# Val Town

Hooks your agent up to Val Town so it can ship HTTP vals, cron jobs, SQLite and email from the chat. Handy when you want a backend without running your own box.

- MCP server · `type=mcp` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Windsurf (Devin Desktop), Cline, Zed, Gemini CLI · ★ 10
- Author: val-town
- License: MIT · policy=link-only · description only; the file stays with the author
- Source: https://github.com/val-town/plugins
- Updated: 2026-10-13
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/mcp/val-town

## What it does

The plugin registers the hosted MCP server at `https://api.val.town/v3/mcp` and ships skills — markdown guides covering HTTP vals, cron, SQLite, email, OAuth, frontend work and API integrations. Your agent pulls in the relevant skill on its own once a request matches.

The first time an MCP tool fires, the agent opens a browser and walks through OAuth. No Val Town account, no working tools — that is the catch to plan for.

Skills live in `plugin/skills/<name>/SKILL.md` with YAML frontmatter. `name` and `description` are required; `triggers` is optional and only nudges `searchSkills` ranking, since Claude's native loader skips it. Build with `npm install` and `npm run build`, verify with `npm test`.

## Requirements
- Remote server: `https://api.val.town/v3/mcp`

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

**Platform CLI: remote server**
```bash
claude mcp add --transport http mcp https://api.val.town/v3/mcp
```

### Codex

**Platform CLI: remote server**
```bash
codex mcp add val-town --url https://api.val.town/v3/mcp
```

### Cursor

**Config file**
File `.cursor/mcp.json`:
```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "val-town": {
            "url": "https://api.val.town/v3/mcp"
        }
    }
}
```

### GitHub Copilot

**Config file**
File `.vscode/mcp.json`:
```json
{
    "servers": {
        "val-town": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://api.val.town/v3/mcp"
        }
    }
}
```

### Gemini CLI

**Platform CLI: remote server**
```bash
gemini mcp add -t http val-town https://api.val.town/v3/mcp
```

## When to use it
- ship an HTTP endpoint on Val Town straight from the agent
- set up a cron job without provisioning a server
- wire SQLite into a val and run a query
- add OAuth sign-in to a Val Town app
- send mail from a val using built-in email

## Example prompts
- Create an HTTP val that takes a POST and writes the body to SQLite
- Set up a cron val that pulls data hourly into a table
- Add OAuth login to my Val Town val

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