Scratchpad MCP Server

by scratchpad-sh Your server? Claim it

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Scratchpad is answering right now. Last checked 3 min ago. Last commit 1 Nov 2026.

Search, read, write, and organize your Scratchpad notes from any MCP client.

Uptime history 21 hours of history

21 hours agonow

100.0%

Uptime 24h

78 of 78 checks

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Tools

hidden behind auth

440 ms

Response time

average over 24h

Stars

last commit 1 Nov 2026

Nothing serious here today

Today is the operative word: we check Scratchpad 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 3 min ago.

Claude Code Claude Desktop Codex Cursor VS Code

run in your terminal

claude mcp add scratchpad --transport http https://app.scratchpad.sh/api/mcp

Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector, then paste this address

https://app.scratchpad.sh/api/mcp

~/.codex/config.toml

[mcp_servers.scratchpad]
url = "https://app.scratchpad.sh/api/mcp"

.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "scratchpad": {
      "url": "https://app.scratchpad.sh/api/mcp"
    }
  }
}

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "servers": {
    "scratchpad": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://app.scratchpad.sh/api/mcp"
    }
  }
}

This endpoint answered with an authorization challenge. The server is running, and it signs you in through your browser: there is no API key to paste.

Endpoints

URL	Transport	State	Latency	Checked
https://app.scratchpad.sh/api/mcp	streamable-http	sign-in	434 ms	3 min ago

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Scratchpad — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

Why is there no tool list for Scratchpad?

The server answered our handshake with an authorization challenge, so it is running — but it will not describe its tools to an anonymous client. To see them you need to connect with your own credentials. We record it as alive, not as broken: 100.0% of checks in the last 24 hours got a reply.

Is Scratchpad working right now?

We send a real MCP handshake every 15 minutes. Over the last 24 hours 78 of 78 checks got a reply (100.0%), average response time 440 ms. The bar chart above shows every period we have measured.

How do I connect Scratchpad?

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 is a remote server, so there is nothing to install — the client connects to the address. You sign in through your browser once and the client keeps the session: no key to copy, and it refuses anonymous clients.

How do you sign in to Scratchpad?

No API key is involved. Scratchpad answers our knock with an OAuth challenge, so you authorise it once in your browser and the client keeps the session. That is also why we see no tool list: it will not describe itself to an anonymous client, and that is the server working as intended, not a fault.

How fast is Scratchpad?

It answers our handshake in 440 ms on average, which is faster than 29% of all working MCP servers we measure. The comparison comes from our own checks across the whole registry, every 15 minutes.

Is Scratchpad open source?

The code is open source: it is published under the MIT licence, written in TypeScript and 0 stars on GitHub. The licence covers the code in the repository, not the hosted service at app.scratchpad.sh, which runs on its operator's own terms.