# Does CoinGate Gift Cards have an MCP server?

**Yes — Official.** CoinGate Gift Cards maintains an official MCP server.

> The server covers CoinGate's gift-card catalog (search, country filters, discounts, trending cards) rather than the payment-gateway API.

## Facts

- Verdict: Official (Yes)
- Access: Remote server — Hosted by the vendor — no install, connect over HTTP with OAuth or a token.
- Endpoint: `https://mcp.eu.algolia.com/1/xe5UKTfUQlyUr3Hs4nkiiA/mcp`
- Category: [E-Commerce](https://mcpyet.com/category/e-commerce/)
- Verified against vendor docs: 2026-08-11
- GitHub data refreshed: 2026-08-11 (re-checked every 6 hours)

## The receipts

- **Vendor-hosted (remote):** `https://mcp.eu.algolia.com/1/xe5UKTfUQlyUr3Hs4nkiiA/mcp` — a remote server run by CoinGate Gift Cards itself, nothing to install. Documented at <https://coingate.com/gift-cards/mcp>.

## How to connect it

Hosted by the vendor — no install, connect over HTTP with OAuth or a token.

### Claude Code

```sh
claude mcp add --transport http coingategiftcards https://mcp.eu.algolia.com/1/xe5UKTfUQlyUr3Hs4nkiiA/mcp
```

Add `--scope user` to make it available in every project.

### Claude Desktop

1. Open **Settings → Connectors**
2. Click **Add custom connector**
3. Paste `https://mcp.eu.algolia.com/1/xe5UKTfUQlyUr3Hs4nkiiA/mcp`
4. Finish the sign-in prompt, then enable it in the chat's tools menu

### Cursor

Add to `.cursor/mcp.json` in your project, or `~/.cursor/mcp.json` for every project:

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "coingategiftcards": {
      "url": "https://mcp.eu.algolia.com/1/xe5UKTfUQlyUr3Hs4nkiiA/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### VS Code

Add to `.vscode/mcp.json`, then pick the server from Copilot's agent-mode tools menu:

```json
{
  "servers": {
    "coingategiftcards": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://mcp.eu.algolia.com/1/xe5UKTfUQlyUr3Hs4nkiiA/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### ChatGPT

1. Enable **Developer mode** under Settings → Apps & Connectors → Advanced
2. Choose **Create** and paste `https://mcp.eu.algolia.com/1/xe5UKTfUQlyUr3Hs4nkiiA/mcp`
3. Complete sign-in, then enable the connector in a new chat

## How we know

CoinGate's official page at coingate.com/gift-cards/mcp publishes a hosted remote MCP endpoint (Algolia-hosted, no install or auth required) for searching its gift-card catalog.

- GitHub data refreshed 2026-08-11, then every 6 hours.
- Vendor docs verified on 2026-08-11.
- Corrections: hello@mcpyet.com.

## Also in E-Commerce

- [Shopify](https://mcpyet.com/mcp/shopify.md) — Official (Yes)
- [GMO Pepabo, Inc.](https://mcpyet.com/mcp/pepabo.md) — Official (Yes)
- [Token of Esteem](https://mcpyet.com/mcp/tokenofesteem.md) — Official (Yes)

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Source: https://mcpyet.com/mcp/coingate-gift-cards/ — data refreshed 2026-08-11