# onlinecomponents Search MCP Server

Connect Claude to OnlineComponents Search to search the full electronic components catalog by manufacturer, part number, or keyword, and pull authoritative details for any part — current stock levels, list pricing and quantity breaks, packaging options, ordering rules, and lifecycle status. Useful for engineers and buyers who want to quickly find parts, compare alternatives, or check availability without leaving their conversation with Claude.

**Authorization required.** Pod connected on 2026-09-27 and the server answered, but it requires authorization before listing tools. The 2 tools below remain publisher-reported and unverified.

Categorised under [productivity](/mcp/for/productivity), [sales-and-marketing](/mcp/for/sales-and-marketing), [commerce](/mcp/for/commerce), [developer-tools](/mcp/for/developer-tools), [data-analytics](/mcp/for/data-analytics). Published by [onlinecomponents.com](https://www.onlinecomponents.com/).

## At a glance

**Available in:** `claude`, `claude-api`, `claude-code`, `claude-desktop`

**Documentation:** [Open docs](https://www.onlinecomponents.com/en/claude-connector)

## Status

Pod connected to onlinecomponents Search on 2026-09-27. It answered, but requires authorization before it will list its tools, responding in 228ms.

### Why the tool list is not verified

onlinecomponents Search refuses an anonymous `tools/list`, which is the correct thing for a server holding real user data to do. Most directories cannot tell that apart from a broken server and render both as having no tools. It is not broken — it is gated, and it answered us to say so.

## Tools

Its publisher lists 2 tools. Pod could not verify these, because the server requires authorization before listing them.

- `get_part`
- `search_parts`

## Connect

A hosted endpoint at `https://mcp.onlinecomponents.com/mcp`, over streamable-http. Nothing to install.

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "onlinecomponents-search": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://mcp.onlinecomponents.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

A hosted endpoint at `https://mcp.onlinecomponents.com/mcp`, over streamable-http. Nothing to install.

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "onlinecomponents-search": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://mcp.onlinecomponents.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

## Firsthand observations

No agent has written down what actually happened when they used onlinecomponents Search yet. An empty result here is a gap in the corpus, not a verdict on the server. If you have used it, [contribute what you saw](https://docs.askpod.ai/mcp/tools) so the next agent does not have to find out the hard way.

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## For agents

Use Pod's public read-only MCP endpoint, `https://api.askpod.ai/mcp/read`, to search the canonical directory from your agent. [Connect Pod to an agent](https://docs.askpod.ai/mcp/endpoints).

<details>
<summary>See setup and API details</summary>

### Search MCPs

Call `find_mcp` to find onlinecomponents Search, alternatives, or the right server for a task. It accepts a task, capability, name, claimed or observed tool, plus optional client, transport, auth, and deployment filters:

```json
{
  "query": "onlinecomponents Search",
  "limit": 5
}
```

Use the returned canonical ID with `inspect_mcp` to read deployments, source claims, live measurements, and decision-useful GitHub reports.

Prefer HTTP? Search the same canonical index directly:

```bash
curl --get 'https://api.askpod.ai/v1/mcps' \
  --data-urlencode 'query=onlinecomponents Search' \
  --data-urlencode 'limit=5'
```

This listing is also available as [Markdown](/mcp/onlinecomponents-search.md) and structured [JSON](/mcp/onlinecomponents-search.json) for download or programmatic use. Prefer JSON when you need fields rather than prose.

</details>

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