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Thrifle

MCP serverVerified domain · thrifle.comRemote● LiveFree to try

US return policies, price-match rules, discounts, deals and Amazon price verdicts. Read-only.

Install

Remote server: your requests and data go to api.thrifle.com. Claude Code: claude mcp add --transport http thrifle https://api.thrifle.com/api/mcp · Claude app: Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector.

What it can do

The tools this server listed when we connected to it, in its own words.

  • get_return_policy — Verified return policy for a US retailer: return window, free returns, restocking fee, holiday extension, non-returnable items, an A+–D− gra
  • compare_return_policies — Side-by-side comparison of two US retailers' return policies with grades, per-axis winners (return window, cost to return, restocking fee, e
  • search_return_policies — Find retailers in Thrifle's return-policy database by name fragment and/or category (e.g. 'Fashion', 'Electronics', 'Home'). Returns slim ro
  • get_price_match_policy — Whether a US retailer matches competitors' prices (which competitors, proof required, exclusions, how to claim) and whether it offers a post
  • who_will_price_match — Reverse lookup: the US retailers whose price-match policy explicitly names the given store as an accepted competitor. Optionally filter by t
  • get_merchant_discounts — Verified military (active duty, veterans, reserve) and student discount programmes for a US retailer: value, eligibility, verification metho
  • search_discounts — Browse Thrifle's discount database: filter by programme type (military, student, or both), retail category, and/or a name fragment. Returns
  • get_cancellation_guide — Step-by-step guide to cancelling a US subscription or membership: available channels (online, app, phone, in person), notice period, fees, r
  • get_birthday_freebie — What a US restaurant or retailer gives away for your birthday, whether it is actually free or needs a purchase or prior spend, how to sign u
  • search_birthday_freebies — Browse verified birthday offers from US brands. Filters: actually_free (no purchase and no prior spend required), kids (child-eligible), no_
  • search_deals — Search Thrifle's curated US deals by product, brand or keyword. Returns live deals with price, list price, discount %, merchant, coupon code
  • get_deal — Everything Thrifle knows about one deal, by its thrifle.com URL or slug: price and list price, merchant, coupon, why it's great, the editori
  • get_deal_of_the_day — Thrifle's editor-picked deal of the day with price, merchant and buy link. Cheap to call; returns found:false when none is set.
  • get_store_deals — A retailer's store page on Thrifle: how many live deals it has, the most recent ones with prices and buy links, and its military/student dis
  • predict_amazon_price — Retired in September 2026. Thrifle no longer provides price information for Amazon products; this tool always returns found:false with retir
  • search_blog — Find Thrifle articles by keyword: original data studies (e.g. what actually dropped on Black Friday, Prime Day fact-checks), buying guides,
  • get_blog_post — The full text of one Thrifle article by URL or slug (HTML stripped, long posts truncated at ~20,000 characters), plus its FAQ, author, date
  • search_credit_cards — Browse Thrifle's US credit-card database (store and co-branded cards first): filter by issuer, retailer, store cards only, or cards that use
  • get_credit_card — Full record for one card by its card_key (from search_credit_cards): APR tiers, intro and penalty APRs, fees, promotional financing terms wi
  • get_store_credit_cards — The store and co-branded credit cards a US retailer offers, with APR, annual fee, whether promotional financing is deferred interest, and li
  • get_money_monitor — Current US macro numbers from Thrifle's Money Monitor: GDP growth, personal saving rate, average credit-card APR, revolving and total consum
  • get_price_pulse — Latest US Consumer Price Index by spending category (headline, food, energy, shelter, apparel, etc.) with month-over-month and year-over-yea
  • about_thrifle — What Thrifle is, what each database covers and how big it is, how to cite it, and which tool answers which kind of question.

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