Val Town MCP Server

Installs the Val Town MCP server and Skills for Claude Code, Codex, and Cursor. Skills are markdown files with platform guidance for building on Val Town. It is available as a remote MCP endpoint.

Teams that want a hosted coding agent endpoint instead of running a local process. The project is written in JavaScript.

VERIFIED ACTIVE

LAST COMMIT 2026-08-19 · ★ 10 · #150 OF 194 MAINTAINED CODING AGENT · VERIFIED 2026-08-25

MIT · JavaScript servers · how we verify → /methodology

01 · Install Val Town

Claude Code

claude mcp add val-town-plugins --transport http https://api.val.town/v3/mcp

Claude Desktop / Cursor / VS Code - add to config

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "val-town-plugins": {
      "url": "https://api.val.town/v3/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Same JSON for Cursor. For VS Code, rename the top-level key from `mcpServers` to `servers`.

Using another client? Same JSON, different key

Claude Desktop · mcpServers

Cursor · mcpServers

VS Code · servers

Windsurf · mcpServers

Zed · context_servers

Cline · mcpServers

Roo Code · mcpServers

Continue · mcpServers

LibreChat · mcpServers

Gemini CLI · mcpServers

Codex CLI · mcp_servers

Full setup guides: every client.

02 · Evidence

https://api.val.town/v3/mcp

transport: streamable-http

endpoint alive - authentication required · probed 2026-08-25

Security posture

What to check before giving this server access to your agent - from the registry, GitHub, and our own probes. We don't score safety; we show what's verifiable.

runs as remote - your agent's requests go to api.val.town

endpoint auth requires authentication - rejected our unauthenticated MCP initialize

license MIT - declared in the repository

registry vendor namespace town.val - domain-verified with the official MCP registry

03 · What Val Town can do

Prose above is summarized from the project's README and registry record - no invented capabilities.

Latest releases

v0.4.0 · 2026-08-19

Add parseSkill and scoreSkill methods

v0.3.0 · 2026-08-03

Add a client-side-js skill covering how to serve client-side JavaScript modules. Val Town has no build step, so this explains the actual mechanics agents otherwise have to reverse-engineer: serveFile transpiling…

v0.2.0 · 2026-06-08

Add instructions for using scoped blob storage · Version sync now updates every plugin manifest (Claude, Codex, and Cursor plugin.json plus the Cursor marketplace.json metadata.version), not just the Claude manifest…

04 · Who maintains Val Town

Val Town is maintained by val-town. It's the only MCP server we track from this author; the repo dates to May 2026.

05 · Facts

repository
github.com/val-town/plugins
website
https://val.town/
category
coding agent - ranked #150 of 194 actively-maintained coding agent servers as of 2026-08-25.
release cadence
5 releases in the last 90 days (latest 2026-08-19)
registry
town.val/mcp (active, first published 2026-06-01)

06 · Val Town FAQ

What is Val Town?

Installs the Val Town MCP server and Skills for Claude Code, Codex, and Cursor. Skills are markdown files with platform guidance for building on Val Town. It is available as a remote MCP endpoint.

Is Val Town still maintained?

Yes - as of 2026-08-25, its last commit was 2026-08-19 and it shipped 5 releases in the last 90 days. We re-verify nightly.

How do I install Val Town?

Run `claude mcp add val-town-plugins --transport http https://api.val.town/v3/mcp`. You can also paste the ready-made client config above.

Does Val Town require authentication?

Yes - when we probed the endpoint on 2026-08-25, it rejected an unauthenticated MCP initialize; you'll need credentials to connect.

07 · Alternatives to Val Town

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