Dubai Cost of Living Prices

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by brainy

Dubai cost of living: groceries, schools, fuel, rent, utilities, phone plans, electronics and visas

Model Context Protocol (MCP) Server: ae.brainy/grocery-prices

ae.brainy/grocery-prices is an MCP server that compares Dubai grocery lists, observed prices, delivery rules, and indicative online offers in AED. It focuses on presenting pricing information tied to grocery shopping inputs, along with delivery-related constraints and offer references.

🛠️ Key Features

Compare Dubai grocery lists
Report observed prices
Include delivery rules
Provide indicative online offers
Use AED pricing context

🚀 Use Cases

Compare grocery pricing across different Dubai lists
Check how delivery rules relate to available offers
Review indicative online offers in AED

⚡ Developer Benefits

Standardized MCP access to grocery list comparisons
Consistent AED-based pricing context for programmatic use

⚠️ Limitations

No tool names, counts, or additional capabilities are provided in the available server data.

Captured live from the server via tools/list.

compare_grocery_list

Compare the total cost of a grocery list across Dubai supermarkets. Uses observed catalogue prices and published delivery rules; unknown delivery stays unknown. Product and quantity matches are explicit proposals. A single product is ranked by product price; minimum order is shown without excluding stores.

Parameters2

items	array	required
area	string	optional

Raw schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "items": {
      "type": "array",
      "minItems": 1,
      "maxItems": 40,
      "items": {
        "type": "string",
        "minLength": 1,
        "maxLength": 120
      }
    },
    "area": {
      "type": "string",
      "maxLength": 80
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "items"
  ],
  "additionalProperties": false
}

search_products

Search the observed Dubai grocery catalogue by name, brand or identifier. Returns exact/equivalent matches and dated offers in AED. This does not run a live web search.

Parameters1

query

string

required

Raw schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "query": {
      "type": "string",
      "minLength": 1,
      "maxLength": 120
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "query"
  ],
  "additionalProperties": false
}

get_product

Get a catalogue product, observed store offers and product history where available. Basket-total history is never presented as product history.

Parameters1

product_id

string

required

Raw schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "product_id": {
      "type": "string",
      "minLength": 1,
      "maxLength": 80
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "product_id"
  ],
  "additionalProperties": false
}

find_price_online

Find indicative online prices from Google Shopping UAE. New searches have strict daily limits. If queued, wait retry_after_s before calling again. Delivery is excluded; check product variants, stock and final price at the store.

Parameters1

query

string

required

Raw schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "query": {
      "type": "string",
      "minLength": 1,
      "maxLength": 200
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "query"
  ],
  "additionalProperties": false
}

list_stores

List Dubai stores and their published delivery rules, minimum orders, source URLs and verification dates. Unknown or expired delivery rules are explicitly labelled.

Parameters

No parameters.

Raw schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {},
  "required": [],
  "additionalProperties": false
}

Install

Tools (5)

compare_grocery_listsearch_productsget_productfind_price_onlinelist_stores

Remote endpoint

Streamable HTTP

Hosted server - connect over the network, no local install.

url

https://prices.brainy.ae/mcp

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claude_desktop_config.json

json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "grocery-prices": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "mcp-remote",
        "https://prices.brainy.ae/mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Desktop config is stdio-only; this bridges via mcp-remote. Native remote: Settings > Connectors.

Model Context Protocol (MCP) Server: ae.brainy/grocery-prices

🛠️ Key Features

🚀 Use Cases

⚡ Developer Benefits

⚠️ Limitations

compare_grocery_list

search_products

get_product

find_price_online

list_stores

Install

Remote endpoint

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