Side-by-side spec comparison for 2–6 products. Returns aligned rows of name, weight, price, category, and buy URL, each with a trust envelope (verified weight provenance, manufacturer-vs-field conflict flag, top citations).
find_lighter_alternative
Given a product, return up to 5 lighter alternatives in the same category, ordered by verified weight ascending. Each alternative carries a trust envelope (verified weight provenance, conflict flag, top citations).
get_field_consensus
Pre-computed field consensus for a product: what independent creators and the field say, scored on a deterministic 100-point rubric with a source-diversity gate. Returns the consensus label, score, evidence count, distinct authors, known conflicts, and a sample of the underlying evidence claims with
get_gear_reviews
Fetch creator video reviews for a product. Returns up to 10 verified mentions with creator name, YouTube ID, timestamp, and quoted snippet.
get_pack_template
Return one of the 21 in-house TrailWeights pack templates by ID or slug, including the full item list and total weight.
get_product_specs
Canonical product spec sheet — name, brand, category, verified weight, MSRP, image, and a cottage-first affiliate buy URL. Includes a trust envelope: verified weight with provenance (measured vs manufacturer claim), confidence, last-verified date, a manufacturer-vs-field weight conflict flag, and to
recommend_gear
Deterministic, fast (<500ms) structured gear lookup from a freeform query (e.g. 'best quilt for a PCT thru hike'). Runs the TrailWeights deterministic query planner — rule-based category/intent detection, brand-alias expansion, and compiled weight/price/category constraints; no server-side LLM is in
search_corpus
Semantic search over the TrailWeights knowledge corpus (transcripts, product descriptions, in-house pack templates, surveys, ultralight Bible). Returns the top matching chunks with source attribution. Supports hard predicates — filter by verified max weight (grams), max price (USD), minimum independ
Endpoint
https://trailweights.com/api/mcp Category: Web & Scraping · Last checked: 2026-08-15T09:18:02Z
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