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Agent Toolbox MCP Server

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Agent Toolbox is answering right now. Last checked 10 min ago. It exposes 4 tools.

Free, no-key MCP server: token estimates, JSON Schema conversion, MCP configs, tool search.

Uptime history 18 days of history · worst day 42%
18 days agonow
100.0%
Uptime 24h
91 of 91 checks
4
Tools
read from the server
121 ms
Response time
average over 24h
authentication required
Access
streamable-http

Nothing serious here today

Today is the operative word: we check Agent Toolbox every 15 minutes and re-read its code on every release. Watch it and you find out the day that stops being true.

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Connect this server

Endpoint below is the one we actually reach during checks — not the one copied from a README. Last verified 10 min ago.

run in your terminal
claude mcp add agenttoolbox --transport http https://agenttoolbox.net/api/mcp
Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector, then paste this address
https://agenttoolbox.net/api/mcp
~/.codex/config.toml
[mcp_servers.agenttoolbox]
url = "https://agenttoolbox.net/api/mcp"
.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "agenttoolbox": {
      "url": "https://agenttoolbox.net/api/mcp"
    }
  }
}
.vscode/mcp.json
{
  "servers": {
    "agenttoolbox": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://agenttoolbox.net/api/mcp"
    }
  }
}

This endpoint answered with an authorization challenge. The server is running, but it did not say what kind of credentials it expects.

Available tools 4

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

convert
convert_schema
Convert a JSON Schema into OpenAI, Anthropic and MCP tool definitions.
directory
search_directory
Search the Agent Toolbox directory of AI agent tools.
estimate
estimate_tokens
Estimate tokens and USD cost of a text across current frontier models (list prices verified 2026-10-16).
mcp
mcp_config
Generate an mcpServers config block.

Endpoints

URLTransportStateLatencyChecked
https://agenttoolbox.net/api/mcp streamable-http needs auth 83 ms 10 min ago

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Agent Toolbox — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

What can Agent Toolbox do?
It exposes 4 tools, read directly from the server on our last check. Among them: convert_schema, estimate_tokens, mcp_config, search_directory. 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 Agent Toolbox working right now?
We send a real MCP handshake every 15 minutes. Over the last 24 hours 91 of 91 checks got a reply (100.0%), average response time 121 ms. The bar chart above shows every period we have measured.
How do I connect Agent Toolbox?
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. You will need your own credentials: it refuses anonymous clients.
Does Agent Toolbox need an API key?
Yes. Every time we knock, Agent Toolbox answers with an authorization challenge instead of its tool list — that is how we know it is running and gated rather than broken. Bring your own credentials and it will talk.
How fast is Agent Toolbox?
It answers our handshake in 121 ms on average, which is faster than 88% of all working MCP servers we measure. That puts it in the quick quarter of the ecosystem. The comparison comes from our own checks across the whole registry, every 15 minutes.