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Handiworks MCP Server

io.github.Lukehal/handiworks-mcp
answering

Handiworks is answering right now. Last checked 9 min ago. It exposes 3 tools.

MCP tools for AI agents: render URLs to image/PDF, check link health, convert HTML/CSV/JSON.

Uptime history 41 hours of history
41 hours agonow
100.0%
Uptime 24h
91 of 91 checks
3
Tools
read from the server
999 ms
Response time
average over 24h
open, no key
Access
streamable-http

Connect this server

Endpoint below is the one we actually reach during checks — not the one copied from a README. Last verified 9 min ago.

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

convert
convert
Convert content between formats. Modes: html-to-pdf, html-to-png (real browser), csv-to-json, json-to-csv. PDF/PNG return as attachment/image; data modes return text.
link
check_link
Check a URL's health: follows the redirect chain, reports the final status and URL, extracts the page <title>, and flags likely paywalls. Cached for 6h.
render
render
Render a web page to a PNG/JPEG screenshot or a PDF using a real headless browser. Returns the image inline (base64) or the PDF as an embedded resource. Results are cached for 24h.

Endpoints

URLTransportStateLatencyChecked
https://mcp.handiworks.studio/mcp streamable-http answering 1026 ms 9 min ago

Handiworks — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

What can Handiworks do?
It exposes 3 tools, read directly from the server on our last check. Among them: check_link, convert, render. 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 Handiworks 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 999 ms. The bar chart above shows every period we have measured.
How do I connect Handiworks?
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 Handiworks need an API key?
No. Handiworks 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 Handiworks?
It answers our handshake in 999 ms on average, which is faster than 5% of all working MCP servers we measure. That is on the slow side — worth knowing if the tool sits inside an interactive loop. The comparison comes from our own checks across the whole registry, every 15 minutes.