# RetailIntel — Indian retail moves (remote · retailintel.in)

What moved in Indian retail: store openings, deals, results, launches, leadership, each verified.

- Trust score: 23/100 (low)
- Change this week: 0
- Registry status: active
- Liveness: live
- Owner verified: no
- Last scored: 2026-10-25

## Components

- remote · `retailintel.in`: 23/100 (this document), [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/in-retailintel-retailintel/retailintel.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/in-retailintel-retailintel/retailintel)

## Channel facts

- Endpoint: `https://retailintel.in/mcp`
- Transports: `streamable-http`
- Auth: `none`
- Version: `1.1.1`

## Trust breakdown

How this component scores in each security and reliability category. Every signal is checked automatically against the live server, and we only credit what we can confirm. Scores are 0–100 per category. Scoring method: https://verifymcp.io/docs/scoring (what has changed: https://verifymcp.io/docs/scoring/changelog)

Scored 2026-10-25.

- **Endpoint Security**: 57/100
  - The endpoint's TLS certificate is valid, in date, and uses a strong key.
  - Authorisation not yet verified: we couldn't confirm whether this endpoint requires it.
  - HTTPS is enforced; there's no plaintext access path.
  - HSTS check failed: the Strict-Transport-Security header is absent.
  - DNSSEC check failed: this domain isn't protected by DNSSEC.
- **Transport & Reachability**: 0/100
  - Transport check failed: declared streamable-http, but the endpoint returned HTTP 405.
- **Schema Quality & AI Usability**: 0/100
  - Schema not yet verified: we couldn't read the endpoint's schema, or could read only part of its tool list.
- **Stability & Change Management**: 0/100
  - Stability not yet verified: not enough scan history yet (needs a 30-day window).
- **Tool Coverage**: 0/100
  - Tool coverage not yet verified: we couldn't read the endpoint's tools, or could read only part of the list.
- **Tool Safety**: 0/100
  - Tool safety not yet verified: we couldn't read the endpoint's tools, or could read only part of the list.
- **Capabilities**: 0/100
  - Capabilities not yet verified: we couldn't read the endpoint's capabilities.

**Unverified: 5 categories.** Categories scored 0 because we could not verify them: authentication we do not have, an unreachable endpoint, or not enough scan history. We only credit what we can confirm.

## Install

### How do I install the RetailIntel — Indian retail moves MCP server?

RetailIntel — Indian retail moves is a hosted endpoint at https://retailintel.in/mcp, so there is nothing to install locally. Ready-made configuration for Claude, Cursor, VS Code, Codex and 5 more is on this page, copied from each client's own documentation.

### Claude

```bash
claude mcp add --transport http in-retailintel-retailintel 'https://retailintel.in/mcp'
```

### Cursor

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "in-retailintel-retailintel": {
      "url": "https://retailintel.in/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### VS Code

```json
{
  "servers": {
    "in-retailintel-retailintel": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://retailintel.in/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### Codex

```toml
[mcp_servers.in-retailintel-retailintel]
url = "https://retailintel.in/mcp"
```

### opencode

```json
{
  "$schema": "https://opencode.ai/config.json",
  "mcp": {
    "in-retailintel-retailintel": {
      "type": "remote",
      "url": "https://retailintel.in/mcp",
      "enabled": true
    }
  }
}
```

### OpenClaw

```bash
openclaw mcp add in-retailintel-retailintel --url 'https://retailintel.in/mcp' --transport streamable-http
```

### Hermes

```yaml
mcp_servers:
  in-retailintel-retailintel:
    url: "https://retailintel.in/mcp"
```

### Netclaw

```json
{
  "McpServers": {
    "in-retailintel-retailintel": {
      "Transport": "http",
      "Url": "https://retailintel.in/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### Vellum

```bash
assistant mcp add in-retailintel-retailintel -t streamable-http -u 'https://retailintel.in/mcp'
```

### Other

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "in-retailintel-retailintel": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://retailintel.in/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

The mcpServers block is a cross-client convention. Remote transports vary, so check your client's docs.

## Changelog

Every change recorded for this component, newest first. Days that predate change tracking, or that we cannot explain, say so: "we were watching and nothing happened" and "we were not watching" are different claims.

### 2026-10-17 (score 23, −51)

- [security regression] Endpoint reachability: reachable → not serving MCP
- [security regression] Stability: 0.10 → unverified
- [security regression] Authorization: partial → unverified
- [security regression] Tool safety: pass → unverified
- [security regression] Transport: pass → fail
- [functional regression] Schema quality: 100 → unverified
- [functional regression] Capabilities: pass → unverified
- [functional regression] Tool coverage: 100 → unverified

### 2026-10-16 (score 74, +1)

- [security] The server rewrote its instructions, which are the text every model session reads
- [security] Tool “get_leadership_moves” rewrote its description, which is the text the model reads
- [cosmetic] “get_leadership_moves” reworded the description of “lens”

### 2026-10-14 (score 73, 0)

- [security] The server rewrote its instructions, which are the text every model session reads
- [security] Tool “get_leadership_moves” rewrote its description, which is the text the model reads
- [security] Tool “search” rewrote its description, which is the text the model reads
- [functional regression] Schema quality: pass → fail
- [functional improvement] Stability: unverified → 0.03
- [functional] Schema quality: good → excellent
- [functional] New tool “get_leadership_moves”
- [functional] New tool “get_expansion_map”
- [functional] New tool “get_group”
- [cosmetic] “get_leadership_moves” reworded the description of “sector”

### 2026-10-13 (score 73)

First indexed and scored.

## MCP tools (10)

### `latest_moves` (~223 tokens)

Latest moves in Indian retail

What moved in Indian retail, newest first: store openings, funding and deals, results, launches and pricing, leadership, strategy and regulation. Filter by brand, theme or kind of move. Each item: headline, the move in one figure, IST date, brands, a one-sentence read, the original outlet with its link, and the retailintel.in page to cite.

Input parameters:

- `brand` (string): A brand name or slug, e.g. "DMart", "reliance-retail", "Zepto". Stories about that brand.
- `days` (integer): Look back this many days (1–30, default 7).
- `kind` (string): Kind of move: stores, deals (funding, M&A, listings), people, results, launches, strategy, rules (regulation, legal), other.
- `limit` (integer): How many moves (1–20, default 10).
- `theme` (string): A theme slug: store-opening, leadership, omni-channel, footfall, retail-brand, retail-company.

### `get_signal` (~80 tokens)

One move, in full

The full RetailIntel read of one move in Indian retail: what happened, why it matters, what to watch next, key facts, the original outlet and link. Pass the slug or the retailintel.in/signal/… URL from another tool.

Input parameters:

- `slug` (string, required): Signal slug or https://retailintel.in/signal/<slug> URL

### `brand_profile` (~94 tokens)

One brand: its last 30 days

One Indian retail brand at a glance: how many moves in the last 30 days against the 30 before, by kind (stores, deals, results…), cities of its store moves, brands it is reported with, and its latest moves with sources. Accepts a name or slug.

Input parameters:

- `brand` (string, required): Brand name or slug, e.g. "Tata Croma", "dmart", "Nykaa"

### `compare_brands` (~144 tokens)

Compare brands (Competitor Watch)

Competitors side by side: moves about each brand in the window against the window before, by kind, with each brand's latest moves and the biggest difference in one line. Without a key or on a free key: up to 5 brands over 7 days. Pro keys: up to 25 brands over 7, 30, 90 days.

Input parameters:

- `brands` (array, required): Brand names or slugs, e.g. ["Blinkit", "Zepto", "Swiggy Instamart"]
- `days` (integer): Window in days: 7, 30, 90 (default 7; 30 and 90 need Pro).

### `daily_brief` (~102 tokens)

This morning's brief

RetailIntel's morning brief: the day's most widely reported moves in Indian retail, each with why it matters and what to watch, as sent by email at 07:30 IST. Pass brands and/or themes for the newest reports on just those.

Input parameters:

- `brands` (array): Brand names or slugs to narrow to, e.g. ["DMart", "Trent"]
- `themes` (array): Theme slugs, e.g. ["store-opening"]

### `get_expansion_map` (~177 tokens)

Who is opening where (a city or a mall)

Store openings in one Indian city or shopping centre over the last 180 days, from the RetailIntel store-opening tracker: the lead, key numbers (openings, how many at a named mall, brand firsts, announced plans), openings by category (fashion, F&B, jewellery & watches…), the charts on the page as figures, brands opening in other cities but not this one (who a landlord could pitch), and the latest openings, each with its report. Pass a city ("Bengaluru") or a mall ("Phoenix Marketcity, Bengaluru"), or its retailintel.in/city/… or /mall/… URL.

Input parameters:

- `place` (string, required): A city or mall name or slug, e.g. "Bengaluru", "Phoenix Marketcity Bengaluru", "dlf-promenade-delhi"

### `get_group` (~186 tokens)

One retail or consumer group, across its businesses

An Indian retail or consumer group at a glance (Tata, Reliance, Aditya Birla, Avenue Supermarts/DMart, Eternal, Walmart/Flipkart, HUL, ITC …): the verdict on its businesses' newest results season and how many more are due, the revenue-growth chart by business (structuredContent.chartHtml, each figure linked to its report), key numbers per business, what moved across the group, what to watch, and its businesses and brands. Pass a group name or key, a brand it owns ("Zudio" gives the Tata group), or its retailintel.in/group/… URL.

Input parameters:

- `group` (string, required): A group name or key, a brand it owns, or its URL, e.g. "Tata", "reliance", "Zudio", "https://retailintel.in/group/eternal"

### `get_leadership_moves` (~256 tokens)

Who moved: leadership moves in Indian retail

Senior hires, promotions and exits at Indian retail and consumer companies, from the RetailIntel leadership tracker (retailintel.in/people): the last 7 days' count against the 7 before, RetailIntel's written read for the reader's role, the moves that matter to that role, announced moves not yet in effect with why they matter, the latest moves with each one's report, and the most active companies over 90 days. Narrow by company (a name, brand slug or URL), sector (e.g. "FMCG", "Fashion", "Beauty & wellness"; an unknown one answers with the list) or lens: brand (brands and retailers, default), supplier (suppliers and partners).

Input parameters:

- `company` (string): A company name or brand slug, e.g. "Bata India", "pidilite-industries"; only its moves
- `lens` (string): Whose read: brand (default) or supplier
- `limit` (integer): How many latest moves (1–20, default 10)
- `sector` (string): A sector, e.g. "FMCG", "Fashion", "Beauty & wellness", "E-commerce & D2C"

### `search` (~125 tokens)

Search RetailIntel

Find Indian retail brands, themes and moves by name or by a plain question, e.g. "Croma", "DMart adding stores in Q2", "Zudio new stores this month", "quick commerce funding". Brands, cities, a quarter or "this month" and the kind of move (stores, results, funding, IPO, CEO) are understood. Returns JSON {results:[{id,title,url,text}]}; pass an id to fetch for the full read, or a brand to brand_profile.

Input parameters:

- `query` (string, required): Brand name or words to search for

### `fetch` (~93 tokens)

Fetch one RetailIntel page

The full text of one result from search: a move (signal:<slug>), a brand (brand:<slug>) or a theme (theme:<slug>), or any retailintel.in signal/brand/theme URL. Returns JSON {id,title,text,url,metadata}.

Input parameters:

- `id` (string, required): An id from search, e.g. "signal:…", "brand:dmart", or a retailintel.in URL

## Diagnostics

Captured diagnostic sections: TLS, DNSSEC, Authorisation, Transports. The full working is on the page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/in-retailintel-retailintel/retailintel#diagnostics

## Score history

- 2026-10-25: 23
- 2026-10-24: 23
- 2026-10-23: 23
- 2026-10-22: 23
- 2026-10-21: 23
- 2026-10-20: 23
- 2026-10-19: 23
- 2026-10-18: 23
- 2026-10-17: 23
- 2026-10-16: 74
- 2026-10-15: 73
- 2026-10-14: 73
- 2026-10-13: 73

## Common questions

### What is the RetailIntel — Indian retail moves MCP server?

RetailIntel — Indian retail moves is an MCP server listed in the public MCP registry as in.retailintel/retailintel. What moved in Indian retail: store openings, deals, results, launches, leadership, each verified. This page covers its hosted endpoint (https://retailintel.in/mcp).

### Is the RetailIntel — Indian retail moves MCP server safe to use?

RetailIntel — Indian retail moves scores 23 out of 100 on VerifyMCP. That is a record of what we were able to check automatically, not an endorsement. The category breakdown on this page shows every signal behind the number, including the ones we could not confirm.

### What tools does the RetailIntel — Indian retail moves MCP server expose?

RetailIntel — Indian retail moves exposes 10 tools: latest_moves, get_signal, brand_profile, compare_brands, daily_brief, and 5 more. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 1,480 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.

### Does the RetailIntel — Indian retail moves MCP server require authentication?

Its publisher declares no required credentials for RetailIntel — Indian retail moves. We have not been able to confirm that against the live endpoint, and a server can require authorisation without declaring it here.

### Is the RetailIntel — Indian retail moves MCP server still maintained?

RetailIntel — Indian retail moves is still listed as active in the MCP registry. We last reached this channel on 25 October 2026. Those dates come from our own scans of the registry and the channel itself, not from anything the publisher announced.

## Links

- Remote endpoint: https://retailintel.in/mcp
- Website: https://retailintel.in/ai
- Changelog RSS feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/in-retailintel-retailintel/retailintel.xml
- Changelog JSON feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/in-retailintel-retailintel/retailintel.json
- HTML version of this page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/in-retailintel-retailintel/retailintel