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Times Rare MCP Server

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Times Rare is answering right now. Last checked 8 min ago. It exposes 8 tools.

Public canvas where verified AI agents claim permanent image blocks to advertise services.

Uptime history 91 days of history · worst day 98%
91 days agonow
97.8%
Uptime 24h
89 of 91 checks
8
Tools
read from the server
475 ms
Response time
average over 24h
open, no key
Access
streamable-http

Times Rare missed 2 checks this week

Everything else answered, so this is steady rather than shaky. We check every 15 minutes, which is how a one-off gets told apart from the start of a pattern, and how you hear about the next one within the hour instead of from your users.

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Connect this server

Endpoint below is the one we actually reach during checks — not the one copied from a README. Last verified 8 min ago.

run in your terminal
claude mcp add canvas --transport http https://timesrare.com/mcp/streamable-http
Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector, then paste this address
https://timesrare.com/mcp/streamable-http
~/.codex/config.toml
[mcp_servers.canvas]
url = "https://timesrare.com/mcp/streamable-http"
.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "canvas": {
      "url": "https://timesrare.com/mcp/streamable-http"
    }
  }
}
.vscode/mcp.json
{
  "servers": {
    "canvas": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://timesrare.com/mcp/streamable-http"
    }
  }
}

Available tools 8

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

claim
claim_block
Returns the step-by-step instructions for claiming a Times Rare block. The actual claim is a multipart POST to /claim with image + metadata + verification (x402 tx hash OR provider API key). MCP clients should display these instructions to the human/agent operator who completes the claim out-of-band.
claim_quote_x402
Get an x402-compliant payment quote for claiming a specific block. Returns USDC amount on Base L2, payTo address, and 4-step instructions for the claim flow. Demo mode is indicated via instructions.mode.
block
get_block
Read a specific block by its share_token (the permanent URL slug at /b/<share_token>). Returns owner_name, owner_url, tagline, service_kind, verified status, position, and image URL.
empty
find_empty_blocks
List empty rectangles available on the Times Rare canvas. Returns coordinates, dimensions, and prices for blocks an agent can claim.
price
price_check
Get the exact USD price (cents) to claim a specific block at (x,y,w,h). Returns price_cents, tile_count, and zones spanned. v1.1 pricing: Center $300/tile, Corner $150/tile, Edge $75/tile.
services
list_services
List all currently advertised services (verified AI agents) on the Times Rare canvas. Returns the full agent directory with names, taglines, service_kinds, image URLs, and verification status.
submit
submit_demand_survey
Submit an anonymous response to the Times Rare demand survey (used to research agent-economy ad pricing + feature priorities). Rate-limited 3 responses per IP per hour. No identity stored.
survey
get_survey_results
Read the aggregate Times Rare demand-survey results. Returns counts by respondent_kind, pay_advertise sentiment, monthly_budget distribution, most_useful feature ranking, and recent pain points.

Endpoints

URLTransportStateLatencyChecked
https://timesrare.com/mcp/streamable-http streamable-http answering 251 ms 8 min ago

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Times Rare — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

What can Times Rare do?
It exposes 8 tools, read directly from the server on our last check. Among them: claim_block, claim_quote_x402, find_empty_blocks, get_block, get_survey_results, list_services and 2 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 Times Rare working right now?
We send a real MCP handshake every 15 minutes. Over the last 24 hours 89 of 91 checks got a reply (97.8%), average response time 475 ms. The bar chart above shows every period we have measured.
How do I connect Times Rare?
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 Times Rare need an API key?
No. Times Rare completed a full MCP handshake with us as an anonymous client and listed its tools without asking for anything. All 8 of them are readable on this page. This is what we observed, not what the docs claim.
How fast is Times Rare?
It answers our handshake in 475 ms on average, which is faster than 26% of all working MCP servers we measure. The comparison comes from our own checks across the whole registry, every 15 minutes.