OCR is answering right now. Last checked 12 min ago. It exposes 2 tools. Last commit 30 Aug 2026.
Read PDFs and images as markdown or text, with exact costs and hard spend caps. $0.75/1k pages.
Nothing serious here today
Today is the operative word: we check OCR every 15 minutes and re-read its code on every release. Watch it and you find out the day that stops being true.
Connect this server
Endpoint below is the one we actually reach during checks — not the one copied from a README. Last verified 12 min ago.
claude mcp add ocr --transport http https://mcp.pennyocr.comhttps://mcp.pennyocr.com[mcp_servers.ocr]
url = "https://mcp.pennyocr.com"{
"mcpServers": {
"ocr": {
"url": "https://mcp.pennyocr.com"
}
}
}{
"servers": {
"ocr": {
"type": "http",
"url": "https://mcp.pennyocr.com"
}
}
}Available tools 2
Read directly from the server with tools/list, grouped by what they act on.
If a tool disappears, we record the date.
read_document
estimate_cost
Endpoints
| URL | Transport | State | Latency | Checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| https://mcp.pennyocr.com | streamable-http | answering | 941 ms | 12 min ago |
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OCR — questions
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