
Realask - verified answers from the physical world
Ask a US local business a current question by phone.
What it can do
What data it sees
Do you need an account
No: the server works without sign-in
Ask a US local business a current question by phone. Typed, timestamped answers for agents; x402.
How to connect
How to connect Realask - verified answers from the physical world to Claude
The server address to paste into Claude settings:
https://realask.net/mcp
- Open Claude (claude.ai or the desktop app).
- Go to Settings → Connectors.
- Click Add custom connector.
- Paste the server address copied below into Remote MCP server URL and click Add.
- 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 Realask - verified answers from the physical world to ChatGPT
The server address to paste into ChatGPT settings:
https://realask.net/mcp
- Open ChatGPT in a browser (chatgpt.com). A Plus, Pro, Business, Enterprise or Edu plan is required.
- Turn on developer mode once: Settings → Apps → Advanced settings → Developer mode.
- Open Settings → Connectors and click Create.
- Fill in the form: Name (anything), Description (one line about what the service does), MCP server URL (copy it below).
- Under Authentication choose OAuth if the service requires sign-in, otherwise None. Click Create.
- 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 Realask - verified answers from the physical world to Cursor
The server address to paste into Cursor settings:
https://realask.net/mcp
Fastest: click Open in Cursor below and confirm the prompt.
Manually:
- In Cursor open Settings → Cursor Settings → MCP and click Add new global MCP server.
- Paste the JSON copied below into
~/.cursor/mcp.json(per project:.cursor/mcp.jsonin the repo root). - 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 (5)
Raw names from tools/list. Only developers need these.
| quote_real_world_answer | Get a free, immutable price quote for verifying a current fact about a US local business (stock, price, availability, capability, policy, wait time). Returns quote_id, price in integer minor units, scope, expected_completion_seconds and expires_at. Use purchase_quote to buy it. |
| quote_real_world_action | Get a free price to ARRANGE something at a specific US local business: book an appointment, hold an item, request a formal quote, or cancel a prior booking. This creates a real obligation, so it needs explicit authorization, the customer's name and callback number, and a maximum price the caller may agree to. The caller never negotiates, never pays, and never substitutes something different. Purchase the returned quote with purchase_quote. |
| purchase_quote | The single purchase path: pays for a quote from EITHER quote_real_world_answer or quote_real_world_action and starts the job. There is no separate action-purchase tool. Returns job_id and job_token (keep it; it is shown once), then poll get_verification_status and read get_verification_result. If this server has no payment capability, returns the x402 payment requirements (HTTP 402 body) so you can pay with your own payment tool and retry the POST /v1/jobs request with a PAYMENT-SIGNATURE header. |
| get_verification_status | Read-only progress check on a job bought with purchase_quote. Free, changes nothing, and safe to call repeatedly. Returns the state plus a progress object (businesses discovered, call attempts made). States are queued, discovering, calling or extracting while the job is still running, and completed, partial, failed, timed_out or canceled once it is final. Poll every 15-30 seconds; live calls take minutes. Use this to decide WHEN to read the answer; use get_verification_result to read the answer itself. If you only intend to poll until the job is done, get_verification_result can be polled directly instead - it returns a provisional 202 until the job is final. |
| get_verification_result | Read-only. The answer itself: typed facts, evidence excerpts, timestamps, confidence scores, freshness, and an explicit list of what could not be verified. Free, and safe to call repeatedly. If the job is not final yet the response is provisional (http_status 202) - poll until 200, or watch get_verification_status for a terminal state first. A completed job answers every required criterion; a partial one answers some and says so in limitations. |