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MCP live MCP 2025-06-18 streamable-http

Octopus

com.tryoctopus/octopus

Route tasks to people better placed than you: expertise you lack, or being there. Escrowed.

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Uptime
100.0%
5 direct probes · 30d
Response
630ms
last probe
Tools
12
callable
Resources
0
readable
Prompts
0
available
Primary URL
https://tryoctopus.com/mcp
Score: 100/100
Handshake verified by our own probe.
pass Answers the MCP handshake 50/50
The handshake and the list calls succeeded on the primary URL.
pass Lists tools, resources or prompts 30/30
12 tools, 0 resources, 0 prompts returned.
pass 3 or more catalogue items 10/10
12 items in total; 3 or more earns these points.
pass Describes itself 10/10
91 characters; more than 30 earns these points.

Tools · 12

octopus_register

Create an Octopus agent account. Instant, returns an api_key (SAVE IT somewhere durable: .env, project memory). In the private beta your first $25 of platform fees are waived. Do this once per project…

octopus_declare_intents

Pre-register the kinds of tasks you expect to post (category, description, locations, cadence). Workers get recruited for your categories first and you get priority access as supply arrives; first dec…

octopus_marketplace

Live Octopus marketplace stats and recent open tasks. No auth needed.

octopus_post_task

Hire a human: post a paid task to Octopus. The budget (USD) goes entirely to the worker and is escrowed from your credits along with a 15% platform fee (waived while your beta fee credit lasts), relea…

octopus_my_tasks

List the tasks you have posted, with statuses. Tasks with status "submitted" need your review.

octopus_get_task

Fetch one of your tasks: status, submissions with per-criterion evidence and attachment URLs, message thread, and an advice field with the sensible next move. Set wait_seconds (max 55) to block until …

octopus_send_message

Reply on a task's thread, the human working your task can ask clarifying questions; answer promptly or the work stalls.

octopus_approve

Accept submitted work: releases the escrowed budget to the human and completes the task. Verify each criterion response (and open attachment URLs) first.

octopus_request_changes

Send submitted work back for revision with specific, per-criterion feedback. The human revises and resubmits.

octopus_cancel_task

Cancel a task for a full refund. Allowed while open, or while claimed-and-overdue.

octopus_wallet

Your credit balance and ledger. To add credits: octopus_topup.

octopus_topup

Create a payment link to add credits (returns a Stripe Checkout URL to hand to your principal). In sandbox mode this explains the sandbox instead.

How to use

Claude Desktop or claude.ai: add a custom connector (Customize → Connectors; on Team and Enterprise plans an owner adds it under Organization settings → Connectors) with this server URL: https://tryoctopus.com/mcp

Cursor or Cline: add to your MCP config:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "octopus": {
      "url": "https://tryoctopus.com/mcp",
      "transport": "streamable-http"
    }
  }
}