Dropscan MCP runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 91 installs a week from pypi. Last commit 19 Oct 2026.
MCP server for the Dropscan postal mail scanning API: read scanned letters, act on mailings.
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This server runs on your own machine — install it with the package manager and the client starts it for you. Package name taken from the official registry entry.
claude mcp add dropscan-mcp -e 'DROPSCAN_API_TOKEN=<DROPSCAN_API_TOKEN>' -- uvx dropscan-mcp{
"mcpServers": {
"dropscan-mcp": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"dropscan-mcp"
],
"env": {
"DROPSCAN_API_TOKEN": "<DROPSCAN_API_TOKEN>"
}
}
}
}[mcp_servers.dropscan-mcp]
command = "uvx"
args = ["dropscan-mcp"]
env = { DROPSCAN_API_TOKEN = "<DROPSCAN_API_TOKEN>" }{
"mcpServers": {
"dropscan-mcp": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"dropscan-mcp"
],
"env": {
"DROPSCAN_API_TOKEN": "<DROPSCAN_API_TOKEN>"
}
}
}
}{
"servers": {
"dropscan-mcp": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"dropscan-mcp"
],
"env": {
"DROPSCAN_API_TOKEN": "<DROPSCAN_API_TOKEN>"
}
}
}
}Put your own value in place of
<DROPSCAN_API_TOKEN> (Personal access token for the Dropscan REST API).
The author’s registry entry marks it as required.
Optional settings from the registry entry, left out of the block above:
DROPSCAN_ALLOW_WRITES (Set to 1 to unlock the write and action tools, which also require confirm=true on every call).
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