Shopfront Chennai Local Commerce MCP Server

by jeeva-m-21io.github.jeeva-m-21/shopfrontv2.0.0

Hyperlocal commerce and verified merchant directory MCP server for Chennai, India.

0remoteofficial registry

context tax

~661 tok/turn5 tools

security

92/100

cold start

hosted

freshness

Activetoday

Our reading of Shopfront Chennai Local Commerce, from the data

Shopfront Chennai Local Commerce is an MCP server from jeeva-m-21, listed in the official MCP Registry.

Its 5 tools add about 661 tokens to every model turn (measured 2026-10-19).

Maintenance is active: the last public signal was in the last day (2026-10-18).

It runs as a hosted endpoint, so there is nothing to install.

Install Shopfront Chennai Local Commerce MCP server

claude mcp add --transport http shopfront https://shopfront-rouge.vercel.app/mcp

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "shopfront": {
      "url": "https://shopfront-rouge.vercel.app/mcp"
    }
  }
}

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "shopfront": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "mcp-remote",
        "https://shopfront-rouge.vercel.app/mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Or add it as a custom connector under Settings → Connectors. The config above bridges via mcp-remote.

{
  "servers": {
    "shopfront": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://shopfront-rouge.vercel.app/mcp"
    }
  }
}

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "shopfront": {
      "serverUrl": "https://shopfront-rouge.vercel.app/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Remote endpoints

streamable-httphttps://shopfront-rouge.vercel.app/mcp

Context tax

Connecting this server adds ~661 tokens of tool definitions to every model turn (lean, 5 tools). Measured 2026-10-19 via its hosted endpoint; o200k tokenizer, worst case for clients that load all tools up front. How we measure

Model	Per 1,000 turns	With prompt caching
Claude Opus 5.5	$2.64	$0.132
Claude Sonnet 5.5	$1.32	$0.132
Claude Haiku 5.5	$0.066	—

Input prices as of 2026-10-06. Excludes your own prompt and output.

Tools (5)

find_shops218 tok
Find and rank local shops in Chennai for a customer request. Always provide locality when the customer has told you where they are. If the customer has not said where they are, ask them for a Chennai area before calling this tool. Use category when it is clear. Results already satisfy distance, budget, and open-now constraints.
search_catalog134 tok
Search items within a specific shop catalog using text similarity and full-text search with optional price ceiling and item kind filtering.
get_action_link120 tok
Generate an actionable WhatsApp deep link, booking URL, or phone dial link with standard customer enquiry message for a shop and optional item.
get_catalog100 tok
Retrieve available menu or service catalog items for a shop grouped by category, with price display and duration, supporting cursor-based pagination.
get_shop_info87 tok
Retrieve detailed public shop profile including address, locality, coordinates, weekly opening hours, upcoming closures, contact numbers, action mode, and latest menu timestamp.

Security signals

92/100 — no known issues found as of 2026-10-19, from the checks below. This is not a guarantee of safety; review what a server can do before connecting it.

Deductions

No license detected-5
No security policy (SECURITY.md)-3

Checks

✓Repository hygiene (archived, activity, license, security policy)
✓Tool descriptions (prompt-injection and hidden-text heuristics)
○Package metadata (install scripts, provenance) — pending
○Source scan (secrets, CVEs, risky code) by vectra-guard — pending

Scan it yourself before installing with vectra-guard, the open-source agent security CLI. Scoring rules

Freshness

Active — last maintenance signal today. The newest of the signals below sets the band.

Last commit (default branch)
2026-10-18 · today · GitHub
Latest release
no data · GitHub
Package published
no data · npm/PyPI
Registry entry updated
2026-10-18 · 1d ago · official registry · v2.0.0

FAQ

›How do I install the Shopfront Chennai Local Commerce MCP server in Claude Code?

Run: claude mcp add --transport http shopfront https://shopfront-rouge.vercel.app/mcp. For Cursor, VS Code, Claude Desktop and Windsurf, use the install tabs above.

›Does Shopfront Chennai Local Commerce require an API key?

No required environment variables are declared in its published metadata.

›Can I use Shopfront Chennai Local Commerce as a remote (hosted) MCP server?

Yes. It is a hosted MCP server; connect to its URL with any client that supports remote MCP.

›Is Shopfront Chennai Local Commerce in the official MCP registry?

Yes, as io.github.jeeva-m-21/shopfront.

›How many tokens does Shopfront Chennai Local Commerce add to my context?

Its tool definitions total about 661 tokens, resent on every turn.

Sources and method

Official MCP Registry entry: updated 2026-10-18
GitHub repository: fetched 2026-10-19
Tool list (tools/list), measured by us: 2026-10-19
Security signals, computed by us: 2026-10-19
Last checked against all sources: 2026-10-19

The description, packages and links come from the maintainer's own published metadata. Token cost, security signals, freshness and the reading above are MCPSkillHub's own measurements; see the methodology. Spot an error? Request a correction or claim the listing.

Our reading of Shopfront Chennai Local Commerce, from the data

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