James's MCP Server
online · 100% uptimeio.github.JGPAS/mcp-first-server·v1.0.0MCP server with quote and live cryptocurrency price tools, local and cloud-deployed transports.
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James's MCP Server tools (2)
write = sends, deletes, buys or postsget_crypto_priceFreeGet the current USD price of a cryptocurrency by its id (e.g. bitcoin, ethereum, solana).
get_quoteFreeReturns a random motivational quote. Use when the user wants inspiration or a quote.
Public scan report
scanner v0.1.10 · 2026-10-16 · same rubric, same numbers if you re-run it
- –Code scanremote-only server, no package to scann/a
- Live reliabilityremote reachable in 420ms20/20
- Tool poisoning2 tool descriptions checked15/15
- Auth qualityopen endpoint, read-only tools10/15
- Maintenancelast push 15 days ago15/15
- Maintainer identityregistry namespace matches repository owner; GitHub account older than a year8/10
How James's MCP Server compares
Against every graded MCP server, from our own scans and uptime checks. Updated after each scan run.
- Safety score
- 91/100
- higher than 85% of 48,243 servers
- Tools
- 2
- the typical server has 7
- Tools that change things
- 0%
- typical: 0%. Fewer write tools means less an agent can break
- Uptime
- 100%
- of our recent checks; the typical remote server answers 100%
- Response time
- 75 ms
- faster than 89% of 30,027 servers
What its tools let an agent do: 2 read
Install James's MCP Server in Claude Code, Cursor or VS Code
claude mcp add --transport http mcp-first-server https://mcp-first-server.onrender.com/mcp
What the publisher says
From the James's MCP Server repository's README, as published. We do not edit it. Read it on GitHub
mcp-first-server
A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server built with the official MCP SDK, available both as a local stdio server (for Claude Desktop) and as a cloud-deployed HTTP server reachable over the network.
Live demo: https://mcp-first-server.onrender.com (note: free-tier hosting, first request after inactivity may take up to ~50s to wake the instance)
Tools
- getquote** — returns a random motivational quote.
- getcryptoprice — fetches the live USD price of any cryptocurrency (via CoinGecko).
Two ways to run this server
spawns a local process.
- server.js — stdio transport, for local use with Claude Desktop or any MCP client that
(this is what's running at the live demo URL above). Listens on process.env.PORT.
- server-http.js — StreamableHTTP transport wrapped in Express, for cloud/network deployment
Local setup
npm install
npm start # runs server.js (stdio)
node server-http.js # or run the HTTP version locallyTry the live HTTP endpoint
curl -X POST https://mcp-first-server.onrender.com/mcp \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-H "Accept: application/json, text/event-stream" \
-d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/list"}'Tech
Node.js, @modelcontextprotocol/sdk, Express, Zod for schema validation. Deployed on Render.
License
MIT — see LICENSE.
Author
Built by James Ganobi.
Nothing above is checked by us. What we check is on the safety report.
James's MCP Server: common questions
- Is James's MCP Server safe?
- Yes, by our scan: it is graded A (91/100). Read the James's MCP Server safety report
- How do I install James's MCP Server?
- It runs remotely at mcp-first-server.onrender.com. Add it to Claude Code, Cursor, VS Code or Claude Desktop with the snippets above, or call it through the mcp.market gateway without installing anything.
- Does James's MCP Server need an API key?
- Not as far as the registry entry and our scan can tell: no credentials are declared or required.
- Is James's MCP Server maintained?
- The last commit was 35 days ago (2026-10-01). The latest release is v1.0.0.
- Is James's MCP Server up?
- 100% of our last 28 checks got an answer. We check remote servers about four times a day.
- How does James's MCP Server compare with other MCP servers?
- safety score 91/100 (higher than 85% of 48,243 servers); tools 2 (the typical server has 7); tools that change things 0% (typical: 0%. Fewer write tools means less an agent can break). Full comparison.