Times Rare MCP Server

by timesrare Your server? Claim it

answering

Times Rare is answering right now. Last checked 2 min ago. It exposes 8 tools.

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

Uptime history 47 days of history · worst day 99%

47 days agonow

100.0%

Uptime 24h

92 of 92 checks

Tools

read from the server

2244 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.

Connect this server

Endpoint below is the one we actually reach during checks — not the one copied from a README. Last verified 2 min ago.

Claude Code Claude Desktop Codex Cursor VS Code

run in your terminal

claude mcp add canvas --transport http https://timesrare.com/mcp/streamable-http

~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "canvas": {
      "url": "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

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "canvas": {
      "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

URL	Transport	State	Latency	Checked
https://timesrare.com/mcp/streamable-http	streamable-http	answering	534 ms	2 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 92 of 92 checks got a reply (100.0%), average response time 2244 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 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 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.