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BowlPrice MCP

An MCP server that allows AI assistants to query UK fresh dog food pricing data. It provides tools to compare costs based on dog attributes (weight, age, activity) and retrieve historical price data for specific brands, enabling users to find the cheapest options without needing an account.

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BowlPrice MCP logo, by E-Tara LtdCommunity listingStreamable HTTPNo sign-inEndpoint checked 2026-11-01Published by E-Tara Ltd
MCP endpoint (Streamable HTTP)
https://www.bowlprice.co.uk/api/mcp
Vendor documentation

What its tools do

2 tools, grouped by the hints the server advertises. Hints are self-declared, not verified behavior.

2 of 2 have a description · 2 of 2 declare behavior hints · 2 of 2 with parameters document them all

Checks and signals

Each line is separate evidence, not a trust score.

  • Passed Endpoint answered the live check ·
  • Availability 1 of 1 checks passed in 30 days

What you can do with it

  • Compare dog food costs by weight, age, and activity level
  • Retrieve dated price history for specific brands
  • Find the cheapest fresh dog food for a specific dog profile

Source and maintenance

Community listingRegistry 1.0.0

Protocol and capabilities

Server
bowlprice 1.0.0
MCP protocol negotiated in check
2025-06-18
Tools
2 advertised
Resources
Not advertised
Resource templates
Not advertised
Prompts
Not advertised
Server-advertised capabilities
{
  "tools": {
    "listChanged": true
  }
}

Server-provided instructions

Untrusted server output shown for inspection. It is not Koskamo guidance and is excluded from knowledge search.

BowlPrice compares what UK fresh and subscription dog food actually costs once introductory offers end, from regular sampling of each brand's own quote process. Prices are in pounds sterling and cover UK delivery only.

Tools

2 advertised

compare_dog_food_costs — Compare UK fresh dog food costs
Advertised by the server during the last successful anonymous check.
Advertised read-only

Ongoing cost per day, per month and for the first year of every UK fresh and subscription dog food brand BowlPrice tracks, for one dog, ranked cheapest first. Figures come from BowlPrice's sampling of each brand's own quote process, with the date they were last verified and links to BowlPrice's page for each brand.

compare_dog_food_costs input schema
{
  "type": "object",
  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
  "required": [
    "weightKg"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "ageBand": {
      "enum": [
        "puppy",
        "adult",
        "senior"
      ],
      "type": "string",
      "default": "adult",
      "description": "puppy: under 1 year; adult: 1 to 7 years; senior: 8 years and over."
    },
    "activity": {
      "enum": [
        "low",
        "normal",
        "high"
      ],
      "type": "string",
      "default": "normal",
      "description": "low: mostly resting; normal: typical daily walks; high: very active or working."
    },
    "neutered": {
      "type": "boolean",
      "default": true,
      "description": "Whether the dog is neutered or spayed."
    },
    "weightKg": {
      "type": "number",
      "maximum": 60,
      "minimum": 2,
      "description": "The dog's bodyweight in kilograms, 2 to 60. Rounded to the nearest half kilo."
    }
  }
}
compare_dog_food_costs annotations
{
  "title": "Compare UK fresh dog food costs",
  "readOnlyHint": true,
  "openWorldHint": false,
  "idempotentHint": true,
  "destructiveHint": false
}
get_dog_food_price_history — UK dog food brand price history
Advertised by the server during the last successful anonymous check.
Advertised read-only

Every dated price BowlPrice has recorded for one UK fresh dog food brand at five dog sizes (3, 7, 14, 30 and 45kg), with each recorded price change and offer change. Brands: butternut-box (Butternut Box), bella-and-duke (Bella & Duke), different-dog (Different Dog), pure-pet-food (Pure Pet Food), tails (tails.com).

get_dog_food_price_history input schema
{
  "type": "object",
  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
  "required": [
    "brand"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "brand": {
      "enum": [
        "butternut-box",
        "bella-and-duke",
        "different-dog",
        "pure-pet-food",
        "tails"
      ],
      "type": "string",
      "description": "The brand's id: butternut-box (Butternut Box), bella-and-duke (Bella & Duke), different-dog (Different Dog), pure-pet-food (Pure Pet Food), tails (tails.com)."
    }
  }
}
get_dog_food_price_history annotations
{
  "title": "UK dog food brand price history",
  "readOnlyHint": true,
  "openWorldHint": false,
  "idempotentHint": true,
  "destructiveHint": false
}

Prompts

Not advertised

No prompt definitions available.

Resources

Not advertised

No resource definitions available.

90-day uptime

A lightweight connection check about every six hours, sampled on hosts with many listings. It shows the server answered, not that its tools work.

Too few checks for a percentage yet (8 of 8 answered).

  1. 2026-11-02: 4 of 4 checks answered
  2. 2026-11-03: 4 of 4 checks answered

30-day availability

Aggregated from read-only remote checks; this is not a tool-execution or security guarantee.

Successful checks
1 of 1 (100%)
Average latency
473 ms
95th percentile latency
473 ms

Maintenance history

Public check and source-refresh events. Editorial and ownership records remain private.

  • · probe · passed · 473 ms · metadata changed · 2 tool(s)

Connect from your client

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Claude Code

Run this once in a terminal. It registers the remote server. Use --scope project to write .mcp.json for the repo.
Claude Code configuration
claude mcp add --transport http bowlprice-mcp https://www.bowlprice.co.uk/api/mcp

Codex

Run this once. Codex stores MCP servers in ~/.codex/config.toml (or .codex/config.toml in a trusted project).
Codex configuration
codex mcp add bowlprice-mcp --url https://www.bowlprice.co.uk/api/mcp

Cursor

Merge this server into .cursor/mcp.json in your project, then enable bowlprice-mcp in your MCP settings.
Cursor configuration
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "bowlprice-mcp": {
      "url": "https://www.bowlprice.co.uk/api/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Cline

Merge this into cline_mcp_settings.json (Cline → MCP Servers → Configure).
Cline configuration
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "bowlprice-mcp": {
      "type": "streamableHttp",
      "url": "https://www.bowlprice.co.uk/api/mcp",
      "disabled": false
    }
  }
}

VS Code

Merge this server into .vscode/mcp.json. Use MCP: List Servers to start bowlprice-mcp and inspect its tools.
VS Code configuration
{
  "servers": {
    "bowlprice-mcp": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://www.bowlprice.co.uk/api/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Gemini CLI

Run this once. It writes .gemini/settings.json in the current project; pass --scope user for ~/.gemini/settings.json.
Gemini CLI configuration
gemini mcp add --transport http bowlprice-mcp https://www.bowlprice.co.uk/api/mcp

Claude Desktop

Merge this into claude_desktop_config.json (macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/, Windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\), then restart Claude Desktop.
Claude Desktop configuration
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "bowlprice-mcp": {
      "url": "https://www.bowlprice.co.uk/api/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Windsurf

Merge this into ~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.json, then refresh MCP in Cascade. Windsurf remote servers use serverUrl, not url.
Windsurf configuration
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "bowlprice-mcp": {
      "serverUrl": "https://www.bowlprice.co.uk/api/mcp"
    }
  }
}

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