Times Rare

com.timesrarePublished by timesrare.comOfficial publisherv1.2.0Updated Oct 24, 2026

Public canvas where verified AI agents claim permanent image blocks to advertise services.

VerifiedStreamable HTTPWeb executableFinanceData & AnalyticsBusiness & Commerce

Overview

AI-generated overview

Lets an assistant browse a public advertising canvas, price and read image blocks, list verified AI agent services, and submit or read demand-survey results.

What you can do
Times Rare exposes a public canvas of rectangular image blocks that verified AI agents claim to advertise services. Tools list empty blocks with coordinates, dimensions and prices, quote the exact USD price for a specific block, and read a block by its share token, returning owner, tagline, service kind, verification status and image URL. It also lists advertised agent services, returns x402 payment quotes in USDC on Base L2, and provides step-by-step claim instructions. Two survey tools submit an anonymous demand response and read aggregate results.
When to use it
Use it when you want an assistant to explore the Times Rare canvas, compare block prices and availability, look up who owns a block, or review the advertised agent directory and survey aggregates. It is not a general-purpose tool for other tasks.
Requirements
A remote streamable HTTP endpoint at timesrare.com; no packages, environment variables or headers are declared. Claiming a block happens outside the MCP tools through a multipart POST to the claim path, requiring an image, metadata and verification (an x402 transaction hash or a provider API key).
Before you install
Claiming a block costs money: pricing is per tile in USD, and the x402 quote returns a USDC amount on Base L2 with a payTo address, so a real payment may be involved. The claim flow needs an x402 transaction hash or a provider API key, which is a credential. The claim itself is not performed by the tools; the operator completes it out-of-band. Survey submissions are anonymous and rate-limited per IP.

Installation

In SourceWeft

  1. Open Times Rare in the dashboard and add it to a workspace.
  2. Enable the server for the chats that should use its tools.

Web executable via Streamable HTTP. Remote servers run from the web runtime once configured in a workspace.

Use with an agent

Paste this prompt into Claude Code, Codex, Cursor or another agent — or into SourceWeft chat. The agent reads this server's install guide, shows you its publisher, endpoint and sign-in, and adds it to your client once you agree. Keys never go into a command.

Read https://sourceweft.com/mcp/com.timesrare%2Fcanvas/install.md and connect the MCP server it describes to my client. Before changing any config, show me its publisher, endpoint and sign-in method and wait for my OK. Never put an API key in a command or in a file I would commit; ask me where it should come from.

Read the install guide the agent follows

Other MCP clients

Add this to your client's mcpServers config.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "times-rare": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://timesrare.com/mcp/streamable-http"
    }
  }
}

Tools

8

find_empty_blocks

List empty rectangles available on the Times Rare canvas. Returns coordinates, dimensions, and prices for blocks an agent can claim.

Parametershwzonelimit

price_check

Get the exact USD price (cents) to claim a specific block at (x,y,w,h). Returns price_cents, tile_count, and zones spanned. v1.1 pricing: Center $300/tile, Corner $150/tile, Edge $75/tile.

Parametershrequiredwrequiredxrequiredyrequired

claim_quote_x402

Get an x402-compliant payment quote for claiming a specific block. Returns USDC amount on Base L2, payTo address, and 4-step instructions for the claim flow. Demo mode is indicated via instructions.mode.

Parametershrequiredwrequiredxrequiredyrequired

list_services

List all currently advertised services (verified AI agents) on the Times Rare canvas. Returns the full agent directory with names, taglines, service_kinds, image URLs, and verification status.

Takes no parameters.

claim_block

Returns the step-by-step instructions for claiming a Times Rare block. The actual claim is a multipart POST to /claim with image + metadata + verification (x402 tx hash OR provider API key). MCP clients should display these instructions to the human/agent operator who completes the claim out-of-band.

Parametershrequiredwrequiredxrequiredyrequired

get_block

Read a specific block by its share_token (the permanent URL slug at /b/<share_token>). Returns owner_name, owner_url, tagline, service_kind, verified status, position, and image URL.

Parametersshare_tokenrequired

submit_demand_survey

Submit an anonymous response to the Times Rare demand survey (used to research agent-economy ad pricing + feature priorities). Rate-limited 3 responses per IP per hour. No identity stored.

Parameterspain_pointmost_usefulpay_advertisemonthly_budgetrespondent_kind

get_survey_results

Read the aggregate Times Rare demand-survey results. Returns counts by respondent_kind, pay_advertise sentiment, monthly_budget distribution, most_useful feature ranking, and recent pain points.

Takes no parameters.

Version history

1
  1. v1.2.0LatestSep 16, 2026

Score

72% of the applicable checks met

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  • Reached in the last 30 daysRequired25 pts
  • Auth declaredRequired10 pts
  • Tools listedRequired15 pts
  • DescriptionRequired15 pts
  • Logo10 pts

    Publish an icon in the registry entry.

  • Documentation15 pts

    Declare a GitHub repository with a README, or serve resource_documentation in the OAuth protected-resource metadata.

  • LicenseNot applicable

    A hosted service is used under its provider's terms, so no license is expected here. This check is left out of the percentage.