# Vaaya (MCP server)

> Vaaya is an MCP server that adds web browsing tools to AI assistants such as Claude Desktop, Claude Code and Cursor. Paid APIs and tokenized shares for agents. It has 44 GitHub stars, is released under the MIT license and runs locally with npx -y @vaaya/mcp.

MCP server for AI agent payments. An agent in Cursor, Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Codex, or any MCP host can call paid APIs (search, scraping, contact data, public records, compute, media, research) from one balance, with a spend ceiling it states on every call, and no vendor keys anywhere in its environment. Billed only on success (x402 USDC on Base, Stripe MPP, or Tempo); a refused or failed call costs nothing.

## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Repository | https://github.com/vaaya-ai/vaaya-mcp |
| GitHub stars | 44 |
| License | MIT |
| Language | JavaScript |
| Transport | stdio, streamable-http |
| Packages | npm: @vaaya/mcp |
| Remote URL | https://vaaya.ai/mcp |
| Needs API key | no |
| Official | yes |
| Works with | Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor, VS Code, Claude.ai, ChatGPT |
| Category | Web & browsing |
| Latest release | v0.3.1 (Jul 4, 2026) |
| Last commit | Sep 13, 2026 |
| MCP registry name | ai.vaaya/mcp |

## Install

### Claude Desktop (claude_desktop_config.json)

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "vaaya": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@vaaya/mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

Settings > Developer > Edit Config. macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/, Windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\. Restart Claude Desktop afterwards.

### Claude Code

```sh
claude mcp add --transport stdio vaaya -- npx -y @vaaya/mcp
```

### Cursor (.cursor/mcp.json)

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "vaaya": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@vaaya/mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

Project file; use ~/.cursor/mcp.json to enable it in every project.

### VS Code (.vscode/mcp.json)

```json
{
  "servers": {
    "vaaya": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@vaaya/mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

### Claude Code (remote)

```sh
claude mcp add --transport http vaaya "https://vaaya.ai/mcp"
```

The same server is also hosted as a remote MCP endpoint, so nothing runs on your machine.

Config formats checked against the official docs on 2026-10-07.

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