An MCP (Model Context Protocol) server that wraps the RARE Protocol CLI, enabling any MCP-compatible AI client to deploy NFT contracts, mint tokens, and run auctions on SuperRare — directly from natural language.
MCP server for the RARE Protocol - deploy NFT contracts, mint tokens, and run auctions from any MCP-compatible AI client
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Note for Synthesis judges: This server is ready to test. Install rare-cli, configure a Sepolia wallet, add this server to your MCP client, and ask it to deploy a contract and mint an NFT. The full lifecycle works end-to-end.
What is this?
The RARE Protocol powers $300M+ in NFT sales on SuperRare. This MCP server exposes the entire protocol surface as structured AI tools — so agents can:
Deploy branded ERC-721 collections on Ethereum
Mint NFTs with IPFS media upload in one step
Create, bid, settle, and cancel auctions
Search tokens, auctions, and collections
Query on-chain contract and token status
Judges are AI agents. They can use this server to mint an NFT and run an auction during evaluation.
Prerequisites
Before installing this MCP server, complete these steps in order:
Get a mainnet RPC URL from Alchemy — create a new app and select Ethereum Mainnet.
To use mainnet for a single request
Just say "on mainnet" in your request and the agent will pass --chain mainnet automatically:
"Deploy a collection called 'YOUR COLLECTION NAME' with symbol 'SYMBL' on mainnet"
Important before going mainnet
Make sure your wallet has real ETH for gas (0.1 ETH is enough for several operations)
Always do a full test run on Sepolia first
Double-check all parameters — on-chain transactions are irreversible
Tools
Tool
Description
Read-only
rare_configure_show
Show wallet and RPC config
✓
rare_wallet_address
Get configured wallet address
✓
rare_deploy_contract
Deploy ERC-721 collection
rare_import_contract
Import existing contract into registry
rare_mint_nft
Mint NFT with local media or IPFS URI
rare_auction_create
Create reserve price auction
rare_auction_bid
Place auction bid
rare_auction_settle
Settle completed auction
rare_auction_cancel
Cancel auction (no bids only)
rare_auction_status
Check auction state
✓
rare_search_tokens
Search NFTs
✓
rare_search_auctions
Search auctions by state
✓
rare_search_collections
Search collections
✓
rare_status
Query contract/token on-chain status
✓
Example Agent Workflow
Ask any MCP-compatible AI client:
"Deploy a new NFT collection called 'FRAME OF MIND' with symbol 'FOM' on Sepolia, mint a piece called 'Arrival' with the image at /art/arrival.png, then create a 24-hour auction with a 0.1 ETH reserve."
The agent will:
Call rare_configure_show — verify wallet and chain
Call rare_deploy_contract — get contract address
Call rare_mint_nft — get token ID
Call rare_auction_create — auction live on-chain
No code. No UI. Pure natural language to on-chain.
Supported Chains
Chain
Deploy + Auction
Wallet + Search
mainnet
✓
✓
sepolia
✓
✓
base
✓
base-sepolia
✓
arbitrum
✓
optimism
✓
zora
✓
Contract Addresses
Contract
Mainnet
Sepolia
Factory
0xAe8E375a268Ed6442bEaC66C6254d6De5AeD4aB1
0x3c7526a0975156299ceef369b8ff3c01cc670523
Auction
0x6D7c44773C52D396F43c2D511B81aa168E9a7a42
0xC8Edc7049b233641ad3723D6C60019D1c8771612
Security
Private keys are stored in ~/.rare/config.json — never in this server
All destructive tools (mint, auction, deploy) require explicit agent invocation
Always test on Sepolia before mainnet
Never share your ~/.rare/config.json
Use a dedicated hot wallet — never your main wallet
Development
npm run dev # run with tsx (no build step)
npm run build # compile TypeScript
npm start # run compiled server