Ipfs Toolkit MCP server

ipfs-toolkit

Interplanetary File System (IPFS) MCP toolkit

How to Use the teckel Toolkits

First, download and install the teckel App.

Next, generate an API key using the teckel App.

Do the following:

1. Navigate to the Accounts page by tapping on the wallet icon in the upper right corner of the App home screen. Access the API Key Manager for the created or imported Ethereum Account by tapping “Manage API Key” on the Accounts page.

1. Use the API key when making calls to the endpoints. All the available endpoints are available via the teckel App, incorporating the actual API key for the given Ethereum Account.

1. For illustrative purposes, we will use the following fake key d1e12345-c234-45a6-9b76-1234567891ff in the examples presented below. You would substitute your actual API key in place of this fake key.

Next, decide if you are using the MCP servers or RESTful (API) to access the tools.

Using the MCP Servers

Configure your MCP client-of-choice

Whatever the client, the configuration is essentially the same. Namely, provide the client with the MCP server endpoint and access credentials. These are typically in the form of a configuration JSON snippet, using your API key as the “Bearer” token in the “Authorization” tag. For example, here is the precise configuration for use with the Cursor desktop app (navigate within the Cursor app to the Cursor Settings -> Tools & MCP -> + New MCP server and enter these details using your actual teckel API key to replace this fake one).

MCP JSON configuration (example for use with Cursor)

{
 "mcpServers": {    
    "teckel-ipfs-toolkit": {
      "url": "https://mcp-servers.bh.tkllabs.io:9780/ipfs-mcp",
      "headers": {
        "Authorization": "Bearer d1e12345-c234-45a6-9b76-1234567891ff"
      }
    }   
  }
}

NOTE: This configuration assumes the HTTP(streamable) protocol. If your client requires the older (now legacy) SSE protocol, replace “ipfs-mcp” with “ipfs-sse”.

Using the RESTful API Servers

The benefit of using the MCP servers is that the connected LLMs can parse the natural language in the user prompts, populate the required parameters for calling the toolbox API functions, then likewise unravel the returned JSON structure into natural language for presentation to the user. However, if you wish to utilise the teckel toolkits at a lower level (e.g., in your own app), you can call the functions directly using the RESTful (POST) API protocols. You are then responsible for populating the input parameters, and handling the returned JSON output. All methods called via RESTful web services must be "awaited": there is no fire-and-forget (with future polling for task completion etc).

Pricing

Pricing (via teckel credits purchased within the teckel App) for usage of teckel IPFS services can be found at https://teckel.io/pricing/

Rate Limiting

All MCP/API calls are subject to rate-limiting per API key. The thresholds are not published, but if a given API key has exceeded the rate limit, a 429 error code will be returned on the given call.

Shortened. The full README is on GitHub.