Tolca MCP Server

by yayaboughio.github.yayabough/tolcav1.0.0

Know who you are paying before you pay: Québec contractor and company checks, plus web search. x402.

0remoteofficial registry

context tax

~487 tok/turn2 tools

security

92/100

cold start

hosted

freshness

Active1d ago

Our reading of Tolca, from the data

Tolca is a web search MCP server from yayabough, listed in the official MCP Registry.

Its 2 tools add about 487 tokens to every model turn, lighter than the web search median of 1,602 tokens across 88 measured servers (measured 2026-10-19).

Maintenance is active: the last public signal was in the last day (2026-10-18). For comparison, 70% of web search servers are active or maintained.

With 0 GitHub stars it ranks #403 of 738 web search servers we index.

It runs as a hosted endpoint, so there is nothing to install.

Install Tolca MCP server

claude mcp add --transport http tolca-yayabough https://tolca.tonbot.ca/mcp/public

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "tolca-yayabough": {
      "url": "https://tolca.tonbot.ca/mcp/public"
    }
  }
}

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "tolca-yayabough": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "mcp-remote",
        "https://tolca.tonbot.ca/mcp/public"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Or add it as a custom connector under Settings → Connectors. The config above bridges via mcp-remote.

{
  "servers": {
    "tolca-yayabough": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://tolca.tonbot.ca/mcp/public"
    }
  }
}

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "tolca-yayabough": {
      "serverUrl": "https://tolca.tonbot.ca/mcp/public"
    }
  }
}

Remote endpoints

streamable-httphttps://tolca.tonbot.ca/mcp/public

Context tax

Connecting this server adds ~487 tokens of tool definitions to every model turn (lean, 2 tools). Measured 2026-10-19 via its hosted endpoint; o200k tokenizer, worst case for clients that load all tools up front. How we measure

Model	Per 1,000 turns	With prompt caching
Claude Opus 5.5	$1.95	$0.097
Claude Sonnet 5.5	$0.974	$0.097
Claude Haiku 5.5	$0.049	—

Input prices as of 2026-10-06. Excludes your own prompt and output.

Tools (2)

qc_contractor_check265 tok
Check a Québec construction contractor against four official public data sources in one call: active RBQ licence (status, restrictions, bond, authorized work categories), RENA (businesses barred from public contracts and public subcontracts), environmental administrative penalties (MELCCFP) and public contracts awarded on SEAO (count, total amount, main public buyers, last 12 months). Returns a verdict ok / review / blocking / not_found with reasons, sources and extraction dates. Use when the user asks whether a Québec contractor, subcontractor or renovation company is licensed, trustworthy or
qc_licence222 tok
Fast lookup: does this Québec business hold an ACTIVE RBQ (Régie du bâtiment du Québec) construction licence right now? Returns active true/false, licence number, legal name, NEQ, municipality, restriction flag and authorized work categories. Good for checking several contractors one after another. For the RENA public-contract ban and environmental penalties, use qc_contractor_check. Provide neq, licence or name.

Security signals

92/100 — no known issues found as of 2026-10-19, from the checks below. This is not a guarantee of safety; review what a server can do before connecting it.

Deductions

No license detected-5
No security policy (SECURITY.md)-3

Checks

✓Repository hygiene (archived, activity, license, security policy)
✓Tool descriptions (prompt-injection and hidden-text heuristics)
○Package metadata (install scripts, provenance) — pending
○Source scan (secrets, CVEs, risky code) by vectra-guard — pending

Scan it yourself before installing with vectra-guard, the open-source agent security CLI. Scoring rules

Freshness

Active — last maintenance signal 1d ago. The newest of the signals below sets the band.

Last commit (default branch)
2026-10-18 · 1d ago · GitHub
Latest release
no data · GitHub
Package published
no data · npm/PyPI
Registry entry updated
2026-10-18 · 1d ago · official registry · v1.0.0

How it compares in Web Search

Against the most-starred web search servers we index. Token cost is per model turn, measured from each server's live tool list.

Server	Stars	Tools	Tokens / turn	Freshness	Runs
Tolca (this)	0	2	487	Active	hosted
Fetch	91,356	—	not measured	Active	local
Wigolo	5,486	—	not measured	Active	local
Exa	5,138	2	564	Active	local + hosted
Arxiv	3,224	—	not measured	Active	local
Devflowinc	2,720	—	not measured	Stale	—

All web search MCP servers

FAQ

›How do I install the Tolca MCP server in Claude Code?

Run: claude mcp add --transport http tolca-yayabough https://tolca.tonbot.ca/mcp/public. For Cursor, VS Code, Claude Desktop and Windsurf, use the install tabs above.

›Does Tolca require an API key?

No required environment variables are declared in its published metadata.

›Can I use Tolca as a remote (hosted) MCP server?

Yes. It is a hosted MCP server; connect to its URL with any client that supports remote MCP.

›Is Tolca in the official MCP registry?

Yes, as io.github.yayabough/tolca.

›How many tokens does Tolca add to my context?

Its tool definitions total about 487 tokens, resent on every turn.

Sources and method

Official MCP Registry entry: updated 2026-10-18
GitHub repository: fetched 2026-10-19
Tool list (tools/list), measured by us: 2026-10-19
Security signals, computed by us: 2026-10-19
Last checked against all sources: 2026-10-19

The description, packages and links come from the maintainer's own published metadata. Token cost, security signals, freshness and the reading above are MCPSkillHub's own measurements; see the methodology. Spot an error? Request a correction or claim the listing.