Use Paddock in Claude
Two minutes, no code. How big is agent commerce today? (The citation number.) — and get_market_summary answers it over MCP with no key at all. The five free-key tools need a free key, one email and no card, against a shared 10 calls a day.
MCP
Use Paddock in Claude
Connect Paddock as an MCP server and ask about agent commerce in plain language. get_market_summary needs no key at all. get_category_detail and the other free-key tools need a free key — one email, no card — against a shared daily budget.
Quick · Paste in your agent's chat
Paste into your agent's chat — no key needed.
Or set it up persistently:
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Open Connectors settings
In Claude, go to Settings → Connectors.
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Add a custom connector
Click “Add custom connector.”
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Paste the Paddock URL
Use the connector URL below, then save.
04
Ask Paddock anything
Claude can now call the Paddock tools — free ones directly, and paid ones when you pass your key as the api_key argument. Try one of the questions below.
Connector URL
url
https://paddock.finance/api/mcp/mcp
Try asking
“What are AI agents spending on right now?”
“Which agent commerce category has the most room for a new entrant?”
“Show me what's in the LLM inference category.”
Paid tools work in Claude too. Every paid tool (niche gaps, best-value, liveness, changes, report data, circular signal, whale activity, token metrics) accepts an
api_key argument — pass your Paddock key when Claude calls the tool and it runs the paid query over the connector, no separate REST call needed. Omit it to use the one free trial call per day or to see the x402 pay-per-query details. The same tools are also available as direct REST calls; see the API Reference below.Calling the HTTP API instead? One thing does not carry across: the free trial call is keyed on a header only Paddock’s own MCP server sets, so a direct HTTP call with no key gets a 402 rather than a trial. Everything else — the tools, the prices, the tiers — is identical. See the API reference.