Give Claude 63 Real-World Tools

Claude is brilliant but boxed in — it can't check today's BTC price, read a PDF from a URL, or send an email. One MCP connector fixes that with 63 production tools, priced per call.

Get a free API key — 25 instant credits Connector: archtools.dev/mcp

claude.ai and Claude Desktop (remote connector)

Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector, then paste:

https://archtools.dev/mcp

OAuth sign-in connects your Arch Tools account — no key copying needed.

Claude Code (CLI)

claude mcp add --transport http arch-tools https://archtools.dev/mcp

Claude Desktop (local, via npx)

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "arch-tools": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["arch-tools-mcp"],
      "env": { "ARCH_TOOLS_API_KEY": "your-api-key-here" }
    }
  }
}

Get the key at archtools.dev/signup — free, 25 credits usable instantly.

Things Claude can do once connected

"Search the web for today's coverage of X and fact-check the top claim" — web-search + fact-check
"What's ETH doing this week?" — crypto-price, crypto-ohlcv, crypto-sentiment
"Read this PDF and summarize it as bullets" — extract-pdf + summarize
"Pull the text out of this screenshot" — ocr-extract
"Generate a hero image for this post" — design-create
"Find and verify the email for this person at this company" — email-find + email-verify

All 63 tools with live pricing: Web & Data · Crypto · AI & Media · Utilities.

Pricing that fits how Claude actually works

Tools cost credits per call (from 1 credit ≈ $0.003 at pack rates). A typical research session — a handful of searches, a scrape, a summary — runs a few dozen credits. Sign-up is free with 100 credits (25 instant); packs start at $9 for 3,000. Agents without accounts can pay per call in USDC via x402.