Read PDFs and images as markdown or text, with exact costs and hard spend caps. $0.75/1k pages.
Connect Remote server
claude mcp add --transport http ocr https://mcp.pennyocr.com --header "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_API_KEY>"
{
"mcpServers": {
"ocr": {
"url": "https://mcp.pennyocr.com",
"headers": {
"Authorization": "Bearer <YOUR_API_KEY>"
}
}
}
}
{
"servers": {
"ocr": {
"type": "http",
"url": "https://mcp.pennyocr.com",
"headers": {
"Authorization": "Bearer <YOUR_API_KEY>"
}
}
}
}
Settings > Connectors > Add custom connector
URL: https://mcp.pennyocr.com
Replace the values in angle brackets with your own. Keys stay on your machine; we never see them.
Tools 2 found in our last check
read_documentRead a document (PDF or image) from a URL and return its contents as markdown (tables preserved) or plain text. Costs $0.00075 per page, billed to the PennyOCR account; the response includes the exact cost_usd and per-page citations. Use estimate_cost first for big documents. Su…
estimate_costFree: return the page count and exact cost_usd to read a document URL with read_document, without running OCR. Use before reading large documents.
Headers
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
AuthorizationRequired, secret | Bearer pk_live_... — free API key from https://pennyocr.com/dashboard/ (100 pages/month included) |
Details
| Endpoint | https://mcp.pennyocr.com (Streamable HTTP) |
| First published | 21 Aug 2026 |
| Last updated | 21 Aug 2026 |
| Registry name | com.pennyocr/ocr |
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