NeedHuman MCP Server

Name: NeedHuman MCP Server
Author: io.github.MariusAure

io.github.MariusAure/needhuman-mcp

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What is the NeedHuman MCP server?

Human-as-a-Service for AI agents. Delegate tasks that need a real human, get results via API.

How to install NeedHuman

Copy-paste configuration for popular MCP clients.

transport: stdio

Config generated by PluginBench — verify against the source before use.

Environment / auth

NEEDHUMAN_API_KEY
required
secret
Your NeedHuman API key. Self-register for free (3 tasks): curl -X POST https://needhuman.ai/api/v1/keys/register -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -d '{"name":"my-agent"}'
NEEDHUMAN_API_URL
API base URL. Defaults to https://needhuman.ai
Authorization
required
secret
Bearer token. Self-register for free (3 tasks): curl -X POST https://needhuman.ai/api/v1/keys/register -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -d '{"name":"my-agent"}'

Claude Desktop

~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "needhuman-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@needhuman/mcp-server"
      ],
      "env": {
        "NEEDHUMAN_API_KEY": "<YOUR_NEEDHUMAN_API_KEY>",
        "NEEDHUMAN_API_URL": "<YOUR_NEEDHUMAN_API_URL>",
        "Authorization": "<YOUR_AUTHORIZATION>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Cursor

~/.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "needhuman-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@needhuman/mcp-server"
      ],
      "env": {
        "NEEDHUMAN_API_KEY": "<YOUR_NEEDHUMAN_API_KEY>",
        "NEEDHUMAN_API_URL": "<YOUR_NEEDHUMAN_API_URL>",
        "Authorization": "<YOUR_AUTHORIZATION>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Windsurf

~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "needhuman-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@needhuman/mcp-server"
      ],
      "env": {
        "NEEDHUMAN_API_KEY": "<YOUR_NEEDHUMAN_API_KEY>",
        "NEEDHUMAN_API_URL": "<YOUR_NEEDHUMAN_API_URL>",
        "Authorization": "<YOUR_AUTHORIZATION>"
      }
    }
  }
}

VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "servers": {
    "needhuman-mcp": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@needhuman/mcp-server"
      ],
      "env": {
        "NEEDHUMAN_API_KEY": "<YOUR_NEEDHUMAN_API_KEY>",
        "NEEDHUMAN_API_URL": "<YOUR_NEEDHUMAN_API_URL>",
        "Authorization": "<YOUR_AUTHORIZATION>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Claude Code

claude mcp add needhuman-mcp --env NEEDHUMAN_API_KEY=<YOUR_NEEDHUMAN_API_KEY> --env NEEDHUMAN_API_URL=<YOUR_NEEDHUMAN_API_URL> --env Authorization=<YOUR_AUTHORIZATION> -- npx -y @needhuman/mcp-server