A Model Context Protocol server over 1,600+ publications. Search them, price them, open an order, or ask for a paid media quote — without scraping a single page. No key, no account, no approval.
An agent cannot buy anything here. Ordering returns a link a human opens.
In ChatGPT, the same server is at https://theprofound.agency/api/mcp/chatgpt/, as listed in ChatGPT's app directory. It has seventeen of the tools: it searches, compares, quotes and plans, but leaves out ordering, order status, campaign briefs and the client article tools, because ChatGPT's directory doesn't allow selling services or linking to checkout. Everywhere else, use the endpoint above.
Add it to an MCP client:
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}Two of them change something. Neither of those two can spend money.
Search the publisher network
Filter by price, Domain Authority, Domain Rating, category, region, turnaround, Google indexing, AI-crawler readiness, link type and availability. Returns a page of matches, highest Domain Authority first by default.
Full detail for one publication
Price, and price with the 3.5% checkout fee. Authority scores, turnaround, region, disclosure policy, link type, whether it can be ordered now, the outlet's logo and an example article where one is published. Takes the id returned by search — the same slug as the publication's page URL.
Every category, with counts
The valid values for the category filter, and how many publications carry each one.
What we can deliver, in plain language
Geo-fencing, website retargeting, visit tracking, identity resolution and the rest — each described without jargon, with the products that provide it. Use it to turn what a client wants into what to ask for.
Every advertising channel we run
Meta, Connected TV, geo-targeted mobile, search, audio, out-of-home and the rest, each in a sentence or two. The slugs are what submit_campaign_brief takes.
One channel in full
Where the ads run, the creative formats, the targeting that can be layered on, and the caveats — the limits and prerequisites to know before sending a brief. Priced per campaign, so no price.
Whether a restricted category can run on a channel
Alcohol, cannabis and CBD, tobacco, casinos, firearms, supplements, political, housing, loans, crypto and the rest, per channel and with state-level rules: allowed, allowed with limits, case by case, or not allowed, and why. Guidance to confirm with the team, since platform policy changes.
Two to four publications side by side
Price, Domain Authority and Rating, turnaround, region, disclosure and indexing in one table, with which is cheapest, fastest and highest in authority. Figures only; which is better depends on the client.
An instant check of five AI-visibility basics
For any website: AI crawlers allowed in robots.txt, an llms.txt, Organization and FAQ structured data, and a title and description. Free and instant, with no score; the full scored audit is request_audit.
What the weekly syncs added, removed and repriced
Newest first, filterable by date, maximum price, one or more categories, minimum Domain Authority, additions only or price drops only — a way to watch for new outlets or cheaper placements without re-reading the catalogue. Also published as /catalog-changes.json.
Ask the site a question in plain words
Answered from theprofound.agency with source URLs — prices, restrictions, fee, refunds, definitions, channel requirements, FAQs and articles. Quoted or read from live data, never generated. Also JSON at /api/ask/?q=; people use /ask/.
Real open meeting slots
Thirty-minute meetings on weekdays from the agency's actual appointment calendar, in the agency's timezone. A slot is not a booking — it only becomes one when the human confirms it.
A link to book the meeting
The booking page URL, returned with the human's name and email as separate fields. The human opens it, enters their details, picks a time and confirms; the meeting does not exist until they do. Details never go in the URL, so they stay out of logs and referrers.
A text message to the agency, ready to send
Returns the message and an sms: link to (908) 448-4001 that opens the human's own messaging app with it filled in. Nothing is sent until they tap send; show them the message first. For a quick question or a call back — for a scheduled call, use create_booking_link.
Price a set of placements
Exactly as the store's checkout would, including the 3.5% processing fee. Quoting reserves nothing and commits nobody. Also returns a shareUrl that opens the store with the quoted placements in the cart.
A quoted placement plan for a goal and budget
Goal, audience and budget in; a recommended set of publications out, already quoted with the total inside budget including the 3.5% fee, plus a shareUrl that opens the store with the plan in the cart. A plan recommends — it reserves nothing until ordered and paid.
Open an unpaid order and get a payment link
Creates a real pending order and returns a URL. It does not pay for anything. The order is inert until a human opens that link and pays, and it is deleted automatically if nobody does within 72 hours.
Payment and fulfilment state
Needs the order id and the billing email it was placed with, which is what stops anyone reading anyone else's order. Do not describe a placement as secured until this reports paid: true.
File a client's article draft on a paid order
The order id plus the billing email on the order prove ownership. Only paid orders accept drafts. The draft goes to the editorial team; a human reviews and approves it before anything is published.
See where a client's article is
Each publication on the order with its own stage, what we need next, the latest outline or draft, and a sample of the publication's writing. Needs the client's private order link, the "Open your order page" button in their order confirmation email.
Send the client's content for their article
The same as the form on the client's order page, for one publication; each publication on an order needs its own. We then write an outline for the client to approve. Needs the client's private order link. Confirm the content with the client first.
Approve, or ask for changes to, an outline or draft
For one publication's outline or draft. Approving the draft sends it to our editors and cannot be undone, so show the client the text and get their go-ahead first. Needs the client's private order link.
Ask for a paid media quote
For advertising campaigns — display, video, Connected TV, social, search, audio, out-of-home — which are priced per campaign rather than per placement. It buys nothing: a human prices it and replies. The response scores the brief's completeness and lists the most valuable missing details.
Ask for a free AI visibility audit
Whether assistants can reach, read and quote a site, scored out of 100 across crawler access, structured data, answer readiness, agent files, off-site authority and freshness — from public data only. Free, and it returns no score: a person runs the audit and replies to the contact email.
The catalogue is also readable over ordinary GET requests, described in an OpenAPI document at /openapi.json. Quoting, ordering and campaign briefs stay on MCP, because that is where the rules about what an agent may do are enforced.
curl "https://theprofound.agency/api/catalog/search/?q=finance&minDomainAuthority=80&limit=5"