# BuyWise > Know what you're buying: brand, white-label, price, fake-discount, review and seller checks - name: fyi.buywise/buywise - version: 1.1.1 - connection class: R0 (autonomous) - trust: 81/100 flags: no-repository - quality: 100/100 (strong) - owner: not claimed - descriptor: https://api.protogrid.dev/v1/servers/fyi.buywise%2Fbuywise - tools: https://api.protogrid.dev/v1/servers/fyi.buywise%2Fbuywise/tools **An agent can connect right now, no human step.** Remote endpoint, no authentication, reachable on the last probe. ## Connection (mcpServers) ```json { "mcpServers": { "buywise": { "type": "http", "url": "https://api.buywise.fyi/mcp", "headers": { "Authorization": "Bearer ${BUYWISE_TOKEN}" } } } } ``` Placeholders to fill: `${BUYWISE_TOKEN}`. ## Trust - hygiene: 80 - liveness: 95 - freshness: 100 - provenance: 55 - drivers: +dns-namespace +website +reachable +uptime-87% +updated-6d-ago -no-repository - Derived from observable signals (official registry feed and our own credential-free probes); no code audit performed. ## Quality 100/100 (strong) ### protocol: 100 (weight 25) - pass `protocol.modern`: supports 2026-07-28 (server/discover) - pass `protocol.stateless`: answers without a session - pass `protocol.transport`: streamable HTTP - pass `protocol.list_ttl`: tool list is cacheable (ttlMs 3600000) ### authorization: n/a (weight 15) - n/a `auth.prm`, `auth.as_metadata`, `auth.cimd`: no remote uses OAuth - n/a `auth.secret_in_url`: no templated URL ### tool hygiene: 100 (weight 30) - pass `tools.descriptions`: every tool has a description - pass `tools.description_length`: descriptions are concise - pass `tools.schemas`: every tool has an object input schema - pass `tools.annotations`: 4 of 4 tools declare readOnlyHint or destructiveHint - pass `tools.directory_hints`: every tool declares readOnlyHint, destructiveHint, idempotentHint and openWorldHint - pass `tools.token_cost`: about 1,692 tokens to load every tool - pass `tools.api_dump`: tools are not a one-to-one API dump ### stability: 100 (weight 15) - pass `stability.changes`: 5 tool changes in 30 days - pass `stability.rug_pull`: no tool changed its meaning under the same name ### dependencies: n/a (weight 15) - n/a `deps.known_vulns`, `deps.mcp_sdk_version`, `deps.resolvable`: no npm or PyPI package - tools: 4, about 1,692 tokens to load them all - tool set hash: 20cd44a7c5b8be208bf88ca2847d6e1c - tools last changed: 2026-10-07T18:51:15.011Z - badge: [![protogrid quality](https://protogrid.dev/badge/fyi.buywise/buywise.svg)](https://protogrid.dev/servers/fyi.buywise/buywise) - Checks run on what our credential-free, read-only probes observe; tools are never called and no code audit is performed. ### Tool changes - 2026-10-07 `get_pro` changed (outputSchema) - 2026-10-05 `get_pro` added - Returns a checkout link where the user can buy BuyWise Pro ($2.99/month plus any applicable tax, 3,000 checks a month, renewing monthly until cancelled), with the renewal terms and what happens after paying. It never charges anything: payment happens only if the user completes the checkout page. - 2026-10-05 `check_products` changed (inputSchema, outputSchema) - 2026-10-05 `check_product` changed (inputSchema, outputSchema) - 2026-10-05 `check_brands` changed (description, outputSchema) - before: Use this when the user asks whether a brand is reputable or what kind of brand it is (an established name, a store's own label, an independent maker, or a generic white-label name), or wants brands compared while shopping. Returns for each brand what BuyWise's vetted-brand registry lists (categories, retailers it is confirmed at, warranty and returns, official site; not being listed is neutral) plus findings on brand kind, reputation and usual price tier, each with a confidence. Signals only, never a buy or avoid verdict. Does not browse the web and is not for banking, health or email pages. Pass brand names as the user or the listing gave them, up to 50 per call. - after: Use this when the user asks whether a brand is reputable or what kind of brand it is (an established name, a store's own label, an independent maker, or a generic white-label name), or wants brands compared while shopping. Returns findings on each brand: what kind of brand it is, its reputation for quality and its usual price tier, each with a confidence. Signals only, never a buy or avoid verdict. Does not browse the web and is not for banking, health or email pages. Pass brand names as the user or the listing gave them, up to 50 per call. Full history: https://api.protogrid.dev/v1/servers/fyi.buywise%2Fbuywise/changes ## Remotes - https://api.buywise.fyi/mcp (streamable-http, auth none, reachable true, uptime30d 0.8695652) ## Packages _none_ ## Tools (4) - `check_brands`: Use this when the user asks whether a brand is reputable or what kind of brand it is (an established name, a store's own label, an independent maker, or a generic white-label name), or wants brands compared while shopping. Returns findings on each brand: what kind of brand it is, its reputation for quality and its usual price tier, each with a confidence. Signals only, never a buy or avoid verdict. Does not browse the web and is not for banking, health or email pages. Pass brand names as the user or the listing gave them, up to 50 per call. - `check_product`: Use this when the user is looking at a specific product listing on an online store and wants to know whether it looks trustworthy or like a good buy. Pass what you already read from the listing as arguments: title (required) and, when shown, brand, price, listPrice (the seller's "was" price), currency, url, seller, category, rating, reviewCount and key details; each extra field sharpens the read. Returns findings such as generic white-label product, quality, price, questionable discount, review credibility and seller legitimacy, each with a confidence, plus a report on the brand unless includeBrand is false. Signals only, never a buy or avoid verdict. Does not browse: only the domain of url is used. Not for banking, health, government or email pages. - `check_products`: Use this when the user is comparing several product listings, such as search results or the same item at different stores, and wants trust signals on each. Pass up to 20 products, each with what you already read from its listing: title (required) and, when shown, brand, price, listPrice, currency, url, seller, category, rating, reviewCount, details, plus your own id to match results. Returns, in input order, the same findings as check_product for each; a product that can't be checked carries an error and message instead. Signals only, never a buy or avoid verdict. Does not browse the web. Not for banking, health, government or email pages. - `get_pro`: Returns a checkout link where the user can buy BuyWise Pro ($2.99/month plus any applicable tax, 3,000 checks a month, renewing monthly until cancelled), with the renewal terms and what happens after paying. It never charges anything: payment happens only if the user completes the checkout page.