Shopping

Find and shop any product online via natural language or image.

CommunityOnlineNo sign-inGlobalFreeRead-only

What it can do

  • Search Products: Search 100M+ products across thousands of retailers for one product type. Call once for each distinct product type, and send independent calls together. Put relevant constraints in `q
  • Get Products: Get full product data (offers, description, attributes, images) by product ID from a search result, or by retailer URL. Pass several IDs in one call to compare. Use search_products to fi
  • Browse Products: Search and page through products for the storefront UI.

What data it sees

Do you need an account

No: the server works without sign-in

Find and shop any product online via natural language or image.

How to connect

How to connect Shopping to Claude

The server address to paste into Claude settings:

https://shopping--channel3.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 Shopping to ChatGPT

The server address to paste into ChatGPT settings:

https://shopping--channel3.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 Shopping to Cursor

The server address to paste into Cursor settings:

https://shopping--channel3.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 (6)

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

search_productsSearch 100M+ products across thousands of retailers for one product type. Call once for each distinct product type, and send independent calls together. Put relevant constraints in `query`. Returns up to 8 product cards plus structured product data. The result includes a `thread_id`. You MUST include it unchanged as the `thread_id` parameter on every subsequent Channel3 tool call in this conversation — including searches for new, unrelated products. Never omit it once you have one.
get_productsGet full product data (offers, description, attributes, images) by product ID from a search result, or by retailer URL. Pass several IDs in one call to compare. Use search_products to find products. Returns details in the storefront UI. The result includes a `thread_id`. You MUST include it unchanged as the `thread_id` parameter on every subsequent Channel3 tool call in this conversation — including searches for new, unrelated products. Never omit it once you have one.
browse_productsSearch and page through products for the storefront UI.
get_similarFind products similar to a given product, for the storefront UI.
get_detailsFetch a product with live offers, for the storefront UI.
get_price_historyFetch 30-day price history for a product, for the storefront UI.