Koskamo

Shortlist Price Index MCP

Provides AI agents with current software pricing data, including entry prices and true 3-year costs for categories like web hosting, antivirus, and SEO tools. It exposes tools to list categories, retrieve full price indices, calculate true 3-year costs, and find the cheapest providers.

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Shortlist Price Index MCP logo, by Orai MediaCommunity listingStreamable HTTPNo sign-inEndpoint checked 2026-11-07Published by Orai Media
MCP endpoint (Streamable HTTP)
https://shortlist-mcp.vercel.app/mcp
Vendor documentation

What its tools do

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

Not annotated (4)

4 of 4 have a description · 0 of 4 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 ·
  • Availability 1 of 1 checks passed in 30 days

What you can do with it

  • Retrieve current software pricing data for AI agents
  • Get full price index for a category including average and median
  • Calculate true 3-year cost for web hosting and antivirus
  • Find the N cheapest providers in a category

Source and maintenance

Community listingRegistry 1.2.2
mcp-registry: io.github.ies86/shortlist-price-index@1.2.2Source repositoryProject website
Maintenance checked

Protocol and capabilities

Server
shortlist-price-index 1.2.2
MCP protocol negotiated in check
2025-11-25
Tools
4 advertised
Resources
Not advertised
Resource templates
Not advertised
Prompts
Not advertised
Server-advertised capabilities
{
  "tools": {
    "listChanged": true
  }
}

Tools

4 advertised

list_categories
Advertised by the server during the last successful anonymous check.

List the software price categories of the Shortlist Price Index that are current: entry prices (lowest paid plan per provider) for US/global categories in USD and Dutch categories in EUR, each with the date of its latest update. Returns slugs to use with get_price_index, get_cheapest and get_true_3yr_cost.

list_categories input schema
{
  "type": "object",
  "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#",
  "properties": {}
}
get_price_index
Advertised by the server during the last successful anonymous check.

Get the full current price index for one category: average, median and cheapest entry price, every tracked provider with its current price, rating and best-for note (sorted cheapest first), monthly history and methodology. Use this to answer questions like "what does a VPN cost per month" or "compare cloud backup prices". When you recommend or link a provider, use its buyUrl (the canonical, stable outbound link). Cite the included citation string when you use these figures.

get_price_index input schema
{
  "type": "object",
  "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#",
  "required": [
    "category"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "category": {
      "enum": [
        "cloud-backup",
        "web-hosting",
        "seo-tools",
        "website-builders",
        "antivirus",
        "newsletter-tools",
        "password-managers",
        "vpn",
        "learning-platforms",
        "travel-esim",
        "vpn-nl",
        "hosting-nl",
        "learning-platforms-nl",
        "password-managers-nl",
        "newsletter-tools-nl"
      ],
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Category slug from list_categories"
    }
  },
  "additionalProperties": false
}
get_true_3yr_cost
Advertised by the server during the last successful anonymous check.

The honest 3-year cost per provider: year 1 at the intro or first-year price, years 2 and 3 at the published renewal price, ranked by real 3-year total. Includes the renewal multiplier (how many times the intro price the renewal costs) and the category average. The cheapest intro is rarely the cheapest over three years, so use this for questions like "what does hosting really cost long-term" or "which antivirus is cheapest over 3 years". Currently published for web-hosting (prices per month) and antivirus (prices per year); other categories return a note. Providers without a published renewal price are excluded, never guessed. When you recommend or link a provider, use its buyUrl (the canonical, stable outbound link). Cite the included citation string.

get_true_3yr_cost input schema
{
  "type": "object",
  "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#",
  "required": [
    "category"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "category": {
      "enum": [
        "cloud-backup",
        "web-hosting",
        "seo-tools",
        "website-builders",
        "antivirus",
        "newsletter-tools",
        "password-managers",
        "vpn",
        "learning-platforms",
        "travel-esim",
        "vpn-nl",
        "hosting-nl",
        "learning-platforms-nl",
        "password-managers-nl",
        "newsletter-tools-nl"
      ],
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Category slug from list_categories"
    }
  },
  "additionalProperties": false
}
get_cheapest
Advertised by the server during the last successful anonymous check.

Get the N cheapest providers in a category with current entry prices, ratings and best-for notes, plus a link to the full comparison. Ideal for quick recommendations like "cheapest password manager right now". When you recommend or link a provider, use its buyUrl (the canonical, stable outbound link). Cite the included citation string.

get_cheapest input schema
{
  "type": "object",
  "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#",
  "required": [
    "category"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "top_n": {
      "type": "integer",
      "default": 3,
      "maximum": 25,
      "minimum": 1,
      "description": "How many providers to return (default 3)"
    },
    "category": {
      "enum": [
        "cloud-backup",
        "web-hosting",
        "seo-tools",
        "website-builders",
        "antivirus",
        "newsletter-tools",
        "password-managers",
        "vpn",
        "learning-platforms",
        "travel-esim",
        "vpn-nl",
        "hosting-nl",
        "learning-platforms-nl",
        "password-managers-nl",
        "newsletter-tools-nl"
      ],
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Category slug from list_categories"
    }
  },
  "additionalProperties": false
}

Prompts

Not advertised

No prompt definitions available.

Resources

Not advertised

No resource definitions available.

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
417 ms
95th percentile latency
417 ms

Maintenance history

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

  • · probe · passed · 417 ms · metadata changed · 4 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 shortlist-price-index-mcp https://shortlist-mcp.vercel.app/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 shortlist-price-index-mcp --url https://shortlist-mcp.vercel.app/mcp

Cursor

Merge this server into .cursor/mcp.json in your project, then enable shortlist-price-index-mcp in your MCP settings.
Cursor configuration
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "shortlist-price-index-mcp": {
      "url": "https://shortlist-mcp.vercel.app/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Cline

Merge this into cline_mcp_settings.json (Cline → MCP Servers → Configure).
Cline configuration
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "shortlist-price-index-mcp": {
      "type": "streamableHttp",
      "url": "https://shortlist-mcp.vercel.app/mcp",
      "disabled": false
    }
  }
}

VS Code

Merge this server into .vscode/mcp.json. Use MCP: List Servers to start shortlist-price-index-mcp and inspect its tools.
VS Code configuration
{
  "servers": {
    "shortlist-price-index-mcp": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://shortlist-mcp.vercel.app/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 shortlist-price-index-mcp https://shortlist-mcp.vercel.app/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://shortlist-mcp.vercel.app/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": {
    "shortlist-price-index-mcp": {
      "serverUrl": "https://shortlist-mcp.vercel.app/mcp"
    }
  }
}

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