MCP Server

The MCP Server for Hiring Real People

MCP server that lets Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor or any AI agent hire real people for microtasks: preview the cost, post the task and approve each proof.

Add to Claude Add to Cursor Get an API key

ChatGPT, Claude Code, VS Code, Codex and more

Setup

Connect in 30 Seconds

Pick your client and add the server URL. Clients with OAuth open a RapidWorkers sign-in; the others use an API key from your dashboard.

Claude (web, desktop, mobile)

Open Claude, go to Customize, then Connectors, and choose Add custom connector.
Name it RapidWorkers and paste https://www.rapidworkers.io/api/mcp/ as the URL.
Click Connect and sign in with your RapidWorkers account to approve access.

Add to Claude

Claude Code

OAuth or API key

The --scope user flag makes RapidWorkers available in every folder. Without it, Claude Code only loads the server in the folder where you ran the command. Start a new Claude Code session afterwards.

bash

claude mcp add --scope user --transport http rapidworkers https://www.rapidworkers.io/api/mcp/

Or use an API key

bash

claude mcp add --scope user --transport http rapidworkers https://www.rapidworkers.io/api/mcp/ \
  --header "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_RAPIDWORKERS_API_KEY"

Cursor

OAuth or API key

The Add to Cursor button signs you in with OAuth. The config file below uses an API key from an environment variable instead.

Add to Cursor

~/.cursor/mcp.json

json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "rapidworkers": {
      "url": "https://www.rapidworkers.io/api/mcp/",
      "headers": {
        "Authorization": "Bearer ${env:RAPIDWORKERS_API_KEY}"
      }
    }
  }
}

VS Code (GitHub Copilot)

OAuth or API key

Install in VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json

json

{
  "inputs": [
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "rapidworkers-key",
      "description": "RapidWorkers API key",
      "password": true
    }
  ],
  "servers": {
    "rapidworkers": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://www.rapidworkers.io/api/mcp/",
      "headers": {
        "Authorization": "Bearer ${input:rapidworkers-key}"
      }
    }
  }
}

OpenAI Codex

OAuth or API key

bash

codex mcp add rapidworkers --url https://www.rapidworkers.io/api/mcp/
codex mcp login rapidworkers

Or use an API key (~/.codex/config.toml)

toml

[mcp_servers.rapidworkers]
url = "https://www.rapidworkers.io/api/mcp/"
bearer_token_env_var = "RAPIDWORKERS_API_KEY"

Windsurf / Devin

OAuth or API key

mcp_config.json

json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "rapidworkers": {
      "serverUrl": "https://www.rapidworkers.io/api/mcp/",
      "headers": {
        "Authorization": "Bearer ${RAPIDWORKERS_API_KEY}"
      }
    }
  }
}

Gemini CLI

OAuth or API key

Command

bash

gemini mcp add --transport http rapidworkers https://www.rapidworkers.io/api/mcp/ \
  --header "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_RAPIDWORKERS_API_KEY"

Any other MCP client

OAuth or API key

Point the client at https://www.rapidworkers.io/api/mcp/ using the Streamable HTTP transport.
Clients that support MCP OAuth sign in automatically; others send an API key in the Authorization header.

Generic config

json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "rapidworkers": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://www.rapidworkers.io/api/mcp/",
      "headers": {
        "Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_RAPIDWORKERS_API_KEY"
      }
    }
  }
}

API keys live in the dashboard under API Management. Create a key and keep it in an environment variable such as RAPIDWORKERS_API_KEY, never in a URL.

Tools

What Your Agent Can Do

22 tools cover the whole job: check the rules, price a task, post it and review every submission.

Account & platform

Balance, platform rules and deposit links.

Get account
account:read
get_account
Balance, deposit status, AI task access and commission rate.
Get platform rules and options
Any connection
get_platform_info
Limits, fees, job categories, prefilled job types, AI task types, survey builder options and country codes.
List transactions
account:read
list_transactions
The latest deposits, charges, refunds and payouts.
Create deposit link
deposit:create
get_deposit_link
A hosted card or crypto checkout link for a human to pay ($20 minimum).

Jobs, surveys & AI tasks

Price, post, extend and cancel jobs, surveys and AI data tasks, optionally with an AI-generated image.

Preview job cost
jobs:read
preview_job_cost
Exact cost (pay × workers + commission + pin) and a quote id, before anything is charged.
Create job
jobs:write
create_job
Post a custom microtask for real people, with an optional AI-generated image; the cost is charged from the balance.
Create prefilled job
jobs:write
create_prefilled_job
One-link jobs for common tasks such as likes, follows, shares or reviews.
Create survey
jobs:write
create_survey
Build a questionnaire that real people answer on RapidWorkers, with screening questions and quality checks; the cost is charged from the balance.
Create AI data task
jobs:write
create_ai_task
Collect photos, audio, video or text from real people for AI training, with an optional AI-generated example image.
Request AI task access
jobs:write
request_ai_task_access
Ask the RapidWorkers team to enable AI data tasks on the account.
List jobs
jobs:read
list_jobs
Your jobs, surveys or AI tasks with status, progress and pending submissions.
Get job
jobs:read
get_job
Full details of one job, survey or AI task.
Add workers to a job
jobs:write
extend_job
Add more worker slots to a job; the extra cost is charged from the balance.
Cancel job
jobs:write
cancel_job
Stop a job and refund the unused budget (a $0.20 fee applies to live jobs).

Review & workers

Check proof and survey results, pay workers and keep bad actors out.

List submissions
jobs:read
list_submissions
Worker submissions with proof text, image links and worker stats, or survey responses with their answers and quality score.
Get survey results
jobs:read
get_survey_results
Per-question counts, percentages, averages, NPS and text samples for a survey.
Approve submission
submissions:review
approve_submission
Approve a submission and pay the worker, with an optional tip.
Reject submission
submissions:review
reject_submission
Reject a submission with a reason the worker can see.
Approve all pending submissions
submissions:review
approve_all_pending
Approve and pay every pending submission on a job at once, or only the survey responses with a good quality score.
Block worker
submissions:review
block_worker
Stop a worker from taking your jobs; their pending submissions are rejected.
Unblock worker
submissions:review
unblock_worker
Allow a blocked worker to take your jobs again.
List blocked workers
jobs:read
list_blocked_workers
Workers you have blocked.

Built-in prompts

Boost a social postPick a prefilled job type, preview the cost and post it.
Review pending submissionsCheck proofs against the brief and approve or reject each.
Collect AI training dataPlan and post an AI data-collection task.

How It Works

From Prompt to Approved Work

Your agent handles the API calls. You approve the spend and the results.

Connect your client

Add the server URL to Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor or any MCP client. Sign in with RapidWorkers or paste an API key.

Describe the task

Say what you need and from how many people. The agent checks the rules, shows the exact cost and waits for your OK.

Review the proof

Real people do the work and submit proof. The agent lists each submission so you can approve, tip or reject it.

Pricing & Rules

Same Prices and Rules as the Website

Connecting is free. You pay for the tasks you post, and the server enforces the same minimums as the dashboard.

Minimum pay per task: $0.05
Minimum pay per AI data task: $0.10
Minimum pay per survey response: $0.50
Minimum workers per job: 10
Minimum deposit: $20

A job costs pay per task × workers, plus the platform commission. Your rate is shown in the dashboard and in every cost preview.
A first deposit is required before posting. The agent can create a card or crypto checkout link for you to pay.
AI data tasks need access approved by the RapidWorkers team, and the agent can send the request. Surveys need no extra access, and people screened out of a survey are not paid.

Example

What a Task Looks Like in Chat

The agent prices the task and posts it only after you confirm. Then it goes through the proof with you.

You
Get 20 people to sign up on staging.example.com and report anything that breaks. Keep it under $5.
AI agent
- get_platform_info
- preview_job_cost
Here is the quote. Worker pay is $2.00 plus your commission, so it stays under $5 and your balance covers it. Shall I post it?
Workers
20 × $0.10
Worker pay
$2.00
Commission
Your account rate
Quote valid for
10 minutes
You
Yes, post it.
AI agent
- create_job
Posted. New jobs get a quick moderation check, then go live to workers.
You
How are the submissions looking?
AI agent
- list_submissions
18 of 20 are in. 17 have the signup screenshot and a bug note; one screenshot is blank. Approve the 17 and reject the blank one?
You
Do it.
AI agent
- reject_submission
- approve_all_pending
Done. 17 workers are paid, and the rejected worker sees the reason: "The screenshot is blank."

Example chat. Amounts and replies are illustrative.

Use Cases

What Agents Hire People For

Anything a person can do in a few minutes and prove with a screenshot, a link or a short answer.

Consensus votes on AI outputs
Several people judge the same output, and the majority answer becomes your ground truth.
TryAsk 15 people which of these two summaries is more accurate and give me the vote count.
Data labeling
People tag images, text or audio against your guidelines and submit their answers as proof.
TryHave 30 people label the sentiment of these 20 reviews in the linked form.
AI training data collection
Collect photos, voice clips, video or text from people in the countries you choose, with an AI-generated example of what to submit.
TryCollect 200 photos of handwritten receipts from people in India and Brazil.
Surveys
The agent builds the questionnaire on RapidWorkers: choice, rating, NPS, matrix and open questions, with screening questions and attention checks. Each response gets a quality score, and the agent reads back the results.
TryRun a 10-question survey with 200 drivers in the US and the UK, then summarize the results.
Usability tests
People try a real flow on their own devices and report where they got stuck.
TryHave 20 people sign up on our staging site and report every bug they hit.
Social proof tasks
Prefilled jobs turn one link into likes, follows, shares, retweets or reviews from real accounts.
TryGet 100 real people to like our launch video on YouTube.

Security

You Stay in Control of Spending

Access is scoped, revocable and tied to your account. New jobs need a fresh quote and your confirmation before anything is charged.

Scoped OAuth access
OAuth clients get only the scopes you approve on the RapidWorkers sign-in screen, and each tool checks its scope before it runs.
Revocable keys
Create and delete API keys in the dashboard, and disconnect OAuth clients there at any time.
Confirm before spend
New jobs, surveys and AI tasks need a quote from preview_job_cost (valid 10 minutes) and confirm=true after you approve the total. Adding workers, canceling and approving every pending submission also need confirm=true, and an idempotency key stops a retry from charging twice.
Keys never in URLs
Keys and tokens travel only in the Authorization header. Install links carry the server address and never a key.

OAuth scopes

A client asks for the scopes it needs, and you see each one before you approve. API keys have full account access.

account:read: Read your balance, transactions and account status
jobs:read: Read your jobs, surveys, AI tasks and their submissions
jobs:write: Create, extend and cancel jobs, surveys and AI tasks (spends balance)
submissions:review: Approve or reject submissions and block workers (pays workers)
deposit:create: Create deposit checkout links for you to pay

For Developers

Call It from Your Own Agent

The same server works from code. The API & MCP docs have a ready-to-run example for each of these.

Code examples in the docs

Claude API
Pass the server URL and an API key in mcp_servers, and Claude calls the tools during the request.
OpenAI Responses API
Add the server as an mcp tool with your API key in the Authorization header.
MCP Inspector
List and call the tools from your terminal before you wire up an agent.

FAQ

MCP Server FAQ

What is the RapidWorkers MCP server?

It is a remote MCP server at https://www.rapidworkers.io/api/mcp/ that lets AI assistants and agents hire real people on RapidWorkers. Your agent can check the rules, price a task, post it, and review and pay for submissions from the chat or from code. It can also add an image generated with AI, at no extra cost, to show workers what to do.

Which AI clients can connect to it?

Any client that supports remote MCP servers over Streamable HTTP. Claude (web, desktop and mobile), ChatGPT, Claude Code, Cursor, VS Code with GitHub Copilot, OpenAI Codex, Windsurf, Gemini CLI and Goose all work, as do agents built on the Claude API, the OpenAI Responses API or an MCP SDK.

How much does the MCP server cost?

Connecting is free and there is no subscription. You pay only for the tasks you post: pay per task × number of workers, plus the platform commission shown in your dashboard. The agent shows the exact total with preview_job_cost before anything is charged.

Should I connect with OAuth or an API key?

Use OAuth when your client supports it. Claude and ChatGPT sign in this way, and you approve exactly which permissions the client gets. Use an API key for scripts, autonomous agents and clients that can only send a header. A key has full access to your account, so keep it in an environment variable.

What are the minimums for posting a task?

Pay must be at least $0.05 per task ($0.10 for AI data tasks and $0.50 per survey response), every job needs at least 10 workers, and deposits start at $20. A first deposit is required before posting. The server rejects anything below these limits with a message that says how to fix it.

How does proof of work work?

Each worker submits the proof your brief asks for, such as a screenshot, a link or a short answer. The agent lists submissions with the proof text, image links and the worker's approval rate, then approves and pays, tips, or rejects with a reason the worker can see. Submissions you don't review are approved automatically after 2 days.

Is it safe to let an AI agent spend my balance?

Spending is gated. New jobs need a fresh quote and your explicit confirmation, and adding workers, canceling or approving every pending submission needs confirmation too. Paid calls take an idempotency key, so retrying with the same key never charges twice. OAuth connections get only the scopes you approve, and you can delete keys or disconnect clients from the dashboard at any time.

Put Real People Behind Your Agent

Create a free account, make your first deposit and connect the MCP server from Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor or your own code.

Create Free Account Read the Docs

Free to connect
OAuth or API key
Revoke access anytime
$20 minimum deposit

Connect in 30 Seconds

Claude (web, desktop, mobile)

ChatGPT

Claude Code

Cursor

VS Code (GitHub Copilot)

OpenAI Codex

Windsurf / Devin

Gemini CLI

Goose

Any other MCP client

What Your Agent Can Do

Account & platform

Jobs, surveys & AI tasks

Review & workers

From Prompt to Approved Work

Connect your client

Describe the task

Review the proof

Same Prices and Rules as the Website

What a Task Looks Like in Chat

What Agents Hire People For

Consensus votes on AI outputs

Data labeling

AI training data collection

Surveys

Usability tests

Social proof tasks

You Stay in Control of Spending

Scoped OAuth access

Revocable keys

Confirm before spend

Keys never in URLs

OAuth scopes

Call It from Your Own Agent

Claude API

OpenAI Responses API

MCP Inspector

MCP Server FAQ

What is the RapidWorkers MCP server?

Which AI clients can connect to it?

How much does the MCP server cost?

Should I connect with OAuth or an API key?

What are the minimums for posting a task?

How does proof of work work?

Is it safe to let an AI agent spend my balance?

Put Real People Behind Your Agent