# Lowtoxgear Scanner

Look up Australian consumer products by barcode and retrieve ingredient-related flags through an AI agent. Useful when you want to inspect a product without leaving your workflow.

- MCP server · `type=mcp` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Windsurf (Devin Desktop), Cline, Zed, Gemini CLI
- Author: lowtoxgear
- License: MIT · policy=link-only · description only; the file stays with the author
- Source: https://github.com/lowtoxgear/lowtoxgear-mcp
- Updated: 2026-05-19
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/mcp/lowtoxgear-scanner

## What it does

Lowtoxgear Scanner searches Australian product records by EAN, UPC, or JAN barcode. Its catalogue covers more than 21,000 products and 237 source-cited chemical rules; 17 health-condition tags can affect which flags appear.

The MCP server passes requests to the existing scanner backend over JSON-RPC. Its tools cover barcode scans, catalogue statistics, condition-based guide samples, resource lookup, and submitting a product missing from the catalogue. It uses HTTP and needs no API key. A barcode lookup may not return a match if the product is outside the Australian catalogue.

## Requirements
- Remote server: `https://mcp-scan.lowtoxgear.com/mcp`

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

**Platform CLI: remote server**
```bash
claude mcp add --transport http scanner https://mcp-scan.lowtoxgear.com/mcp
```

### Codex

**Platform CLI: remote server**
```bash
codex mcp add lowtoxgear-scanner --url https://mcp-scan.lowtoxgear.com/mcp
```

### Cursor

**Config file**
File `.cursor/mcp.json`:
```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "lowtoxgear-scanner": {
            "url": "https://mcp-scan.lowtoxgear.com/mcp"
        }
    }
}
```

### GitHub Copilot

**Config file**
File `.vscode/mcp.json`:
```json
{
    "servers": {
        "lowtoxgear-scanner": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp-scan.lowtoxgear.com/mcp"
        }
    }
}
```

### Gemini CLI

**Platform CLI: remote server**
```bash
gemini mcp add -t http lowtoxgear-scanner https://mcp-scan.lowtoxgear.com/mcp
```

## When to use it
- look up a product using its barcode
- surface chemical rules relevant to product ingredients
- check flags associated with a health condition
- submit details for a product missing from the catalogue

## Example prompts
- Look up barcode 9300605000018 and explain the product flags.
- Check this barcode against the catalogue and list the relevant chemical rules.
- Show scanner guides related to products for people with eczema.

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