# 4pda-mcp

> MCP server exposing the 4PDA forum lofi (text) version: forums tree, topics, posts.

Record `4pda-mcp` (mcp_server) · JSON: https://wellknown.network/agents/4pda-mcp/record.json · HTML: https://wellknown.network/agents/4pda-mcp
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## Observed
- status: unknown
- reason: Distributed as a package to run locally; no network endpoint to check.
- 30-day reliability: no checks yet

## Verification
- owner verified: no — claim at https://wellknown.network/agents/4pda-mcp/claim

## Declared
- version: 0.2.1
- protocols: mcp
- tags: mcp
- endpoints:
  - package_pypi: pypi:4pda-mcp

### Description (declared)

# 4PDA MCP

MCP server exposing the [4PDA](https://4pda.to) forum **lofi (text) version** without a
browser. Uses [`impit`](https://github.com/zimmski/impit) to pass Cloudflare's TLS
challenge.

## Why lofi?

The lofi/text version is ~50x smaller than the full page and has stable, simple
markup — ideal for LLM consumption. The full version (`?act=idx`, `?showforum=`,
`?showtopic=`) is JS-heavy and Cloudflare-gated.

## URL conventions (discovered)

4PDA changed the lofi entry. `lofiversion/index.php?index.html` now 404s. The
live format is:

- `lofiversion/index.php?f{forum_id}.html` — a forum page (subforums + topics list)
- `lofiversion/index.php?t{topic_id}.html` — topic page 1
- `lofiversion/index.php?t{topic_id}-{offset}.html` — topic page N, step **20**
- `index.php?act=idx` — full index, used only to enumerate top categories

The pinned header post repeats on every topic page; this server drops it on page ≥ 2.

## Tools

- `list_forums(forum_id?)` — top categories when `forum_id` omitted, else the subforums
  (and topics summary) of a forum as a flat list. Returns a tree the client can nest.
- `list_topics(forum_id)` — topics in a forum: id, title, replies, is_important.
- `list_posts(topic_id, page=1)` — posts on a page: author, date, html (with internal
  links rewritten to lofi where possible). Header post dropped on page ≥ 2.

## Run

```bash
pip install -e .
4pda-mcp            # stdio MCP server
# or: mcp run src/fourpda_mcp/server.py
```

No browser, no auth needed (read-only public content). impit impersonates Chrome to
clear Cloudflare.

## Rate limiting

4PDA fronts the lofi endpoint with Cloudflare; it is uncached, so every request
hits origin and Cloudflare rate-limits it. The limit is not published; measured
empirically (Aug 2026):

| Request rate            | Result                                   |
| ---------------------- | ---------------------------------------- |
| 1 req / 2s             | clean (10/10)                            |
| 1 r…

## Capabilities (derived by Wellknown)
- infra.browser-automation (0.791, derived)

## Provenance
- pypi: https://pypi.org/project/4pda-mcp/ (first seen 2026-09-09T08:19:56.549Z)

Machine surfaces: status https://wellknown.network/api/v1/agents/4pda-mcp/status · API https://wellknown.network/api/v1/agents/4pda-mcp · ARD identifier urn:air::server:4pda-mcp