Ocr
Read PDFs and images as markdown or text, with exact costs and hard spend caps. $0.75/1k pages.
Connect it
Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector
URL: https://mcp.pennyocr.comSettings → Apps & Connectors → Advanced → Developer mode
Create connector with URL: https://mcp.pennyocr.com{
"mcpServers": {
"ocr": {
"url": "https://mcp.pennyocr.com",
"headers": {
"Authorization": "<YOUR_AUTHORIZATION>"
}
}
}
}claude mcp add --transport http ocr https://mcp.pennyocr.com --header "Authorization: <value>"{
"servers": {
"ocr": {
"type": "http",
"url": "https://mcp.pennyocr.com",
"headers": {
"Authorization": "<YOUR_AUTHORIZATION>"
}
}
}
}2 tools, verified live
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. Supports page ranges and hard spend caps.
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.
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