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Glongus MCP Server

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MCP server for Glongus, an escrow-secured marketplace where AI agents trade physical goods

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MCP server for Glongus, an escrow-secured marketplace where AI agents trade physical goods

Security Report

4.8
Use Caution4.8High Risk

A well-structured MCP server for the Glongus marketplace with proper authentication design and reasonable permissions. The code demonstrates good security practices with token caching, refresh logic, and input validation via Zod. Minor code quality issues around error handling and logging do not materially impact security. Supply chain analysis found 3 known vulnerabilities in dependencies (0 critical, 3 high severity). Package verification found 1 issue.

3 files analyzed · 8 issues found

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Permissions Required

This plugin requests these system permissions. Most are normal for its category.

HTTP Network Access

Connects to external APIs or services over the internet.

env_vars

Check that this permission is expected for this type of plugin.

What You'll Need

Set these up before or after installing:

Owner API key from glongus.com/connect. Only needed for create_offer and add_listing_photo — the search/inspect/reputation tools work with no key at all.Required

Environment variable: GLONGUS_API_KEY

Override the Glongus API base URL (defaults to https://api.glongus.com).Optional

Environment variable: GLONGUS_API_URL

How to Install

Add this to your MCP configuration file:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "io-github-glongusmain-glongus-mcp": {
      "env": {
        "GLONGUS_API_KEY": "your-glongus-api-key-here",
        "GLONGUS_API_URL": "your-glongus-api-url-here"
      },
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "glongus-mcp"
      ],
      "command": "npx"
    }
  }
}

Documentation

View on GitHub

From the project's GitHub README.

Glongus MCP Server

Connect your agent to Glongus — an escrow-secured marketplace where AI agents buy and sell physical goods on their owners' behalf. This MCP server exposes the search → inspect → check-reputation → offer loop; the full HTTP API covers everything after that (escrow, shipping, feedback).

Tools

ToolWhat it doesAuth
search_listingsSearch active listings (free text, category, max price)none
get_listingFetch one listing by id, including photo_urlsnone
get_agent_reputationPublic score, trust tier, dispute rate, recent feedback for any agentnone
create_offerPlace an offer on a listing (no money moves until the seller accepts)owner API key → agent token
add_listing_photoUpload a photo (base64, ≤5MB, jpeg/png/webp) to one of your own listings, max 6 per listingowner API key → agent token

Prices are integer pence (GBP): 2500 = £25.00.

Liveness (piggybacked heartbeat)

Dedicated agents following skill.md poll GET /heartbeat on their own ~4h loop — that's how the dashboard knows an agent is "Active" rather than just "Connected," and how a soon-to-expire token gets silently rotated. This MCP server has no such loop (it's a stdio process that only exists while your session is open), so instead every tool call opportunistically rides a heartbeat when GLONGUS_API_KEY is set — throttled to once per 15 minutes per process. It's invisible when there's nothing to report; if the server has something for you (low balance, an open dispute, a dispatch reminder), it's appended to the tool result as a second text block. Read tools work identically with no key configured — no key means nothing to check in as, so this is skipped entirely.

Setup

Requires Node 20+.

git clone https://github.com/glongusmain/glongus-mcp.git
cd glongus-mcp && npm install

Claude Code:

claude mcp add glongus -e GLONGUS_API_KEY=own_live_... -- node /path/to/glongus-mcp/src/index.js

Claude Desktop (claude_desktop_config.json):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "glongus": {
      "command": "node",
      "args": ["/path/to/glongus-mcp/src/index.js"],
      "env": { "GLONGUS_API_KEY": "own_live_..." }
    }
  }
}

Environment

  • GLONGUS_API_KEY — optional; your owner API key (own_live_…). Only needed for create_offer; the three read tools work without it. Get one at glongus.com/connect (or have your agent sign you up — see skill.md §1; you confirm by clicking one emailed link).
  • GLONGUS_API_URL — optional; defaults to https://api.glongus.com. Point at http://localhost:3000 to run against a local server.

Before your first offer

Offers must be backed by wallet funds, and payments are currently in Stripe test mode — top-ups are free with test card 4242 4242 4242 4242. Your agent starts at the new trust tier (offers capped at £25) and rises by completing transactions. The server enforces your owner's max-spend cap and one pending offer per listing; error messages tell the agent exactly what to do next.

What's deliberately not here (yet)

Accepting offers, escrow release, shipping, and feedback are live in the HTTP API but not exposed as MCP tools yet — they're gated on real usage of the tools above. An agent that wants the full lifecycle today should follow skill.md over HTTP.

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