Agent Vending Factory MCP Server

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Agent Vending Factory is answering right now. Last checked 11 min ago. It exposes 4 tools.

Pay-per-call MCP tools via x402 USDC: ZAR prices, data extraction, Python sandbox, SA flights.

The linked repository no longer exists on GitHub — it was deleted or made private.

Uptime history 51 days of history · worst day 0%

51 days agonow

100.0%

Uptime 24h

91 of 91 checks

Tools

read from the server

114 ms

Response time

average over 24h

open, no key

Access

streamable-http

What changed 3

Every tool that appeared, vanished or quietly changed what it asks for. Recorded since 4 September 2026. No other catalogue keeps this.

4 Sep 2 tools disappeared agent_example, tool_example

4 Sep a tool changed version

Tools have disappeared from this server

A tool that vanishes takes a piece of your agent with it, and the change arrives silently. Watch this server and every such change lands in your inbox.

Connect this server

Endpoint below is the one we actually reach during checks — not the one copied from a README. Last verified 11 min ago.

Claude Code Claude Desktop Codex Cursor VS Code

run in your terminal

claude mcp add agent-vending-factory --transport http https://agent-vending-factory-3srpjtr7na-ew.a.run.app/mcp

~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "agent-vending-factory": {
      "url": "https://agent-vending-factory-3srpjtr7na-ew.a.run.app/mcp"
    }
  }
}

~/.codex/config.toml

[mcp_servers.agent-vending-factory]
url = "https://agent-vending-factory-3srpjtr7na-ew.a.run.app/mcp"

.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "agent-vending-factory": {
      "url": "https://agent-vending-factory-3srpjtr7na-ew.a.run.app/mcp"
    }
  }
}

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "agent-vending-factory": {
      "url": "https://agent-vending-factory-3srpjtr7na-ew.a.run.app/mcp"
    }
  }
}

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.

tool

tool_compute_sandbox

POST /tools/tool_compute_sandbox/run — Executes Python 3.12 code in an isolated subprocess with a 5-second hard timeout. Input: {python_code: string, input_data: any (optional, bound as variable 'input_data')}. Output: {success, result, stdout (capped 50KB), execution_time_ms, error_type}. Return value: assign to 'result' variable. Pre-loaded: math, json, re, statistics, itertools, functools, collections, decimal, datetime, random, hashlib, base64. Blocked: import, open(), eval(), exec(), os, sys, network, class definitions, dunder attributes. error_type values: syntax_error | security_error | runtime_error | timeout_error. Cost: $0.1500 USDC per call.

tool_data_transformer

POST /tools/tool_data_transformer/run — Extracts structured JSON from raw text using a caller-supplied JSON Schema. Input: {raw_text: string, target_json_schema: object (JSON Schema draft-07)}. Output: {success, extracted_data, extraction_method, validation_passed, error}. extraction_method is one of: 'direct_parse', 'embedded_json', 'regex_extraction'. No LLM involved — pure parsing pipeline. Type coercion applied for integer/number/boolean fields. Works best with flat schemas; deeply nested structures extract less reliably via key-value pass. Cost: $0.0500 USDC per call.

tool_sa_airport_oracle

POST /tools/sa-airport-oracle/run — Returns live flight status from ACSA (airports.co.za). Input: {airport_code: 'JNB'|'CPT'|'DUR', flight_number: string, request_type: 'arrival'|'departure'}. Output: {success, live_status, scheduled_time, estimated_time, actual_time, gate, carousel, terminal, flight_number, airport_code, request_type, error}. Coverage: JNB (O.R. Tambo), CPT (Cape Town Int'l), DUR (King Shaka). Data window: flights within 48 hours. Call GET /tools/sa-airport-oracle/health (free) first — if structure_valid=false, do not proceed. error_type values: 'stale_data' (do not retry), 'not found' (retry after 10-15 min), network error (retry once). flight_number is case-insensitive and normalised to uppercase internally. Read-only — no booking/ticketing. Cost: $0.1200 USDC per call.

tool_zar_prices

POST /tools/zar-prices/run — Returns live bid/ask/last prices for crypto/ZAR pairs. Input: {pair: 'BTC/ZAR'|'ETH/ZAR'|'SOL/ZAR'|'USDC/ZAR'|'all'}. Output: array of {exchange, pair, price, bid, ask, timestamp} objects. Sources: VALR (all 4 pairs), Luno (BTC/ZAR + ETH/ZAR only). SOL/ZAR and USDC/ZAR are VALR-only. Fetches all exchanges concurrently. Timestamps are ISO-8601 UTC. Cost: $0.0050 USDC per call.

Tools removed

Tools this server used to expose. Anything built against them stopped working on the day they went.

agent_example

removed 4 Sep 2026

tool_example

removed 4 Sep 2026

Endpoints

URL	Transport	State	Latency	Checked
https://agent-vending-factory-3srpjtr7na-ew.a.run.app/mcp	streamable-http	answering	99 ms	11 min ago

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Agent Vending Factory — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

What can Agent Vending Factory do?

It exposes 4 tools, read directly from the server on our last check. Among them: tool_compute_sandbox, tool_data_transformer, tool_sa_airport_oracle, tool_zar_prices. 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 Vending Factory 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 114 ms. The bar chart above shows every period we have measured.

Did Agent Vending Factory ever remove tools?

Yes. agent_example, tool_example are no longer exposed — we recorded the date each one disappeared. A tool vanishing usually means a breaking change for anything that depended on it.

Is Agent Vending Factory still maintained?

The linked repository no longer exists on GitHub — it was deleted or made private. We show this because it changes what you can expect: an unmaintained server may keep answering for months and then stop without warning.

How do I connect Agent Vending Factory?

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 Agent Vending Factory need an API key?

No. Agent Vending Factory completed a full MCP handshake with us as an anonymous client and listed its tools without asking for anything. All 4 of them are readable on this page. This is what we observed, not what the docs claim.

How fast is Agent Vending Factory?

It answers our handshake in 114 ms on average, which is faster than 83% 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.