# PeoplePerHour by Cotlet (pypi · peopleperhour-api-mcp)

Search projects, freelancers and Offers on PeoplePerHour, read briefs and profiles.

- Trust score: 64/100 (medium)
- Registry status: active
- Liveness: live
- Owner verified: no
- Last scored: 2026-10-24

## Components

- remote · `cotlet.dev`: 69/100, [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/dev-cotlet-peopleperhour/mcp-v1-peopleperhour.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/dev-cotlet-peopleperhour/mcp-v1-peopleperhour)
- remote · `cotlet.dev`: 40/100, [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/dev-cotlet-peopleperhour/mcp-v1-peopleperhour-connect.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/dev-cotlet-peopleperhour/mcp-v1-peopleperhour-connect)
- pypi · `peopleperhour-api-mcp`: 64/100 (this document), [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/dev-cotlet-peopleperhour/peopleperhour-api-mcp.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/dev-cotlet-peopleperhour/peopleperhour-api-mcp)

## Channel facts

- Registry: `pypi`
- Package: `peopleperhour-api-mcp`
- Version: `1.0.4`
- Transport: `stdio`

## Trust breakdown

How this component scores in each security and reliability category. Every signal is checked automatically from public evidence about the published package, including repeated runs of it in an isolated sandbox, and we only credit what we can confirm. Scores are 0–100 per category. Scoring method: https://verifymcp.io/docs/scoring (what has changed: https://verifymcp.io/docs/scoring/changelog)

Scored 2026-10-24.

- **Supply Chain Security**: 50/100
  - Malware scan not yet available for this package.
  - No known CVEs affecting this package version or its production dependencies.
  - Runs hatchling.build at install time, a recognised build step with no custom scripting around it.
  - 0 of 35 dependencies flagged as unhealthy.
- **Provenance & Transparency**: 84/100
  - Source repository is publicly reachable at the declared URL.
  - Cryptographically verified build provenance (signed, bound to cotletdev/peopleperhour-api-mcp-server).
  - License check failed: the license (PolyForm-Noncommercial-1.0.0) isn't a recognized OSI-approved license.
  - Actively maintained (last published 0 days ago).
  - Disclosure check failed: no security disclosure policy was found in the source repository.
- **Schema Quality & AI Usability**: 81/100
  - 100% of prompts and resources have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the item's name).
  - AI-judged instruction clarity (good).
  - Context-footprint check failed: tool/resource definitions use about 2552 tokens (~134/item across 19 items; 17 tools + 2 resources), over budget; trim descriptions and params.
  - Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples.
- **Stability & Change Management**: 0/100
  - Stability not yet verified: not enough scan history yet (needs a 30-day window).
- **Tool Coverage**: 100/100
  - 100% of tools have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the tool's name).
  - 100% of tool parameters carry a description.
- **Tool Safety**: 100/100
  - No prompt-injection markers were found in the server instructions, tool names or descriptions we captured.
  - All 1 tool(s) whose name or description implies an irreversible operation declare an MCP destructiveHint annotation.
  - An AI judge read all 19 captured unit(s) of tool text and found none that tries to manipulate the model reading it.
- **Capabilities**: 100/100
  - Implements a supported MCP spec version (2025-11-25); the latest is 2026-07-28.

**Unverified: 1 category.** A category scored 0 because we could not verify it: a data source with nothing on this package, evidence we could not reach, or a check we could not run. We only credit what we can confirm.

## Install

### How do I install the PeoplePerHour by Cotlet MCP server?

PeoplePerHour by Cotlet runs locally as a PyPI package, launched with uvx peopleperhour-api-mcp. Ready-made configuration for Claude, Cursor, VS Code, Codex and 5 more is on this page, copied from each client's own documentation.

### Claude

```bash
claude mcp add dev-cotlet-peopleperhour -- uvx peopleperhour-api-mcp
```

### Cursor

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "dev-cotlet-peopleperhour": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "peopleperhour-api-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

### VS Code

```json
{
  "servers": {
    "dev-cotlet-peopleperhour": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "peopleperhour-api-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

### Codex

```bash
codex mcp add dev-cotlet-peopleperhour -- uvx peopleperhour-api-mcp
```

### opencode

```json
{
  "$schema": "https://opencode.ai/config.json",
  "mcp": {
    "dev-cotlet-peopleperhour": {
      "type": "local",
      "command": [
        "uvx",
        "peopleperhour-api-mcp"
      ],
      "enabled": true
    }
  }
}
```

### OpenClaw

```bash
openclaw mcp add dev-cotlet-peopleperhour --command uvx --arg peopleperhour-api-mcp
```

### Hermes

```yaml
mcp_servers:
  dev-cotlet-peopleperhour:
    command: "uvx"
    args: ["peopleperhour-api-mcp"]
```

### Netclaw

```json
{
  "McpServers": {
    "dev-cotlet-peopleperhour": {
      "Transport": "stdio",
      "Command": "uvx",
      "Arguments": [
        "peopleperhour-api-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

### Vellum

```bash
assistant mcp add dev-cotlet-peopleperhour -t stdio -c uvx -a peopleperhour-api-mcp
```

### Other

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "dev-cotlet-peopleperhour": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "peopleperhour-api-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

## Changelog

Every change recorded for this component, newest first. Days that predate change tracking, or that we cannot explain, say so: "we were watching and nothing happened" and "we were not watching" are different claims.

### 2026-10-24 (score 64)

First indexed and scored.

## MCP tools (17)

### `delete_saved_search` (~57 tokens)

Delete saved search

Delete one of this account's saved project searches and its email alert.

Deletes the saved search from the signed-in account; its email alert stops with it.

Input parameters:

- `saved_search_id` (string, required): saved_search_id from list_saved_searches.

### `get_account` (~101 tokens)

Get account

The signed-in PeoplePerHour account: name, type, buyer stats, unread messages and favourite counts.

Returns the account the tools act as: member id, first name and initial, email, account type (buyer or seller), location, currency, profile URL, unread messages, buyer stats (projects posted, listed and completed, freelancers worked with, share of projects awarded, response time) and how many Offers, freelancers and projects it keeps as favourites or watches.

### `get_freelancer` (~172 tokens)

Get freelancer

A freelancer's public profile: rate, stats, skills, portfolio and the latest reviews on the page.

Returns a freelancer's public profile: short name, job title, location, hourly rate, CERT level, rating in percent, review and project counts, skills, languages, full About text, up to 30 portfolio items, and the reviews the profile page shows (usually the latest few, with the project they came from). reviews is the total count; PeoplePerHour does not let older reviews be paged, so only recent_reviews come with text. Times are UTC. Pass a freelancer_id from search_freelancers or an Offer, or the profile URL.

Input parameters:

- `freelancer_id` (string, required): freelancer_id from search_freelancers or an Offer, or the freelancer's profile URL.

### `get_offer` (~129 tokens)

Get Offer

One Offer with its full description, what the seller needs from you, prices, add-ons and images.

Returns one Offer as its page shows it: title, price in your account currency and in each currency the seller set, delivery days, sales, rating in percent with the count per star, full description, what the buyer must send, add-ons with their price and extra days, image links and the freelancer who sells it. Pass an offer_id from search_offers or the Offer's URL.

Input parameters:

- `offer_id` (string, required): offer_id from search_offers, or the Offer's page URL.

### `get_project` (~125 tokens)

Get project

One project's full brief with budget, attachments, interview questions, buyer and proposal count.

Returns one project as its public page shows it: the buyer's full brief, budget, category, experience level, where it is done, links to the files the buyer attached, the questions the buyer asks in a proposal, how many proposals it has and whether it is still open. client is the buyer's public profile. Times are UTC. Pass a project_id from search_projects or the project's URL.

Input parameters:

- `project_id` (string, required): project_id from search_projects, or the project's page URL.

### `list_categories` (~123 tokens)

List categories

The 10 project categories with their subcategories and typical budgets per freelancer level.

Returns PeoplePerHour's project categories and their subcategories. category is the slug search_projects and save_search take. median_budget is PeoplePerHour's median project budget in the subcategory, fixed price and hourly, by freelancer level (below level 4, level 4, level 5, Top CERT) and on average, in the currency asked for: a guide when pricing a proposal or a project.

Input parameters:

- `currency` (string): Currency of the median budgets. Default: GBP.

### `list_my_projects` (~140 tokens)

List my projects

Projects this account posted as a buyer, with status, budget and proposal count.

Returns the projects the signed-in buyer posted, most recent proposal first, each with its status (open, in_progress, under_moderation, completed and so on), budget, proposal count and the start of the brief. counts is the number of projects per status. Archived projects come back only with status archived. Pass next_cursor back as cursor; it is null on the last page.

Input parameters:

- `cursor` (string): next_cursor from the previous call.
- `query` (string): Words in the project title.
- `status` (string): Only projects in this state.

### `list_notifications` (~73 tokens)

List notifications

The latest notifications of this account (proposals, messages, project updates) and unread counts.

Returns the notifications under the bell on PeoplePerHour, newest first: text, link, whether it was read and when it came. unread counts unread notifications, proposals and WorkStream messages. Reading does not mark anything as read.

### `list_saved_searches` (~89 tokens)

List saved searches

This account's saved project searches with their filters and email alert setting.

Returns the project searches the signed-in account saved on the Jobs page: title, email alert (Never, Daily or Instantly) and filters. filters.query and filters.category can go straight into search_projects. PeoplePerHour allows 10 saved searches per account.

Input parameters:

- `cursor` (string): next_cursor from the previous call.

### `list_watchlist` (~112 tokens)

List watchlist

Open projects on this account's watchlist (Favourite Jobs), with budget and proposal count.

Returns the open projects the signed-in account watches, in the same shape as search_projects. A watched project that has closed drops off the list. Pass next_cursor back as cursor with the same limit; it is null on the last page.

Input parameters:

- `cursor` (string): next_cursor from the previous call.
- `limit` (integer): 1 to 50. Default: 20. Keep it the same across pages.

### `list_workstreams` (~103 tokens)

List WorkStreams

This account's WorkStreams (conversations with hired freelancers) with the last message.

Returns the WorkStreams of the signed-in account, the conversation PeoplePerHour opens for each hire: title, link, unread message count and the last message with its time. It reads, never sends: replying is done on PeoplePerHour. Pass next_cursor back as cursor; it is null on the last page.

Input parameters:

- `cursor` (string): next_cursor from the previous call.

### `save_search` (~293 tokens)

Save search

Save a project search with an email alert, or rename one or change how often it emails.

Without saved_search_id it saves a new project search on the signed-in account, as Save on the Jobs page does: title, filters and an email alert (Never, Daily or Instantly) that PeoplePerHour sends to this account only. With saved_search_id it changes only the title and the alert of that search; PeoplePerHour keeps its filters, so make a new search for other filters and delete the old one. PeoplePerHour allows 10 saved searches per account.

Input parameters:

- `alert` (string): How often PeoplePerHour emails new matches to this account. Default for a new one: Daily.
- `category` (string): Top category. New searches only.
- `experience_level` (string): Experience level the buyer asked for. New searches only.
- `location` (string): Remote or onsite. New searches only.
- `pricing` (string): Fixed price or hourly. New searches only.
- `project_types` (array): Urgent, with no proposals yet, pre-funded, featured or high value. New searches only.
- `query` (string): Keywords. New searches only.
- `saved_search_id` (string): Change this saved search (from list_saved_searches) instead of making a new one.
- `title` (string): Name of the saved search. Required for a new one.

### `search_freelancers` (~252 tokens)

Search freelancers

Freelancers by skill or keyword, with rate, rating, reviews, completed projects and skills.

Returns freelancers from the same search as Hire freelancers on PeoplePerHour: short name, profile URL, job title, location, hourly rate in the freelancer's currency, CERT level, rating in percent, review and project counts, skills and the start of their About text. hourly_rate filters in your account currency. get_freelancer returns the full profile. Pass next_cursor back as cursor with the same limit; it is null on the last page.

Input parameters:

- `cursor` (string): next_cursor from the previous call.
- `hourly_rate` (string): Hourly rate band in your account currency: *-10, 10-30, 30-50 or 50-*.
- `limit` (integer): 1 to 50. Default: 20. Keep it the same across pages.
- `min_rating` (string): Only freelancers rated at least this percent.
- `query` (string): Skill or keywords, e.g. logo design.
- `sort` (string): Order. Default: most-relevant.
- `top_certified` (boolean): Only freelancers with a CERT level.

### `search_offers` (~205 tokens)

Search Offers

Fixed-price Offers freelancers sell, by keyword or price, with sales, rating and seller.

Returns Offers (fixed-price services, once called Hourlies) from the same search as the Offers page on PeoplePerHour: title, price in your account currency, delivery days, sales, rating in percent, category, tags and the freelancer who sells it. get_offer returns the description, add-ons and images. Pass next_cursor back as cursor with the same limit; it is null on the last page.

Input parameters:

- `cursor` (string): next_cursor from the previous call.
- `limit` (integer): 1 to 50. Default: 20. Keep it the same across pages.
- `price_range` (string): Price band in your account currency: 0-19, 20-50, 50-100 or 100-*.
- `query` (string): Keywords, e.g. logo design.
- `sort` (string): Order. Default: featured.

### `search_projects` (~260 tokens)

Search projects

Open projects buyers posted, newest first, with budget, category, proposals and the brief's start.

Returns open projects from the same search as the Jobs page on PeoplePerHour, newest first. Filter by keyword, top category, or posting time: with since, only projects posted after it come back, so an agent polling for new work reads only what arrived since its last check. Times are UTC. budget.type is fixed_price or hourly (then the amount is per hour), in the buyer's currency. freelancer_country is set when only freelancers from that country may send a proposal. get_project returns the full brief. Pass next_cursor back as cursor for the next page; it is null when nothing more matches. With since, one call scans at most 200 of the newest projects, so a page can hold fewer than limit and still have a next_cursor.

Input parameters:

- `category` (string): Only projects in this top category.
- `cursor` (string): next_cursor from the previous call.
- `limit` (integer): 1 to 50. Default: 20.
- `query` (string): Keywords to search for.
- `since` (string): Only projects posted after this time (ISO 8601; without a zone it is UTC).

### `unwatch_project` (~57 tokens)

Unwatch project

Take a project off this account's watchlist.

Removes the project from the watchlist of the signed-in account. Nobody else is told.

Input parameters:

- `project_id` (string, required): project_id from list_watchlist, or the project's URL.

### `watch_project` (~96 tokens)

Watch project

Add a project to this account's watchlist (Favourite Jobs) to come back to it later.

Adds the project to the watchlist of the signed-in account, the heart on the project page. The buyer is not notified. Watching a project already on the list changes nothing. list_watchlist reads the list and unwatch_project takes it off.

Input parameters:

- `project_id` (string, required): project_id from search_projects, or the project's URL.

## Diagnostics

Captured diagnostic sections: Provenance, Install scripts, Dependencies. The full working is on the page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/dev-cotlet-peopleperhour/peopleperhour-api-mcp#diagnostics

## Score history

- 2026-10-24: 64

## Common questions

### What is the PeoplePerHour by Cotlet MCP server?

PeoplePerHour by Cotlet is an MCP server listed in the public MCP registry as dev.cotlet/peopleperhour. Search projects, freelancers and Offers on PeoplePerHour, read briefs and profiles. This page covers its PyPI package (peopleperhour-api-mcp).

### Is the PeoplePerHour by Cotlet MCP server safe to use?

PeoplePerHour by Cotlet scores 64 out of 100 on VerifyMCP. We found no known CVEs affecting it as of 24 October 2026. Its build provenance is signed and verified. That is a record of what we were able to check automatically, not an endorsement. The category breakdown on this page shows every signal behind the number, including the ones we could not confirm.

### What tools does the PeoplePerHour by Cotlet MCP server expose?

PeoplePerHour by Cotlet exposes 17 tools: delete_saved_search, get_account, get_freelancer, get_offer, get_project, and 12 more. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 2,387 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.

### Is the PeoplePerHour by Cotlet MCP server still maintained?

PeoplePerHour by Cotlet is still listed as active in the MCP registry. We last reached this channel on 24 October 2026. Those dates come from our own scans of the registry and the channel itself, not from anything the publisher announced.

### What licence is the PeoplePerHour by Cotlet MCP server under?

PeoplePerHour by Cotlet declares the PolyForm-Noncommercial-1.0.0 licence, which is not on the OSI-approved list. Read the terms before using it at work, and note this covers the source only, not the cost of any service it calls.

## Links

- PyPI project: https://pypi.org/project/peopleperhour-api-mcp/
- Socket report: https://socket.dev/pypi/package/peopleperhour-api-mcp
- Repository: https://github.com/cotletdev/peopleperhour-api-mcp-server
- Website: https://cotlet.dev/integrations/peopleperhour-api-mcp-server
- Changelog RSS feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/dev-cotlet-peopleperhour/peopleperhour-api-mcp.xml
- Changelog JSON feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/dev-cotlet-peopleperhour/peopleperhour-api-mcp.json
- HTML version of this page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/dev-cotlet-peopleperhour/peopleperhour-api-mcp