The VerseDB MCP connects your VerseDB account to an AI assistant like Claude or ChatGPT. Ask it to find a comic, check what a book sells for, add issues to your collection, or tell you what's coming out for your pull list, and it does the work in your account.
Every MCP tool needs VerseDB Pro, search included. The yearly plan starts with a 7-day free trial if you haven't had one before, and the trial works with the MCP. See VerseDB Pro for plans.
If you use ChatGPT, open the VerseDB plugin for ChatGPT.
The easiest way to start: the VerseDB plugin for Claude#
If you use Claude on the web, in the desktop app, or in Claude Code, the VerseDB plugin is the quickest setup. You install it once and it connects everything. The first time you use it, Claude walks you through signing in to VerseDB.
The plugin also brings helpers that already know how VerseDB works:
- A comic concierge for everyday questions, and a researcher for bigger ones, like tracing a character across eras or mapping out a crossover.
- Helpers for reading orders, sizing up your collection, finding new comics, planning your pull list, adding a stack of comics at once, and building character or creator profiles.
The plugin's GitHub page has install steps for both the Claude app and Claude Code. You'll need a paid Claude plan as well as VerseDB Pro.
Connecting manually#
You can also connect VerseDB yourself, or use another assistant like ChatGPT. There's no API key to copy. The first time you connect, your assistant opens your browser so you can sign in to VerseDB and approve access, and after that you stay connected.
When a client asks for a server or connector address, use https://versedb.com/mcp/api.
Claude Desktop. Find VerseDB in Claude's directory and connect from there, or add it yourself: Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector. Name it "VerseDB", paste in the address, then sign in when your browser opens.
ChatGPT. First turn on developer mode: Settings → Security and login → Developer mode. Then open ChatGPT Plugins, select the plus button, name it "VerseDB", and paste the address under Connection. Developer mode isn't available on every account or workspace.
Claude Code. Run this, then follow the sign-in prompt the first time you use it:
claude mcp add --transport http versedb https://versedb.com/mcp/api
Other assistants. Anything that supports the Model Context Protocol connects the same way. Point it at the address above and sign in when prompted.
What you can do with it#
The MCP has 20 tools. You don't pick them yourself; ask in plain language and your assistant chooses.
- Search and browse. Find titles, series, issues, creators, characters, publishers, teams, story arcs, universes, events, comic shops, and podcasts. Look up a comic by the barcode on its cover, or pull every issue in a series in order.
- Key issues. Each issue lists why it matters, such as a first appearance, death, or origin.
- Market prices. Fair market values, recent sales, and price trends by grade for any issue.
- Discovery. Top-rated and most-reviewed series, the best-rated series of the last two years, and member reviews of a series and its issues.
- Upcoming releases. Issues coming out or hitting final order cutoff in the next 60 days, for everything or just the series on your pull list.
- Your collection. Add issues with grade and condition, update or remove copies, and see a summary of the whole collection.
- Reading progress. Mark issues read or unread, and check how far through a series you are.
- Pull list. Add or remove series, and see what you follow.
- Lists. Create, edit, merge, and delete lists, and add issues, series, characters, creators, story arcs, or teams.
- Reviews and ratings. Review an issue, change a review you've written, or rate a whole series with stars.
- Your profile. Your level, XP, and totals for reviews, reads, collection, lists, and pull list.
Your collection's total value adds up the values you've recorded on your copies, the same figure your collection stats show as Market Value. For a copy with no value recorded, ask for the issue's market price instead.
Tips#
Tell it what you're after. Your assistant can read your profile, collection, pull list, and reviews, but it doesn't know your tastes until you say. Mention the publishers you like or the runs you're working on.
You get one review per issue. If you've already reviewed an issue, ask your assistant to update that review. A series rating is stars only, and rating the same series again replaces your old rating.
It works with your account, not your browser, so it can't see what's on your screen. Tell it what you want done.
It can't change comic data. The MCP manages your own collection, lists, pull list, reads, and reviews. Edits to series, characters, or creators still go through VerseDB's normal contribution process on the website.