Handwork

io.github.CloudCorpRecordsPublished by GitHub account CloudCorpRecordsv0.1.0Updated Nov 7, 2026

Commission physical-world tasks from a human service: list services, request quotes, track.

Overview

AI-generated overview

Connects an assistant to a human service desk for physical-world jobs: browse the service catalogue, request a fixed-price quote, and check its status.

What you can do
  • List the service catalogue: what the desk will and will not do, refused categories, example prices, payment rules and contract terms
  • Request a quote for a physical-world task by describing the work, deliverables, deadline, delivery address, input files and client invoice details
  • Check the status of an earlier quote request using its quote_id and access_token
  • Calls are forwarded to the desk's public remote endpoint and results returned unchanged
When to use it
Useful when an assistant needs to hand off work that requires a person in the physical world, such as something made, measured, assembled, tested or shipped, and the user wants a price before committing. It is a quoting channel, not an ordering or payment tool.
Requirements
Runs locally over stdio via npx (Node.js) or the published container image. No authentication or environment variables are declared. It needs network access to the upstream endpoint, which defaults to the service's public MCP URL and can be redirected with the HANDS_MCP_URL environment variable.
Before you install
request_quote sends task details, a delivery address, input files and client invoice details to a third-party service and a human reviewer; the reply carries a quote_id and access_token that are the only way to read the request back, so keep them. Nothing is charged and nothing is made until a quote is accepted by e-mail, and the tools themselves cannot order or pay. Records are kept for 90 days.

Installation

In SourceWeft

  1. Open Handwork in the dashboard and add it to a workspace.
  2. Enable the server for the chats that should use its tools.

Desktop only via STDIO. STDIO servers start a local process, so they need the SourceWeft desktop host.

Other MCP clients

Follow the launch instructions in the repository.

README

handwork

Some jobs need a person in the physical world: something made, measured, assembled, tested, or shipped. handwork is a small MCP server that connects an agent to a human service desk that takes on exactly that kind of work. It exposes three tools — a service catalogue, a quote request, and a status lookup — and forwards each call to the desk's public remote endpoint, returning the answer unchanged.

Asking for a quote is not placing an order. Nothing is charged and nothing is made until a quote comes back by e-mail and is accepted there; the tools themselves carry no ordering or payment capability.

Tools

  • list_services — what the service will and will not do, the categories it refuses, example prices, how payment works, and the key contract terms. Takes no arguments and needs no authentication.
  • request_quote — describe a physical-world task (what is to be done, which services it needs, deliverables, deadline, delivery address, input files, currency) along with the client's invoice details, and a human screens it and replies with a fixed-price quote by e-mail within 24 hours. The reply carries a quote_id and an access_token; keep the token, it is the only way to read the request back. No field at the top level is required, but the nested task object requires a description and the nested client object requires email and name.
  • get_status — the state of an earlier quote request. Both id (the quote_id) and access_token are required. Records are kept for 90 days, and the quote itself arrives by e-mail.

How it works

handwork is a forwarding client, not a reimplementation. It serves tools/list itself, from the tool definitions the remote publishes, and for every tools/call it opens a streamable-HTTP JSON-RPC session with the upstream — initialize, then notifications/initialized, then the call, carrying the Mcp-Session-Id header whenever the upstream issues one — and passes the upstream result through verbatim. If the upstream cannot be reached or answers with an error, the call fails with a handwork error: message instead of a fabricated result.

The upstream endpoint defaults to https://handsforagents.com/mcp. Setting the HANDS_MCP_URL environment variable points the client at a different endpoint (a reconstruction affordance; the published service itself names no override).

Run it

As an MCP server over stdio:

bash
npx -y @reneturcios/handwork mcp

MCP client configuration:

json
{  "mcpServers": {    "handwork": {      "command": "npx",      "args": ["-y", "@reneturcios/handwork", "mcp"]    }  }}

In a container (the default command is mcp):

bash
docker run -i ghcr.io/cloudcorprecords/handworkdocker run --rm ghcr.io/cloudcorprecords/handwork --version

CLI

bash
handwork mcp          # serve the tools over stdiohandwork --version    # print the version

Any other subcommand prints usage and exits with code 2.

Development

bash
npm installnpm run build   # tsc -> dist/npm test        # node test runner via tsx; stubbed upstream, no networknpm run dev     # run the CLI from source

The tests drive the forwarding core against a fake JSON-RPC upstream injected in place of fetch, covering the handshake order, session handling, verbatim pass-through, event-stream responses, error surfacing, and a check that the served tools/list matches the captured upstream surface exactly.

License

MIT — see LICENSE.

Source: README.md at commit 10c2bb9

Tools

3

list_services

List services, prices and terms

What this company will and will not do in the physical world, the refused categories, example prices, the payment rules and the key contract terms. Identical to https://handsforagents.com/services.json. No authentication.

Takes no parameters.

request_quote

Request a fixed-price quote from a human

Send a physical-world task to a human in the Czech Republic for screening and a fixed-price quote. Not an order and not binding: nothing is charged and nothing is made until you accept the quote. A human answers by e-mail within 24 hours, counted in real time, weekends and Czech public holidays included. Returns quote_id, access_token, response_due_at and nda_url. Store the access_token — it is the only way to read the quote back. No authentication. Legacy endpoint: a quote requested here is ordered by e-mail. To order and pay by card through tools (create_task, Stripe Checkout), send request_quote to https://mcp.handsforagents.com/mcp instead.

Parameterstaskagentclientallow_anonymised_example

get_status

Read a quote request back

Status of a quote request made with request_quote. Needs the quote_id and the access_token returned by that call; there is no other way in, and the record is kept for 90 days. The quote itself is sent by e-mail. Only for quotes requested at this legacy endpoint; tasks and payments are at https://mcp.handsforagents.com/mcp.

Parametersidrequiredaccess_tokenrequired

Version history

1
  1. v0.1.0LatestNov 4, 2026

Score

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