Ausca

Official registry AI and agents

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

Install

Add this to your client's MCP configuration (Claude Desktop: claude_desktop_config.json; Cursor: .cursor/mcp.json; VS Code and others use the same "mcpServers" shape).

Remote (streamable-http)
Claude Code
claude mcp add --transport http ausca 'https://ausca.com/mcp'
JSON configuration (Claude Desktop, Cursor, VS Code)
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "ausca": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://ausca.com/mcp"
        }
    }
}
NPM package ausca
Claude Code
claude mcp add ausca -e 'AUSCA_PRIVATE_KEY=<your ausca_private_key>' -e 'AUSCA_MAX_PAYMENT_USD=<AUSCA_MAX_PAYMENT_USD>' -- npx -y ausca@0.1.0 mcp
JSON configuration (Claude Desktop, Cursor, VS Code)
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "ausca": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "-y",
                "ausca@0.1.0",
                "mcp"
            ],
            "env": {
                "AUSCA_PRIVATE_KEY": "<your ausca_private_key>",
                "AUSCA_MAX_PAYMENT_USD": "<AUSCA_MAX_PAYMENT_USD>"
            }
        }
    }
}

Environment variables

  • AUSCA_PRIVATE_KEY secret Optional local wallet key for paid tools. Discovery and artifact commit remain keyless.
  • AUSCA_MAX_PAYMENT_USD Required positive per-call USD cap whenever AUSCA_PRIVATE_KEY is configured.

Documentation

From the project's README on GitHub, refreshed weekly. Links open on GitHub.

Contents
  1. Ausca
  2. Agent skills
  3. Services and prices
  4. Use it in 60 seconds
  5. How payment works
  6. What is in this repository
  7. Links
  8. License

Ausca

Pay-per-call APIs and MCP services for AI agents: document OCR, document analysis, media transcription, remote browser sessions, and agent email inboxes. No account, no API keys; USDC on Base per call, a signed receipt for every completed invocation.

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.

Agent skills

Install one canonical skill from this public repository:

npx -y skills add auscahq/ausca --skill agent-inbox

Replace agent-inbox with browser-session, document-analysis, document-ocr, or media-transcription. Install all five with:

npx -y skills add auscahq/ausca --skill '*'

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 }, {
  idempotencyKey: savedPurchaseKey,
});
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}' --idempotency-key saved-browser-purchase-0001

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},
    idempotency_key=saved_purchase_key,
)

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. Save a unique key before paying and retain it on uncertainty; starting another call with a new key is a new purchase. CLI and paid MCP calls require an explicit key. Resource admission contains private capabilities: never publish the raw result. See recovery examples. 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

Every package uses ausca.com as its product home and resolves commercial offer bindings from the live catalog. A registry listing is not a separate service or source of pricing truth.

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
auscaGo moduleStandard-library buyer client; payment-capable HTTP client port
auscacrates.ioRust buyer client; rail-neutral transport port
auscaRubyGemsRuby buyer client; rail-neutral transport port
auscahq/auscaPackagist submission pendingPHP buyer client; rail-neutral transport port
AuscaSwift Package Manager; index submission pendingSwift buyer client; rail-neutral transport port
auscapub.devDart buyer client; rail-neutral transport port
AuscaNuGet.NET buyer client; rail-neutral transport port
com.ausca:auscaMaven Central publication pendingJVM buyer client; rail-neutral transport port
@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.

License

MIT

Frequently asked questions

What is Ausca?

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

How do I install Ausca?

It runs as a remote server. In Claude Code: claude mcp add --transport http ausca 'https://ausca.com/mcp'. For other clients, paste the JSON configuration from this page into their MCP settings.

Does Ausca need an API key?

Yes. It expects AUSCA_PRIVATE_KEY, which you set in its configuration.

Is Ausca open source?

Yes. Its code is on GitHub under the MIT license.

Who maintains Ausca?

It is published by auscahq. AI.tn lists it but does not maintain or endorse it.

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