thrifle

Tools

24 tools: 24 read-only, 0 change data, 0 high risk (delete, pay, send or run code).

No tool name points to moving money or changing orders.

read-only

Only reads or looks things up. Safe for an agent to call on its own.

changes data

Creates, edits or sends something. Worth a person's approval the first time.

high risk

Can delete, pay, send on your behalf or run code. Hard or impossible to undo.

Connecting costs an agent about 5,404 tokens of tool definitions and a 1,046 ms handshake.

• read-onlyget_return_policyVerified return policy for a US retailer: return window, free returns, restocking fee, holiday extension, non-returnable items, an A+–D− grade, how it compares with its category, and the retailer's own policy URL. Optionally pass what the shopper bought to surface a product-specific exception (e....
• read-onlycompare_return_policiesSide-by-side comparison of two US retailers' return policies with grades, per-axis winners (window, free returns, restocking fee, holiday extension) and an overall winner. Use for 'is it easier to return to X or Y' questions.
• read-onlysearch_return_policiesFind retailers in Thrifle's return-policy database by name fragment and/or category (e.g. 'Fashion', 'Electronics', 'Home'). Returns slim rows with the return window and a link. With no arguments it returns the category list and total count. Use it when get_return_policy says a retailer was not f...
• read-onlyget_price_match_policyWhether a US retailer matches competitors' prices (which competitors, proof required, exclusions, how to claim) and whether it offers a post-purchase price adjustment (window in days). Call for 'does X price match' or 'will X refund the difference if the price drops' questions.
• read-onlywho_will_price_matchReverse lookup: the US retailers whose price-match policy explicitly names the given store as an accepted competitor. Optionally filter by the product category being bought so only stores that plausibly stock it are listed. Use for 'who will match Amazon's price on this' questions.
• read-onlyget_merchant_discountsVerified military (active duty, veterans, reserve) and student discount programmes for a US retailer: value, eligibility, verification method (e.g. ID.me, SheerID), online vs in-store, stackability, exclusions, whether it is running right now, and the source URL. Call for 'does X have a military/...
• read-onlysearch_discountsBrowse Thrifle's discount database: filter by programme type (military, student, or both), retail category, and/or a name fragment. Returns slim rows with the discount value and a link per retailer.
• read-onlyget_cancellation_guideStep-by-step guide to cancelling a US subscription or membership: available channels (online, app, phone, in person), notice period, fees, refund after cancelling, retention tactics to expect, and an ease-of-cancellation grade. Coverage is still small; the response lists what is available when th...
• read-onlyget_birthday_freebieWhat 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. Call for 'what does X give you on your birthday' questions.
• read-onlysearch_birthday_freebiesBrowse verified birthday offers from US brands. Filters: actually_free (no purchase and no prior spend required), kids (child-eligible), no_signup, category (e.g. 'Restaurant', 'Beauty'), name fragment. Returns slim rows; use get_birthday_freebie for the full terms of one brand.
• read-onlysearch_dealsSearch Thrifle's curated US deals by product, brand or keyword. Returns live deals with price, list price, discount %, merchant, coupon code when there is one, the thrifle.com deal page, and a buy link. Expired deals are excluded unless include_expired is set. Use for 'is there a deal on X' or 'b...
• read-onlyget_dealEverything Thrifle knows about one deal, by its thrifle.com URL or slug: price and list price, merchant, coupon, why it's great, the editorial verdict, the price-history verdict for Amazon items, FAQ, and the buy link. Use after search_deals when the shopper wants detail on one item.
• read-onlyget_deal_of_the_dayThrifle's editor-picked deal of the day with price, merchant and buy link. Cheap to call; returns found:false when none is set.
• read-onlyget_store_dealsA retailer's store page on Thrifle: how many live deals it has, the most recent ones with prices and buy links, and its military/student discount summary when known. Use for 'what deals does Costco have right now' questions.
• read-onlypredict_amazon_priceRetired in September 2026. Thrifle no longer provides price information for Amazon products; this tool always returns found:false with retired:true. Kept only so existing integrations do not break.
• read-onlysearch_blogFind Thrifle articles by keyword: original data studies (e.g. what actually dropped on Black Friday, Prime Day fact-checks), buying guides, and the Money section's credit and BNPL explainers. Returns title, one-line summary, date, author and URL. Use get_blog_post to read one.
• read-onlyget_blog_postThe full text of one Thrifle article by URL or slug (HTML stripped, long posts truncated at ~20,000 characters), plus its FAQ, author, date and URL for citation.
• read-onlysearch_credit_cardsBrowse Thrifle's US credit-card database (store and co-branded cards first): filter by issuer, retailer, store cards only, or cards that use deferred-interest promotional financing. Rows carry purchase APR range, annual fee, financing type, data confidence and the verification date. Numbers come ...
• read-onlyget_credit_cardFull record for one card by its card_key (from search_credit_cards): APR tiers, intro and penalty APRs, fees, promotional financing terms with the issuer's own fine-print quote, rewards, perks, welcome offer, and provenance (pricing-terms URL, verification date, confidence). Store cards link to t...
• read-onlyget_store_credit_cardsThe store and co-branded credit cards a US retailer offers, with APR, annual fee, whether promotional financing is deferred interest, and links to each card's full terms, the retailer's store-card page and its return policy. Call for 'is the X store card worth it' or 'does X card have deferred in...
• read-onlyget_money_monitorCurrent US macro numbers from Thrifle's Money Monitor: GDP growth, personal saving rate, average credit-card APR, revolving and total consumer credit, the federal debt, and mortgage / fed funds / 10-year Treasury rates, each with the previous reading and year-ago value. Sourced from FRED and the ...
• read-onlyget_price_pulseLatest US Consumer Price Index by spending category (headline, food, energy, shelter, apparel, etc.) with month-over-month and year-over-year change, plus average gas prices by grade with week-ago and year-ago comparisons. Sourced from BLS and EIA.
• read-onlycheck_product_recallsMatches a product name (and optional brand) against recent U.S. CPSC recalls using a strict matcher tuned for zero false positives. Returns matching recalls with hazard and remedy, or an empty list. Useful before recommending a product.
• read-onlyabout_thrifleWhat Thrifle is, what each database covers and how big it is, how to cite it, and which tool answers which kind of question.

Levels are automated estimates from each tool's public name, description and annotations, and can be wrong. Descriptions as the server publishes them.

Status

Newest check: answered with tools, from the daily check, 2026-10-05, 1,046 ms.

From one check a day over the last 1 day. Servers whose owner verified them are checked every 5 minutes. Sign-in and payment answers count as up.

Last 30 days

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Live: status, days reachable, the tokens its tool list costs an agent. For a README:

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Other styles: add ?style=uptime (30-day uptime), ?style=stars (agents’ rating) or ?style=verified (owner mark) to the image address, or ?style=top (shows "top 10%" when the server ranks in the top tenth of its category by days answering; otherwise the standard badge).

Is this badge genuine? Anyone can check what a genuine badge for this server says right now: /7maps/verify/badge?server=api.thrifle.com%2Fapi%2Fmcp (add the same &style= for another style).

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Status widget

A live status card for a status page, docs or a dashboard: current status, the 30-day strip, uptime and handshake time.

Script (renders where it is placed, in its own shadow DOM):

<script src="https://7it.co.il/7maps/widget/api.thrifle.com/api/mcp.js" async></script>

Or an iframe:

<iframe src="https://7it.co.il/7maps/widget/api.thrifle.com/api/mcp" title="7Maps status" width="360" height="176" style="border:0;max-width:100%" loading="lazy"></iframe>

The widget is drawn only from 7it.co.il. Is a status shown elsewhere genuine? Check it: /7maps/verify/badge?server=api.thrifle.com%2Fapi%2Fmcp.

Add ?theme=light or ?theme=dark to either address (default: follows the visitor's setting). Refreshed every 5 minutes. Open the card · script.

For AI agents

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