Mote Registry MCP Server

MCP server for the MOTE AI agent registry — discover machine-readable businesses

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What is the Mote Registry MCP server?

MCP server for the MOTE AI agent registry — discover machine-readable businesses. Exposed over MCP by the mote registry mcp server, that capability becomes something an assistant can invoke while it works, not something you go and do afterwards.

What it actually does

Search the MOTE AI agent registry — find businesses that are machine-readable and ready for agent commerce.

Its toolset

Everything the assistant can do here goes through one of these:

  • search_merchants — Search for merchants by keyword, category, and location
  • get_merchant — Get full profile for a specific merchant
  • list_categories — List all business categories with merchant counts

Adding it to your client

tsx on npm is all you need. Most clients run it directly, so configuration is a few lines and a restart.

Configuration

You will need one environment variable: MOTE_API_URL. The server will not start without them, which is usually why the tools fail to appear on a first run. Keep credentials in your client's env block or a secrets manager rather than in a file you might commit.

When to reach for it

Plenty of developer tooling servers cover similar ground. The differences that matter in practice are scope of access and how much setup stands between you and a working tool call. Mote Registry's toolset — search_merchants, get_merchant, list_categories — is a fair guide to whether it matches your workflow. It is maintained by digikelly; worth a glance at recent repository activity before you build anything load-bearing on it.

SyncDev reviews every entry in this directory against the project's own documentation before publishing, and revisits them as servers change.

Caveats

  • It runs with your machine's permissions. That is convenient and also the reason to think about what you point it at before you approve a tool call.
  • Missing credentials fail quietly in some clients — if no tools show up, check the environment block first.
  • MCP clients confirm each tool call by default. Leave that on until you have watched what the mote registry mcp server does with a few real requests.

Available tools

ToolWhat it does
search_merchantsSearch for merchants by keyword, category, and location
get_merchantGet full profile for a specific merchant
list_categoriesList all business categories with merchant counts

How to install the Mote Registry MCP server

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mote-registry": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["tsx", "/path/to/mote/mcp/src/index.ts"]
    }
  }
}

Configuration as documented by the project. Restart the client after saving.

Configuration

VariableDescriptionRequired
MOTE_API_URLEndpoint or connection string the server talks to.Yes

Example prompts to try

  • Use Mote Registry to search merchants.
  • Use Mote Registry to get merchant.
  • Use Mote Registry to list categories.

Frequently asked questions

It connects Mote Registry to MCP-compatible AI assistants such as Claude and Cursor, exposing 3 tools (search_merchants, get_merchant, list_categories) that the assistant can call on your behalf. Instead of copying data back and forth by hand, the assistant works with Mote Registry directly.