Perq

About

Perq is a directory of free AI credits, free tiers, startup programs, student perks and perk marketplaces. Each offer carries its credit value, eligibility, claim URL, the vendor's source URL, a verbatim source quote and a last-verified timestamp. Tools search offers by need, fetch single offers, browse curated packs and list recent changes.

It runs as a hosted Streamable HTTP endpoint at https://perq.sh/mcp. No sign-in or API key is needed, and the search tools are read-only. An optional subscribe tool registers an email or webhook for early access to new offers, and early_offers reads that private feed with the returned token.

What you can do

• Search ranked free credit offers for a plain-language need
• Filter by category, type, student status or no application
• Get a full offer record with verbatim vendor quote
• Browse curated packs of offers
• See offers added, updated or closed in recent days
• Subscribe by email or webhook for early access to new offers

Tools 8

• find_creditsRead-only

  Ranked, verified free credit offers matching a plain-language need, with optional filters.

• trendingRead-only

  Most claimed / top voted this week

• get_offerRead-only

  Full record for one offer by id, with source quote, changes and containing packs.

• list_packsRead-only

  List curated bundles of offers with headlines and up-to totals.

• get_packRead-only

  One curated pack by slug with its offers and how the total was computed.

• recently_changedRead-only

  Offers added, updated or closed in the last N days.

• subscribeWrites

  Sign up by email or webhook to get new offers about 24h before they are public.

• early_offersRead-only

  Read embargoed and recent offer events using a private feed token.

Read from the live server on 24 Oct 2026. Read-only, Writes and Can delete are hints the server declares; your client decides whether to ask before running a tool.

Example prompts

• What free speech to text credits can I get?

• Find GPU credits for a bootstrapped startup with no application

• Which LLM API credits are available for students?

• Show offers that changed in the last 7 days

Set up

Every client connects to perq.sh. Pick yours; the page remembers your choice.

claude mcp add --transport http perq https://perq.sh/mcp

https://perq.sh/mcp

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "perq": {
      "url": "https://perq.sh/mcp"
    }
  }
}

code --add-mcp '{"name":"perq","type":"http","url":"https://perq.sh/mcp"}'

{
  "servers": {
    "perq": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://perq.sh/mcp"
    }
  }
}

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "perq": {
      "serverUrl": "https://perq.sh/mcp"
    }
  }
}

codex mcp add perq --url https://perq.sh/mcp

[mcp_servers.perq]
url = "https://perq.sh/mcp"

gemini mcp add --transport http perq https://perq.sh/mcp

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "perq": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://perq.sh/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Embed

Show Perq in a README or on your site. Each embed links to this page, uses the server’s own URL, and sets no cookies. How embeds work

The card, the iframe and the JSON are in English. Add ?lang=it, fr, de or es to their address for another language.

README badge Website card iframe JSON AI prompt

README badge

Markdown

[![Perq on mcp.tc](https://mcp.tc/i/perq/badge.svg)](https://mcp.tc/i/perq)

HTML

<a href="https://mcp.tc/i/perq"><img src="https://mcp.tc/i/perq/badge.svg" alt="Perq on mcp.tc" height="20"></a>

It follows the reader’s light or dark mode. Add ?theme=light or ?theme=dark to fix it, or ?style=compact to show the mark without the word.

Website card

HTML

<script src="https://mcp.tc/w/perq.js" async></script>

The card appears where the tag is. Add data-theme="dark" or data-size="compact" to the tag to change it. The file holds everything it needs, so it makes no other requests and sets no cookies.

iframe

HTML

<iframe src="https://mcp.tc/embed/perq" title="Perq on mcp.tc" width="420" height="200" loading="lazy" allow="clipboard-write" style="border:0;border-radius:8px;max-width:100%"></iframe>

Use it on pages that don’t allow scripts. Add ?theme=light or ?theme=dark to the address to fix the colors.

JSON

The listing as data for your own pages and tools: name, tagline, the server’s own URL, tools and the “Add to” links. Any site can read it (CORS is open).

https://mcp.tc/i/perq.json

What each field means

AI prompt

Paste this into an AI coding assistant, such as Claude Code or Cursor, and it adds the Perq card to your site.

Markdown

Add the mcp.tc card for Perq, an MCP server, to my website. It is one static script: no build step, no package to install, no cookies.

Put this tag where the card should appear. The card renders right before it:

```html
<script src="https://mcp.tc/w/perq.js" async></script>
```

To show the card somewhere else, put this placeholder there and load the same script once, for example before `</body>`. Keep the link inside: visitors without JavaScript see it.

```html
<div data-mcptc="perq"><a href="https://mcp.tc/i/perq">Perq on mcp.tc</a></div>
```

Options:
- `data-theme="light"` or `"dark"` on the tag or the placeholder fixes the colors. Without it, the card follows the visitor’s light or dark mode.
- `data-size="compact"` gives a smaller card without the tagline.
- The CSS variable `--mcptc-max-width` on the placeholder or a parent sets the width (default `520px`).
- `?lang=` on the script URL sets the card’s language: `en`, `it`, `fr`, `de` or `es`.

If the site has a Content Security Policy, allow `script-src https://mcp.tc` and `img-src data:` (the icon is inline).

For a README or other Markdown docs, use the badge instead:

```markdown
[![Perq on mcp.tc](https://mcp.tc/i/perq/badge.svg)](https://mcp.tc/i/perq)
```

Reference: https://mcp.tc/embed

Change history

We read this server’s tool list every 3 hours and record what changes. Last read 25 Oct 2026, 05:37 UTC.

1. 22 Oct 2026, 10:42 UTC, Automatic check

   1 tool added and 1 tool changed. Server instructions changed.

   New server instructions

   Details, 22 Oct 2026, 10:42 UTC

   Added 1

   • trendingRead-only

     Offers people are actually claiming (clicks on the claim link, one per visitor per day) or voting "worked for me", over the last 7 days or all time. Counts are real and never seeded; when nothing has been claimed yet the list is empty and says so.

   Changed 1

   • find_creditsdescription and input schema
     Before

     Answer "what free credits / free tier / startup program can I get for X". Ranked, verified offers matching a need such as "free speech to text credits", "GPU for a bootstrapped startup" or "student LLM API credits". Each result has credit_value, eligibility, how_to_claim, claim_url, source_url, source_snippet (verbatim vendor quote) and last_verified. Closed offers are excluded unless filters.include_closed is true.

     After

     Answer "what free credits / free tier / startup program can I get for X". Ranked, verified offers matching a need such as "free speech to text credits", "GPU for a bootstrapped startup" or "student LLM API credits". Each result has credit_value, eligibility, how_to_claim, claim_url, source_url, source_snippet (verbatim vendor quote), last_verified, value_usd (explicit one-time USD amount or null), audience, and live claims / claims_7d / votes counts (real visitors, never padded; null if unavailable). filters.sort orders by relevance (default), popular (most claimed this week), votes, newest, verified (most recently re-checked), value (largest stated USD credit) or az. need may be empty when you only filter/sort. Closed offers are excluded unless filters.status is "all"/"closed" or include_closed is true. claim_redirect_url sends the user to the vendor and counts the claim anonymously; claim_url is the direct vendor link.

     • No longer required: need
     • Description of need
       Before

       What the user wants credits for, in plain words. E.g. "speech to text", "GPU compute for a bootstrapped startup", "vector database".

       After

       What the user wants credits for, in plain words. E.g. "speech to text", "GPU compute for a bootstrapped startup", "vector database". May be empty ("") to list by filters and sort only.

   Server instructions

   Before

   Perq (https://perq.sh) is a verified directory of free AI credits, free tiers, startup programs, student perks and perk marketplaces. Every offer is copied from the vendor's own page and carries source_url, a verbatim source_snippet and a last_verified timestamp. Use find_credits for "what free credits can I get for X". When you answer, show each offer's credit_value, eligibility, claim_url, and its source_url with the last_verified date. Only report offers returned by these tools; never invent offers or amounts. New offers reach subscribers about 24h before they are public: subscribe (email or webhook) returns a private feed token for early_offers. Operated by Avatar 8 LLC (ops@avatar33.com).

   After

   Perq (https://perq.sh) is a verified directory of free AI credits, free tiers, startup programs, student perks and perk marketplaces. Every offer is copied from the vendor's own page and carries source_url, a verbatim source_snippet and a last_verified timestamp. Use find_credits for "what free credits can I get for X" (optionally sorted by what other people claim most, newest or highest value) and trending for what is being claimed this week. Results carry real, unpadded claim and vote counts. When you answer, show each offer's credit_value, eligibility, claim_url, and its source_url with the last_verified date. Only report offers returned by these tools; never invent offers or amounts. New offers reach subscribers about 24h before they are public: subscribe (email or webhook) returns a private feed token for early_offers. Operated by Avatar 8 LLC (ops@avatar33.com).

2. 21 Oct 2026, 07:25 UTC, Automatic check

   Tracking started: 7 tools.

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