Ni Biashara Shelves — Africa FX, freight & compliance checks (x402) MCP Server

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Ni Biashara Shelves — Africa FX, freight & compliance checks (x402) is answering right now. Last checked 7 min ago. It exposes 21 tools.

Africa FX, US carrier/broker checks, OFAC name and wallet screens, load-vet pack. Paid via x402.

Uptime history 73 days of history · worst day 95%

73 days agonow

100.0%

Uptime 24h

91 of 91 checks

Tools

read from the server

203 ms

Response time

average over 24h

open, no key

Access

streamable-http

What changed 55

Every tool that appeared, vanished or quietly changed what it asks for. Recorded since 2 September 2026. No other catalogue keeps this.

30 Oct a tool description was rewritten get_order

30 Oct a tool changed the parameters it asks for get_order

28 Oct 2 tools appeared check_diaspora_business_listing, get_diaspora_metro_snapshot

28 Oct a tool changed the parameters it asks for buy_shelf

19 Oct 3 tool descriptions were rewritten5 times that day estimate_us_nigeria_shipping, prepare_us_nigeria_shipment_handoff, vet_load

19 Oct 2 tools appeared estimate_us_nigeria_shipping, prepare_us_nigeria_shipment_handoff

18 Oct 2 tool descriptions were rewritten check_carrier_basics, vet_load

15 Oct 3 tool descriptions were rewritten get_fx_africa_brief, get_fx_official, get_fx_parallel

14 Oct 5 tool descriptions were rewritten buy_shelf_pass, check_carrier_basics, localize_text and 2 more

12 Oct a tool changed the parameters it asks for buy_shelf

and 34 more, back to 2 September 2026

Nothing serious here today

Today is the operative word: we check Ni Biashara Shelves — Africa FX, freight & compliance checks (x402) every 15 minutes and re-read its code on every release. Watch it and you find out the day that stops being true.

Connect this server

Endpoint below is the one we actually reach during checks — not the one copied from a README. Last verified 7 min ago.

Claude Code Claude Desktop Codex Cursor VS Code

run in your terminal

claude mcp add shelves --transport http https://agents.nibiashara.biz/mcp

Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector, then paste this address

https://agents.nibiashara.biz/mcp

~/.codex/config.toml

[mcp_servers.shelves]
url = "https://agents.nibiashara.biz/mcp"

.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "shelves": {
      "url": "https://agents.nibiashara.biz/mcp"
    }
  }
}

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "servers": {
    "shelves": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://agents.nibiashara.biz/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Available tools 21

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

buy

buy_shelf

Creates a Coinbase checkout for any SKU — use this when no job-named tool exists. Returns x402_url (pay with any x402 client), pay_url (human) and claim_url. Does not move money itself.

buy_shelf_pass

Shelf Pass — 110 prepaid credits. 110 prepaid credits for $0.99 ($1.10 of calls). 1 credit = $0.01 of list price: a $0.03 carrier check uses 3 credits, a $0.02 sanctions screen uses 2. Valid on data shelves priced at $0.25 or less (FX, carrier, broker and sanctions checks, Texas CE, the load-vet pack, instant Swahili localization). The pass token travels in the X-SHELF-PASS header, so a call needs no separate wallet payment. $0.99 USDC on Base. Returns the x402 URL to GET (402 → PAYMENT-SIGNATURE → delivery). Free to call this tool; payment happens on the URL.

carrier

check_carrier_authority

US carrier authority & safety check (FMCSA). Live federal FMCSA record for a US motor carrier: legal name, operating status (allowed to operate), authority, safety rating, fleet size, crash and inspection summary — with plain risk flags. The check a freight-broker or dispatch agent runs before tendering a load. $0.03 USDC on Base. Returns the x402 URL to GET (402 → PAYMENT-SIGNATURE → delivery). Free to call this tool; payment happens on the URL.

check_carrier_basics

US carrier safety BASICs (FMCSA SMS). The carrier's BASIC measures from FMCSA's Safety Measurement System (unsafe driving, hours-of-service, vehicle maintenance and more) from the monthly public snapshot. All carriers get measures and acute/critical flags; percentiles and threshold alerts are public only for passenger carriers, null for freight carriers. Complements carrier-authority-check. $0.03 USDC on Base. Returns the x402 URL to GET (402 → PAYMENT-SIGNATURE → delivery). Free to call this tool; payment happens on the URL.

diaspora

check_diaspora_business_listing

Free. Is this African or Caribbean diaspora business in the Ni Biashara directory (nibiashara.com)? Look up by name or phone, optionally by metro. Returns listed / possible_match / not_listed with each match's id and its nibiashara.com/b/<id>/ page.

get_diaspora_metro_snapshot

Diaspora metro snapshot — directory counts by metro and category. Counts of African and Caribbean diaspora business listings in the Ni Biashara directory (nibiashara.com) by metro and by category, with contact-field coverage, computed from the live directory at call time. Filter by metro and/or category, or omit both for the whole directory. Counts only, no business-level fields. Counts reflect the directory, not a census. $0.02 USDC on Base. Returns the x402 URL to GET (402 → PAYMENT-SIGNATURE → delivery). Free to call this tool; payment happens on the URL.

screen

screen_sanctions_name

Sanctions name screen — OFAC SDN + Consolidated (US). Screens a company or entity name against the U.S. Treasury OFAC Specially Designated Nationals and Consolidated lists (~40k names + aliases; every result carries as_of and checked_at). Deterministic normalized-name and token matching with a CLEAR / REVIEW / HIT verdict. $0.02 USDC on Base. Returns the x402 URL to GET (402 → PAYMENT-SIGNATURE → delivery). Free to call this tool; payment happens on the URL.

screen_sanctions_wallet

Sanctions wallet screen — OFAC Digital Currency Address. Exact-match a blockchain address against Digital Currency Address identifiers published in the OFAC SDN XML (the same Treasury list we ingest for name screens). CLEAR or HIT. No third-party chain intel, no clustering, no risk score. $0.01 USDC on Base. Returns the x402 URL to GET (402 → PAYMENT-SIGNATURE → delivery). Free to call this tool; payment happens on the URL.

africa

get_fx_africa_brief

Africa FX daily brief. Every Frankfurter official African forex pair (shilling, naira, cedi, rand and more) plus both Bybit-derived street quotes (USD-NGN and USD-GHS) and their spreads, each row carrying its source and time. One call for a morning pricing check. Price $0.1 USDC on Base (the /shelf/fx-africa-daily-brief price). With a valid Shelf Pass (pass_token or X-SHELF-PASS) on a shelf priced ≤ $0.25, this returns the data. Otherwise it returns payment_required with the x402 v2 URL and header name. It does not return the rate as a bare payment link.

broker

check_broker_authority

US freight broker authority check (FMCSA). Is this broker real and allowed to arrange freight? Live FMCSA record by MC/docket number with broker-authority status and plain flags. The check a carrier or factoring agent runs before accepting a load from an unknown broker. $0.03 USDC on Base. Returns the x402 URL to GET (402 → PAYMENT-SIGNATURE → delivery). Free to call this tool; payment happens on the URL.

estimate

estimate_us_nigeria_shipping

Free. Floor estimate for an air shipment from Doos Logistics' Fort Worth, TX hub to Lagos, built only from Doos's published rates; unpublished charges are listed, never guessed. Prohibited and restricted items (liquid, perishable, hazmat) get no price: the result is estimate_available:false with a reason (prohibited_item or restricted_item). Ocean not offered. Links to book and pay Doos directly for priced items. Independent estimate from Ni Biashara LLC. Not affiliated with Doos Logistics. You book and pay Doos Logistics directly. Estimates from Doos's public rates retrieved 2026-10-19. No payment: this tool returns the estimate itself.

insurance

check_tx_insurance_ce

Texas insurance license CE & renewal check (TDI). Deterministic TDI rules: exactly what a Texas insurance licensee needs to stay compliant — CE hours, classroom/ethics requirements, renewal fees — by license line and years licensed. Rules-engine output, not an LLM guess. $0.25 USDC on Base. Returns the x402 URL to GET (402 → PAYMENT-SIGNATURE → delivery). Free to call this tool; payment happens on the URL.

localize

localize_text

English ↔ Swahili localization — instant machine pass, up to 120 words. Machine localization (open translation model, run in-process), returned in the paid response with no ticket or wait. Suited to UI strings, alt text and short product copy. Machine-grade output, labeled as such. Human-reviewed copy up to 500 words is a separate shelf, swahili-localization-500w. $0.25 USDC on Base. Returns the x402 URL to GET (402 → PAYMENT-SIGNATURE → delivery). Free to call this tool; payment happens on the URL.

official

get_fx_official

Official FX rate — one African pair. Official forex reference rate vs USD for one African currency: KES (Kenyan shilling), NGN (naira), GHS (cedi), TZS, UGX, ZAR, EGP, RWF, via Frankfurter (frankfurter.dev). Frankfurter blends published central-bank reference rates; the number is that blend, not a single central-bank fixing. Each response names the source and carries as_of (Frankfurter's rate date) and fetched_at. Price $0.01 USDC on Base (the /shelf/fx-official price). With a valid Shelf Pass (pass_token or X-SHELF-PASS) on a shelf priced ≤ $0.25, this returns the data. Otherwise it returns payment_required with the x402 v2 URL and header name. It does not return the rate as a bare payment link.

order

get_order

Returns the order status. With claim_secret (returned once when the order was opened) the delivery is included once Coinbase reports the payment COMPLETED.

parallel

get_fx_parallel

Street (parallel-market) rate — USD-NGN or USD-GHS. Parallel/street exchange rate for USD-NGN (naira) or USD-GHS (cedi): the median VWAP of Bybit's public USDT/fiat P2P order book, divided by a USDT/USD spot basis, plus the Frankfurter official reference rate and the spread. OKX is archived and does not set the price. Not a central-bank rate and not a bureau de change quote. Price $0.05 USDC on Base (the /shelf/fx-parallel price). With a valid Shelf Pass (pass_token or X-SHELF-PASS) on a shelf priced ≤ $0.25, this returns the data. Otherwise it returns payment_required with the x402 v2 URL and header name. It does not return the rate as a bare payment link.

pass

get_pass_balance

Free. Pass the token from buy_shelf_pass /shelf/shelf-pass-100.

prepare

prepare_us_nigeria_shipment_handoff

Free. POST the shipment and both names. We run an OFAC name screen and refuse prohibited items and hazmat (400). Restricted items (liquid, perishable) need Doos's approval first: they get 200 with status ask_doos_first, a restricted notice, no price and no booking links. Otherwise we return the estimate, Doos's proof-of-purchase checklist, a summary to give Doos and Doos's booking links (status ready_for_doos). You book and pay Doos directly; we never book or take payment. Independent estimate from Ni Biashara LLC. Not affiliated with Doos Logistics. You book and pay Doos Logistics directly. Estimates from Doos's public rates retrieved 2026-10-19. No payment: this tool returns the handoff itself.

realestate

check_tx_realestate_ce

Texas real-estate license CE & renewal check (TREC). Deterministic TREC rules: continuing-education hours, renewal fees and active-license requirements for Texas real-estate licensees, by license type. Rules-engine output, not an LLM guess. $0.25 USDC on Base. Returns the x402 URL to GET (402 → PAYMENT-SIGNATURE → delivery). Free to call this tool; payment happens on the URL.

shelves

list_shelves

Data shelves (default) with price in USD, params, job-tool name and x402 URL. Pass kind=service or kind=all to include owner-fulfilled work. Free to call.

vet

vet_load

Load vet pack — authority + BASICs + broker + OFAC name. Pre-tender check: FMCSA authority and SMS BASICs (monthly) for the carrier, broker authority for broker_mc, optional OFAC name screen. TENDER/HOLD/REJECT from public fields only, no fraud score. A section that times out returns status "timeout" with partial:true and a HOLD verdict; full price applies when carrier authority (broker, for a broker-only pack) is delivered. $0.08 USDC on Base. Returns the x402 URL to GET (402 → PAYMENT-SIGNATURE → delivery). Free to call this tool; payment happens on the URL.

Endpoints

URL	Transport	State	Latency	Checked
https://agents.nibiashara.biz/mcp	streamable-http	answering	120 ms	7 min ago

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Ni Biashara Shelves — Africa FX, freight & compliance checks (x402) — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

What can Ni Biashara Shelves — Africa FX, freight & compliance checks (x402) do?

It exposes 21 tools, read directly from the server on our last check. Among them: buy_shelf, buy_shelf_pass, check_broker_authority, check_carrier_authority, check_carrier_basics, check_diaspora_business_listing and 15 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 →

What is Ni Biashara Shelves — Africa FX, freight & compliance checks (x402) mostly used for?

Its tools cluster around screen, buy and carrier. 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 Ni Biashara Shelves — Africa FX, freight & compliance checks (x402) 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 203 ms. The bar chart above shows every period we have measured.

How do I connect Ni Biashara Shelves — Africa FX, freight & compliance checks (x402)?

Copy the ready config from this page. We generate it for Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Codex, Cursor and VS Code, each in the form that client actually reads. It is a remote server, so there is nothing to install — the client connects to the address.

Does Ni Biashara Shelves — Africa FX, freight & compliance checks (x402) need an API key?

No. Ni Biashara Shelves — Africa FX, freight & compliance checks (x402) completed a full MCP handshake with us as an anonymous client and listed its tools without asking for anything. All 21 of them are readable on this page. This is what we observed, not what the docs claim.

How fast is Ni Biashara Shelves — Africa FX, freight & compliance checks (x402)?

It answers our handshake in 203 ms on average, which is faster than 69% of all working MCP servers we measure. The comparison comes from our own checks across the whole registry, every 15 minutes.