NameIntel — MCP Server

Clear to launch. Score brand names across domain, trademark, social, SEO, and AI findability — pay-per-call via x402 micropayments, no signup, no API keys.

NameIntel is a remote Model Context Protocol server that scores brand names across five dimensions and returns a composite 0–100 score with sub-scores and a verdict. The scoring engine is also reachable as a REST API. Every endpoint is priced in USDC and settled over the x402 protocol on Base and Solana — there are no API keys to provision, no accounts to sign up for, and no rate-limit setup.

This repository is the public face of the project: install instructions, registry submissions, docs, and discovery manifests. The hosted service runs at nameintel.io.

Quick install

Claude Code:

claude mcp add --transport http nameintel https://mcp.nameintel.io/mcp

Claude Desktop: Settings → Connectors → Add → paste https://mcp.nameintel.io/mcp.

That's it. There's no API key. The first time you call a tool the request returns HTTP 402 with the price (between $0.01 and $0.05 USDC depending on the tool); sign the payment with a Base or Solana wallet, retry, and it works. The Coinbase x402 facilitator verifies and settles in under a second.

What it scores

Tools

REST API

If MCP isn't your fit, the same scoring engine is exposed as a REST API at https://api.nameintel.io. The OpenAPI 3.1 spec is served live at /openapi.json and any framework that auto-imports OpenAPI (LangChain, Mastra, Vercel AI SDK) will wire up tool wrappers from it.

# Calling /api/v1/score without payment returns a 402 with the full menu:
curl -X POST https://api.nameintel.io/api/v1/score \
  -H "content-type: application/json" \
  -d '{"name": "Lumina"}'
# → HTTP 402, body is a JSON price menu + payment manifest link

Machine-readable manifests

Every important surface is self-describing. Agents and discovery tools should prefer these over scraping prose.

• /.well-known/mcp.json — MCP server URL, tool inventory, prices

• /.well-known/x402 — payment manifest (chains, receivers, facilitators)

• /openapi.json — OpenAPI 3.1 spec for the REST API

• /changelog.json — version + breaking-change tracking

• /health — liveness plus full capability inventory

• llms.txt — LLM-readable summary with embedded YAML manifest

Why this exists

When an AI agent helps a founder start a company, the first thing it needs is a clear-to-launch brand name. Today there is no agent-native tool for this — every existing naming tool requires a human in the loop, an API key, or a subscription. NameIntel is the tool that agent calls: one endpoint, USDC settlement, no friction.

The pricing also makes new use cases viable. A $0.01 trademark check or $0.05 brand-name score can't profitably exist on card rails — Stripe's smallest economically-viable transaction is around $0.50 net of fees. USDC on Base settles those amounts with sub-cent fees and sub-second finality, which is the difference between a market that exists and one that does not.

Repository contents

Status

Built with

Built by Silverback CTO and CogleGroup using the Velocity Process methodology.

• AWS App Runner + CloudFront + Route 53

• TypeScript + Express + the MCP TypeScript SDK

• Claude (via AWS Bedrock) for the GEO score

• USPTO TSDR API for trademark screening

• Coinbase x402 facilitator for payment verification

Contact

• Issues / suggestions: open an issue on this repo

• Commercial / agency: todd@silverbackcto.com

• Twitter/X: @toddamerrill

License

MIT