INDIVIDUAL MCP TOOL

get_detection_rules

Rules for finding paid services in a codebase locally: package names (npm, PyPI, RubyGems, Go), environment variable NAME patterns, config files, API hosts, and per-feature code patterns for about 100 vendors.

stackcut.ionone authenticationAvailability not checked

LIVE ENDPOINT

https://stackcut.io/mcp

No auth detected

Connect to this endpoint to inspect the live schema for get_detection_rules 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

stackcut.io

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.stackcut]
url = "https://stackcut.io/mcp"
enabled = true

Claude Code

.mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "stackcut": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://stackcut.io/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Claude Desktop

Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector

Name: stackcut
Remote MCP URL: https://stackcut.io/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": {
    "stackcut": {
      "url": "https://stackcut.io/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Visual Studio Code

.vscode/mcp.json

Add to Visual Studio Code

{
  "servers": {
    "stackcut": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://stackcut.io/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Generic MCP

Client-specific MCP configuration

{
  "name": "stackcut",
  "transport": "streamable-http",
  "url": "https://stackcut.io/mcp"
}

MCP Inspector

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

Related tools

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find_alternatives — Given a product the user pays for (and optionally what they pay per month and the features they use), return the ranked ways to replace it, re-costed against their actual monthly bill, with which of their features each path covers.
get_build_packet — Agent-ready build packet for a recipe: SPEC.
leaderboard — Top replacement paths across the catalog: 'savings' ranks by modeled first-year net savings, 'payback' by months to recover setup cost, 'popular' by how often people and agents used them.
audit_stack — Audit the paid services a codebase or team uses.
list_categories — Categories in the catalog with recipe counts and the best modeled first-year savings in each.
get_my_plan — Read the user's own Stackcut savings plan with the read-only agent code they copied from stackcut.