# PennyOCR Muse connector

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## PennyOCR

Extract text from PDFs and images with transparent per-page costs and spending limits.

- Record: https://musedirectory.ai/connector/pennyocr
- Category: Productivity
- Developer: imiraoui (https://pennyocr.com/mcp/)
- Muse status: Extra setup. Not in Muse's Connectors list yet. Muse can still use it: its page gives you a request to paste into Muse.
- Health: Working, 999ms, checked 2026-09-28T09:31:05Z
- Endpoint: https://mcp.pennyocr.com/
- Auth: Needs an access key; Pricing: unknown
- Screening: Screened, no issues found (2026-09-24T17:46:01Z)
- Source: Found in the official MCP Registry (com.pennyocr/ocr) https://registry.modelcontextprotocol.io/v0/servers?search=com.pennyocr%2Focr

Reads PDFs and images as markdown or plain text with exact cost tracking. Preserves tables in markdown output. Costs $0.75 per 1,000 pages. Includes page range selection, cost estimation, and hard spend caps to control expenses.

Example request: "Extract the text from a 10-page PDF receipt and tell me the total cost."

How to connect: Not in Muse's Connectors list yet, but Muse can still use it. Paste this into Muse: "Use PennyOCR to help me. It is a free service with an MCP server at https://mcp.pennyocr.com/. It needs an API key from imiraoui; ask me to enter it through your secure credential prompt. Ask me before you share anything with it." Muse asks before it shares anything with the app's site. Meta does not review apps used this way, so only use ones you trust. We tested this in the Muse app on September 24, 2026: Muse used an app's link directly this way and returned a live answer.

Tools:
- read_document: Read a document (PDF or image) from a URL and return its contents as markdown (tables preserved) or plain text. Costs $0.00075 per page, billed to the PennyOCR account; the response includes the exact cost_usd and per-page citations. Use estimate_cost first for big documents. Sup
- estimate_cost: Free: return the page count and exact cost_usd to read a document URL with read_document, without running OCR. Use before reading large documents.

Screening checks:
- MCP handshake: pass (Answered in 76ms)
- Domain against threat feeds (Cloudflare security DNS): pass (mcp.pennyocr.com, pennyocr.com not flagged)
- Published packages against the OSV malicious-package database: n/a (No npm or PyPI package published)
- Hidden instructions or invisible characters in tool text: pass (2 tools read, nothing found)
- Inputs asking for passwords, card numbers or seed phrases: pass (None found)
- Domain and redirects: pass (No redirects off the domain)
- AI review of purpose and tool behavior: pass (No concerns)