The BuyAPI MCP server,
connected in one click.
Vendor intelligence for AI coding agents choosing developer tools and stacks. Connect the official BuyAPI MCP server to Claude, ChatGPT, or Cursor through gate — one gateway URL, no config files, security-checked.
Free to start · No credit card · No hosting needed
Add BuyAPI to your AI in one minute
Pick your client. Copy, paste, done — or let gate handle sign-ins and policies for you.
claude mcp add --transport http buyapi https://buyapi.ai/api/mcpRun in your terminal, then restart Claude Code.
BuyAPI · https://buyapi.ai/api/mcp
What your AI can do with BuyAPI
Real prompts you can type the moment it's connected — no setup, no docs to read.
“Use “vendors.resolve”: First stop for category-specific vendor recommendations and vendor ID discovery. Finds BuyAPI vendor IDs for a user question; provide catego.”
“Use “vendors.details”: Follow-up tool for one known vendor. Retrieves detailed pricing, features, limits, gotchas, comparisons, and source provenance. Call vendor.”
“Use “vendors.evidence”: Returns recent reviewed BuyAPI evidence rows for a vendor, category, stack, or comparison. Use this when the user asks why BuyAPI believes.”
“Use “stacks.findSimilar”: Finds reviewed public stack examples related to a vendor, or recent curated stack examples. Use this when the user asks who uses a tool, wh.”
How secure is the BuyAPI MCP server?
Every server in the gate directory has to pass the same four checks before your AI can touch it. Here's how BuyAPI holds up.
Official endpoint
Operated by BuyAPI (buyapi.ai) at its documented MCP endpoint — not a third-party mirror or community re-host.
No sign-in needed
This server only exposes public data — no account and no credentials are involved when you connect.
Scanned before it goes live
gate checks every tool for prompt injection, hidden instructions, data-exfiltration hints, and over-broad permissions before the server is available through your gateway.
Watched for drift
If BuyAPI adds or changes tools later, gate re-scans and alerts you — before your AI acts on the change.
Connected in three steps
Connect your gate
Add one gateway URL to Claude, ChatGPT, or any MCP client. One-time setup, about two minutes.
Pick BuyAPI
Choose BuyAPI in the gate directory. No sign-in needed.
Use it anywhere
BuyAPI's tools are live in every AI client you've connected — with rules and logging built in.
Free to start · No credit card · No hosting needed
The actual tools BuyAPI exposes
Fetched live from the official endpoint and re-checked daily by gate — not marketing copy.
vendors.resolve — First stop for category-specific vendor recommendations and vendor ID discovery. Finds BuyAPI vendor IDs for a user question; provide catego
vendors.details — Follow-up tool for one known vendor. Retrieves detailed pricing, features, limits, gotchas, comparisons, and source provenance. Call vendor
vendors.evidence — Returns recent reviewed BuyAPI evidence rows for a vendor, category, stack, or comparison. Use this when the user asks why BuyAPI believes
stacks.findSimilar — Finds reviewed public stack examples related to a vendor, or recent curated stack examples. Use this when the user asks who uses a tool, wh
vendors.compare — Compares two or more already-known BuyAPI vendors for a specific workload or decision. Use this when the candidate set is known, for head-t
vendors.estimateCost — Produces directional monthly cost estimates from BuyAPI pricing data and explicit workload inputs. Use this only when the user asks for cos
stacks.recommend — Recommends a complete stack from BuyAPI's corpus with a structured decision matrix, cost estimate, assumptions, unknowns, alternatives, and
Who runs the BuyAPI MCP server?
The BuyAPI MCP server at a glance
https://buyapi.ai/api/mcpQuestions, answered
Is there an official BuyAPI MCP server?
Yes — BuyAPI operates its own remote MCP server at buyapi.ai. gate connects you to that official endpoint and adds security scanning, per-tool access rules, and an activity log on top.
How do I connect BuyAPI to Claude or ChatGPT?
Add gate's gateway URL to your AI client once, then pick BuyAPI in the directory. No account or sign-in is needed. From then on, BuyAPI's tools are available in every client you've connected to gate.
Do I need to host anything?
No. BuyAPI runs the server, and gate is fully managed. You just connect one URL — there's nothing to install, deploy, or maintain.
Is the BuyAPI MCP server safe to connect?
It's the vendor's official endpoint, and gate scans its tools for prompt injection and hidden instructions before it goes live, re-checks it whenever it changes, and lets you allow, block, or require approval for every single tool.
Is it free?
Yes — you can get started with gate for free and connect BuyAPI in minutes. No credit card required.
Connect more than just BuyAPI
Every server below works through the same gateway URL — connect once, add tools anytime.
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