls a Pylon tool (e.g. web_scrape)
2. The MCP server routes the request to api.pylonapi.com/do
3. Payment is handled automatically via x402 (USDC on Base)
4. Results are returned to your agent

No API keys to manage. No billing dashboards. No rate limit negotiations. The x402 protocol handles authentication via payment — if you can pay, you can call.

x402 Payments

All requests are paid via the x402 protocol — HTTP-native micropayments on Base (L2). Each call costs fractions of a cent in USDC.

Live on Base Mainnet.

Links

• Gateway: api.pylonapi.com
• Website: pylonapi.com
• Protocol: x402.org
• GitHub: github.com/pylon-apis/pylon
• npm: @pylonapi/mcp

License

MIT