BuyWhere MCP Server

BuyWhere is a product catalog built for AI agents.

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What it can do

  • Search Products: Full-text product search with price, category, merchant, region, and rating filters across 300M+ products from 20+ e-commerce platforms. Supports multiple currencies and compact JSON
  • Get Product: Get a specific product by ID including full details, current price, brand, category, ratings, merchant info, and specifications.
  • Compare Products: Compare multiple products side-by-side across merchants: price, brand, rating, category path, and merchant for each product. For AI agent price comparison shopping.

What data it sees

Do you need an account

An API key from the service settings is required

BuyWhere is a product catalog built for AI agents. One MCP server gives keyword search over 300M+ products from 150K+ merchants with products across 9 markets, with deliver_to shipping availability and tracked outbound links. Remote MCP: https://api.buywhere.ai/mcp. v2 tools require deliver_to.

How to connect

How to connect BuyWhere MCP Server to Claude

The server address to paste into Claude settings:

https://buywhere--partners.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 BuyWhere MCP Server to ChatGPT

The server address to paste into ChatGPT settings:

https://buywhere--partners.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 BuyWhere MCP Server to Cursor

The server address to paste into Cursor settings:

https://buywhere--partners.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 (13)

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

search_productsFull-text product search with price, category, merchant, region, and rating filters across 300M+ products from 20+ e-commerce platforms. Supports multiple currencies and compact JSON mode for AI agents.
get_productGet a specific product by ID including full details, current price, brand, category, ratings, merchant info, and specifications.
compare_productsCompare multiple products side-by-side across merchants: price, brand, rating, category path, and merchant for each product. For AI agent price comparison shopping.
get_dealsGet discounted products sorted by discount percentage across all merchants. Returns original price, current price, and discount percentage.
list_categoriesList top-level product categories available in the BuyWhere catalog with slugs, names, and product counts.
find_best_priceFind the single cheapest listing for a product across all merchants. Use when a user asks about prices, wants to find the cheapest option, or asks "what's the best price for X". Returns the best deal across Shopee, Lazada, Amazon, and all other BuyWhere merchants.
find_similarFind products similar to a given product using vector similarity. Returns up to 10 nearest neighbours by semantic meaning (title+description embedding). Useful for "more like this" recommendations.
ingest_productsIngest (upsert) a batch of products into the BuyWhere catalog. Accepts up to 1000 products per call with source, SKU, title, price, URL, and optional metadata. Requires an API key with ingest permissions.
search_products_v2REQUIRED deliver_to. v2 search with shipping-aware ranking. Always pass deliver_to=<ISO country code> for the buyer's market. Returns schema.org/Product with structured_specs, comparison_attributes, normalized_price_usd.
get_product_v2REQUIRED deliver_to. v2 single-product lookup. Returns resolved outbound_url (BuyWhere click-tracked redirect) for the buyer market.
compare_products_v2REQUIRED deliver_to. v2 side-by-side comparison with shipping-aware per-row availability.
get_deals_v2REQUIRED deliver_to. v2 deals lookup. Returns schema.org/Product with per-row availability for the buyer market.
find_best_price_v2REQUIRED deliver_to. v2 cheapest-listing lookup. Returns shopping_job_id for multi-merchant price-comparison session resume.