Thrifle MCP MCP server

A read-only MCP server providing AI assistants with access to verified US return policies, price-match rules, discounts, deals, and credit card terms. It allows agents to look up specific merchant policies, compare return ease, find student or military discounts, check for product recalls, and retrieve current deals, always linking back to the source page on thrifle.com for verification.

Endpoint and access

No sign-in: your client connects and lists tools immediately, with no account or key.

No sign-inEndpoint checked 2026-10-05Operated by Thrifle

MCP endpoint (Streamable HTTP)

https://api.thrifle.com/api/mcp

Vendor documentation

What you can do with it

Look up Costco's return policy for electronics
Find military discounts at Home Depot
Check if Best Buy price matches Amazon
Retrieve today's featured deal on AirPods

Tools advertised by the last live check:

get_return_policy
compare_return_policies
search_return_policies
get_price_match_policy
who_will_price_match
get_merchant_discounts
search_discounts
get_cancellation_guide
get_birthday_freebie
search_birthday_freebies
search_deals
get_deal
get_deal_of_the_day
get_store_deals
predict_amazon_price
search_blog
get_blog_post
search_credit_cards
get_credit_card
get_store_credit_cards
get_money_monitor
get_price_pulse
check_product_recalls
about_thrifle

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 a Streamable HTTP server. Use --scope project to write .mcp.json for the repo.

Claude Code configuration

claude mcp add --transport http thrifle-mcp https://api.thrifle.com/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 thrifle-mcp --url https://api.thrifle.com/api/mcp

Cursor

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

Cursor configuration

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "thrifle-mcp": {
      "url": "https://api.thrifle.com/api/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Cline

Merge this into cline_mcp_settings.json (Cline → MCP Servers → Configure). The type must be streamableHttp for a remote HTTP server.

Cline configuration

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "thrifle-mcp": {
      "type": "streamableHttp",
      "url": "https://api.thrifle.com/api/mcp",
      "disabled": false
    }
  }
}

VS Code

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

VS Code configuration

{
  "servers": {
    "thrifle-mcp": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://api.thrifle.com/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 thrifle-mcp https://api.thrifle.com/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": {
    "thrifle-mcp": {
      "url": "https://api.thrifle.com/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": {
    "thrifle-mcp": {
      "serverUrl": "https://api.thrifle.com/api/mcp"
    }
  }
}

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