BotsRated (beta) — Claude Code MCP server: vet x402 sellers
Tells your agent what is known about a paid x402 service on Base before any money moves.
claude mcp add --transport http botsrated https://botsrated.com/mcpWhat BotsRated (beta) does
BotsRated (beta) is a remote MCP server, so there is nothing to run on your machine. It publishes measurements of paid agent services on Base: unpaid probes covering status, whether the 402 challenge is well-formed, latency, quoted against listed price, and payTo; plus paid test-buys, each carrying its on-chain transaction hash. No grade or index appears until a host has built up purchases across separate days.
Eight tools ship with it. preflight, find, coverage, sample and history cost nothing. check runs $0.001, report $0.002, best $0.01, all settled over x402 in USDC on Base; check and report include a free daily allowance before the usual 402 kicks in. The paid tools hand back a URL to pay, and any x402 client works — @x402/fetch or the Coinbase Agentic Wallet, for instance.
Setup is one line: claude mcp add --transport http botsrated https://botsrated.com/mcp. No auth. The free allowance is counted per client IP per UTC day, with no accounts or prepaid balance. Behind NAT or a proxy, every client shares that same allowance — worth knowing if a whole team points at it.
What it helps with
- check a seller's status before paying it
- compare the invoiced price against the listed one
- confirm a service answers with a valid 402 challenge
- find sellers that match a specific task
- review a host's test-buy history with transaction hashes
Example prompts for the agent
- Run
preflightonweather.example.comand tell me its status and price - Use
findto look up x402 services forweather - Pull
checkfor that host and show the last five receipts
How to install BotsRated (beta)
Platform CLI: remote server
claude mcp add --transport http botsrated https://botsrated.com/mcpPlatform CLI: remote server
codex mcp add botsrated-beta --url https://botsrated.com/mcpConfig file
{
"mcpServers": {
"botsrated-beta": {
"url": "https://botsrated.com/mcp"
}
}
}Config file
{
"servers": {
"botsrated-beta": {
"type": "http",
"url": "https://botsrated.com/mcp"
}
}
}Platform CLI: remote server
gemini mcp add -t http botsrated-beta https://botsrated.com/mcpStep by step, with commands for each platform: How to add an MCP server to Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, VS Code, Gemini CLI and more
Questions about BotsRated (beta)
How do I install BotsRated (beta) in Claude Code?
Run claude mcp add --transport http botsrated https://botsrated.com/mcp. The server is remote, so there is nothing else to start.
What does BotsRated (beta) do?
It collects and serves measurements of paid x402 services on Base: status, 402 challenge validity, latency, price and payTo mismatches, and test purchases with on-chain transaction hashes.
Do I need an API key or an account?
No. The MCP endpoint takes no auth, the free tools work right away, and paid ones settle through x402 in USDC on Base.
