FirstHandAPI MCP Server

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FirstHandAPI runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 44 installs a week from npm. Last commit 22 Aug 2026.

Post crowdsourced content collection jobs and fetch approved files via FirstHandAPI

The author archived this repository on GitHub, meaning it is no longer maintained.

Installs per day peak 37 · avg 12 · +3% w/w

a month agotoday

Installs / week

npm · @firsthandapi/mcp-server

Stars

0 open issues

22 Aug 2026

Last commit

0 releases in 90 days

MIT

License

TypeScript

This one has been quiet for a while

Quiet is not dead — but it is worth knowing when it wakes up, or when someone else takes it over. We watch the repository and tell you either way.

Connect this server

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 Code Claude Desktop Codex Cursor VS Code

run in your terminal

claude mcp add mcp-server -- npx -y @firsthandapi/mcp-server

~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

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

~/.codex/config.toml

[mcp_servers.mcp-server]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "@firsthandapi/mcp-server"]

.cursor/mcp.json

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

.vscode/mcp.json

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

This one needs environment variables set before it will start: FIRSTHAND_API_KEY (FirstHandAPI key (fh_live_... or fh_test_...). Omit for keyless mode, which exposes the signup tool.). The author declared them in the registry entry; get the values from the project itself.

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FirstHandAPI — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

Why is there no uptime for FirstHandAPI?

FirstHandAPI runs on your own machine over stdio — there is no network address to reach, so uptime cannot be measured for it by anyone. What can be measured is adoption: the npm package @firsthandapi/mcp-server was installed 44 times last week.

Is FirstHandAPI still maintained?

The author archived this repository on GitHub, meaning it is no longer maintained. We show this because it changes what you can expect: an unmaintained server may keep answering for months and then stop without warning.

How do I connect FirstHandAPI?

Copy the ready config from this page — we generate it for Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Codex, Cursor and VS Code, each with the file path that client actually reads. It runs locally, so the command pulls @firsthandapi/mcp-server straight from npm; nothing to host, nothing to sign up for.

How many people use FirstHandAPI?

The npm package @firsthandapi/mcp-server was installed 44 times in the last week. Week over week that is +3%. We show installs rather than GitHub stars on purpose: a star is a bookmark, an install is someone actually running it.

Is FirstHandAPI open source?

Yes — it is published under the MIT licence, written in TypeScript and 0 stars on GitHub. The source link is on this page, so you can read exactly what it does with your data before you connect it.