MCP server giving AI agents instant access to 1,500+ free public APIs — search, probe, and generate code snippets

mcp-public-apis

Give your AI coding agent the ability to find, test, and integrate any of 1,500+ free public APIs — instantly.

Data sourced from the community-maintained public-apis list · synced daily

What is this?

An MCP (Model Context Protocol) server that gives AI coding agents real-time access to the public-apis dataset. Instead of copy-pasting API documentation, your agent can search, probe, and generate working code — all in one conversation.

You:   "Find me a free weather API with no auth that supports HTTPS"
Agent: [calls search_apis] → returns top matches with auth/HTTPS/CORS details

You:   "Test the first one — show me what the response looks like"
Agent: [calls probe_api] → live GET request, returns status + response shape

You:   "Generate an axios snippet for it"
Agent: [calls generate_snippet] → ready-to-paste curl, fetch, and axios code

Installation

Pick the config for your client and paste it in. No build step required — npx handles everything.

File: ~/Library/Application Support/Cursor/claude_desktop_config.json (macOS)
File: %APPDATA%\Cursor\claude_desktop_config.json (Windows)

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "public-apis": {
      "command": "npx",