trailweights-mcp

Read-only access to TrailWeights' ultralight gear corpus — verified weights, creator video reviews, pack templates, and semantic gear search.

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What it can do

  • Search Corpus: Semantic search over the TrailWeights knowledge corpus (transcripts, product descriptions, in-house pack templates, surveys, ultralight Bible). Returns the top matching chunks with sour
  • Get Gear Reviews: Fetch creator video reviews for a product. Returns up to 10 verified mentions with creator name, YouTube ID, timestamp, and quoted snippet.
  • Get Product Specs: Canonical product spec sheet — name, brand, category, verified weight, MSRP, image, and a cottage-first affiliate buy URL. Pass either the product UUID or the slug.

What data it sees

Do you need an account

No: the server works without sign-in

Read-only access to TrailWeights' ultralight gear corpus — verified weights, creator video reviews, pack templates, and semantic gear search. Auth: none.

How to connect

How to connect trailweights-mcp to Claude

The server address to paste into Claude settings:

https://trailweights-mcp--rustfreeone.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 trailweights-mcp to ChatGPT

The server address to paste into ChatGPT settings:

https://trailweights-mcp--rustfreeone.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 trailweights-mcp to Cursor

The server address to paste into Cursor settings:

https://trailweights-mcp--rustfreeone.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 (7)

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

search_corpusSemantic search over the TrailWeights knowledge corpus (transcripts, product descriptions, in-house pack templates, surveys, ultralight Bible). Returns the top matching chunks with source attribution.
get_gear_reviewsFetch creator video reviews for a product. Returns up to 10 verified mentions with creator name, YouTube ID, timestamp, and quoted snippet.
get_product_specsCanonical product spec sheet — name, brand, category, verified weight, MSRP, image, and a cottage-first affiliate buy URL. Pass either the product UUID or the slug.
recommend_gearStructured gear recommendations matching a freeform query. Returns the top catalog products with verified weights and cottage-first buy URLs. Optional weight cap (oz) and category filter.
compare_gearSide-by-side spec comparison for 2–6 products. Returns aligned rows of name, weight, price, category, and buy URL.
find_lighter_alternativeGiven a product, return up to 5 lighter alternatives in the same category, ordered by verified weight ascending.
get_pack_templateReturn one of the 21 in-house TrailWeights pack templates by ID or slug, including the full item list and total weight.