Secondhand MCP Server

MCP server for searching secondhand marketplaces — Facebook Marketplace, eBay, and Depop. Search listings, filter by price/category/condition, and

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What is the Secondhand MCP MCP server?

Secondhand MCP MCP server is a hosted integration for AI assistants that speak the Model Context Protocol. MCP server for searching secondhand marketplaces — Facebook Marketplace, eBay, and Depop. Search listings, filter by price/category/condition, and get full details with photos.

What you get

A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that lets AI assistants search secondhand marketplaces. Search Facebook Marketplace, eBay, Depop, and Poshmark for used and secondhand items — filter by price, category, condition, size, and color, then get full listing details with photos, descriptions, and seller info.

What the assistant can call

Once Secondhand MCP is connected, these are the calls the assistant has available:

  • search_marketplace — The search_marketplace tool exposed by this server
  • get_listing_details — Get full details for a specific listing using an ID from search results
  • list_marketplaces — The list_marketplaces tool exposed by this server

Setting it up

Being a remote server, there is no local install. You register the endpoint with your client, authorise it once, and the tools appear.

Configuration and credentials

You will need 4 environment variables: EBAY_CLIENT_ID, EBAY_CLIENT_SECRET, EBAY_MARKETPLACE_ID, MARKETPLACES. 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.

Choosing this one

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. Secondhand MCP's toolset — search_marketplace, get_listing_details, list_marketplaces — is a fair guide to whether it matches your workflow. It is maintained by jlsookiki; worth a glance at recent repository activity before you build anything load-bearing on it.

We check each listing at SyncDev against the project's documentation before it goes live — if something here drifts out of date, it is a bug worth reporting.

Before you rely on it

  • Your data travels to the provider's service, so the usual questions apply about what you send and what they retain.
  • 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 secondhand mcp mcp server does with a few real requests.

Available tools

ToolWhat it does
search_marketplaceThe search_marketplace tool exposed by this server.
get_listing_detailsGet full details for a specific listing using an ID from search results.
list_marketplacesThe list_marketplaces tool exposed by this server.

How to install the Secondhand MCP MCP server

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "secondhand": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "secondhand-mcp"],
      "env": {
        "EBAY_CLIENT_ID": "your-ebay-client-id",
        "EBAY_CLIENT_SECRET": "your-ebay-client-secret",
        "EBAY_MARKETPLACE_ID": "EBAY_US"
      }
    }
  }
}

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

Configuration

VariableDescriptionRequired
EBAY_CLIENT_IDConfiguration value read at startup.Optional
EBAY_CLIENT_SECRETCredential the server authenticates with.Yes
EBAY_MARKETPLACE_IDConfiguration value read at startup.Optional
MARKETPLACESConfiguration value read at startup.Optional

Example prompts to try

  • Use Secondhand MCP to search marketplace.
  • Use Secondhand MCP to get listing details.
  • Use Secondhand MCP to list marketplaces.

Frequently asked questions

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