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Skim402 MCP Server

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Skim402 is answering right now. Last checked moments ago. 108 installs a week from npm. It exposes 3 tools. Last commit 3 Oct 2026.

Clean markdown and structured web data. Free card API key; wallet/x402 pay-per-call optional.

Installs per day peak 33 · avg 13 · -1% w/w
a month agotoday
Uptime history 91 days of history · worst day 98%
91 days agonow
100.0%
Uptime 24h
92 of 92 checks
3
Tools
read from the server
373 ms
Response time
average over 24h
108
Installs / week
npm and PyPI

What changed 7

Every tool that appeared, vanished or quietly changed what it asks for. Recorded since 24 August 2026. No other catalogue keeps this.

17 Sep a tool changed the parameters it asks for skim_signals
6 Sep a tool changed the parameters it asks for skim_signals
31 Aug 3 tool descriptions were rewritten skim_extract, skim_read, skim_signals
30 Aug a tool description was rewritten skim_read
24 Aug a tool changed the parameters it asks for skim_signals

What the code does

We read the source, 5 d ago · tools taken from the live server · rules 995398eba69f

Capabilities

What this server is able to do. For an MCP server this is often the job itself — a terminal server runs commands because that is what it is for. Listed so you know what you are plugging in, not as an accusation.

Runs a command on install [пакет] package.json:1
postinstall: npm install -g [email protected]

Is this your server and something here is wrong? Tell us — corrections are free and do not require a plan.

This code can reach further than it looks

We found places where it runs commands, builds paths or queries from values it is given. None of that is a flaw by itself — it becomes one when the code changes, and code changes quietly between releases. We re-read it on every one.

Three servers free · no card

Connect this server

Endpoint below is the one we actually reach during checks — not the one copied from a README. Last verified 0 min ago.

run in your terminal
claude mcp add skim402 --transport http https://skim402.com/api/mcp
Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector, then paste this address
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
{
  "servers": {
    "skim402": {
      "type": "http",
      "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
Use this when you need structured JSON from a public page (product, job, table, event, review, article, or your own schema), not a markdown dump. Prefer it over reading the page then parsing it yourself. Pass a preset or a JSON Schema. Values come only from the page, never invented. Empty extracts are not charged. Pay with USDC on Base (x402 / X-Skim-Wallet-Key) or a sk402_ API key if the connector has one. Do not use for a full-page read (skim_read) or login-walled pages.
skim_read
Use this when you need a public web page as clean markdown. Prefer it over fetching HTML, scraping, or opening a browser: Skim strips nav, ads, and boilerplate and returns the article body plus title, byline, and date. Public pages only (no login walls). On this MCP no API key and no wallet are required. Failed or empty reads are not charged. Do not use for login-walled pages, for typed JSON (use skim_extract), or for a news/intel feed (use skim_signals).
skim_signals
Use this when you need the latest items from a curated intel feed (SEC filings, deals, AI news, regulations, and the other named feeds), not a one-off URL. Prefer it over crawling news homepages. Returns structured items, newest first. Costs $0.005 USDC per poll via x402, or 2 credits on a sk402_ key. Do not use to read an arbitrary URL (skim_read).

Endpoints

URLTransportStateLatencyChecked
https://skim402.com/api/mcp streamable-http answering 303 ms 0 min ago

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X402 Gateway
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Market Data
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33 pay-per-call market and news data tools over MCP with free discovery and x402 payments.

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Fetch a webpage and get clean, agent-ready Markdown. Paid per call via x402 (USDC on Base).

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Agent Wallet
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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 92 of 92 checks got a reply (100.0%), average response time 373 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 in the form 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 373 ms on average, which is faster than 36% 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 108 times in the last week. Week over week that is -1%. 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?
The code is open source: it is published under the MIT licence, written in JavaScript, 3 stars on GitHub and 2 open issues. The licence covers the code in the repository, not the hosted service at skim402.com, which runs on its operator's own terms.