Remote MCP servers
43,087 servers you connect by URL over streamable HTTP. Nothing to install or keep running on your machine.
43,087 servers you connect by URL over streamable HTTP. Nothing to install or keep running on your machine.
A remote MCP server runs on someone else's infrastructure and your client connects to it by URL over streamable HTTP (older servers use SSE). Sign-in usually happens through OAuth in the browser instead of an API key in a config file.
Local servers run as a process on your machine and can reach your files and private network. Remote servers need no runtime and update themselves, but your data goes to the provider. Pick remote for SaaS products, local for files, databases on your network and anything offline.
In Claude Code run claude mcp add --transport http <name> <url>. In Cursor and Gemini CLI add the URL under mcpServers; in VS Code add it under servers with "type": "http". Each server page has the exact config.
DNS MCP — DNS and network lookup tools
$claude mcp add mcp-dns -- npx -y @pipeworx/mcp-dnsDomains MCP — domain registration lookup + availability search over live RDAP (ICANN standard…
$claude mcp add mcp-domains -- npx -y @pipeworx/mcp-domainsExchange MCP — wraps the Frankfurter currency exchange API (free, no auth)
$claude mcp add mcp-exchange -- npx -y @pipeworx/mcp-exchangeHacker News MCP — search and retrieve stories from Hacker News
$claude mcp add mcp-hackernews -- npx -y @pipeworx/mcp-hackernewsHolidays MCP — wraps Nager.Date API (free, no auth)
$claude mcp add mcp-holidays -- npx -y @pipeworx/mcp-holidaysIP Lookup MCP — ip-api.com (free, no auth for basic usage)
$claude mcp add mcp-iplookup -- npx -y @pipeworx/mcp-iplookupJokes MCP — wraps JokeAPI v2 (free, no auth)
$claude mcp add mcp-jokes -- npx -y @pipeworx/mcp-jokesMovies MCP — wraps iTunes Search API (movies, free, no auth) and TVmaze API (TV shows, free, no…
$claude mcp add mcp-movies -- npx -y @pipeworx/mcp-moviesNobel MCP — wraps the Nobel Prize API v2 (free, no auth)
$claude mcp add mcp-nobel -- npx -y @pipeworx/mcp-nobelnpm MCP — wraps the npm Registry API (free, no auth)
$claude mcp add mcp-npm -- npx -y @pipeworx/mcp-npmRecipes MCP — wraps TheMealDB API (free tier, no auth)
$claude mcp add mcp-recipes -- npx -y @pipeworx/mcp-recipesScience MCP — free science data APIs
$claude mcp add mcp-science -- npx -y @pipeworx/mcp-scienceSEC MCP — SEC EDGAR public APIs (free, no auth)
$claude mcp add mcp-sec -- npx -y @pipeworx/mcp-secTimezone MCP — wraps timeapi.io (free, no auth)
$claude mcp add mcp-timezone -- npx -y @pipeworx/mcp-timezoneUniversities MCP — Hipolabs Universities API (free, no auth)
$claude mcp add mcp-universities -- npx -y @pipeworx/mcp-universitiesChemical hazard lookup: SVHC, GHS, NIOSH, ICSC. 468K classifications. Free.
$claude mcp add --transport http chem-mcp-server https://chem-mcp-server.rootsbybenda.workers.dev/mcpEscrow, verification, and settlement platform for AI agents hiring other AI agents.
$claude mcp add --transport http agent-resolve-mcp https://agent-resolve-mcp.onrender.com/mcpSend and read WhatsApp messages on your Leporis account from AI coding agents, via your own API key.
$claude mcp add --transport http leporis-mcp https://leporis.mcp.rstechie.in/mcpAI agents replace the CEO of Toys R Us (2006-2017). 17 decisions, 44 quarters. Free entry.
$claude mcp add --transport http substitute-backend https://zero-wispy-shadow-3951.fly.dev/mcpFinancial infrastructure for AI agents: wallets, USDC transfers, lending, jobs on Polygon
$claude mcp add ai-agent-bank-mcp-server -- npx -y ai-agent-bank-mcp-server