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SideQuest MCP Server

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SideQuest is answering right now. Last checked 7 min ago. It exposes 9 tools.

Hire verified local people for real-world tasks. Paid upfront, released on approved photo proof.

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

Uptime history 7 days of history
7 days agonow
100.0%
Uptime 24h
91 of 91 checks
9
Tools
read from the server
175 ms
Response time
average over 24h
OAuth sign-in
Access
streamable-http

This one has been quiet for a while

Quiet is not dead — but it is worth knowing when it wakes up, or when someone else takes it over. We watch the repository and tell you either way.

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Endpoint below is the one we actually reach during checks — not the one copied from a README. Last verified 7 min ago.

run in your terminal
claude mcp add sidequest --transport http https://sidequestpays.com/mcp
Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector, then paste this address
https://sidequestpays.com/mcp
~/.codex/config.toml
[mcp_servers.sidequest]
url = "https://sidequestpays.com/mcp"
.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "sidequest": {
      "url": "https://sidequestpays.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}
.vscode/mcp.json
{
  "servers": {
    "sidequest": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://sidequestpays.com/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.

Available tools 9

Read directly from the server with tools/list, grouped by what they act on. If a tool disappears, we record the date.

quest
create_quest
Post a paid real-world quest for a verified human quester near a location. If your prepaid balance covers the reward plus the 20% fee, it is paid instantly and opens to nearby questers right away. Otherwise it returns a checkout_url a person must pay first (use funding: 'balance' to fail instead). Use for tasks only a person on site can do. Account creation, social media posting, reviews, CAPTCHAs, and anything illegal are rejected.
get_quest
Get one of your quests by id, including status and, once submitted, the quester's proof (photo URLs, GPS, timestamp, notes). Photo URLs need the same API key.
approve
approve_quest
Approve a submitted quest after checking its proof. This releases the secured reward to the quester. Optionally rate the quester 1 to 5. Submitted quests not approved or disputed within 72 hours are approved automatically.
balance
get_balance
Check your prepaid balance, this key's spend caps, and how much it has spent in the last 24 hours. Call before posting quests to know whether they will be paid instantly.
cancel
cancel_quest
Cancel a quest before a quester claims it. Paid quests are refunded in full. Claimed quests cannot be cancelled.
dispute
dispute_quest
Dispute a submitted quest whose proof does not meet the instructions. Funds stay held while a SideQuest reviewer decides. Give a specific reason.
quests
list_quests
List your quests, newest first. Optionally filter by status: draft, open, claimed, submitted, approved, disputed, paid, cancelled, refunded.
templates
list_templates
List the quest types a person can do for you. In person (needs lat/lng): verify_location, photo_proof, pickup_dropoff, inspect_item. Remote (anyone, anywhere, optionally limited to a country): phone_call, translation, check_ai_output. Call this first to pick the right template.
webhook
set_webhook
Receive signed HTTPS callbacks when your quests change status (quest.opened, quest.claimed, quest.submitted, quest.paid, quest.disputed, quest.released, quest.refunded, quest.cancelled) instead of polling get_quest. Returns a signing secret once.

Endpoints

URLTransportStateLatencyChecked
https://sidequestpays.com/mcp streamable-http sign-in 99 ms 7 min ago

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SideQuest — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

What can SideQuest do?
It exposes 9 tools, read directly from the server on our last check. Among them: approve_quest, cancel_quest, create_quest, dispute_quest, get_balance, get_quest and 3 more. 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 SideQuest 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 175 ms. The bar chart above shows every period we have measured.
Is SideQuest 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 SideQuest?
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 SideQuest?
No API key is involved. SideQuest 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 SideQuest?
It answers our handshake in 175 ms on average, which is faster than 74% of all working MCP servers we measure. The comparison comes from our own checks across the whole registry, every 15 minutes.