# Forage Shopping (remote · forageshopping.com)

AI shopping comparison — search 50M+ products, compare prices, find deals

- Trust score: 67/100 (medium)
- Change this week: +3
- Registry status: active
- Liveness: live
- Owner verified: no
- Last scored: 2026-08-03

## Components

- remote · `forageshopping.com`: 67/100 (this document), [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/jalexspringer-forage-shopping/forageshopping.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/jalexspringer-forage-shopping/forageshopping)

## Channel facts

- Endpoint: `https://forageshopping.com/mcp`
- Transports: `streamable-http`
- Auth: `none`
- Version: `0.1.0`

## 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 2026-08-03.

- **Endpoint Security**: 57/100
  - The endpoint's TLS certificate is valid, in date, and uses a strong key.
  - Authorisation not fully verified: no authorisation is required to call this server, and 7 tool(s) never declared a destructiveHint. The MCP spec treats an absent hint as destructive by default, so we cannot call this surface safe.
  - 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**: 100/100
  - Verified streamable-http transport via a live MCP handshake.
- **Schema Quality & AI Usability**: 77/100
  - AI-judged instruction clarity (excellent).
  - Tool/resource definitions use about 766 tokens (~109/item across 7 items; 7 tools + 0 resources), lean.
  - Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples.
- **Stability & Change Management**: 27/100
  - Stability observed for 8 of 30 days with no destabilising changes; credit accrues until the full window elapses.
- **Tool Coverage**: 100/100
  - 100% of tools have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the tool's name).
  - 100% of tool parameters carry a description.
  - Structured output schemas are declared (100% of tools); any adoption earns full credit.
- **Capabilities**: 100/100
  - Implements a supported MCP spec version (2025-11-25); the latest is 2026-07-28.

## Install

### Claude

```bash
claude mcp add --transport http jalexspringer-forage-shopping https://forageshopping.com/mcp
```

### Codex

```toml
[mcp_servers.jalexspringer-forage-shopping]
url = "https://forageshopping.com/mcp"
```

### opencode

```json
{
  "$schema": "https://opencode.ai/config.json",
  "mcp": {
    "jalexspringer-forage-shopping": {
      "type": "remote",
      "url": "https://forageshopping.com/mcp",
      "enabled": true
    }
  }
}
```

### OpenClaw

```bash
openclaw mcp add jalexspringer-forage-shopping --url https://forageshopping.com/mcp --transport streamable-http
```

### Hermes

```yaml
mcp_servers:
  jalexspringer-forage-shopping:
    url: "https://forageshopping.com/mcp"
```

### Other

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "jalexspringer-forage-shopping": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://forageshopping.com/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.

### 2026-08-02 (score 67, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 20 to 23. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 6 days of observed history at the previous scan, 7 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-07-31 (score 66, 0)

- [functional] We updated how we score, so this day's move reflects our rubric, not a change to the server

### 2026-07-29 (score 66, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 7 to 10. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 2 days of observed history at the previous scan, 3 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-07-28 (score 65, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 3 to 7. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 1 days of observed history at the previous scan, 2 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-07-27 (score 64, 0)

- [functional] We updated how we score, so this day's move reflects our rubric, not a change to the server

### 2026-07-26 (score 64)

First indexed and scored.

## MCP tools (7)

### `search_products` (~127 tokens)

Search for products across merchants and return comparison results.

Returns structured product listings with prices, merchants, and checkout links.
Searches Shopify's global catalogue (50M+ products across all Shopify merchants)
and Channel3's affiliate network. Results include direct checkout links.

Input parameters:

- `max_results` (integer): Maximum number of results to return
- `query` (string, required): What to search for, e.g. 'running shoes under £120'
- `session_id`: Optional session identifier to link tool calls in one conversation. Pass a stable string (e.g. conversation ID) across multiple tool calls.

Output parameters:

- `result` (string)

### `compare_prices` (~70 tokens)

Compare prices for a specific product across multiple merchants.

Finds the same product at different retailers and shows price differences.

Input parameters:

- `product_name` (string, required): Specific product to compare prices for, e.g. 'Nike Pegasus 41'
- `session_id`: Optional session identifier to link tool calls in one conversation.

Output parameters:

- `result` (string)

### `find_deals` (~90 tokens)

Find the best current deals in a product category.

Searches for discounted, on-sale, or best-value products.

Input parameters:

- `budget`: Optional budget limit, e.g. '£100', '$50'
- `category` (string, required): Product category, e.g. 'headphones', 'running shoes', 'coffee machines'
- `session_id`: Optional session identifier to link tool calls in one conversation.

Output parameters:

- `result` (string)

### `start_checkout` (~119 tokens)

Start a UCP checkout session for a product.

Discovers the merchant's UCP capabilities, creates a checkout session,
and attaches content attribution data from the current session's search
and comparison activity.

Returns the checkout status and any information the merchant still needs
(email, shipping address, etc).

Input parameters:

- `product_url` (string, required): URL of the product to purchase. The merchant's domain is used for UCP discovery.
- `quantity` (integer): Number of items to purchase
- `session_id`: Session identifier to link checkout with earlier search telemetry.

Output parameters:

- `result` (string)

### `update_checkout_info` (~144 tokens)

Update a checkout session with buyer information.

Provide the information the merchant requested (email, name, shipping
address, discount codes). Call this after start_checkout when the
merchant indicates what information is still needed.

If the response has status 'requires_escalation', share the continue_url
with the user so they can complete payment in their browser.

Input parameters:

- `buyer_email`: Buyer's email address
- `buyer_name`: Buyer's full name
- `checkout_id` (string, required): The checkout session ID from start_checkout
- `discount_code`: Discount or promo code to apply
- `shipping_address`: Shipping address as a single string (the merchant will parse it)

Output parameters:

- `result` (string)

### `complete_purchase` (~89 tokens)

Complete a checkout and place the order.

Only call this when the checkout status is 'ready_for_complete'.
Records the purchase as a conversion in telemetry and ends the
attribution session.

Returns the order confirmation with order ID and receipt link.

Input parameters:

- `checkout_id` (string, required): The checkout session ID to complete
- `session_id`: Session identifier for telemetry. Use the same one from search/checkout.

Output parameters:

- `result` (string)

### `check_order` (~72 tokens)

Check the status of a checkout session or order.

Use this after the user has completed an escalation step (e.g. payment
in the browser) to see if the checkout can now proceed, or to check
on a completed order's status.

Input parameters:

- `checkout_id` (string, required): The checkout session ID to check

Output parameters:

- `result` (string)

## Diagnostics

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

## Score history

- 2026-08-03: 67
- 2026-08-02: 67
- 2026-08-01: 66
- 2026-07-31: 66
- 2026-07-30: 66
- 2026-07-29: 66
- 2026-07-28: 65
- 2026-07-27: 64
- 2026-07-26: 64

## Links

- Remote endpoint: https://forageshopping.com/mcp
- Repository: https://github.com/narrativai/forage
- Website: https://forageshopping.com/
- Changelog RSS feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/jalexspringer-forage-shopping/forageshopping/changelog.xml
- Changelog JSON feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/jalexspringer-forage-shopping/forageshopping/changelog.json
- HTML version of this page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/jalexspringer-forage-shopping/forageshopping