Glim#

Glim is a hosted MCP server that gives agents live external data: Twitter/X, Reddit, web search and page extraction, GitHub, Amazon, and YouTube transcripts. One endpoint, eleven tools, pay per call. No API keys to provision or rotate.

If glim_* tools are already available in your session, skip to Tools and use them directly.

Connect#

Add the endpoint to any MCP client:

json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "glim": {
      "url": "https://glim.sh/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Claude Code:

bash

claude mcp add -s user -t http glim https://glim.sh/mcp

On first use the client runs a browser OAuth sign-in. Manage your balance and top up at glim.sh/app; every call is billed against that balance at the prices below.

Restrict the tool list per session with the ?tools= query parameter:

text

https://glim.sh/mcp?tools=glim_twitter_search,glim_web_fetch

Headless fallback: pay per call with a crypto wallet#

No browser or account needed. Calls are paid from a local wallet via the x402 protocol (USDC on Base or Solana):

bash

npx x402-proxy setup                              # one-time: generate or import a wallet
npx x402-proxy wallet info                        # show address + USDC balance
npx x402-proxy mcp add glim https://glim.sh/mcp   # register glim in your MCP client behind a paying proxy

Fund the address shown by wallet info with USDC on Base or Solana. Tool calls then auto-pay on HTTP 402 challenges. MPP (Tempo) is also accepted on the same endpoint.

Tools#

ToolPriceUse forglim_twitter_search$0.005Search tweets with advanced operatorsglim_twitter_get$0.005Tweet with thread context, or user profile, by URL/id/handleglim_reddit_search$0.01Search Reddit postsglim_reddit_get$0.015Post + comments, subreddit feed, or user activityglim_web_search$0.01Semantic web search (Exa)glim_web_fetch$0.002Clean page extraction (handles SSR, SPA shells, PDFs)glim_github_search$0.002Search GitHub repos, conversations, or codeglim_github_get$0.002Repo metadata, files, history, PRs, issuesglim_amazon_search$0.005Search Amazon listings with prices, ratings, ASINsglim_amazon_get$0.01Amazon product detail by ASINglim_youtube_get$0.01YouTube subtitles/transcript by video id

Usage patterns#

• Search tools return compact previews. Follow up with the matching *_get tool for full content ( glim_reddit_search -> glim_reddit_get, glim_twitter_search -> glim_twitter_get).
• Reddit works best with subreddit-scoped queries: subreddit:python async.
• Twitter search supports advanced operators ( from:, since:, min_faves:, ...). The server exposes a docs://search-operators MCP resource with the full reference.
• Large glim_web_fetch pages are truncated inline with a download_full_url link to the complete extraction.
• Per-tool pricing is also exposed as the docs://pricing MCP resource.

REST API#

Every tool is also a plain REST endpoint under https://glim.sh/api/v1/, gated by the same x402/MPP payment challenges. Full spec: glim.sh/openapi.json. Use npx x402-proxy <url> as a paying curl.

Links#

• glim.sh - site, sign-in, balance dashboard
• glim.sh/openapi.json - REST API spec
• github.com/glim-sh - registry manifests and docs