Hebline MCP Server

Your agents overpay for every API call. We fix that.

Hebline routes every API call — including LLM calls — to the best service at the right price. Free when it's enough. Paid when it matters. It knows the difference.

Every other router earns a margin on your paid calls. Routing you to free alternatives kills their revenue. No margin on your API calls. Ever.

Why Hebline?

Your agents are bleeding money. One task triggers 5–10 paid API calls across different providers. No transparency, no cost control. Hebline fixes that:

• Route free first — Most calls don't need the best model. Hebline learns precisely when it matters — and keeps learning as the market changes.
• No margin. Honest routing. — We don't earn when you pay more. So we're the only router built to actually save you money.
• Provider Abstraction — Your agent says what it needs ("geocode this address"), not which service to use. Swap providers without changing agent code.
• Cost Transparency — Every call is logged with service used, latency, and cost. Know exactly what your agents spend.
• Learns from usage — Hebbian learning strengthens what works, weakens what doesn't. Your broker gets smarter every day.
• BYOK (Bring Your Own Key) — Paid services use your API keys via environment variables. No key? The service is automatically excluded from routing.
• GDPR compliant — Only anonymized metadata logged. No API call content stored. Self-hosted option for zero data leaving your network.
• Open Source — Core MCP server is MIT licensed. Community-driven adapter system.

How It Works

Your AI Agent ←→ Hebline MCP Server ←→ Best API (Nominatim, DeepL, Google Maps, ...)
                        │
                   Smart Routing
                   Cost Logging
                   Provider Scoring

Your agent connects to Hebline as an MCP server. Instead of calling APIs directly, it uses Hebline's tools — execute, compare, or categories. Hebline scores all available services, picks the best one, makes the call, and returns the result with full metadata.

Available MCP Tools

Tool	Description
execute	Route to the best service and make the API call. Returns result + metadata (service, cost, latency).
compare	Show all available services for a capability with scores. See what's available before committing.
categories	List all supported capabilities and their services.

Quick Start

Add to Claude Desktop

Add to claude_desktop_config.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "hebline": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "-p", "@hebline.ai/mcp-server", "hebline-mcp"]
    }
  }
}

Add to Claude Code

Add to .mcp.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "hebline": {
      "command": "hebline-mcp"
    }
  }
}

Add to Cursor

Add to .cursor/mcp.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "hebline": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "-p", "@hebline.ai/mcp-server", "hebline-mcp"]
    }
  }
}

Add to Windsurf

Add to ~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "hebline": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "-p", "@hebline.ai/mcp-server", "hebline-mcp"]
    }
  }
}

Add to VS Code (Copilot)

Add to .vscode/mcp.json:

{
  "servers": {
    "hebline": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "-p", "@hebline.ai/mcp-server", "hebline-mcp"]
    }
  }
}

Install globally

npm install -g @hebline.ai/mcp-server

With paid services (optional)

Set environment variables for any paid providers you want to use:

GOOGLE_MAPS_API_KEY=your-key-here
DEEPL_API_KEY=your-key-here
LIBRETRANSLATE_API_KEY=your-key-here

No keys? No problem — Hebline routes to free alternatives automatically.

Supported Services

Category	Free	Paid (BYOK)
LLMs	Groq (Llama 3.3 70B), Google Gemini Flash	OpenAI GPT-4o-mini (OPENAI_API_KEY)
Geocoding	Nominatim (OpenStreetMap)	Google Maps (GOOGLE_MAPS_API_KEY)
Translation	MyMemory	DeepL (DEEPL_API_KEY), LibreTranslate (LIBRETRANSLATE_API_KEY)
Web Scraping	Fetch Scraper	Firecrawl (FIRECRAWL_API_KEY)
Currency	ExchangeRate-API	Fixer.io (FIXER_API_KEY)
OCR	OCR.space	Google Vision (GOOGLE_VISION_API_KEY)
Weather	Open-Meteo	OpenWeatherMap (OPENWEATHERMAP_API_KEY)
Web Search	DuckDuckGo	Brave Search (BRAVE_API_KEY)
News	HackerNews	NewsAPI.org (NEWSAPI_KEY)

9 categories, 20 services. Free services work instantly — no API key needed. LLMs route through the Hebline proxy when no local key is set (50 free calls/day).

Example

An agent asks: "Geocode the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin"

Hebline receives:

{
  "capability": "geocoding",
  "input": { "query": "Brandenburger Tor, Berlin" },
  "constraint": "free"
}

Hebline responds:

{
  "success": true,
  "data": {
    "lat": 52.5163,
    "lon": 13.3777,
    "displayName": "Brandenburger Tor, Pariser Platz, Berlin, 10117, Deutschland"
  },
  "meta": {
    "service": "Nominatim (OpenStreetMap)",
    "costUsd": 0,
    "latencyMs": 258,
    "score": 0.702,
    "free": true
  }
}

The agent got coordinates, knows it was free, and Hebline logged the call for future analysis.

Architecture

mcp-server/
├── src/
│   ├── index.ts              # MCP server entry point (stdio transport)
│   ├── types.ts              # Shared TypeScript types
│   ├── registry.ts           # Service definitions (capabilities, costs, scores)
│   ├── router.ts             # Weighted scoring engine (Hopfield-ready)
│   ├── logger.ts             # Append-only JSONL call log (~/.hebline/calls.jsonl)
│   ├── adapters/             # One adapter per service
│   │   ├── nominatim.ts      # Free geocoding
│   │   ├── google-maps.ts    # Paid geocoding (BYOK)
│   │   ├── mymemory.ts       # Free translation
│   │   ├── libretranslate.ts # Paid translation (BYOK)
│   │   └── deepl.ts          # Paid translation (BYOK)
│   └── tools/                # MCP tool definitions
│       ├── execute.ts        # Route + call best service
│       ├── compare.ts        # Score all services
│       └── categories.ts     # List capabilities

Call Logging

Every API call is logged to ~/.hebline/calls.jsonl:

{"timestamp":"2026-03-29T09:36:37Z","capability":"geocoding","serviceId":"nominatim","latencyMs":212,"success":true,"costUsd":0}

No content is logged — only metadata. This data will power Hebbian Learning in future versions.

Roadmap

• Core MCP server with stdio transport
• Weighted scoring router
• Geocoding adapters (Nominatim, Google Maps)
• Translation adapters (MyMemory, LibreTranslate, DeepL)
• BYOK key management
• Append-only call logging
• CI/CD with GitHub Actions
• Hebbian Learning — router learns from call history
• Hopfield network scoring (replaces weighted scoring)
• More categories (web scraping, currency, OCR, email)
• Community adapter system
• SSE transport for remote deployments
• Web dashboard for cost analytics
• Budget alerts and spending limits
• Multi-agent cost attribution

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Adding a new adapter is straightforward — implement the ServiceAdapter interface and register it.

git clone https://github.com/hebline/mcp-server.git
cd mcp-server
npm install
npm run build
npm test

License

MIT

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Built by Hebline — Route free first. Only pay when necessary.