io.github.JGPAS/mcp-first-server MCP Server

This Model Context Protocol (MCP) server provides tools for returning a random motivational quote and retrieving live cryptocurrency prices in USD. It is built with the official MCP SDK and supports both local and cloud deployments, using stdio and HTTP transports.

🛠️ Key Features

Name: io.github.JGPAS/mcp-first-server
Description: MCP server with quote and live cryptocurrency price tools, local and cloud-deployed transports
Tools: 2 total
get_quote: returns a random motivational quote
get_crypto_price: fetches the live USD price of any cryptocurrency via CoinGecko

🚀 Use Cases

Generate motivational quotes via get_quote
Retrieve up-to-date cryptocurrency pricing via get_crypto_price

⚡ Developer Benefits

Uses the official MCP SDK
Offers stdio transport for local use (for Claude Desktop)
Provides a cloud-deployed HTTP server reachable over the network

⚠️ Limitations

Cloud demo may be slow after inactivity: first request can take up to ~50 seconds on free-tier hosting

{ "type": "object", "properties": { "coin": { "type": "string", "description": "The coin id, like 'bitcoin' or 'ethereum'." } }, "required": [ "coin" ], "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#" }

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)

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"}'

Install

Tools (2)

get_quoteget_crypto_price

Remote endpoint

Streamable HTTP

Hosted server - connect over the network, no local install.

url

https://mcp-first-server.onrender.com/mcp

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claude_desktop_config.json

json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcp-first-server": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "mcp-remote",
        "https://mcp-first-server.onrender.com/mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Desktop config is stdio-only; this bridges via mcp-remote. Native remote: Settings > Connectors.

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io.github.JGPAS/mcp-first-server MCP Server

🛠️ Key Features

🚀 Use Cases

⚡ Developer Benefits

⚠️ Limitations

get_quote

get_crypto_price

mcp-first-server

Tools

Two ways to run this server

Local setup

Try the live HTTP endpoint

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