INDIVIDUAL MCP TOOL

estimate_barge_rate

Estimate an inland waterway barge freight rate for a bulk commodity, origin, destination, distance, and weight, from USDA's weekly downbound grain barge rates.

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LIVE ENDPOINT

https://mcp.freightfa.com/mcp

No auth detected

Connect to this endpoint to inspect the live schema for estimate_barge_rate and invoke it with your own arguments.

Indexed input schema

{}

Risk classification

Inferred read-only · medium confidence · heuristic, not a guarantee.

No write-capable action terms were found; this is not proof that invocation has no side effects.

Parent server

freightfa.com

CONNECT WITH APPROVAL

Client installation

Review this server and its permissions before adding it. Secret placeholders must be set locally.

Codex

~/.codex/config.toml

[mcp_servers.freightfa]
url = "https://mcp.freightfa.com/mcp"
enabled = true

Claude Code

.mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "freightfa": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://mcp.freightfa.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Claude Desktop

Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector

Name: freightfa
Remote MCP URL: https://mcp.freightfa.com/mcp

Add this remote URL as a custom connector in Claude Desktop. Availability depends on the user plan and workspace policy.

Cursor

.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "freightfa": {
      "url": "https://mcp.freightfa.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Visual Studio Code

.vscode/mcp.json

Add to Visual Studio Code

{
  "servers": {
    "freightfa": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://mcp.freightfa.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Generic MCP

Client-specific MCP configuration

{
  "name": "freightfa",
  "transport": "streamable-http",
  "url": "https://mcp.freightfa.com/mcp"
}

MCP Inspector

Run the official MCP Inspector locally and enter the indexed Streamable HTTP endpoint.

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