Penny Press

io.github.con-scribe/penny-pressVersion 1.0.1

Short essays and fragments. Free for humans; machines pay pennies per read via x402.

Status

Responds442 msNov 14, 2026, 14:48 UTCAnswered our handshake without sign-in.

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Last checked: Nov 14, 2026, 14:48 UTC
Latency: 442 ms
Remotes responding: 1 of 1
Sign-in: No sign-in
Hosting: Hosted outside the EU (detected)
Registry data as of: Nov 14, 2026, 21:12 UTC

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Connect

Streamable HTTP

https://www.pennypress.org/mcpResponds442 msNov 14, 2026, 14:48 UTC

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Claude Code

claude mcp add --transport http penny-press https://www.pennypress.org/mcp

Claude Desktop and claude.ai

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Settings > Connectors > Add custom connector
Name: penny-press
Remote MCP server URL: https://www.pennypress.org/mcp

Cursor

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "penny-press": {
      "url": "https://www.pennypress.org/mcp"
    }
  }
}

VS Code

code --add-mcp '{"name":"penny-press","type":"http","url":"https://www.pennypress.org/mcp"}'

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Tools

7 tools

Tools of Penny Press
	Description		Read-only	Idempotent	Open world
`common_cents_info`Overview of Common Cents, the Penny Press collection of 20 author-curated quotations in five themed clusters: the themes, quote count, and payment info for the $0.01 full machine-readable set.	Overview of Common Cents, the Penny Press collection of 20 author-curated quotations in five themed clusters: the themes, quote count, and payment info for the $0.01 full machine-readable set.	No	Yes	Yes	No
`essay_payment_info`Get the x402 payment details for one essay (price, network, asset, recipient wallet) so a machine buyer knows how to pay.	Get the x402 payment details for one essay (price, network, asset, recipient wallet) so a machine buyer knows how to pay.	No	Yes	Yes	No
`lexicon_lookup`Look up a term in the Penny Press Lexicon (the author's own definitions of his political-economy vocabulary). Returns free metadata — part of speech and the essays where the term appears — plus payment info for the $0.01 full definition.	Look up a term in the Penny Press Lexicon (the author's own definitions of his political-economy vocabulary). Returns free metadata — part of speech and the essays where the term appears — plus payment info for the $0.01 full definition.	No	Yes	Yes	No
`lexicon_snapshot_info`Payment details for the Penny Press Lexicon full dataset snapshot ($0.25): every author-defined term with part of speech, definition, verbatim usage example, and source essays, as versioned JSON.	Payment details for the Penny Press Lexicon full dataset snapshot ($0.25): every author-defined term with part of speech, definition, verbatim usage example, and source essays, as versioned JSON.	No	Yes	Yes	No
`list_essays`List all published essays and fragments: titles, descriptions, prices, and reading URLs. Full text is free for humans at /read/{slug}; machine reads at /essays/{slug} are paid via x402 (USDC on Base).	List all published essays and fragments: titles, descriptions, prices, and reading URLs. Full text is free for humans at /read/{slug}; machine reads at /essays/{slug} are paid via x402 (USDC on Base).	No	Yes	Yes	No
`witness_attest_info`How to attest a work's fingerprint with LitWit ($0.05): what to submit, what the tamper-evident receipt contains, and the x402 payment details. The service never sees your work — only its hash.	How to attest a work's fingerprint with LitWit ($0.05): what to submit, what the tamper-evident receipt contains, and the x402 payment details. The service never sees your work — only its hash.	No	Yes	Yes	No
`witness_verify`Check whether a SHA-256 content hash has been witnessed by LitWit, the Penny Press literary notary. Free. Returns the matching attestation entries (entry id, sequence, timestamp, title) or an empty result.	Check whether a SHA-256 content hash has been witnessed by LitWit, the Penny Press literary notary. Free. Returns the matching attestation entries (entry id, sequence, timestamp, title) or an empty result.	No	Yes	Yes	No

Details

Registry status: Active
Published: Sep 29, 2026
Updated: Sep 29, 2026
Website: Not given
Repository: Not given
Categories (suggested): Finance and paymentsSuggested categories are assigned automatically from the registry text and may be wrong. Verified operators can correct them.
GDPR: Not declared

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