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Present Picker MCP

A read-only MCP server that provides gift recommendations from a fixed bank of 255 hand-checked, no-brand ideas. It allows AI assistants to pick gifts based on a person's interests and budget, search for ideas by keyword, and retrieve detailed information about specific gift items without collecting user data or facilitating purchases.

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Endpoint and access

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Present Picker MCP logo, by The Present PickerVendor evidenceStreamable HTTPNo sign-inEndpoint checked 2026-11-06Operated by The Present Picker
MCP endpoint (Streamable HTTP)
https://mcp.thepresentpicker.com/mcp
Vendor documentation

What its tools do

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

Read-only (3)

3 of 3 have a description · 3 of 3 declare behavior hints · 3 of 3 with parameters document them all

Checks and signals

Each line is separate evidence, not a trust score.

  • Passed Endpoint answered the live check ·
  • Passed Official MCP Registry namespace is tied to thepresentpicker.com ·
  • Passed Endpoint is on the registry namespace domain ·
  • Availability 1 of 1 checks passed in 30 days

What you can do with it

  • Pick up to 5 gift ideas for a specific person based on their interests and budget
  • Search for up to 10 gift ideas based on a specific interest or keyword
  • Get detailed information about a specific gift idea including care tips and buying notes

Source and maintenance

Vendor evidenceRegistry 1.0.1
mcp-registry: com.thepresentpicker/present-picker@1.0.1Source repositoryProject website
Maintenance checked

Protocol and capabilities

Server
the-present-picker 1.0.0
MCP protocol negotiated in check
2025-06-18
Tools
3 advertised
Resources
Not advertised
Resource templates
Not advertised
Prompts
Not advertised
Server-advertised capabilities
{
  "tools": {}
}

Server-provided instructions

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

The Present Picker: gift picks from a fixed bank of 255 checked gift ideas. No store can pay to be in the bank. Ideas are generic product types: the bank names no brands, no stores, and no exact prices, and a budget is always a band (under $25, $25-$50, $50-$100, $100+). Picks are matched to the person: who the gift is for, a budget band, interests, and an optional gift style. The quiz on thepresentpicker.com works from the same two facts — a budget band and an interest — before it picks. A pick_gift call with only a recipient returns a spread across all budget bands, led by a mid-band pick: a starting sampler, not a tailored list, and a budget band or an interest sharpens it into tailored picks. A call that includes a budget band, an interest, a style, or a named item returns tailored picks directly. pick_gift returns up to 5 picks, each with a one-line description, a why-line, one buying note, its budget band, a link to its page on thepresentpicker.com, and a photo link: the picture its page shows, included so a host that displays images can show the pick, not just link it. Some picks also carry a good_to_know line: a plain handling fact the bank states for that idea (a cast iron skillet weighs about 5 lb), present only where the bank states one. The result also carries lead_pick (the top pick with its full buying notes — what to look for and what to avoid — and a care-and-pairing tip), more_ideas (the remaining picks), and answer_text (that focused answer, formatted: it opens by naming who the gift is for, in the caller's words, and how the top pick fits them, then the top pick's good_to_know line when it has one, its photo link, and its page link). A named item passed as keyword ranks first when the bank holds it for that person and budget, at the same full depth. exclude names an item the person already has: matching picks are dropped, and the result notes the drop. Notes in a result are part of the bank's answer: recipient_note states plainly when a mix returns no picks chosen for the person named — for a coworker, the mixes the coworker shelf does not reach. search_gifts searches the bank by interest or keyword, with optional recipient and budget filters. get_gift returns the full bank detail for one idea, including its buying notes and a care-and-pairing tip, plus up to 3 similar ideas. The bank holds no stock or delivery information. The tools cover gift picking only. A relation the bank has no shelf for (a sister, an aunt, an in-law) is filed under the closest shelf, and the result states the filing; only a recipient word the bank cannot place at all returns an error listing the recipients it knows. All tools are read-only; nothing is bought, sold, or booked.

Tools

3 advertised

pick_gift — Pick a gift
Advertised by the server during the last successful anonymous check.
Advertised read-only

Returns up to 5 gift ideas from a fixed bank of 255 checked gift ideas, matched to who the gift is for, a budget band, interests, and an optional gift style. Each pick has a one-line description, a why-line explaining the fit, one buying note, its budget band, a link that opens that exact idea on thepresentpicker.com, and a photo link to the picture on that idea's page. Some picks carry a good_to_know line: a plain handling fact the bank states for that idea, such as the weight of a cast iron skillet, present only where the bank states one. The result also carries lead_pick — the top pick at full bank depth, with its buying notes (what to look for and what to avoid) and a care-and-pairing tip — more_ideas with the remaining picks under the heading 'More ideas if that one misses', and answer_text, that focused answer formatted as text: it opens by naming who the gift is for, in the caller's words, and how the top pick fits them. Recipient and budget band are hard filters. A style, when given, is a hard filter too: every pick carries the style, and the result reports total_matches and, on a style call, style_matches. Interests narrow the pool, and picks matching more interests rank first. keyword names a specific item the buyer asked for: picks matching every keyword word rank first inside the same filtered pool, carry their full bank detail, and the result reports keyword_matches (a miss is stated in the note, and a miss carries no lead_pick). exclude names an item the person already has: matching picks are dropped before ranking, and the result notes the drop. A recipient-only call (no budget, interest, style, or keyword) returns a spread across all budget bands, led by a mid-band pick and never by the $100+ band — a starting sampler, not a tailored list. A 'teen' recipient maps to the kid pool and carries a recipient_note explaining how teen picks are drawn from that pool. A 'coworker' recipient draws on the bank's coworker shelf — picks tagged for coworkers, ranked ahead of the general pool — and when a mix returns none of them, recipient_note says so plainly. A relation the bank has no shelf for (a sister, an aunt, an in-law, a cousin) is filed under the closest shelf, and recipient_note states the filing plainly. Ideas are generic product types: the bank names no brands, no stores, and no exact prices. When fewer than 5 ideas fit the exact mix, the result says so.

pick_gift input schema
{
  "type": "object",
  "required": [
    "recipient"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "style": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Optional gift style: 'practical', 'fun', 'sentimental', or 'experience'. When given, every pick carries this style."
    },
    "budget": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Optional budget band: 'under $25', '$25-$50', '$50-$100', or '$100+'. Omit to search every band."
    },
    "exclude": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Optional: an item the user says the person already has, in plain words, e.g. 'cast iron skillet'. Picks matching it are dropped and the drop is disclosed in the note."
    },
    "keyword": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Optional: the specific item the buyer named, in plain words, e.g. 'plant pot', 'bookmark', 'board game', 'star map'. When the bank holds that item for this recipient and budget, it ranks first."
    },
    "interests": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "type": "string"
      },
      "description": "Optional: what they are into. Bank interests: cooking, outdoors, tech, books, fitness, cozy, music, games, gardening, travel, science."
    },
    "recipient": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Who the gift is for: 'mom', 'dad', 'partner', 'grandparent', 'friend', 'kid', 'coworker', or 'other'. Plain words work too, e.g. 'my wife', 'grandma', 'my son', 'my colleague'. 'teen' and 'teenager' map to 'kid' and carry a note explaining how teen picks are drawn from the kid pool. Relations the bank has no shelf for, like 'my sister' or 'my aunt', are filed under the closest shelf and the result notes the filing."
    }
  }
}
pick_gift annotations
{
  "title": "Pick a gift",
  "readOnlyHint": true,
  "openWorldHint": false,
  "idempotentHint": true,
  "destructiveHint": false
}
search_gifts — Search gift ideas
Advertised by the server during the last successful anonymous check.
Advertised read-only

Picked for them, not the store: searches the fixed bank of 255 gift ideas by interest, by keyword, or by both, with optional recipient and budget-band filters. Returns up to 10 matches in bank order, each with a one-line description, a why-line, one buying note, its budget band, a photo link, and a link that opens that exact idea on thepresentpicker.com. The result reports the total number of matches, including when there are none.

search_gifts input schema
{
  "type": "object",
  "required": [],
  "properties": {
    "limit": {
      "type": "number",
      "description": "Optional: max results to return, 1 to 10. Default 10."
    },
    "budget": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Optional filter: 'under $25', '$25-$50', '$50-$100', or '$100+'."
    },
    "keyword": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Optional: plain words to match against gift names and descriptions, e.g. 'coffee', 'science kit', 'board game'. Every word must match, so a named item finds its exact bank entry."
    },
    "interest": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Optional: one bank interest: cooking, outdoors, tech, books, fitness, cozy, music, games, gardening, travel, science."
    },
    "recipient": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Optional filter: 'mom', 'dad', 'partner', 'grandparent', 'friend', 'kid', 'coworker', or 'other'."
    }
  }
}
search_gifts annotations
{
  "title": "Search gift ideas",
  "readOnlyHint": true,
  "openWorldHint": false,
  "idempotentHint": true,
  "destructiveHint": false
}
get_gift — Get gift details
Advertised by the server during the last successful anonymous check.
Advertised read-only

Picked for them, not the store: returns the full detail for one gift idea from the bank: description, why-line, a buying-notes line (what to look for and what to avoid when buying it), a care-and-pairing tip, budget band, who it suits, its interests and styles, and up to 3 similar ideas, each with its own link. Accepts a gift id returned by pick_gift or search_gifts, or a gift name like 'cast iron skillet'. When nothing matches, the result says so and gives example ids.

get_gift input schema
{
  "type": "object",
  "required": [
    "gift_id"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "gift_id": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Gift id from pick_gift or search_gifts (e.g. 'cast-iron-skillet-10-inch-pre-seasoned'), or a gift name."
    }
  }
}
get_gift annotations
{
  "title": "Get gift details",
  "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 (1 of 1 answered).

  1. 2026-11-07: 1 of 1 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
280 ms
95th percentile latency
280 ms

Maintenance history

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

  • · probe · passed · 280 ms · metadata changed · 3 tool(s)

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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 present-picker-mcp https://mcp.thepresentpicker.com/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 present-picker-mcp --url https://mcp.thepresentpicker.com/mcp

Cursor

Merge this server into .cursor/mcp.json in your project, then enable present-picker-mcp in your MCP settings.
Cursor configuration
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "present-picker-mcp": {
      "url": "https://mcp.thepresentpicker.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Cline

Merge this into cline_mcp_settings.json (Cline → MCP Servers → Configure).
Cline configuration
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "present-picker-mcp": {
      "type": "streamableHttp",
      "url": "https://mcp.thepresentpicker.com/mcp",
      "disabled": false
    }
  }
}

VS Code

Merge this server into .vscode/mcp.json. Use MCP: List Servers to start present-picker-mcp and inspect its tools.
VS Code configuration
{
  "servers": {
    "present-picker-mcp": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://mcp.thepresentpicker.com/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 present-picker-mcp https://mcp.thepresentpicker.com/mcp

Claude Desktop

Open Claude Settings > Connectors > Add custom connector, enter this server URL and enable it for the conversation. This is a manual remote-connector handoff, not a desktop JSON configuration.
Claude Desktop configuration
https://mcp.thepresentpicker.com/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": {
    "present-picker-mcp": {
      "serverUrl": "https://mcp.thepresentpicker.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

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