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Skim402 MCP Server

io.github.JessieJanie/skim402
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Skim402 is answering right now. Last checked 7 min ago. 71 installs a week from npm. It exposes 3 tools. Last commit 4 Aug 2026.

Clean web reader for AI agents. Free remote read tier, optional x402 pay-per-call. No API keys.

Installs per day peak 160 · avg 15 · -23% w/w
a month agotoday
Uptime history 14 hours of history
14 hours agonow
100.0%
Uptime 24h
52 of 52 checks
3
Tools
read from the server
283 ms
Response time
average over 24h
71
Installs / week
npm and PyPI

Connect this server

Endpoint below is the one we actually reach during checks — not the one copied from a README. Last verified 7 min ago.

run in your terminal
claude mcp add skim402 --transport http https://skim402.com/api/mcp
~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "skim402": {
      "url": "https://skim402.com/api/mcp"
    }
  }
}
~/.codex/config.toml
[mcp_servers.skim402]
url = "https://skim402.com/api/mcp"
.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "skim402": {
      "url": "https://skim402.com/api/mcp"
    }
  }
}
.vscode/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "skim402": {
      "url": "https://skim402.com/api/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Available tools 3

Read directly from the server with tools/list, grouped by what they act on. If a tool disappears, we record the date.

skim
skim_extract
Read a public URL and extract structured JSON from it via Skim (skim402.com). Either pick a preset (article, product, job, review, event, table) or supply a JSON Schema (top-level type "object") describing the fields you want. Costs $0.015 USDC per call on Base via x402, paid from the wallet configured in the X-Skim-Wallet-Key connector header — this tool does not work without one.
skim_read
Fetch a public URL and return clean, agent-ready Markdown via Skim (skim402.com): strips nav, ads, and boilerplate; preserves the article body plus metadata (title, byline, published date, language, excerpt). Use for articles, docs, blog posts, READMEs, and research papers. Free tier is rate-limited; with an X-Skim-Wallet-Key connector header each call is paid ($0.002 USDC on Base via x402) and unmetered.
skim_signals
Fetch the latest items from one of Skim's curated intelligence feeds (skim402.com/signals): ai-news, sec-filings, deals, research, campaign-finance, film-incentives, crypto-news, macro, security, regulations, courts, recalls, launches, trending, energy, entertainment, studio-jobs, entity-formations. Returns structured items, newest first. Costs $0.005 USDC per call on Base via x402, paid from the wallet configured in the X-Skim-Wallet-Key connector header — this tool does not work without one.

Endpoints

URLTransportStateLatencyChecked
https://skim402.com/api/mcp streamable-http answering 289 ms 7 min ago

Skim402 — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

What can Skim402 do?
It exposes 3 tools, read directly from the server on our last check. Among them: skim_extract, skim_read, skim_signals. The full list with descriptions is on this page — we take it from the server itself via tools/list, not from a README. How MCP servers expose tools in the first place →
Is Skim402 working right now?
We send a real MCP handshake every 15 minutes. Over the last 24 hours 52 of 52 checks got a reply (100.0%), average response time 283 ms. The bar chart above shows every period we have measured.
How do I connect Skim402?
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 is a remote server, so there is nothing to install — the client connects to the address.
Does Skim402 need an API key?
No. Skim402 completed a full MCP handshake with us as an anonymous client and listed its tools without asking for anything. All 3 of them are readable on this page. This is what we observed, not what the docs claim.
How fast is Skim402?
It answers our handshake in 283 ms on average, which is faster than 48% of all working MCP servers we measure. The comparison comes from our own checks across the whole registry, every 15 minutes.
How many people use Skim402?
The npm package skim-mcp was installed 71 times in the last week. Week over week that is -23%. We show installs rather than GitHub stars on purpose: a star is a bookmark, an install is someone actually running it.
Is Skim402 open source?
Yes — it is published under the MIT licence, written in JavaScript and 2 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.