Hunter MCP runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 21 installs a week from npm. Last commit 9 Sep 2026.
Hunter.io MCP: domain search, email finder and verifier, enrichment, discovery, leads. 11 tools.
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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.
claude mcp add hunter-mcp -e 'HUNTER_API_KEY=<HUNTER_API_KEY>' -- npx -y @scalably-io/hunter-mcp{
"mcpServers": {
"hunter-mcp": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@scalably-io/hunter-mcp"
],
"env": {
"HUNTER_API_KEY": "<HUNTER_API_KEY>"
}
}
}
}[mcp_servers.hunter-mcp]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "@scalably-io/hunter-mcp"]
env = { HUNTER_API_KEY = "<HUNTER_API_KEY>" }{
"mcpServers": {
"hunter-mcp": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@scalably-io/hunter-mcp"
],
"env": {
"HUNTER_API_KEY": "<HUNTER_API_KEY>"
}
}
}
}{
"servers": {
"hunter-mcp": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@scalably-io/hunter-mcp"
],
"env": {
"HUNTER_API_KEY": "<HUNTER_API_KEY>"
}
}
}
}Put your own value in place of
<HUNTER_API_KEY> (Hunter.io API key from hunter.io/api-keys).
The author’s registry entry marks it as required.
Optional settings from the registry entry, left out of the block above:
HUNTER_API_BASE (Hunter API base URL, default https://api.hunter.io/v2), HUNTER_TIMEOUT_MS (Per-request timeout in milliseconds, default 30000), HUNTER_RETRY_BASE_MS (Base delay in milliseconds for the GET retry backoff, default 500).
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