Aetheris MCP Server

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What is the Aetheris MCP server?

Aetheris MCP server exists for a simple reason — assistants are far more useful when they can act on Aetheris directly instead of describing what you should do. x402-gated web scraping MCP server. Pay 0.01 USDC per page on Base. Returns clean Markdown via JSDOM.

What you get

Bring Your Own Key (BYOK) for inference. Settle in USDC on Base for context.

Setting it up

Installation goes through your MCP client rather than a global install: point it at @aetheris/mcp-client on npm and it is fetched when the client starts. The copy-paste blocks for Claude Desktop, Claude Code and Cursor are further down this page.

What the assistant can call

Once Aetheris is connected, these are the calls the assistant has available:

  • Engine — ** Node.js + Express
  • Scraper — ** JSDOM (Deep DOM sanitization, strips scripts/styles/ads)
  • Transport — ** Server-Sent Events (/sse & /message)
  • Monetization — ** ethers.js (EVM HTTP 402 validation on Base Mainnet)
  • USDC_CONTRACT_ADDRESS — The target ERC-20 contract
  • MERCHANT_WALLET_ADDRESS — Your EVM public key
  • RPC_URL — Your Web3 RPC provider (defaults to https://mainnet.base.org)

Before you rely on it

  • It runs with your machine's permissions. That is convenient and also the reason to think about what you point it at before you approve a tool call.
  • MCP clients confirm each tool call by default. Leave that on until you have watched what the aetheris mcp server does with a few real requests.

Choosing this one

Among the search and retrieval options, the useful question is rarely "what can it do" but "what does it cost you to run" — permissions, credentials, and how much of your context its toolset consumes. Aetheris's toolset — Engine, Scraper, Transport and 4 more — is a fair guide to whether it matches your workflow. It is maintained by Timwal78; worth a glance at recent repository activity before you build anything load-bearing on it.

SyncDev reviews every entry in this directory against the project's own documentation before publishing, and revisits them as servers change.

Available tools

ToolWhat it does
Engine** Node.js + Express
Scraper** JSDOM (Deep DOM sanitization, strips scripts/styles/ads)
Transport** Server-Sent Events (/sse & /message)
Monetization** ethers.js (EVM HTTP 402 validation on Base Mainnet)
USDC_CONTRACT_ADDRESSThe target ERC-20 contract.
MERCHANT_WALLET_ADDRESSYour EVM public key.
RPC_URLYour Web3 RPC provider (defaults to https://mainnet.base.org).

How to install the Aetheris MCP server

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "aetheris": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "@aetheris/mcp-client"]
    }
  }
}

Add to claude_desktop_config.json, then restart Claude Desktop.

Example prompts to try

  • Use Aetheris to Engine.
  • Use Aetheris to Scraper.
  • Use Aetheris to Transport.

Frequently asked questions

It connects Aetheris to MCP-compatible AI assistants such as Claude and Cursor, exposing 7 tools (Engine, Scraper, Transport, and more) that the assistant can call on your behalf. Instead of copying data back and forth by hand, the assistant works with Aetheris directly.