Add this address once, then ask in your own words. Answers come with the move, what it means and the number, linked to the original report.
No key or sign-up for 50 lookups a day, 30 a minute. A question took 1 to 13 lookups in our tests.
“Use RetailIntel: what is in this morning’s Indian retail brief? Top 3 moves, one line each on what it means, with the number.”
Renault Duster strong hybrid E-Tech 160 — bookings open at ₹21,000, ahead of the 17 Oct debut; signals Renault’s first strong-hybrid push into the diesel-SUV segment. (14 outlets) (RetailIntel)
Toyota 2026 Fortuner Leader Edition — launched at Rs 36.51 lakh (4x2 manual, ex-showroom), bookings open 12 Oct; premium SUV dealers should brace for demand/stock allocation. (11 outlets) (RetailIntel)
Kia India buyback programme — now extended to ICE, hybrid and EV models with assured residual value of up to 75%, across 910 touchpoints; a retention/trade-in play that rivals may feel pressure to match. (7 outlets) (RetailIntel)
On chatgpt.com, on the web. We set it up on a Free account.
In the ChatGPT sidebar, open “Plugins”, choose “Add” (top right), then “Add custom MCP server”.
Name it RetailIntel and paste this as the Server URL:
https://retailintel.in/mcp Set Authentication to “No authentication” and tick “I understand and want to continue”.
Choose “Create as a plugin”, then “Connect”.
You should see: RetailIntel under Installed on the Plugins page.
In a new chat, choose + and then RetailIntel, and ask.
Anthropic’s assistant in your terminal.
Add RetailIntel once, for every folder you work in:
claude mcp add --transport http --scope user retailintel https://retailintel.in/mcp Check it:
claude mcp listYou should see:
retailintel: /mcp (HTTP) - ✔ ConnectedStart claude and ask. The first time it looks something up, it asks to use the RetailIntel tools: allow them.
OpenAI’s assistant in your terminal.
Add RetailIntel once:
codex mcp add retailintel --url https://retailintel.in/mcp Check it:
codex mcp listYou should see:
retailintel listed with Status enabledStart codex and ask.
The open-source assistant for your terminal, with any model.
Save this as opencode.json in your project (or add the mcp part to the one you have):
{
"mcp": {
"retailintel": {
"type": "remote",
"url": "https://retailintel.in/mcp",
"enabled": true
}
}
}Check it from that folder:
opencode mcp listYou should see:
✓ retailintel connectedStart opencode in that folder and ask.
Compare DMart and Reliance Retail over the last 7 days. What moved for each, and what does it mean for a retail decision?
Use RetailIntel: what is in this morning’s Indian retail brief? Top 3 moves, one line each on what it means, with the number.
Find the most recent funding news about Zepto and give me the full read: what happened, why it matters, what to watch, the source.
If it answers from memory instead, start your question with “Use RetailIntel:”.
A free RetailIntel account gets 100 lookups a day; Pro gets 5,000. Add the account address, then sign in: your tool opens RetailIntel in your browser once, to sign in or create the free account.
The account address
https://retailintel.in/mcp/account Only if you already added it with “No authentication”: remove that one first, in Settings → Plugins → RetailIntel → “Delete app”.
Add it with the ChatGPT steps above, but set Authentication to “OAuth”. The Server URL stays /mcp, not the account address.
Choose “Create as a plugin”, then “Continue to RetailIntel”, sign in, and choose “Allow”.
You should see: Your email under Connected accounts in Settings → Plugins → RetailIntel.
Add the account address:
claude mcp add --transport http --scope user retailintel-account https://retailintel.in/mcp/account Then sign in:
claude mcp login retailintel-accountYou should see:
Authenticated with "retailintel-account". Its tools are now available in Claude Code.Add the account address:
codex mcp add retailintel-account --url https://retailintel.in/mcp/account Then sign in:
codex mcp login retailintel-accountYou should see:
Successfully logged in to MCP server 'retailintel-account'.Add the account address to opencode.json:
{
"mcp": {
"retailintel-account": {
"type": "remote",
"url": "https://retailintel.in/mcp/account",
"enabled": true
}
}
}Then sign in from the folder with opencode.json:
opencode mcp auth retailintel-accountYou should see:
Authentication successful!For your own app or script, a free key gives the same 100 a day. Apply for a key. Applications are reviewed by RetailIntel before a key is issued.
In claude.ai or Perplexity? They already read retailintel.in: ask about Indian retail, or paste a retailintel.in link to get its full read. To use the tools inside claude.ai, add it as a connector.