mcpbeat

Brands MCP Server

by.authorized/brands
answering

Brands is answering right now. Last checked moments ago. It exposes 6 tools.

Search brands and find authorized retailers on authorized.by

Uptime history 39 hours of history
39 hours agonow
100.0%
Uptime 24h
92 of 92 checks
6
Tools
read from the server
154 ms
Response time
average over 24h
open, no key
Access
streamable-http

Connect this server

Endpoint below is the one we actually reach during checks — not the one copied from a README. Last verified 0 min ago.

run in your terminal
claude mcp add brands --transport http https://app.authorized.by/api/public/mcp
~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "brands": {
      "url": "https://app.authorized.by/api/public/mcp"
    }
  }
}
~/.codex/config.toml
[mcp_servers.brands]
url = "https://app.authorized.by/api/public/mcp"
.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "brands": {
      "url": "https://app.authorized.by/api/public/mcp"
    }
  }
}
.vscode/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "brands": {
      "url": "https://app.authorized.by/api/public/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Available tools 6

Read directly from the server with tools/list, grouped by what they act on. If a tool disappears, we record the date.

brand
get_brand
Get the full profile for a specific brand: categories, website, headquarters country and description.
get_brand_retailers
Get all retailers authorized by a brand, sorted by subscription plan (PREMIUM → START → FREE) then by brand-connection count descending. Each retailer includes seal_implemented (whether the authorized.by seal is live on their shop).
retailer
get_retailer
Get the full profile for a specific retailer: address, contact details, opening hours, categories, subscription plan, TÜV certification, customer rating and seal_implemented (whether the authorized.by seal is live on their shop).
get_retailer_brands
Get all brands a retailer is authorized to sell, sorted by brand name. Each entry includes the partnership_date (when the retailer became authorized for that brand).
brands
get_brands
Search authorized brands and manufacturers on authorized.by. Returns brand names, slugs, logos and authorized-retailer counts. Omit 'search' to retrieve the full index.
retailers
get_retailers
Search authorized retailers (shops) on authorized.by. Returns retailer names, slugs, shop URLs, logos, authorized-brand counts and seal_implemented (whether the authorized.by seal is live on their shop). Omit 'search' to retrieve the full index.

Endpoints

URLTransportStateLatencyChecked
https://app.authorized.by/api/public/mcp streamable-http answering 187 ms 0 min ago

Brands — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

What can Brands do?
It exposes 6 tools, read directly from the server on our last check. Among them: get_brand, get_brand_retailers, get_brands, get_retailer, get_retailer_brands, get_retailers. The full list with descriptions is on this page — we take it from the server itself via tools/list, not from a README. How MCP servers expose tools in the first place →
What is Brands mostly used for?
Its tools cluster around brand and retailer. That is what this server is built to work with — the grouping comes from the actual tool names, not from a category we assigned.
Is Brands working right now?
We send a real MCP handshake every 15 minutes. Over the last 24 hours 92 of 92 checks got a reply (100.0%), average response time 154 ms. The bar chart above shows every period we have measured.
How do I connect Brands?
Copy the ready config from this page — we generate it for Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Codex, Cursor and VS Code, each with the file path that client actually reads. It is a remote server, so there is nothing to install — the client connects to the address.
Does Brands need an API key?
No. Brands completed a full MCP handshake with us as an anonymous client and listed its tools without asking for anything. All 6 of them are readable on this page. This is what we observed, not what the docs claim.
How fast is Brands?
It answers our handshake in 154 ms on average, which is faster than 72% of all working MCP servers we measure. The comparison comes from our own checks across the whole registry, every 15 minutes.