# Thesnakefang Buyapi MCP server

Source: https://glimind.com/server/mcp-registry%2Fio.github.thesnakefang%2Fbuyapi-mcp
Registry id: `mcp-registry/io.github.thesnakefang/buyapi-mcp`
Status: live (checked 2026-10-27T04:26:26.699Z)

## Verdict

Thesnakefang Buyapi MCP server answered 99.93% of Glimind's liveness checks over 30 days, better than 33% of MCP servers, with 1035 ms median handshake and 10 outages in 90 days. Its agent-readiness grade is A (93/100) across 7 tools, costing an agent about 2,255 tokens to load. Checked every few minutes; no tool is ever called.

## Measurements (30 days)

| Metric | Value | Better than |
|---|---|---|
| Uptime, 30 days | 99.93% | 33% of MCP servers |
| Median handshake latency | 1035 ms | 17% of MCP servers |
| p95 handshake latency | 3422 ms | — |
| Checks in 30 days | 4,982 | — |
| Outages, 90 days | 10 | — |
| Median recovery | 5 min | — |
| Agent-readiness score | 93/100 (A) | 76% of MCP servers |
| Tools | 7 | — |
| Tool-list size for an agent | ~2,255 tokens | 50% of MCP servers |
| Days observed | 29 | — |

## Install

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "thesnakefang-buyapi-mcp-server": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://buyapi.ai/api/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

Claude Code:

```sh
claude mcp add --transport http thesnakefang-buyapi-mcp-server https://buyapi.ai/api/mcp
```

## Tools (7)

- `stacks.findSimilar`: Finds reviewed public stack examples related to a vendor, or recent curated stack examples. Use this when the user asks who uses a tool, what similar builders u
- `stacks.recommend`: Recommends a complete stack from BuyAPI's corpus with a structured decision matrix, cost estimate, assumptions, unknowns, alternatives, and sources. Use this wh
- `vendors.compare`: Compares two or more already-known BuyAPI vendors for a specific workload or decision. Use this when the candidate set is known, for head-to-head questions like
- `vendors.details`: Follow-up tool for one known vendor. Retrieves detailed pricing, features, limits, gotchas, comparisons, and source provenance. Call vendors.resolve first unles
- `vendors.estimateCost`: Produces directional monthly cost estimates from BuyAPI pricing data and explicit workload inputs. Use this only when the user asks for cost math and provides e
- `vendors.evidence`: Returns recent reviewed BuyAPI evidence rows for a vendor, category, stack, or comparison. Use this when the user asks why BuyAPI believes something, what sourc
- `vendors.resolve`: First stop for category-specific vendor recommendations and vendor ID discovery. Finds BuyAPI vendor IDs for a user question; provide category when known. Use t

Measured by Glimind (https://glimind.com): MCP handshake + tool list only, no tool is ever called. CC BY 4.0.