FirstHandAPI

Post crowdsourced content collection jobs and fetch approved files via FirstHandAPI

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Client Config & Setup

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Target File:~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "firsthandapi": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@firsthandapi/mcp-server"
      ]
    }
  }
}

💡 Paste the JSON block into your client's configuration file under mcpServers, then restart the application.

Capabilities & Tool Schemas (7)Self-reported

Inspect callable tools, capabilities, and parameters exposed to AI agents by FirstHandAPI.

create_job

Post a content collection job

get_job

Get job status and details

create_job_and_wait

Post a job and wait for completion

list_jobs

List all jobs with filters

cancel_job

Cancel an open job

get_job_files

Get approved files with download URLs

Documentation Overview

ARCHIVED 2026-08-22 — FirstHandAPI is shut down and this server no longer works.

api.firsthandapi.com is permanently offline. Every tool in this MCP server returns a network error, and the @firsthandapi/mcp-server npm package is deprecated on all versions. The signup flow below cannot issue keys.

Write-up of what was built and why it was killed: https://jjfisher.dev/writing/2026-w34-firsthandapi-postmortem

Kept read-only as a reference implementation of an MCP server with a keyless bootstrap tool.

@firsthandapi/mcp-server — FirstHandAPI MCP Server

Zero-to-job for agents (bootstrap mode)

No API key yet? Start the server anyway — it exposes a single signup tool:

Terminal

npx @firsthandapi/mcp-server        # no env var needed

Call signup with an org_name and email to receive an API key and $2.50 in free credits (the key is shown once — save it), then restart configured:

Terminal

claude mcp add firsthandapi -e FIRSTHAND_API_KEY=fh_live_... -- npx @firsthandapi/mcp-server

With the key set, all 7 job tools unlock: create_job, create_job_and_wait, get_job, list_jobs, get_job_files, cancel_job, get_credits.

Official MCP server for FirstHandAPI — human-in-the-loop (HITL) crowdsourced data collection. Enables Claude Code, Cursor, and other AI agents to collect photos, audio, video, and screen recordings from real human workers with automated AI quality scoring.

Use cases: UGC collection, ground truth data for AI evaluation, LLM training data for multimodal models.

Installation

Terminal

npm install @firsthandapi/mcp-server

Configuration

Claude Code

config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "firsthand": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["@firsthandapi/mcp-server"],
      "env": {
        "FIRSTHAND_API_KEY": "fh_live_your_key_here"
      }
    }
  }
}

Cursor

Add to .cursor/mcp.json:

config.json

{
  "firsthand": {
    "command": "npx @firsthandapi/mcp-server",
    "env": { "FIRSTHAND_API_KEY": "fh_live_..." }
  }
}

Tools

Tool	Description
`create_job`	Post a content collection job
`get_job`	Get job status and details
`create_job_and_wait`	Post a job and wait for completion
`list_jobs`	List all jobs with filters
`cancel_job`	Cancel an open job
`get_job_files`	Get approved files with download URLs
`get_credits`	Check credit balance

All job creation tools accept an optional location parameter: { city, state } for text-based or { latitude, longitude, radius_km } for coordinate-based constraints.

Environment Variables

FIRSTHAND_API_KEY (required) — Your API key
FIRSTHAND_BASE_URL (optional) — API base URL (default: https://api.firsthandapi.com)
FIRSTHAND_TIMEOUT_MS (optional) — Request timeout (default: 30000)

License

Proprietary

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Add the following block to your claude_desktop_config.json under mcpServers: "mcpServers": { "firsthandapi": { "command": "npx", "args": ["-y", "FirstHandAPI"] } }

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Documentation Overview

ARCHIVED 2026-08-22 — FirstHandAPI is shut down and this server no longer works.

api.firsthandapi.com is permanently offline. Every tool in this MCP server returns a network error, and the @firsthandapi/mcp-server npm package is deprecated on all versions. The signup flow below cannot issue keys.

Write-up of what was built and why it was killed: https://jjfisher.dev/writing/2026-w34-firsthandapi-postmortem

Kept read-only as a reference implementation of an MCP server with a keyless bootstrap tool.

@firsthandapi/mcp-server — FirstHandAPI MCP Server

Zero-to-job for agents (bootstrap mode)

No API key yet? Start the server anyway — it exposes a single signup tool:

Terminal

npx @firsthandapi/mcp-server        # no env var needed

Call signup with an org_name and email to receive an API key and $2.50 in free credits (the key is shown once — save it), then restart configured:

Terminal

claude mcp add firsthandapi -e FIRSTHAND_API_KEY=fh_live_... -- npx @firsthandapi/mcp-server

With the key set, all 7 job tools unlock: create_job, create_job_and_wait, get_job, list_jobs, get_job_files, cancel_job, get_credits.

Use cases: UGC collection, ground truth data for AI evaluation, LLM training data for multimodal models.

Installation

Terminal

npm install @firsthandapi/mcp-server

Configuration

Claude Code

config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "firsthand": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["@firsthandapi/mcp-server"],
      "env": {
        "FIRSTHAND_API_KEY": "fh_live_your_key_here"
      }
    }
  }
}

Cursor

Add to .cursor/mcp.json:

config.json

{
  "firsthand": {
    "command": "npx @firsthandapi/mcp-server",
    "env": { "FIRSTHAND_API_KEY": "fh_live_..." }
  }
}

Tools

Tool	Description
`create_job`	Post a content collection job
`get_job`	Get job status and details
`create_job_and_wait`	Post a job and wait for completion
`list_jobs`	List all jobs with filters
`cancel_job`	Cancel an open job
`get_job_files`	Get approved files with download URLs
`get_credits`	Check credit balance

All job creation tools accept an optional location parameter: { city, state } for text-based or { latitude, longitude, radius_km } for coordinate-based constraints.

Environment Variables

FIRSTHAND_API_KEY (required) — Your API key
FIRSTHAND_BASE_URL (optional) — API base URL (default: https://api.firsthandapi.com)
FIRSTHAND_TIMEOUT_MS (optional) — Request timeout (default: 30000)

License

Proprietary