Commerce MCP connects your affiliate data, campaigns, and products directly to your AI tools. Create content, analyze performance, or optimize monetization — all through natural language.

Whether you’re a developer or creator, Commerce MCP turns complex affiliate data into conversation-ready insights.

Quickstart

Add the Commerce MCP Server to your AI client once — and your assistant instantly gains tools for affiliate search, reporting, and link generation.

Step 1: Configure your client

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "Commerce MCP Server": {
      "url": "https://mcp.sovrn.com/commerce",
      "headers": {
        "Authorization": "secret <YOUR_SECRET_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}

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Note: Commerce MCP is currently in beta and uses secret authentication. OAuth support coming soon.

Step 2: Restart your client

Once saved, restart Cursor, Claude Desktop, or Continue. Your assistant will automatically discover Commerce MCP tools.

Step 3: Try a simple request

"Create a quick price comparison guide for 'iPhone 17'."

Your assistant will use Commerce MCP tools to find real product data, compare prices, and return affiliate links.

Developer Reference — Full Tool List

Tool Name	Description	Category
comp_search_prices	Search affiliated product prices	Search
comp_search_prices_non_affiliated	Search prices without affiliate links	Search
link_check_link	Validate or convert merchant URLs	Linking
rec_recommend_products	Recommend similar or related products	Recommendations
trx_Transactions	Retrieve detailed transaction data	Reporting
trx_Merchants	Summarized performance by merchant	Reporting
trx_Merchants_By_Date	Merchant performance by date	Reporting
trx_Links	Transaction data by link ID	Reporting
trx_Pages	Transaction data by page	Reporting
trx_Merchandise	Product-level transactions	Reporting
trx_Sources	Transactions by traffic source	Reporting
trx_Networks	Transactions by network	Reporting
trx_CUIDs	Click/user-level transaction data	Reporting
setup_commerce_workflow	Configure and initialize Commerce MCP workflow	Setup
DEMO_affiliate_link_converter	Demo: Convert a URL into an affiliate link	Demo
DEMO_affiliate_link_optimizer	Demo: Optimize existing content for affiliate monetization	Demo
DEMO_conversion_maximizer	Demo: Recommend products that maximize conversions	Demo
DEMO_deal_alert_content	Demo: Generate time-sensitive deal alerts	Demo
DEMO_price_comparison_guide	Demo: Compare product prices and create buyer guides	Demo
DEMO_product_roundup_creator	Demo: Create “Best Of” or roundup content	Demo
DEMO_seasonal_shopping_guide	Demo: Build timely event-based shopping guides	Demo
DEMO_transaction_reporting	Demo: Generate transaction performance reports	Demo
get_campaigns	Retrieve available campaigns and IDs for reporting or commerce tools	Utility

Recipes

Affiliate link converter

Overview

The Commerce MCP Server exposes commerce, campaign, and transaction tools to AI‑compatible environments (e.g., Cursor, Claude Desktop, Continue). It is designed to power affiliate‑driven and commerce‑oriented automation such as price comparison guides, seasonal promotions, and performance analytics.

1.1 What is MCP - The Model Context Protocol (MCP) standardizes how AI assistants discover and invoke external APIs and data tools. MCP clients can automatically detect available endpoints, validate input schemas, and render dynamic forms for querying data.

Setup & Authentication