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tab runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 34 installs a week from npm. Last commit 24 Oct 2026.

Agents pay per call over HTTP 402: 8,600+ API routes, owner-signed budgets, signed receipts.

Installs per day peak 438 · avg 21 · -94% w/w
a month agotoday
34
Installs / week
npm · paidwithtab
0
Stars
0 open issues
24 Oct 2026
Last commit
from GitHub
MIT
License
TypeScript

What the code does

We read the source, 1 d ago · rules 995398eba69f

A tool parameter reaches a dangerous call

A value the model can set ends up inside a file or shell call. That is not a flaw by itself — for a terminal server it is the job — but it is where things go wrong when it is not.

A tool parameter reaches a file or shell call tab_discover.url → src/company/server.ts:453
          res.end(readFileSync(file));
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 an external command src/company/adapters.ts:236
      const child = spawn(bin, args, { cwd, env: { ...process.env, CLAUDECODE: undefined }, stdio: ['pipe', 'pipe', 'pipe'] });
    tb.innerHTML = state.companies.length

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

A tool parameter here reaches a dangerous call

That is not a flaw by itself — but it is where things go wrong when it is not the job. We re-read this code on every release. Watch it and you hear from us the day another one appears.

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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.

run in your terminal
claude mcp add tab -- npx -y paidwithtab
~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "tab": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "paidwithtab"
      ]
    }
  }
}
~/.codex/config.toml
[mcp_servers.tab]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "paidwithtab"]
.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "tab": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "paidwithtab"
      ]
    }
  }
}
.vscode/mcp.json
{
  "servers": {
    "tab": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "paidwithtab"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Optional settings from the registry entry, left out of the block above: TAB_AGENT (Agent key file. Default ~/.tab/agent.json, which `npx paidwithtab init` creates with a mandate and starter credits), TAB_MANDATE (Owner-signed mandate file. Default ~/.tab/mandate.json), TAB_MAX_PER_CALL (Refuse any single call priced above this many dollars, e.g. 0.05), TAB_CATALOG (Catalog to search. Default https://paidwithtab.com).

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tab — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

Why is there no uptime for tab?
tab 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 paidwithtab was installed 34 times last week.
How do I connect tab?
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 runs locally, so the command pulls paidwithtab straight from npm; nothing to host, nothing to sign up for.
How many people use tab?
The npm package paidwithtab was installed 34 times in the last week. Week over week that is -94%. We show installs rather than GitHub stars on purpose: a star is a bookmark, an install is someone actually running it.
Is tab 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.