{
  "id": 5524547,
  "title": "We built an MCP server for 1500+ Tools for devs and their agents",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/04/we-built-an-mcp-server-for-1500-tools-for-devs-and-their-agents",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-09-04T08:54:07.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Dev.to",
    "slug": "dev-to",
    "url": "https://dev.to/nikolas_dimitroulakis_d23/we-built-an-mcp-server-for-1500-tools-for-devs-and-their-agents-595"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "ApyHub, co-founded by the author, has developed an MCP server that enables agents to access over 1,500 tools through a single connector. The server streamlines access to 400+ services, ranging from file conversion and OCR to data extraction, validation, geolocation, SEO, image processing, and AI capabilities. By bundling these tools, ApyHub allows agents to utilize a broad spectrum of functionalities with just a limited set of tools.\n\nFor example, a single agent can convert a Word document to PDF, extract text from a PDF or webpage, compress a video, generate a QR code, validate an EU VAT number, validate email DNS, convert currencies, parse a resume, and check SERP rankings. Moreover, these tasks can be chained together. For instance, an agent can convert a scanned invoice to text, extract relevant data, validate the VAT number, convert currencies, and generate a PDF. Another use case involves extracting data from a webpage, assessing its readability, summarizing the content, and checking its search ranking.\n\nTo manage the vast number of tools, ApyHub implements curation. Agents can only access a curated selection of endpoints relevant to their specific tasks. For example, a document agent might only have 15-20 endpoints, while an enrichment agent would use a different, more specialized set. Additionally, ApyHub simplifies credential management by providing agents with a single scoped key instead of multiple API keys for various vendors. This approach minimizes the risk of credentials appearing in logs, observability tools, and bug reports.\n\nThe MCP server is accessible at https://apyhub.com/mcp, and the service catalog can be explored at https://apyhub.com/catalog. The author expresses interest in learning how users plan to leverage the catalog to empower their agents to perform various tasks.",
  "summary": "Hey everyone, I’m one of the co-founders of ApyHub. We recently built an MCP server that lets your agent use 1500+ tools from one connector. The idea is pretty simple. Instead of wiring an MCP server to one API, then another, then another, the agent can search the catalog, find the API it needs, see what it does, and call it. ApyHub has 400+ services and 1,500+ endpoints across things like file…",
  "key_points": [
    "ApyHub developed an MCP server for over 1,500 tools.",
    "The server streamlines access to 400+ services.",
    "Agents use a limited set of curated endpoints."
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}