Show HN: MCP tools in one server – pay-as-you-go, no subscription
Smithery offers a server with 337+ MCP tools covering weather, crypto, finance, web search, DNS, AI chat, and more. It uses a pay-as-you-go model: $5 for 500 calls (1 credit per call), with no subscription required.
Background
- **MCP (Model Context Protocol)**: An open protocol developed by Anthropic that lets AI assistants (like Claude) use external tools (e.g., search the web, fetch crypto prices, run calculations) directly in a conversation. MCP servers are the backends that provide those tool capabilities.
- **Smithery.ai**: A registry/hosting platform for MCP servers. Think of it as an "app store" for AI toolkits — developers publish MCP-compatible servers there, and users (or their AI clients) can discover and connect to them.
- **What this is**: A single MCP server that bundles 337+ different tools (weather, crypto, DNS lookup, AI chat, color conversion, etc.) under one endpoint. Instead of managing many separate servers, you use one. Payment is pay-as-you-go ($5 for 500 API calls) rather than a monthly subscription.