Store Starter Tools MCP

Provides AI assistants with tools to generate Shopify store names, find niches, create launch checklists, and calculate profit margins for new stores.

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Community listingStreamable HTTPNo sign-inEndpoint checked 2026-11-01Published by Store Starter Tools

MCP endpoint (Streamable HTTP)

https://store-starter-tools.vercel.app/api/mcp

Vendor documentation

What you can do with it

Generate store name ideas
Find business niches
Get launch checklist
Calculate profit

Source and maintenance

Community listingRegistry 1.0.0

mcp-registry: io.github.maggat/store-starter-tools@1.0.0 Project website

Protocol and capabilities

Server: store-starter-tools 1.0.0
MCP protocol: 2025-06-18
Tools: 5 advertised
Resources: Not advertised
Resource templates: Not advertised
Prompts: Not advertised

Server-advertised capabilities

{
  "tools": {
    "listChanged": true
  }
}

Tools

5 advertised

generate_store_names

Advertised by the server during the last successful anonymous check.

Generate brandable online store name ideas from 1-5 keywords and a style. Names are NOT checked for domain or trademark availability; tell the user to check.

generate_store_names input schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#",
  "required": [
    "keywords"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "seed": {
      "type": "integer",
      "description": "Change to get a different shuffle"
    },
    "count": {
      "type": "integer",
      "maximum": 40,
      "minimum": 1
    },
    "style": {
      "enum": [
        "modern",
        "playful",
        "premium",
        "minimal",
        "natural",
        "bold"
      ],
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Naming style (default modern)"
    },
    "keywords": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "type": "string"
      },
      "maxItems": 5,
      "minItems": 1,
      "description": "Keywords describing the products or brand feel"
    }
  },
  "additionalProperties": false
}

find_niches

Advertised by the server during the last successful anonymous check.

Suggest online store niches from a hand-curated list, matched to the user's interests and starting budget. Qualitative reasoning only, not market data.

find_niches input schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#",
  "required": [
    "interests"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "limit": {
      "type": "integer",
      "maximum": 20,
      "minimum": 1
    },
    "budget": {
      "enum": [
        "shoestring",
        "small",
        "solid"
      ],
      "type": "string",
      "description": "shoestring (<~$500), small (~$500-2,000), solid (~$2,000+). Default small."
    },
    "interests": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "enum": [
          "pets",
          "fitness",
          "home",
          "beauty",
          "outdoors",
          "tech",
          "kids",
          "food",
          "fashion",
          "crafts",
          "wellness",
          "gaming",
          "travel",
          "sustainability",
          "art"
        ],
        "type": "string"
      },
      "description": "User interests"
    }
  },
  "additionalProperties": false
}

get_launch_checklist

Advertised by the server during the last successful anonymous check.

Return a step-by-step checklist for launching an online store (plan, setup, products, legal, launch, growth).

get_launch_checklist input schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#",
  "properties": {}
}

calculate_profit

Advertised by the server during the last successful anonymous check.

Calculate profit per sale, margin, break-even price and maximum ad cost per sale for a product. Any fee value not supplied uses an EXAMPLE default that the user must verify for their plan and country.

calculate_profit input schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#",
  "required": [
    "price",
    "productCost"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "price": {
      "type": "number",
      "minimum": 0
    },
    "productCost": {
      "type": "number",
      "minimum": 0
    },
    "shippingCost": {
      "type": "number",
      "minimum": 0
    },
    "adCostPerSale": {
      "type": "number",
      "minimum": 0
    },
    "packagingCost": {
      "type": "number",
      "minimum": 0
    },
    "paymentFeeFixed": {
      "type": "number",
      "minimum": 0
    },
    "monthlyFixedCosts": {
      "type": "number",
      "minimum": 0
    },
    "paymentFeePercent": {
      "type": "number",
      "minimum": 0
    }
  },
  "additionalProperties": false
}

get_shopify_signup_link

Advertised by the server during the last successful anonymous check.

Get the link the user can use to start a Shopify store.

get_shopify_signup_link input schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#",
  "properties": {}
}

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: 539 ms
95th percentile latency: 539 ms

Maintenance history

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

Nov 1, 2026, 8:51 AM UTC · probe · passed · 539 ms · metadata changed · 5 tool(s)

Connect from your client

Each snippet registers the same endpoint; pick the client you use.

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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 store-starter-tools-mcp https://store-starter-tools.vercel.app/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 store-starter-tools-mcp --url https://store-starter-tools.vercel.app/api/mcp

Cursor

Merge this server into .cursor/mcp.json in your project, then enable store-starter-tools-mcp in your MCP settings.

Cursor configuration

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "store-starter-tools-mcp": {
      "url": "https://store-starter-tools.vercel.app/api/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Cline

Merge this into cline_mcp_settings.json (Cline → MCP Servers → Configure).

Cline configuration

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "store-starter-tools-mcp": {
      "type": "streamableHttp",
      "url": "https://store-starter-tools.vercel.app/api/mcp",
      "disabled": false
    }
  }
}

VS Code

Merge this server into .vscode/mcp.json. Use MCP: List Servers to start store-starter-tools-mcp and inspect its tools.

VS Code configuration

{
  "servers": {
    "store-starter-tools-mcp": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://store-starter-tools.vercel.app/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 store-starter-tools-mcp https://store-starter-tools.vercel.app/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": {
    "store-starter-tools-mcp": {
      "url": "https://store-starter-tools.vercel.app/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": {
    "store-starter-tools-mcp": {
      "serverUrl": "https://store-starter-tools.vercel.app/api/mcp"
    }
  }
}

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