okala-mcp

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# okala-mcp: Okala MCP server for AI agents 🛒

**Unofficial, read-only MCP server that lets your AI agent do the grocery price check on Okala (اُکالا), an Iranian online supermarket.**<br>
Find the supermarkets, bakeries and fruit shops that deliver to your address, compare the same product<br>
across nearby stores, check fees, minimum order and delivery slots, and catch today's deals, from Claude, Cursor or Copilot.

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[Quick start](#quick-start) · [For AI agents](#for-ai-agents) · [What it can do](#what-it-can-do) · [Tools](#tools) · [FAQ](#faq) · [فارسی](#فارسی)

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## For AI agents

- **What:** unofficial MCP server for Okala (okala.com, اُکالا), an Iranian online grocery marketplace where local supermarkets, bakeries and fruit shops deliver to an address. Queries work best in Persian; prices are in Toman.
- **Install:** `claude mcp add okala -- uvx okala-mcp` (stdio transport, needs [uv](https://docs.astral.sh/uv/getting-started/installation/) and Python 3.10+).
- **Auth:** none needed. An optional SMS login (`ok_login`) unlocks Okala's text search in `ok_search`. Env vars: `OKALA_MCP_PROXY` (HTTP proxy), `OKALA_MCP_TOKEN` (access token instead of the saved login).
- **Access:** read-only. The 12 shopping tools only read; there is no cart, order or review tool. `ok_login`, `ok_login_verify` and `ok_logout` send an SMS or change the saved login, so ask the user before calling them.
- **Tools:** 16, all prefixed `ok_`. Every location tool needs `lat` and `lon`, so start with `ok_locate`. Typical sequence: `ok_locate` → `ok_search` → `ok_compare`, or `ok_locate` → `ok_stores` → `ok_store_products`.
- **Use when:** finding which stores deliver to an address, comparing one product's price and fees across nearby stores, or checking delivery slots and today's deals.
- **Do not use when:** the user wants to order (no cart or checkout), or is outside Okala's delivery areas (Tehran and some other big cities).
- **Output:** compact JSON, prices in Toman (the API's Rial divided by 10). `final_price` is what the buyer pays, `price` is before discount, `discount_pct` is a whole percent, ratings are 0-5. Pass `lat` and `lon` from `ok_locate`, and `store_id` from `ok_stores`, between tools.
- **Machine-readable:** [`server.json`](server.json), and the catalog of all Iranian MCP servers at [awesome-iran-mcp](https://github.com/sepehr071/awesome-iran-mcp) ([TOOLS.md](https://github.com/sepehr071/awesome-iran-mcp/blob/main/TOOLS.md), [servers.json](https://github.com/sepehr071/awesome-iran-mcp/blob/main/servers.json), [llms.txt](https://github.com/sepehr071/awesome-iran-mcp/blob/main/llms.txt)).

## Why

On Okala every store sets its own price for the same carton of milk, and each one adds its own service and
packaging fee and has its own minimum order. The site shows one store at a time, and there is no search
box without logging in. An agent with `okala-mcp` checks every store that delivers to you in one go:

> **You:** Where is Kalleh lactose-free milk cheapest near Yousef Abad, Tehran?
>
> **Agent:** *calls* `ok_locate(address="یوسف آباد")` → `ok_search(query="شیر بدون لاکتوز کاله", ...)` → `ok_compare(category_slug="low-fat-milk", ...)`
>
> Kalleh fat-free, lactose-free milk (1 L) is sold by 17 open stores nearby. Cheapest: **یاران دریان گلریز** at
> 147,875 Toman (12% off 169,000), 1.6 km away, first slot today 08-09, plus 10,500 service and 3,000 packaging.
> The dearest store asks 180,000, so you save 32,125.

<sub>Real tool output from 2026-10-07; prices change all the time. Prices are in Toman.</sub>

## What it can do

- 📍 **Locate** an address (Persian) and list the stores that deliver there, with rating, distance, first slot and fees
- 🔎 **Find products** near you by name: Okala's own text search after an optional one-time login, otherwise matched to Okala's categories
- 💸 **Compare** the same product across every nearby store, cheapest store first, with each store's fees
- 🏪 **Browse one store**: a whole department sorted by price or discount, filtered by name
- 🧾 **Product details**: price, discount, stock, max per order, brand, images
- ⏰ **Store details**: minimum order, whether it serves your address now, every delivery slot of the day
- ⚡ **Deals**: today's deal rows near you or in one store, and the biggest discounts of a store
- 🔒 **Read-only by design**: no cart, no orders, no reviews posted (the optional login is only used for search)

## Quick start

You need [uv](https://docs.astral.sh/uv/getting-started/installation/). No API key or account.

<details open>
<summary><b>Claude Code</b></summary>

```bash
claude mcp add okala -- uvx okala-mcp
```
</details>

<details>
<summary><b>Claude Desktop</b></summary>

Settings → Developer → Edit Config, then add:

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "okala": { "command": "uvx", "args": ["okala-mcp"] }
  }
}
```
</details>

<details>
<summary><b>Cursor</b></summary>

Click **Install in Cursor** above, or add the Claude Desktop block to `~/.cursor/mcp.json`.
</details>

<details>
<summary><b>VS Code (Copilot agent mode)</b></summary>

Click **Install in VS Code** above, or add to `.vscode/mcp.json`:

```json
{
  "servers": {
    "okala": { "type": "stdio", "command": "uvx", "args": ["okala-mcp"] }
  }
}
```
</details>

<details>
<summary><b>Anything else</b></summary>

It's a standard stdio MCP server: run `uvx okala-mcp`, or `pip install okala-mcp` and run `okala-mcp`.
</details>

Then just ask:

- "Which supermarkets near Vanak Square deliver within the hour, and what are their fees?"
- "Cheapest Kalleh full-fat milk near me, and is that store's minimum order a problem for one carton?"
- "What deals does store 11009 have today?"
- <span dir="rtl">ارزان&zwnj;ترین تن ماهی نزدیک میدان آرژانتین کدام فروشگاه است؟</span>

## How it works

```text
  AI agent  (Claude, Cursor, Copilot, ...)
      │
      │  MCP over stdio
      ▼
  okala-mcp  (runs on your machine)
      │
      │  HTTPS
      └──────▶  apigateway.okala.com   the public JSON API of okala.com
```

`okala-mcp` runs locally and calls the same public endpoints the okala.com website uses as a guest.
There's no hosted server in between, no API key, and nothing about you is sent anywhere else
(only the delivery point you ask about goes to Okala).

## Tools

<details open>
<summary><b>📍 Where and who delivers</b> (4)</summary>

| Tool | What it does |
|---|---|
| `ok_locate` | Address text → coordinates (candidates) plus the street address of the best hit |
| `ok_stores` | Stores that deliver to a point: type, rating, distance, first slot, service / packaging / delivery fee |
| `ok_store` | One store: serves this point?, minimum order, location, open delivery slots (`all_slots` adds full ones with availability) |
| `ok_store_reviews` | Customer reviews of a store: stars, comment (`full_text` for whole), liked / disliked reasons |
</details>

<details open>
<summary><b>🔎 Products and prices</b> (6)</summary>

| Tool | What it does |
|---|---|
| `ok_search` | Products for a query near a point or in one store: Okala's text search when logged in, matching categories as a guest; name matches first, then cheapest |
| `ok_compare` | The same product across nearby stores, cheapest store first, with each store's fees |
| `ok_store_products` | A whole category of one store, sorted, filtered by name (search inside one store) |
| `ok_product` | One product in one store: price, discount, stock, max per order, brand, images, description (`full_text` for whole) |
| `ok_categories` | Category tree with slugs, near a point or in one store |
| `ok_brands` | Brand ids and slugs (featured brands, or lookup by slug) |
</details>

<details open>
<summary><b>⚡ Deals</b> (2)</summary>

| Tool | What it does |
|---|---|
| `ok_deals` | Deal rows running now near a point or in one store, with end time and top products |
| `ok_offer` | One deal row in full, across stores or in one store, sorted and paged |
</details>

<details open>
<summary><b>🔑 Optional login</b> (4)</summary>

| Tool | What it does |
|---|---|
| `ok_login` | Sends an SMS code to the user's phone; asks for the code in a form when the client supports it |
| `ok_login_verify` | Finishes the login with the code the user typed in the chat |
| `ok_account` | Logged in or guest, and as which phone (masked) |
| `ok_logout` | Deletes the saved login; the server continues as a guest |
</details>

The 12 shopping tools are annotated `readOnlyHint: true`. `ok_login`, `ok_login_verify` and `ok_logout` are not
(they send an SMS or change the saved login), so your client asks before running them; `ok_logout` is also
`destructiveHint: true`. At most 3 login codes are sent per hour. Every tool returns compact
structured JSON, so it doesn't flood the agent's context.

## Good to know

- **Prices are in Toman.** The API speaks Rial; every