# PricePilot — Free CPG Pricing Intelligence (remote · pricepilot-mcp.onrender.com)

Free competitive pricing intelligence for CPG brands across Amazon categories.

- Trust score: 69/100 (medium)
- Change this week: +8
- Registry status: active
- Liveness: live
- Owner verified: no
- Last scored: 2026-08-03

## Components

- remote · `pricepilot-mcp.onrender.com`: 69/100 (this document), [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/vantage-meridian-group-pricepilot/pricepilot-mcp.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/vantage-meridian-group-pricepilot/pricepilot-mcp)

## Channel facts

- Endpoint: `https://pricepilot-mcp.onrender.com/mcp`
- Transports: `streamable-http`
- Auth: `none`
- Version: `1.0.1`

## 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 2026-08-03.

- **Endpoint Security**: 74/100
  - The endpoint's TLS certificate is valid, in date, and uses a strong key.
  - No authorisation is required to call this server. Every tool declares its destructiveHint and none is destructive, so open access doesn't expose one.
  - 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**: 66/100
  - AI-judged instruction clarity (excellent).
  - Context-footprint check failed: tool/resource definitions use about 1156 tokens (~192/item across 6 items; 6 tools + 0 resources), over budget; trim descriptions and params.
  - 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**: 67/100
  - 100% of tools have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the tool's name).
  - 0% of tool parameters carry a description.
- **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 vantage-meridian-group-pricepilot https://pricepilot-mcp.onrender.com/mcp
```

### Codex

```toml
[mcp_servers.vantage-meridian-group-pricepilot]
url = "https://pricepilot-mcp.onrender.com/mcp"
```

### opencode

```json
{
  "$schema": "https://opencode.ai/config.json",
  "mcp": {
    "vantage-meridian-group-pricepilot": {
      "type": "remote",
      "url": "https://pricepilot-mcp.onrender.com/mcp",
      "enabled": true
    }
  }
}
```

### OpenClaw

```bash
openclaw mcp add vantage-meridian-group-pricepilot --url https://pricepilot-mcp.onrender.com/mcp --transport streamable-http
```

### Hermes

```yaml
mcp_servers:
  vantage-meridian-group-pricepilot:
    url: "https://pricepilot-mcp.onrender.com/mcp"
```

### Other

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "vantage-meridian-group-pricepilot": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://pricepilot-mcp.onrender.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.

### 2026-08-03 (score 69, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 23 to 27. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 7 days of observed history at the previous scan, 8 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-08-01 (score 68, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 17 to 20. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 5 days of observed history at the previous scan, 6 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-07-31 (score 67, +4)

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

### 2026-07-30 (score 63, +1)

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

### 2026-07-29 (score 62, +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.

### 2026-07-27 (score 61, +1)

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

### 2026-07-26 (score 60)

First indexed and scored.

## MCP tools (6)

### `get_price_position` (~241 tokens)

Check Competitive Price Position

Percentile-rank a single product price against tracked Amazon competitors in a CPG category.

Use when a multi-channel CPG brand asks where their Amazon listing price
sits against 100+ tracked products — e.g. checking whether a $4.99 granola
is competitively positioned on Amazon, auditing whether a retail MSRP is
reasonable against Amazon reality before a buyer meeting, or sanity-checking
a wholesale-to-retail markup.

Returns:
    percentile_rank (string, e.g. "72nd percentile"),
    price_index_label (ratio vs. category median),
    position (Value / Parity / Premium),
    category (resolved name),
    last_refreshed (ISO timestamp),
    cta (provenance note).

Args:
    price: Product price in dollars (e.g. 4.99). Must be > 0 and <= 10000.
    category: Exact category name — Grocery & Gourmet Food, Health & Beauty,
        Household, or Pet Supplies. Case-insensitive. Call list_categories
        first to confirm available names.

Input parameters:

- `category` (string, required)
- `price` (number, required)

### `get_category_trend` (~166 tokens)

See Category Pricing Trend

Report the 30-day Amazon price-trend direction for a CPG category.

Use when a pricing ops lead asks whether category pricing is rising,
stable, or falling — e.g. setting retail promo calendar against an Amazon
backdrop, deciding whether to raise wholesale prices during inflationary
windows, or catching a price war before it spills into their channel.

Returns:
    trend_direction (Rising / Stable / Falling / Insufficient Data),
    trend_window ("30 days"),
    confidence (note with product count),
    category (resolved name),
    last_refreshed,
    cta.

Args:
    category: Exact category name — Grocery & Gourmet Food, Health & Beauty,
        Household, or Pet Supplies. Case-insensitive.

Input parameters:

- `category` (string, required)

### `get_category_overview` (~190 tokens)

Get Category Pricing Overview

Return pricing-tier breakdown and category stats for an Amazon CPG category.

Use when a brand is sizing up a shelf — e.g. evaluating whether a new SKU
should enter at budget / midmarket / premium tier, benchmarking their
retail pricing against Amazon tier structure, or preparing for a retail
buyer meeting that will ask "what's the typical shelf price here?".

Returns:
    category (resolved name),
    product_count (bucketed, e.g. "100+ products"),
    price_tiers (dict with budget / midmarket / premium dollar bands,
        rounded to nearest $0.50 for abstraction),
    median_price,
    trend_direction,
    last_refreshed,
    cta.

Args:
    category: Exact category name — Grocery & Gourmet Food, Health & Beauty,
        Household, or Pet Supplies. Case-insensitive.

Input parameters:

- `category` (string, required)

### `compare_products` (~224 tokens)

Compare Multiple Products

Compare multiple product prices against an Amazon CPG category's peers.

Use when a multi-channel CPG brand needs to stack-rank their SKUs — e.g.
identifying which SKUs are underpriced relative to Amazon peers, flagging
products where the Amazon Buy Box sits materially below the retail MSRP,
or building a cross-channel price-audit table for an ops review. Replaces
manual store walks and spreadsheet comparisons.

Returns:
    comparisons (list, per product: name, price, percentile_rank, position,
        vs_median),
    category,
    category_trend,
    sample_size,
    last_refreshed,
    cta.

Args:
    products: List of items, each a dict with 'name' (string) and 'price'
        (number in dollars). Minimum 1 item; 3-20 is the useful range.
    category: Exact category name — Grocery & Gourmet Food, Health & Beauty,
        Household, or Pet Supplies. Case-insensitive.

Input parameters:

- `category` (string, required)
- `products` (array, required)

### `list_categories` (~112 tokens)

List Available Categories

List Amazon CPG categories with current product counts and trend direction.

Use as the first call in any pricing-analysis workflow — returns the exact
category names expected by other tools, plus product count and trend for
each. Lightweight; safe to call before any category-specific query.

Returns:
    categories (list of {name, product_count, trend_direction, last_refreshed}),
    note (summary of coverage),
    cta.

Covers Grocery & Gourmet Food, Health & Beauty, Household, and Pet Supplies.

### `server_status` (~102 tokens)

Check Server Status

Report PricePilot server health, data freshness, and degraded-state reason.

Use to check whether category seeding is current (staleness threshold is
10 days) before trusting downstream tool output. Returns degraded status
with reason if data is overdue; healthy otherwise.

Returns:
    server (name),
    version,
    status (healthy / degraded),
    categories_available,
    data_freshness (ISO timestamp of last seed),
    degraded_reason (null if healthy).

## Diagnostics

Captured diagnostic sections: TLS, DNSSEC, Authorisation, Transports. The full working is on the page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/vantage-meridian-group-pricepilot/pricepilot-mcp#diagnostics

## Score history

- 2026-08-03: 69
- 2026-08-02: 68
- 2026-08-01: 68
- 2026-07-31: 67
- 2026-07-30: 63
- 2026-07-29: 62
- 2026-07-28: 61
- 2026-07-27: 61
- 2026-07-26: 60

## Links

- Remote endpoint: https://pricepilot-mcp.onrender.com/mcp
- Repository: https://github.com/vantage-meridian-group/pricepilot-mcpb
- Changelog RSS feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/vantage-meridian-group-pricepilot/pricepilot-mcp/changelog.xml
- Changelog JSON feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/vantage-meridian-group-pricepilot/pricepilot-mcp/changelog.json
- HTML version of this page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/vantage-meridian-group-pricepilot/pricepilot-mcp