Get a phone-only USB microscope working on your desktop
A user handed Claude Code the vendor's Android app for a no-name USB microscope, had it audit the app, probe the device and work out why it was not a normal webcam, then write a desktop app to use it.
Do this with your agent
How you could do the same thing today. “Official MCP” is the vendor's own server. “Manual” means you use the provider's own site or app.
Every MCP server and API we list for this kind of job, with install lines, auth and price.
Add Real World MCP to your agent
22 live tools- Open the Add custom connector dialog , prefilled. Or go to Customize → Connectors → + Add → Add custom connector.
- Name it Real World MCP, paste this URL, pick No sign in, then Add.
https://www.realworldmcp.com/api/mcp
- On ChatGPT on the web, open Plugins, click +, then Add custom MCP server.
- Name it, paste this URL under Connection, and pick No authentication.
- Accept the warning, click Create as a plugin, then install it.
https://www.realworldmcp.com/api/mcp
Run once in your terminal, then type /mcp in Claude Code to see the tools.
claude mcp add --transport http realworldmcp https://www.realworldmcp.com/api/mcp
Run this once, or add the two lines below to ~/.codex/config.toml.
codex mcp add realworldmcp --url https://www.realworldmcp.com/api/mcp
Gemini app: on gemini.google.com, Settings → Connected Apps, then under Custom apps paste this URL and click Next.
https://www.realworldmcp.com/api/mcp
Gemini CLI:
gemini mcp add --transport http --scope user realworldmcp https://www.realworldmcp.com/api/mcp
Add to Cursor opens Cursor with the server filled in. Or add this to ~/.cursor/mcp.json.
{
"mcpServers": {
"realworldmcp": {
"url": "https://www.realworldmcp.com/api/mcp"
}
}
}Run this once (macOS or Linux shell), or add the server to .vscode/mcp.json. Then use it from Copilot Chat in agent mode.
code --add-mcp '{"name":"realworldmcp","type":"http","url":"https://www.realworldmcp.com/api/mcp"}'In Cascade's MCP menu, choose Open MCP config file and add this server. Then press refresh.
{
"mcpServers": {
"realworldmcp": {
"serverUrl": "https://www.realworldmcp.com/api/mcp"
}
}
}Any client that speaks Streamable HTTP MCP. No auth. Most take this JSON, or just the URL.
{
"mcpServers": {
"realworldmcp": {
"url": "https://www.realworldmcp.com/api/mcp"
}
}
}search_tools, get_tool and call_tool and 22 live tools. All clients and full steps
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