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Menlo Labs Shopping MCP Server

io.github.t-khush/menlo-labs-shopping-mcp
not responding

Menlo Labs Shopping MCP is listed as active in the registry but did not answer our last check. It exposes 2 tools.

Search Amazon products by price and rating, or build curated shopping kits for any goal.

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

Uptime history 39 hours of history · worst hour 0%
39 hours agonow
0.0%
Uptime 24h
0 of 91 checks
2
Tools
read from the server
73 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 9 min ago.

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

Available tools 2

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

build
build_product_kit
Build a curated shopping list for a goal or theme. Use for setups, gift lists, starter kits, or multi-category recommendations.
products
search_products
Find individual products matching a query. Use for a specific item or category; supports price and rating filters.

Endpoints

URLTransportStateLatencyChecked
https://menlolabs.dev/mcp streamable-http answering 73 ms 9 min ago

Menlo Labs Shopping MCP — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

What can Menlo Labs Shopping MCP do?
It exposes 2 tools, read directly from the server on our last check. Among them: build_product_kit, search_products. 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 Menlo Labs Shopping MCP working right now?
We send a real MCP handshake every 15 minutes. Over the last 24 hours 0 of 91 checks got a reply (0.0%), average response time 73 ms. The bar chart above shows every period we have measured.
Is Menlo Labs Shopping MCP 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.
The registry lists Menlo Labs Shopping MCP as active — why does it not respond?
The official MCP registry stores what the author submitted; it does not verify that the server still runs. We check the endpoint ourselves, and this one does not answer. Catalogues that copy the registry without checking will show it as working.
How do I connect Menlo Labs Shopping MCP?
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 Menlo Labs Shopping MCP need an API key?
No. Menlo Labs Shopping MCP completed a full MCP handshake with us as an anonymous client and listed its tools without asking for anything. All 2 of them are readable on this page. This is what we observed, not what the docs claim.