What can you do with NameIntel?

NameIntel — MCP Server

Clear to launch. Score brand names across domain, trademark, social, SEO, and AI findability — pay-per-call via x402 micropayments, no signup, no API keys.

NameIntel is a remote Model Context Protocol server that scores brand names across five dimensions and returns a composite 0–100 score with sub-scores and a verdict. The scoring engine is also reachable as a REST API. Every endpoint is priced in USDC and settled over the x402 protocol on Base and Solana — there are no API keys to provision, no accounts to sign up for, and no rate-limit setup.

This repository is the public face of the project: install instructions, registry submissions, docs, and discovery manifests. The hosted service runs at nameintel.io.

Quick install

Claude Code:

claude mcp add --transport http nameintel https://mcp.nameintel.io/mcp

Claude Desktop: Settings → Connectors → Add → paste https://mcp.nameintel.io/mcp.

That's it. There's no API key. The first time you call a tool the request returns HTTP 402 with the price (between $0.01 and $0.05 USDC depending on the tool); sign the payment with a Base or Solana wallet, retry, and it works. The Coinbase x402 facilitator verifies and settles in under a second.

What it scores

Dimension	What you get
Domain	Availability + pricing across .com, .io, .ai, .app, .co, .dev and other TLDs. Premium and auction detection.
Trademark	USPTO conflict screening. Exact matches, similar marks, Nice class analysis, risk level.
Social	Handle availability across 12+ platforms (X, Instagram, TikTok, LinkedIn, YouTube, GitHub, Threads, more).
SEO	Keyword strength, search-friendliness, and competition risk.
GEO	Industry-first. AI findability — how likely the name surfaces correctly in answers from ChatGPT, Perplexity, Claude, and Gemini. Entity collision, semantic distinctiveness, corpus saturation, phonetic clarity.

Tools

Tool	Endpoint	Price
`score_name`	`POST /api/v1/score`	$0.05 USDC
Basic name score (no GEO)	`POST /api/v1/score/basic`	$0.02 USDC
`check_domain`	`POST /api/v1/check/domain`	$0.01 USDC
`check_trademark`	`POST /api/v1/check/trademark`	$0.01 USDC
`check_social`	`POST /api/v1/check/social`	$0.01 USDC
`check_geo`	`POST /api/v1/check/geo`	$0.03 USDC

REST API

If MCP isn't your fit, the same scoring engine is exposed as a REST API at https://api.nameintel.io. The OpenAPI 3.1 spec is served live at /openapi.json and any framework that auto-imports OpenAPI (LangChain, Mastra, Vercel AI SDK) will wire up tool wrappers from it.

# Calling /api/v1/score without payment returns a 402 with the full menu:
curl -X POST https://api.nameintel.io/api/v1/score \
  -H "content-type: application/json" \
  -d '{"name": "Lumina"}'
# → HTTP 402, body is a JSON price menu + payment manifest link

Machine-readable manifests

Every important surface is self-describing. Agents and discovery tools should prefer these over scraping prose.

/.well-known/mcp.json — MCP server URL, tool inventory, prices
/.well-known/x402 — payment manifest (chains, receivers, facilitators)
/openapi.json — OpenAPI 3.1 spec for the REST API
/changelog.json — version + breaking-change tracking
/health — liveness plus full capability inventory
llms.txt — LLM-readable summary with embedded YAML manifest

Why this exists

When an AI agent helps a founder start a company, the first thing it needs is a clear-to-launch brand name. Today there is no agent-native tool for this — every existing naming tool requires a human in the loop, an API key, or a subscription. NameIntel is the tool that agent calls: one endpoint, USDC settlement, no friction.

The pricing also makes new use cases viable. A $0.01 trademark check or $0.05 brand-name score can't profitably exist on card rails — Stripe's smallest economically-viable transaction is around $0.50 net of fees. USDC on Base settles those amounts with sub-cent fees and sub-second finality, which is the difference between a market that exists and one that does not.

Repository contents

Path	What it is
`registry-submissions/`	Drafted submission packs for MCP / x402 / agent-discovery registries (MCP.so, MACH Alliance, Azure API Center, x402.org, awesome-mcp-servers, Kong, MCP Compass, AAIF). Exact text + submission paths.
`docs/`	Public-facing strategy and design docs — including agent-discovery-strategy.md, the rationale for the discovery surface this service ships.
`LICENSE`	MIT.

Status

	Status
Service	✅ Live at api.nameintel.io and mcp.nameintel.io
x402 mode	`bypass` (free during ecosystem launch). Will flip to `enforce` after live-payload verification.
Phase	1 — MCP + API. Phase 2 (Stripe web app for human users) lands later.

Built with

Built by Silverback CTO and CogleGroup using the Velocity Process methodology.

AWS App Runner + CloudFront + Route 53
TypeScript + Express + the MCP TypeScript SDK
Claude (via AWS Bedrock) for the GEO score
USPTO TSDR API for trademark screening
Coinbase x402 facilitator for payment verification

Contact

Issues / suggestions: open an issue on this repo
Commercial / agency: todd@silverbackcto.com
Twitter/X: @toddamerrill

License

MIT

Install

Add NameIntel to your client. Pick the one you use.

claude mcp add --transport http nameintel https://mcp.nameintel.io/mcp

codex mcp add nameintel --url https://mcp.nameintel.io/mcp

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "nameintel": {
      "url": "https://mcp.nameintel.io/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Add to `~/.cursor/mcp.json`, or `.cursor/mcp.json` for a single project.

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

Add to `.vscode/mcp.json` in your workspace.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "nameintel": {
      "url": "https://mcp.nameintel.io/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Add to `claude_desktop_config.json`, then restart Claude Desktop.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "nameintel": {
      "serverUrl": "https://mcp.nameintel.io/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Add to `~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.json`.

5 tools

NameIntel exposes 5 tools to a connected agent.

score_name: `POST /api/v1/score`
check_domain: `POST /api/v1/check/domain`
check_trademark: `POST /api/v1/check/trademark`
check_social: `POST /api/v1/check/social`
check_geo: `POST /api/v1/check/geo`

Score

64 / 100

Good

Documentation20/25
Maintenance13/25
Trust13/20
Capability6/15
Install experience12/15

Documents what it does and how to connect
Has a resolvable package or endpoint
Exposes at least one tool, prompt or resource
README has substantive content
Includes a code example
Documents its configuration
Mentions credentials or security posture
Last commit 106 days ago
Has a release history
Repository is not archived
Licensed MIT
Namespace verified in the official MCP registry
Claimed by its owner
Published under an organisation
5 tool(s) documented
Provides prompt templates
Provides resources
6 documented install method(s)
Published to a package registry
Offers a hosted endpoint — no local install

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Version history

Versions	Published
1.0.0Latest	May 17, 2026