John's Essentials MCP MCP server

Provides 130+ deterministic file tools for PDF, image, media, conversion, and analysis. It allows AI agents to perform tasks like compressing PDFs, extracting audio, removing backgrounds, and generating QR codes via native tool calls in MCP-compatible clients.

Endpoint and access

OAuth sign-in: the first time you connect, your client opens the vendor's own authorization prompt in a browser.

OAuth sign-inEndpoint checked 2026-10-05Operated by John's Essentials

MCP endpoint (Streamable HTTP)

https://api.johnsessentials.com/mcp/messages

Vendor documentation

What you can do with it

Compress PDFs and add watermarks
Extract audio from videos as MP3
Remove backgrounds and convert images to WebP
Generate QR codes for websites

Connect from your client

Each snippet registers the same endpoint; pick the client you use.

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Claude Code

Run this once in a terminal. It registers a Streamable HTTP server. Use --scope project to write .mcp.json for the repo.

Claude Code configuration

claude mcp add --transport http john-s-essentials-mcp https://api.johnsessentials.com/mcp/messages

Codex

Run this once. Codex stores MCP servers in ~/.codex/config.toml (or .codex/config.toml in a trusted project).

Codex configuration

codex mcp add john-s-essentials-mcp --url https://api.johnsessentials.com/mcp/messages

Cursor

Merge this server into .cursor/mcp.json in your project, then enable john-s-essentials-mcp in your MCP settings.

Cursor configuration

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "john-s-essentials-mcp": {
      "url": "https://api.johnsessentials.com/mcp/messages"
    }
  }
}

Cline

Merge this into cline_mcp_settings.json (Cline → MCP Servers → Configure). The type must be streamableHttp for a remote HTTP server.

Cline configuration

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "john-s-essentials-mcp": {
      "type": "streamableHttp",
      "url": "https://api.johnsessentials.com/mcp/messages",
      "disabled": false
    }
  }
}

VS Code

Merge this server into .vscode/mcp.json. Use MCP: List Servers to start john-s-essentials-mcp and inspect its tools.

VS Code configuration

{
  "servers": {
    "john-s-essentials-mcp": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://api.johnsessentials.com/mcp/messages"
    }
  }
}

Gemini CLI

Run this once. It writes .gemini/settings.json in the current project; pass --scope user for ~/.gemini/settings.json.

Gemini CLI configuration

gemini mcp add --transport http john-s-essentials-mcp https://api.johnsessentials.com/mcp/messages

Claude Desktop

Merge this into claude_desktop_config.json (macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/, Windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\), then restart Claude Desktop.

Claude Desktop configuration

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "john-s-essentials-mcp": {
      "url": "https://api.johnsessentials.com/mcp/messages"
    }
  }
}

Windsurf

Merge this into ~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.json, then refresh MCP in Cascade. Windsurf remote servers use serverUrl, not url.

Windsurf configuration

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "john-s-essentials-mcp": {
      "serverUrl": "https://api.johnsessentials.com/mcp/messages"
    }
  }
}

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