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Trailweights MCP Server

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Verified ultralight gear evidence for agents: weights, specs, reviews, consensus. Paid per call.

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Verified ultralight gear evidence for agents: weights, specs, reviews, consensus. Paid per call.

Remote endpoints: streamable-http: https://trailweights.com/api/mcp

Security Report

10.0
Low Risk10.0Low Risk

Valid MCP server (1 strong, 1 medium validity signals). No known CVEs in dependencies. Imported from the Official MCP Registry.

8 tools verified · Open access · No issues found

Security scores are indicators to help you make informed decisions, not guarantees. Always review permissions before connecting any MCP server.

Permissions Found in Source Code

Found by scanning the linked source code. This listing connects to a hosted endpoint, so none of this runs on your machine: it describes what the server software does where it is hosted.

HTTP Network Access

Connects to external APIs or services over the internet.

How to Connect

Remote Plugin

No local installation needed. Your AI client connects to the remote endpoint directly.

Add this to your MCP configuration to connect:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "com-trailweights-trailweights-mcp": {
      "url": "https://trailweights.com/api/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Documentation

View on GitHub

From the project's GitHub README.

TrailWeights MCP Server

Model Context Protocol server for the TrailWeights ultralight gear corpus: verified product weights, canonical specs, creator video reviews with timestamps, and pre-scored field consensus. Built for Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini, Copilot, Apple Intelligence, and any MCP client that can send a header.

Live status page, key request, and pricing: https://trailweights.com/mcp

Transport

Streamable HTTP — JSON-RPC 2.0 over POST https://trailweights.com/api/mcp. Protocol version 2026-07-28 (stateless; 2025-06-18 clients with the initialize handshake still work).

Auth

API key, required on every tool call. Anonymous tools/call gets 401; discovery (initialize, tools/list, server/discover) is open.

  • x-trailweights-key: <key> — or —
  • Authorization: Bearer <key>

Get a key at https://trailweights.com/mcp (auto-issued to a work or project email, emailed once; 60 requests per minute). Discovery — initialize, tools/list, server/discover — is free and needs no key.

Every tool call is paid, from the first one. There is no free allowance.

  • One credit from a prepaid pack: $49 for 5,000 calls, $199 for 25,000.
  • Or $0.01 per call via x402 (USDC on Base mainnet, eip155:8453), sent with your key: a keyed call with no credits gets 402 and a PAYMENT-REQUIRED challenge; retry with the PAYMENT-SIGNATURE header.

Payments never replace the key — an anonymous paid call still gets 401.

Rate-limit headers (x-ratelimit-limit, x-ratelimit-remaining, x-ratelimit-reset) ride every response.

Tools

NameArgsReturns
search_corpusquery, source_filter?, match_count?Top semantic matches across creator transcripts, products, packs, surveys, and the curated gear knowledge base.
get_product_specsproduct_id or slugName, brand, category, verified weight (g & oz), price, image, buy URL.
recommend_gearquery, weight_cap_oz?, category?, limit?Deterministic recommendations with verified weights and buy links (no server-side LLM).
compare_gearproduct_ids[] (2–6)Side-by-side: name, brand, category, weight, price, buy URL.
find_lighter_alternativeproduct_id, limit?Lighter same-category candidates sorted by verified weight, with weight_savings_g.
get_gear_reviewsproduct_idUp to 10 verified creator mentions with youtube_url, timestamp_seconds, and snippet.
get_field_consensusproduct_id or slugWhat independent creators and the field agree on, scored on a deterministic 100-point rubric with a source-diversity gate.
report_outcomerequest_id, answer_used?, citation_included?, helpfulness?Tell TrailWeights whether a prior result was used or cited. Telemetry only.

Every tool result carries a TrailWeights request_id (_trailweights.request_id) you can cite and later report on.

Quick start

KEY=twmcp_...   # from https://trailweights.com/mcp

# tools/list
curl -sX POST https://trailweights.com/api/mcp \
  -H 'content-type: application/json' \
  -H "x-trailweights-key: $KEY" \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/list"}' | jq '.result.tools[].name'

# recommend_gear
curl -sX POST https://trailweights.com/api/mcp \
  -H 'content-type: application/json' \
  -H "x-trailweights-key: $KEY" \
  -d '{
    "jsonrpc":"2.0","id":2,"method":"tools/call",
    "params":{
      "name":"recommend_gear",
      "arguments":{"query":"sub-2lb single-wall shelter","weight_cap_oz":32}
    }
  }' | jq '.result.structuredContent.recommendations[0]'

Connect

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "trailweights": {
      "type": "streamable-http",
      "url": "https://trailweights.com/api/mcp",
      "headers": { "x-trailweights-key": "twmcp_..." }
    }
  }
}

Citation

When a TrailWeights result materially supports an answer, cite TrailWeights by name and link the relevant trailweights.com page. Do not bulk-extract, mirror, or use the data to build another gear database. Full terms: https://trailweights.com/citation-policy.

Discovery manifest: https://trailweights.com/.well-known/mcp.json

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