Merchant Context

Name: Merchant Context
Author: ihint

by ihintversion 0.3.0i★ –iRuns in the cloud

Registry nameio.github.ihint/merchant-context

Install

Overview

Description from the maker (original English)

Resolve sourced merchant facts and safe actions before an agent acts.

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What you can do with it

We have not written a plain-language summary for this one yet. Below are the facts we read from the registry.

Connection: Runs in the cloud
Transport: Streamable HTTP
Category: Online shops & payments

Install

Pick the AI app you use, then copy the settings.

Before you install

Basic checks: 1 of 1 passed
Runs on the maker’s server: what you ask it goes through their server.
The registry lists no key to fill in.

You need

Runs in the cloudNothing to install; it connects over the internet

Which app do you use?

ClaudeClaude CodeCursorVS CodeChatGPT

Pick your app above. We remember it, so next time the button says “Install in …”.

Works in Claude on the web, desktop and mobile:

Open Settings → Connectors
Press Add custom connector
Paste the address below and press Add
If it asks you to sign in, sign in with the maker

https://api.merchant.atomandbits.com/mcp

Run this in your terminal

claude mcp add --transport http merchant-context https://api.merchant.atomandbits.com/mcp

Open in Cursor

Or copy the settings yourself

Paste into .cursor/mcp.json in your project, or ~/.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "merchant-context": {
      "url": "https://api.merchant.atomandbits.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Your browser asks to open the app, then the app shows the settings and asks you to confirm. Key values are left empty for you to fill in.

Open in VS Code

Or copy the settings yourself

Paste into .vscode/mcp.json in your project

{
  "servers": {
    "merchant-context": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://api.merchant.atomandbits.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Your browser asks to open the app, then the app shows the settings and asks you to confirm. Key values are left empty for you to fill in.

ChatGPT connects only to servers on the internet:

Open ChatGPT on the web → Settings → Connectors (Apps)
Press Create or Add (some plans need Developer mode under Advanced first)
Paste the address below, give it a name and save
If it asks you to sign in, sign in with the maker

https://api.merchant.atomandbits.com/mcp

Menu names can differ slightly by plan and over time.

Your choice stays on this device in a cookie; no account needed.

These settings are generated from the maker’s registry entry. If the README says otherwise, follow the README.

What it can do

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Basic checksi

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Compared with others in Online shops & paymentsi

More stars than 0% of the other 1748 servers in this category
Published to the registry more recently than 27% of the other 1748 servers in this category
Basic checks equal to or better than 100% of the other 1748 servers in this category

Compared with every active server in this category in the registry. Stars count only when the publisher owns the repo.

Common questions

Is Merchant Context safe?

It passed 1 of 1 applicable basic checks. We have not read the code. Before adding a key or token, see what access the server asks for and use a key with only the permissions you need.

What keys or codes does it need?

The registry does not list a required key, though some servers ask you to sign in on first use.

Does it run on my computer or in the cloud?

It runs in the maker’s cloud. Connect over the internet with nothing to install, but what you send passes through the maker’s servers.

Is it still maintained?

The GitHub repo last changed –, and the latest version (0.3.0) reached the registry 3 months ago.

Which apps can use it?

Apps that support MCP, such as Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor and VS Code. It connects by URL, so apps that accept remote MCP servers work too, such as ChatGPT in developer mode.

What can I use instead?

In the same category: Spree Commerce: open-source B2B and marketplace ecommerce, Stripe MCP, MCP Cn Commerce

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README from the maker

Open the README

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Merchant Context

Merchant Context is an open merchant preflight for agent builders.

It starts with a practical question:

Can an agent tell what you sell, who it is for, what it costs, which rules apply, and what action comes next without guessing?

This repo contains:

a merchant publishing checklist;
a draft merchant-context schema;
a worked SaaS example; and
a map of the main commerce and discovery standards.

Canonical sources

Product and machine brief: https://merchant.atomandbits.com/llms.txt
Version 0.1 schema: https://merchant.atomandbits.com/schema/merchant-context-v0.1.json
UCP discovery: https://merchant.atomandbits.com/.well-known/ucp
Open source and history: https://github.com/ihint/merchant-context

The domain schema and schema/merchant-context.schema.json must stay semantically equal. Versioned releases preserve old contracts.

Status

This is an early public draft from Atom & Bits. It is not a new payment or checkout protocol. It does not certify ACP, UCP, MCP, A2A, x402, or Web Bot Auth support.

The UCP profile declares no services, checkout capabilities, or payment handlers. It gives agents an explicit discovery response without claiming operations that do not exist.

The goal is to give merchants one testable context layer that can map to those systems as they mature.

No outside adoption is claimed from internal tests, registry views, repository activity, or self-funded payments.

Agent endpoints

MCP: https://api.merchant.atomandbits.com/mcp
Free MCP tool: resolve_merchant
Free HTTP: POST https://api.merchant.atomandbits.com/v1/resolve
Paid MCP tool: refresh_merchant
Paid HTTP x402: POST https://api.merchant.atomandbits.com/v1/refresh
Price: $0.01 USDC on Base
First verified settlement: Base transaction 0x2f0f…57af

The first paid call settled on 2026-08-04 and returned a live inspection of https://merchant.atomandbits.com.

Quick start

Work through CHECKLIST.md.
Copy examples/saas.json.
Replace every sample value with a fact from your own site or system.
Keep prices, stock, policies, and action URLs current.
Run python3 scripts/validate.py before publishing.

Add it to an agent

The remote MCP endpoint works with clients that support Streamable HTTP:

https://api.merchant.atomandbits.com/mcp

Start with resolve_merchant.

It is free.

A cache hit makes no merchant fetch and no paid inspection call.

See the agent integration guide for Codex, Claude Code, Gemini CLI, Cursor, and the OpenAI Responses API.

Agents that support the open Agent Skills format can use skills/merchant-context.

Design rules

Facts beat slogans.
A URL is not an API.
Agents must not infer price, stock, policy, or authority.
Each claim should name its source and update time.
A purchase or other high-impact action should state when human approval is required.
Existing standards win. Map to them instead of inventing a private dialect.

Agent service

The worker directory contains the hosted MCP service under test. It exposes:

resolve_merchant, a free sourced merchant record with freshness, unknowns, safe actions, and attribution;
search_merchants, a neutral search over cached sourced records;
compare_offers, a sourced comparison that keeps unknown values;
get_safe_actions, a merchant-owned action handoff with approval and recovery rules;
preflight, the reusable resolution and action gate;
check_merchant, a free merchant-site diagnostic;
refresh_merchant, a $0.01 x402 fresh inspection that needs explicit approval;
inspect_merchant, a first-release compatibility alias for paid refresh;
direct HTTP routes under /v1; and
/.well-known/merchant-context, a public service record for agents and registries.

The inspector accepts public HTTPS origins only. It blocks local and IP targets, checks each redirect, caps response size and time, and returns no page body. The payment path records hashes, not wallet addresses or signed payment tokens.

Run its local checks:

cd worker

npm install npm test npm run typecheck npx wrangler deploy --dry-run

Contributing

Issues, examples, and corrections are welcome. Read CONTRIBUTING.md before opening a pull request.

License

MIT. See LICENSE.

Merchant Context

Overview

PopNx MCP’s three pillars

What you can do with it

Install

Before you install

What it can do

Basic checksi

Maker matches the repo

Still maintained

Has a licence

Endpoint responds

Sign-in with OAuth

No hidden instructions in tool descriptions

Compared with others in Online shops & paymentsi

Common questions

Alternatives

Spree Commerce: open-source B2B and marketplace ecommerce

Stripe MCP

MCP Cn Commerce

README from the maker

Merchant Context

Canonical sources

Status

Agent endpoints

Quick start

Add it to an agent

Design rules

Agent service

Contributing

License