Shots for Bots runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 84 installs a week from npm.
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Today is the operative word: we check Shots for Bots every 15 minutes and re-read its code on every release. Watch it and you find out the day that stops being true.
This server runs on your own machine — install it with the package manager and the client starts it for you. Package name taken from the official registry entry.
claude mcp add shotsforbots-mcp -- npx -y shotsforbots-mcp
{
"mcpServers": {
"shotsforbots-mcp": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"shotsforbots-mcp"
]
}
}
}
[mcp_servers.shotsforbots-mcp]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "shotsforbots-mcp"]
{
"mcpServers": {
"shotsforbots-mcp": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"shotsforbots-mcp"
]
}
}
}
{
"servers": {
"shotsforbots-mcp": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"shotsforbots-mcp"
]
}
}
}
Optional settings from the registry entry, left out of the block above:
SHOTSFORBOTS_PRIVATE_KEY (0x-prefixed 64-hex private key of a hot wallet funded with a few dollars of USDC on Base. Required only by buy_photo; search_photos, get_photo and catalog_info work without it), SHOTSFORBOTS_MAX_PRICE_USD (Per-purchase spend cap in USD. Default 0.50), SHOTSFORBOTS_DAILY_CAP_USD (Per-day spend cap in USD. Default 5.00), SHOTSFORBOTS_OUT_DIR (Directory bought files are written to. Default ~/Downloads/shotsforbots/).
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