What can you do with Beacon verified merchant index for AI shopping agents?

Beacon skill

The installable agent skill for Beacon — the neutral, verified-merchant index AI shopping agents query to find merchants they can safely and legally buy from, specializing in regulated/age-gated commerce (alcohol first).

npx skills add primoliquors/beacon-skill

Works across 70+ agents via the skills CLI.

What agents get

Surface	Where
MCP (preferred)	`https://beacon-index.onrender.com/mcp` — registry name `io.github.primoliquors/beacon`
REST fallback	`https://beacon-index.onrender.com/agent/*`
Discovery manifest	`https://beacon-index.onrender.com/.well-known/beacon` (`trust_class=regulated`)

Why Beacon is different

Earned trust only. Paid placement never moves rank — enforced in code and regression-tested, and every ranking response says so (ranking_basis).
Evidence on every fact. Results carry provenance an agent can audit.
Real compliance, not self-declaration. Merchant license attestations come from the State of Florida's daily public records (DBPR/AB&T); age-gate and jurisdiction rules fail safe (illegal ship-to returns zero, not a guess).
No shopper data. Beacon stores no shopper-level identity, ever.

The skill definition lives in SKILL.md.

Install

Add Beacon verified merchant index for AI shopping agents to your client. Pick the one you use.

claude mcp add --transport http beacon-verified-merchant-index-for-ai-sh https://beacon-index.onrender.com/mcp

codex mcp add beacon-verified-merchant-index-for-ai-sh --url https://beacon-index.onrender.com/mcp

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "beacon-verified-merchant-index-for-ai-sh": {
      "url": "https://beacon-index.onrender.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

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

{
  "servers": {
    "beacon-verified-merchant-index-for-ai-sh": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://beacon-index.onrender.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

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

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "beacon-verified-merchant-index-for-ai-sh": {
      "url": "https://beacon-index.onrender.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

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

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "beacon-verified-merchant-index-for-ai-sh": {
      "serverUrl": "https://beacon-index.onrender.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

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

Score

39 / 100

Incomplete

Documentation10/25
Maintenance16/25
Trust6/20
Capability0/15
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 46 days ago
Has a release history
Repository is not archived
No licence detected
Namespace verified in the official MCP registry
Claimed by its owner
Published under an organisation
0 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
0.1.0Latest	Jul 17, 2026