Use Aisles in Claude, ChatGPT and other AI assistants

Aisles reports whether specific products are in stock at specific physical stores right now: Kroger-family grocery stores (Kroger, Ralphs, Fry's, Mariano's, QFC, Fred Meyer, Harris Teeter, Food 4 Less) and the stores inside Simon malls. Each listing carries the store, its address, the reported price and the time it was last checked. Connecting Aisles lets an assistant answer "is this in stock near me?" with live, store-level data instead of guessing.

The connector is free, read-only and needs no account or sign-in.

Server address

https://aislesinventory.com/mcp (Model Context Protocol, Streamable HTTP, no authentication)

Add it to Claude

1. In Claude, open Settings → Connectors.
2. Choose Add custom connector, name it Aisles, and paste https://aislesinventory.com/mcp as the URL. Leave authentication empty.
3. In a chat, turn Aisles on from the tools menu, then ask a shopping question (examples below).

Team and Enterprise owners can add it for their whole organization from the admin connector settings.

Other assistants

• ChatGPT: add the same address as a connector (Settings → Connectors), or use the Aisles Inventory plugin.
• Any MCP client: point it at https://aislesinventory.com/mcp. For direct HTTP access there is also a JSON API.

Tools

• search_products (Search store inventory): finds listings for product words (for example "nike air force 1" or "2% milk gallon") near a covered city or ZIP code, with each store, its address, distance, reported stock, price and check time. Optional filters: availability, fulfillment (curbside, pickup, delivery), maximum price, radius and number of results.
• list_locations (List covered cities): the cities and malls Aisles covers, with what each one includes.
• list_answers (List answered shopping questions): the questions Aisles answers for a city from its daily checks (what stores are at a mall, where to find a kind of product, which stores have it in stock), each with its page.

All three only read data; none changes anything or takes an action on your behalf.

Example prompts

• "Is the women's Nike Air Force 1 in size 8 in stock at Woodfield Mall right now?"
• "Which Kroger near Columbus has large eggs, and how much are they?"
• "Which store at King of Prussia has a Nike Club Fleece hoodie in stock?"
• "Where's the cheapest milk in stock near Seattle today?"
• "What stores are at Roosevelt Field?"

Coverage and limits

• Covered places: Chicago, IL, New York, NY, Los Angeles, CA, Houston, TX, Phoenix, AZ, Philadelphia, PA, San Diego, CA, Dallas, TX, Fort Worth, TX, Charlotte, NC, Columbus, OH, Indianapolis, IN, Seattle, WA, South Bend, IN, Atlanta, GA, Boston, MA, Fort Lauderdale, FL. Grocery coverage is a selection of products per store, not the full shelf.
• Availability is as reported by each retailer at the check time shown; stock changes during the day. Aisles does not physically verify stock. Reports older than a retailer's freshness window are shown as unknown.
• Purchases happen on the retailer's site; some links may earn Aisles a commission and are labelled.

Data and privacy

The connector receives only what the assistant sends in a tool call (the product words and place). Aisles keeps daily counts of searches and pages served, never names, accounts, IP addresses or conversations. See the privacy policy and terms.

Support

Email aburow@nd.edu. Status and help: support page.