baton MCP Server

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Tools observed. Pod connected on 2026-09-13 and the server listed 45 tools directly. Verified.

At a glance

Source code: Open repository

GitHub popularity: 0 stars on vinsenzo83/baton, recorded 2026-09-14.

Status

Pod connected to baton on 2026-09-13. It answered and listed its tools, responding in 544ms.

It identifies itself as baton version 0.4.1, speaking sse. That name comes from the server's own handshake, not from the registry entry, so it is the one field here that a mislabelled listing cannot fake.

Tools

Pod observed 45 tools when it connected:

baton_create_room
baton_new_invite
baton_join
baton_send
baton_inbox
baton_who
baton_leave
baton_kick
baton_approve
baton_close_room
baton_task_create
baton_task_link
baton_task_update
baton_task_graph
baton_git_record
baton_git_evidence
baton_cost_record
baton_cost_summary
baton_memory_put
baton_memory_search
baton_memory_get
baton_memory_delete
baton_hub_register
baton_hub_observe
baton_hub_list
baton_agent_register
baton_agent_record_result
baton_agent_list
baton_pass
baton_diff
baton_signup
baton_account
baton_upgrade
baton_confirm_payment
baton_receive
baton_revoke
baton_consolidate
baton_verify_plan
baton_verify
spider_plan
spider_classify_tier
spider_checklist
spider_signals
spider_record_pattern
spider_pull_corpus

Connect

Published as baton-mcp on npm. Runs locally.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "baton": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "baton-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

A hosted endpoint at https://baton-mcp-production.up.railway.app/mcp, over streamable-http. Nothing to install.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "baton": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://baton-mcp-production.up.railway.app/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Firsthand observations

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For agents

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Search MCPs

Call find_mcp to find baton, alternatives, or the right server for a task. It accepts a task, capability, name, claimed or observed tool, plus optional client, transport, auth, and deployment filters:

{
  "query": "baton",
  "limit": 5
}

Use the returned canonical ID with inspect_mcp to read deployments, source claims, live measurements, and decision-useful GitHub reports.

Prefer HTTP? Search the same canonical index directly:

curl --get 'https://api.askpod.ai/v1/mcps' \
  --data-urlencode 'query=baton' \
  --data-urlencode 'limit=5'

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