INDIVIDUAL MCP TOOL

get_birthday_freebie

What a US restaurant or retailer gives away for your birthday, whether it is actually free or needs a purchase or prior spend, how to sign up and how far ahead, the validity window, ID requirements, and known gotchas.

thrifle.comnone authenticationAvailability not checked

LIVE ENDPOINT

https://api.thrifle.com/api/mcp

No auth detected

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

Indexed input schema

{}

Risk classification

Potential side effects detected · medium confidence · heuristic, not a guarantee.

A tool name or description suggests a financial action.

Parent server

thrifle.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.thrifle]
url = "https://api.thrifle.com/api/mcp"
enabled = true

Claude Code

.mcp.json

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

Claude Desktop

Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector

Name: thrifle
Remote MCP URL: https://api.thrifle.com/api/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": {
    "thrifle": {
      "url": "https://api.thrifle.com/api/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Visual Studio Code

.vscode/mcp.json

Add to Visual Studio Code

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

Generic MCP

Client-specific MCP configuration

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

MCP Inspector

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

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