BarterBanner

BarterBanner is a traffic exchange for independent websites.

CommunityOnlineNo sign-inGlobalFreeCan modify data

What it can do

  • Check Site: Checks whether a website is in the BarterBanner public showcase. Accepts a bare domain or a URL. If the site is not listed, returns how to join.
  • Get Exchange Rules: The rules of the exchange as the network actually computes them: what a view earns, what counts as a view, the commission, the welcome credits, and how to install the widget.
  • Get Network Stats: Current size of the BarterBanner network: verified active member sites, active member campaigns, and card impressions over the last 7 days. Figures are refreshed every few minutes.

What data it sees

Do you need an account

No: the server works without sign-in

BarterBanner is a traffic exchange for independent websites. Member sites show each other's article cards, earn credits for impressions a reader really saw, and spend them to have their own pages shown across the network. No money changes hands, and every credit movement is listed in a statement with the other site named.

This MCP server lets an AI assistant work with the network.

Without a key (public, read-only):

  • get_network_stats — how big the network is right now
  • list_members — the member sites, as in the public showcase
  • check_site — whether a domain is already in the network and active
  • get_exchange_rules — how impressions, credits, quality and the fee work

With a member key (create it in the BarterBanner dashboard, "AI assistant"):

  • list_my_sites, list_my_campaigns — your sites and campaigns
  • get_campaign_stats, get_site_report — impressions, clicks, credits and quality
  • get_widget_code — the code to place the block on your site

With a key that is allowed to write:

  • create_campaign, update_campaign, pause_campaign, resume_campaign — manage your campaigns; every change by an assistant is logged and shown in the dashboard

The server never shows other members' private data, and a key can be revoked at any time.

How to connect

How to connect BarterBanner to Claude

The server address to paste into Claude settings:

https://barterbanner--ax5165.run.tools

  1. Open Claude (claude.ai or the desktop app).
  2. Go to Settings → Connectors.
  3. Click Add custom connector.
  4. Paste the server address copied below into Remote MCP server URL and click Add.
  5. In a chat, click + → Connectors and switch the new connector on.

Custom connectors are available on Free, Pro, Max, Team and Enterprise plans (Free is limited to one). On Team and Enterprise an organization Owner adds the connector first under Organization settings → Connectors.

Authorization

After you click Add, a sign-in window for the service opens. Sign in with your own account and approve access. Claude never sees your password.

How to connect BarterBanner to ChatGPT

The server address to paste into ChatGPT settings:

https://barterbanner--ax5165.run.tools

  1. Open ChatGPT in a browser (chatgpt.com). A Plus, Pro, Business, Enterprise or Edu plan is required.
  2. Turn on developer mode once: Settings → Apps → Advanced settings → Developer mode.
  3. Open Settings → Connectors and click Create.
  4. Fill in the form: Name (anything), Description (one line about what the service does), MCP server URL (copy it below).
  5. Under Authentication choose OAuth if the service requires sign-in, otherwise None. Click Create.
  6. In a new chat open + → Apps/Connectors and enable the connector.

OpenAI has renamed this section before (Connectors → Apps/Plugins). If the label differs, search settings for "developer mode". On Business/Enterprise workspaces an admin must allow custom connectors first.

Authorization

On first use ChatGPT opens the service's sign-in window. Sign in and approve access.

How to connect BarterBanner to Cursor

The server address to paste into Cursor settings:

https://barterbanner--ax5165.run.tools

Fastest: click Open in Cursor below and confirm the prompt.

Manually:

  1. In Cursor open Settings → Cursor Settings → MCP and click Add new global MCP server.
  2. Paste the JSON copied below into ~/.cursor/mcp.json (per project: .cursor/mcp.json in the repo root).
  3. Save the file. The server appears in the MCP list; authorize it there if asked.

Authorization

If the service needs sign-in, an authorize button appears next to the server in the MCP list.

Server tool list (4)

Raw names from tools/list. Only developers need these.

check_siteChecks whether a website is in the BarterBanner public showcase. Accepts a bare domain or a URL. If the site is not listed, returns how to join.
get_exchange_rulesThe rules of the exchange as the network actually computes them: what a view earns, what counts as a view, the commission, the welcome credits, and how to install the widget.
get_network_statsCurrent size of the BarterBanner network: verified active member sites, active member campaigns, and card impressions over the last 7 days. Figures are refreshed every few minutes.
list_membersWebsites in the network, one card per site, as shown in the public showcase on the BarterBanner home page: domain, the card's title and description, and where it links. Paused members are included — the showcase lists who is in the network, not who is serving today.