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Forage Shopping MCP Server

io.github.jalexspringer/forage-shopping
answering

Forage Shopping is answering right now. Last checked 5 min ago. It exposes 7 tools.

AI shopping comparison — search 50M+ products, compare prices, find deals

The linked repository no longer exists on GitHub — it was deleted or made private.

Uptime history 40 hours of history
40 hours agonow
100.0%
Uptime 24h
91 of 91 checks
7
Tools
read from the server
317 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 5 min ago.

run in your terminal
claude mcp add forage-shopping --transport http https://forageshopping.com/mcp
~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "forage-shopping": {
      "url": "https://forageshopping.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}
~/.codex/config.toml
[mcp_servers.forage-shopping]
url = "https://forageshopping.com/mcp"
.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "forage-shopping": {
      "url": "https://forageshopping.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}
.vscode/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "forage-shopping": {
      "url": "https://forageshopping.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Available tools 7

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

checkout
update_checkout_info
Update a checkout session with buyer information. Provide the information the merchant requested (email, name, shipping address, discount codes). Call this after start_checkout when the merchant indicates what information is still needed. If the response has status 'requires_escalation', share the continue_url with the user so they can complete payment in their browser.
compare
compare_prices
Compare prices for a specific product across multiple merchants. Finds the same product at different retailers and shows price differences.
complete
complete_purchase
Complete a checkout and place the order. Only call this when the checkout status is 'ready_for_complete'. Records the purchase as a conversion in telemetry and ends the attribution session. Returns the order confirmation with order ID and receipt link.
deals
find_deals
Find the best current deals in a product category. Searches for discounted, on-sale, or best-value products.
order
check_order
Check the status of a checkout session or order. Use this after the user has completed an escalation step (e.g. payment in the browser) to see if the checkout can now proceed, or to check on a completed order's status.
products
search_products
Search for products across merchants and return comparison results. Returns structured product listings with prices, merchants, and checkout links. Searches Shopify's global catalogue (50M+ products across all Shopify merchants) and Channel3's affiliate network. Results include direct checkout links.
start
start_checkout
Start a UCP checkout session for a product. Discovers the merchant's UCP capabilities, creates a checkout session, and attaches content attribution data from the current session's search and comparison activity. Returns the checkout status and any information the merchant still needs (email, shipping address, etc).

Endpoints

URLTransportStateLatencyChecked
https://forageshopping.com/mcp streamable-http answering 300 ms 5 min ago

Forage Shopping — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

What can Forage Shopping do?
It exposes 7 tools, read directly from the server on our last check. Among them: check_order, compare_prices, complete_purchase, find_deals, search_products, start_checkout and 1 more. 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 →
Is Forage Shopping working right now?
We send a real MCP handshake every 15 minutes. Over the last 24 hours 91 of 91 checks got a reply (100.0%), average response time 317 ms. The bar chart above shows every period we have measured.
Is Forage Shopping still maintained?
The linked repository no longer exists on GitHub — it was deleted or made private. We show this because it changes what you can expect: an unmaintained server may keep answering for months and then stop without warning.
How do I connect Forage Shopping?
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 Forage Shopping need an API key?
No. Forage Shopping completed a full MCP handshake with us as an anonymous client and listed its tools without asking for anything. All 7 of them are readable on this page. This is what we observed, not what the docs claim.
How fast is Forage Shopping?
It answers our handshake in 317 ms on average, which is faster than 44% of all working MCP servers we measure. The comparison comes from our own checks across the whole registry, every 15 minutes.