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Which MCP servers are Pinch's own, from the official registry and from asking its own domain, whether they answer, and what they offer. A program checked each of these, nobody copied them from a product page.

read 2026-10-19

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Whose server it is
  • Registry namecom.pinch-app/groceryverified in the MCP registry

The registry name sits under pinch-app.com. The registry only lets a publisher use that namespace after proving control of the domain through DNS or HTTP.

When we asked itchecked 2026-10-19
  • Stateanswerschecked 2026-10-19
  • Tools10
  • Server calls itselfpinch-grocery-data
  • Server version1.0.0
  • Protocol version2025-06-18

On 2026-10-19 the server answered initialize and tools/list without a sign-in. First answer in 441 ms.

Should an agent connect itNot proven either way yet
  • Whether its tools do the product's job has not been judged yet.

Once connected

  • For "check which store has the lowest price on a product", the likely first call is get_cheapest.

Said by rules from the measurements above. The likely first call is a model's pick from the tool list; read its description before relying on it.

Measured dailydaily checks: 17, the first on 2026-10-19
  • INITE MCP score93 of 100answers 100 · definitions 80 · context 95 · connects 100
  • Answered100% of days17 of 17 daily checks
  • Median first answer561 ms
  • Space in an agent's context≈ 3,598 tokensthe definitions of all its tools (10), which an agent carries on every turn
  • Tool definitionsB · 80 of 100
  • Typed results0 of 10 toolsdeclared outputSchema: results come typed, read once
  • Parameters without a description: in 2 of 10
  • Not saying whether it only reads or can destroy: 10 of 10

What an agent can do with it

  • can do · check which store has the lowest price on a product
  • not sure · compare the same grocery item across four retailers

Each of the product's use cases, put to Jev against this server's tool list: can an agent do it with these tools?

Worth a look

None of the five warning signs in these definitions.

A program checks the server once a day: initialize and tools/list, no model. Tokens are the definitions' length at about four characters a token. The grade averages six checks of every tool's name, description, schema and annotations; it says how well the tools are described, not whether they work. The score weighs what was measured and nothing else: answering (25%), doing the product's job (25%), definitions (20%), context (10%), use (10%) and how readily a client connects (10%). A part that was not measured is left out, and a hidden instruction caps the score at 40. The state of vendors' MCP servers: method and numbers →

Tools it offers10 tools · read 2026-10-19
  • search_products

    Search Australian grocery products across Woolworths, Coles, Aldi, and Harris Farm. Returns product name, price, brand, category, unit price, and whether it's on special.

  • get_product

    Get detailed information about a specific grocery product by its ID. Product IDs are returned in search results.

  • compare_prices

    Compare prices for the same product across retailers using its barcode. Returns all retailers stocking the product, sorted cheapest first. About 7,800 products have barcode matches.

  • get_price_history

    Get historical price data for a product. Shows price changes over time with stats (lowest, highest, average). History depth depends on your tier (30-365 days).

  • get_specials

    Get current grocery specials and promotions. Filter by retailer or category. Results include savings amounts. Updated weekly. Specials captured before the most recent Wednesday catalogue changeover (Coles/Woolworths) are excluded as…

  • get_cheapest

    Find the cheapest option for a product across all Australian grocery retailers. Searches by name and returns results sorted by price ascending.

  • decompose_product

    ADVANCED / single item. Do NOT use this to build a shopping list: for any list of 2 or more items, call build_basket (one call, server-side). Use decompose_product only to break ONE item into structured search attributes when you intend…

  • batch_search

    ADVANCED / manual selection. Do NOT use this to build a shopping list: for any list of 2 or more items, call build_basket (one call, server-side, cheapest pick per item). Use batch_search only when you need the RAW candidate products for…

  • save_basket

    ADVANCED / manual commit. Do NOT use this to build a basket from a shopping list: for any list of 2 or more items, call build_basket (it searches, picks the cheapest, totals, and returns a share_url in one call). Use save_basket only to…

  • build_basket

    MANDATORY for shopping lists. When the user gives you 2 or more grocery items, call this tool ONCE with the full list. Do NOT call decompose_product, search_products, or batch_search per item: this tool searches every item in parallel…

How to connect

Add the server to your MCP client config. Claude Desktop, Cursor and most other clients read this shape:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "grocery": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://pinch-app.com/api/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Add it

Claude Code, in a terminal

claude mcp add --transport http pinch-app https://pinch-app.com/api/mcp

Add to CursorAdd to VS Code

claude.ai, ChatGPT and other clients: add https://pinch-app.com/api/mcp as a custom connector in the settings.

Each line is something a program found when it went looking: the registry entry, the server's own answer, a spec that parses. A missing line means we did not find it, not that it does not exist.