About Mercari Jp Mcp
A Python MCP server for retrieving product listings and prices from Japan’s Mercari. It is intended for LLM-based analysis of marketplace data.
Key features
- 01Retrieve product information
- 02Retrieve product prices
- 03Filter with query and excluded keywords
- 04Set minimum and maximum prices
Use cases
- 01Analyze Mercari product listings with an LLM
- 02Narrow searches by keywords and price range
MCP support
Exposes Mercari product and price data to MCP clients for analysis.
Configuration
Local server config is the same for every client. Copy it into your client’s MCP config file.
We haven’t collected a package or remote endpoint for this server. Follow the instructions in the project README.
Tools
Local servers expose tools only once running on your machine, and the maintainer has not provided a tool list.
Details
From the project READMEDemo
Requirements
- Python 3.11 or higher
- Dependencies as listed in
pyproject.toml, including:- mcp
- mercari
- pydantic
Pre-setup
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Microsoft C++ Build Tools (For Windows) https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/visual-cpp-build-tools/
Setup
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Clone this repository:
git clone https://github.com/msr2903/mercari-jp-mcp.git cd mercari-jp-mcp -
Create and activate a virtual environment and install dependencies:
uv venv source .venv/bin/activate # On Windows: .venv\Scripts\activate uv pip install -e .
Usage
Development Mode
You can test the server with MCP Inspector by running:
uv run server.py
You can also test to input manually the query, exclude keywords, min and max price by running:
uv run check_server.py
This will start the server and allow you to test the available tools.
Integration with Claude for Desktop
To integrate this server with Claude for Desktop:
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Install Claude for Desktop to your local machine.
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Install VS Code to your local machine. Then run the following command to open the
claude_desktop_config.jsonfile:- MacOS:
code ~/Library/Application\ Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json - Windows:
code $env:AppData\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json
- MacOS:
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Edit the Claude for Desktop config file, located at:
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macOS:
{ "mcpServers": { "mercari": { "command": "uv", "args": [ "--directory", "/ABSOLUTE/PATH/TO/PARENT/FOLDER/mercari-jp-mcp", "run", "server.py" ] } } } -
Windows:
{ "mcpServers": { "mercari": { "command": "uv", "args": [ "--directory", "C:\\ABSOLUTE\\PATH\\TO\\PARENT\\FOLDER\\mercari-jp-mcp", "run", "server.py" ] } } } -
Note: You may need to put the full path to the uv executable in the command field. You can get this by running
which uvon MacOS/Linux orwhere uvon Windows.
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Restart Claude for Desktop
Thanks
This work would not have been possible without amazing open source projects, including (but not limited to):
- jlowin/fastmcp (https://github.com/jlowin/fastmcp)
- marvinody/mercari (https://github.com/marvinody/mercari/)
Thank you to the authors of these projects for making them available to the community!
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