Ausca

Pay-per-call APIs and MCP services for agents, no accounts or keys, with verifiable receipts.

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Agents buy infrastructure the way they call tools: send the request, pay the 402 challenge within a hard USD cap you set, read the result and its settlement proof. The catalog, prices, and schemas are immutable and public at ausca.com/catalog.json; the full agent contract is ausca.com/SKILL.md.

Services and prices

ServiceWhat it doesPrice (USD)
Document OCRNormalized text with line confidence from one committed document$0.25 per document
Document AnalysisNormalized forms, tables, signatures, or layout from one committed document$0.30 to $0.75, sized by document bytes
Media TranscriptionNormalized transcript of one committed audio or video file$0.40 to $1.30, sized by media bytes
Browser SessionRemote browser with standard CDP access$0.05 / 10 min, $0.10 / 30 min, $0.20 / 60 min
Agent InboxA renewable receive-only email address your agent owns$0.05 / hour, $0.20 / day, $1.00 / week
Inbox ExtensionAdd time to an active inbox without changing its address$0.05 / hour, $0.20 / day, $1.00 / week

Prices are the public catalog values at the time of writing; the live catalog is authoritative.

Use it in 60 seconds

MCP (Claude Desktop, Cursor, any MCP host): the local server holds your wallet and pays within your cap. Tools are derived from the live catalog.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "ausca": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "ausca", "mcp"],
      "env": {
        "AUSCA_PRIVATE_KEY": "0x...",
        "AUSCA_MAX_PAYMENT_USD": "0.50"
      }
    }
  }
}

TypeScript

import { AuscaClient } from "ausca";

const client = AuscaClient.withLocalKey({
  privateKey: process.env.AUSCA_PRIVATE_KEY, // pays USDC on Base
  maxPaymentUsd: 0.5,                        // hard per-call cap
});

const outcome = await client.invoke("browser.session", { duration_seconds: 600 });
console.log(outcome.result, outcome.payment?.transaction);

CLI

npx ausca catalog
npx ausca price document.ocr
AUSCA_PRIVATE_KEY=0x... AUSCA_MAX_PAYMENT_USD=0.50 \
  npx ausca invoke browser.session '{"duration_seconds":600}'

Python

pip install ausca
from ausca import AuscaClient

client = AuscaClient.with_local_key(private_key=key, max_payment_usd=0.50)
outcome = client.invoke("browser.session", {"duration_seconds": 600})

A remote MCP server also runs at https://ausca.com/mcp (Streamable HTTP) for discovery, preparation, and state reads; payment always signs on your side, which is why the local server exists.

How payment works

Every service is an x402 v2 payable resource. An unsigned request returns the exact payment requirement; the client pays it only if it fits your cap, then retries the same bytes with the same idempotency key, so an uncertain retry can never buy twice. Settlement is USDC on Base and every completed invocation carries a receipt with a public, hash-only verification page. Payment rails are pluggable behind one interface; the official @x402/* libraries do all signing.

Document and media services take an immutable artifact commitment instead of raw bytes: npx ausca commit file.pdf uploads through the keyless ingress and returns the commitment the offer input carries.

What is in this repository

PackageRegistryWhat it is
auscanpmThe front door: library, CLI, and local MCP server
@ausca/sdknpmThe typed engine: client, payment authorities, artifact store
auscaPyPIPython client and CLI with the same ports
@ausca/ai-sdknpmVercel AI SDK tools for any x402 v2 resource
langchain-auscanpmLangChain tools for any x402 v2 resource
skills/ausca.comAgent skills, mirrored from the live origin

The service runtime is not in this repository; this is the complete public buyer side. server.json carries the official MCP registry identity com.ausca/agent-services.

Links

License

MIT

Installation

Source-derived launch command. Check the maintainer’s required arguments and credentials before running:

bash
npx -y ausca

Set up in your AI client

Merge this template into ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json. Keep existing servers. Add any arguments, credentials, and permissions required by the maintainer; this template has not been install-tested.

json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "com-ausca-agent-services": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "ausca"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Restart Claude Desktop completely for changes to take effect. Confirm the server appears connected in the client’s tool list, then try a read-only example from its documentation.

Claude Desktop setup reference

Package

auscanpm

Compatible MCP Clients

Ausca works with any MCP-compatible client. Copy the config snippet from the Configuration section above and add it to the file shown for your client, then restart the application.

  • Claude Desktop~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.jsonRestart Claude Desktop completely for changes to take effect.
  • Cursor~/.cursor/mcp.jsonRestart Cursor for changes to take effect.
  • VS Code.vscode/mcp.jsonReload VS Code window for changes to take effect.
  • Windsurf~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.jsonRestart Windsurf for changes to take effect.
  • Claude Code.mcp.jsonSave at the project root, then start Claude Code in that project and review the MCP server approval prompt. Keep real credentials out of shared files.

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