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MCP server with quote and live cryptocurrency price tools, local and cloud-deployed transports.
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About
MCP server with quote and live cryptocurrency price tools, local and cloud-deployed transports.
Details
- Kind
- MCP servers
- Topic
- Finance & crypto
- Publisher
- jgpas
- Origin
- official
- Category
- ferramentas
- Transport
- http
- Version
- 1.0.0
- Last push
- 2026-09-02T13:47:11Z
- Repository state
- ativo
- Language
- JavaScript
- License
- MIT
- Added
- 2026-09-02 16:00:26
- Updated
- 2026-09-02 16:00:26
- Origin id
io.github.JGPAS/mcp-first-server
README
# mcp-first-server
A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server built with the official MCP SDK, available both as a
local stdio server (for Claude Desktop) and as a cloud-deployed HTTP server reachable over the
network.
**Live demo:** https://mcp-first-server.onrender.com (note: free-tier hosting, first request
after inactivity may take up to ~50s to wake the instance)
## Tools
- **get_quote** — returns a random motivational quote.
- **get_crypto_price** — fetches the live USD price of any cryptocurrency (via CoinGecko).
## Two ways to run this server
- `server.js` — stdio transport, for local use with Claude Desktop or any MCP client that
spawns a local process.
- `server-http.js` — StreamableHTTP transport wrapped in Express, for cloud/network deployment
(this is what's running at the live demo URL above). Listens on `process.env.PORT`.
## Local setup
```
npm install
npm start # runs server.js (stdio)
node server-http.js # or run the HTTP version locally
```
## Try the live HTTP endpoint
```
curl -X POST https://mcp-first-server.onrender.com/mcp \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-H "Accept: application/json, text/event-stream" \
-d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/list"}'
```
## Tech
Node.js, [@modelcontextprotocol/sdk](https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/sdk), Express,
Zod for schema validation. Deployed on Render.
## License
MIT — see [LICENSE](./LICENSE).
## Author
Built by James Ganobi.