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• What: unofficial MCP server for Okala (okala.com, اُکالا), an Iranian online grocery marketplace where local supermarkets, bakeries and fruit shops deliver to an address. Queries work best in Persian; prices are in Toman.
• Install: claude mcp add okala -- uvx okala-mcp (stdio transport, needs uv and Python 3.10+).
• Auth: none needed. An optional SMS login (ok_login) unlocks Okala's text search in ok_search. Env vars: OKALA_MCP_PROXY (HTTP proxy), OKALA_MCP_TOKEN (access token instead of the saved login).
• Access: read-only. The 12 shopping tools only read; there is no cart, order or review tool. ok_login, ok_login_verify and ok_logout send an SMS or change the saved login, so ask the user before calling them.
• Tools: 16, all prefixed ok_. Every location tool needs lat and lon, so start with ok_locate. Typical sequence: ok_locate → ok_search → ok_compare, or ok_locate → ok_stores → ok_store_products.
• Use when: finding which stores deliver to an address, comparing one product's price and fees across nearby stores, or checking delivery slots and today's deals.
• Do not use when: the user wants to order (no cart or checkout), or is outside Okala's delivery areas (Tehran and some other big cities).
• Output: compact JSON, prices in Toman (the API's Rial divided by 10). final_price is what the buyer pays, price is before discount, discount_pct is a whole percent, ratings are 0-5. Pass lat and lon from ok_locate, and store_id from ok_stores, between tools.
• Machine-readable: server.json, and the catalog of all Iranian MCP servers at awesome-iran-mcp (, , ).

Why

On Okala every store sets its own price for the same carton of milk, and each one adds its own service and packaging fee and has its own minimum order. The site shows one store at a time, and there is no search box without logging in. An agent with okala-mcp checks every store that delivers to you in one go:

You: Where is Kalleh lactose-free milk cheapest near Yousef Abad, Tehran?

Agent: calls ok_locate(address="یوسف آباد") → ok_search(query="شیر بدون لاکتوز کاله", ...) → ok_compare(category_slug="low-fat-milk", ...)

Kalleh fat-free, lactose-free milk (1 L) is sold by 17 open stores nearby. Cheapest: یاران دریان گلریز at 147,875 Toman (12% off 169,000), 1.6 km away, first slot today 08-09, plus 10,500 service and 3,000 packaging. The dearest store asks 180,000, so you save 32,125.

_{Real tool output from 2026-10-07; prices change all the time. Prices are in Toman.}

What it can do

• 📍 Locate an address (Persian) and list the stores that deliver there, with rating, distance, first slot and fees
• 🔎 Find products near you by name: Okala's own text search after an optional one-time login, otherwise matched to Okala's categories
• 💸 Compare the same product across every nearby store, cheapest store first, with each store's fees
• 🏪 Browse one store: a whole department sorted by price or discount, filtered by name
• 🧾 Product details: price, discount, stock, max per order, brand, images
• ⏰ Store details: minimum order, whether it serves your address now, every delivery slot of the day
• ⚡ Deals: today's deal rows near you or in one store, and the biggest discounts of a store
• 🔒 Read-only by design: no cart, no orders, no reviews posted (the optional login is only used for search)

Quick start

You need uv. No API key or account.

claude mcp add okala -- uvx okala-mcp

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "okala": { "command": "uvx", "args": ["okala-mcp"] }
  }
}

{
  "servers": {
    "okala": { "type": "stdio", "command": "uvx", "args": ["okala-mcp"] }
  }
}

Then just ask:

• "Which supermarkets near Vanak Square deliver within the hour, and what are their fees?"
• "Cheapest Kalleh full-fat milk near me, and is that store's minimum order a problem for one carton?"
• "What deals does store 11009 have today?"
• ارزان‌ترین تن ماهی نزدیک میدان آرژانتین کدام فروشگاه است؟

How it works

  AI agent  (Claude, Cursor, Copilot, ...)
      │
      │  MCP over stdio
      ▼
  okala-mcp  (runs on your machine)
      │
      │  HTTPS
      └──────▶  apigateway.okala.com   the public JSON API of okala.com

okala-mcp runs locally and calls the same public endpoints the okala.com website uses as a guest. There's no hosted server in between, no API key, and nothing about you is sent anywhere else (only the delivery point you ask about goes to Okala).

Tools

The 12 shopping tools are annotated readOnlyHint: true. ok_login, ok_login_verify and ok_logout are not (they send an SMS or change the saved login), so your client asks before running them. Every tool returns compact structured JSON, so it doesn't flood the agent's context.

Good to know

• Prices are in Toman. The API speaks Rial; every tool divides by 10. final_price is what you pay, price is before discount, discount_pct is a whole percent.
• Every store has its own price. A product id is the same item in every store, so ok_compare can line them up.
• Order cost at one store = items + service fee + packaging fee + delivery fee (ok_stores), and the basket must reach the store's minimum_order (ok_store). One basket = one store.
• Text search needs a login. Okala only searches for logged-in users. Log in once (see Optional login) and ok_search uses Okala's real search, near you or inside one store (store_id), brands and product names included (نوتلا). As a guest, ok_search matches your words to category names (شیر → milk) and ranks products by name; for one store, ok_store_products with name_contains reads the whole department.
• Up to 12 products per store come back from the cross-store lists; use a narrower category slug or a brand id for more precise comparisons.
• Persian works best (شیر کم چرب, پنیر, تن ماهی). Arabic ي / ك and half-spaces are normalized.

FAQ

npx @modelcontextprotocol/inspector uvx okala-mcp

Configuration

Optional login

Everything works as a guest. Logging in only unlocks Okala's text search in ok_search (brands and product names, inside one store too). Just ask your agent:

You: Log me in to Okala, my number is 0912 123 4567

Agent: calls ok_login → Okala sends you an SMS → you type the code (in a form if your client shows one, otherwise in the chat) → logged in

• The code is sent only when you ask, at most once every 2 minutes per number.
• If your client supports MCP forms (elicitation), the code goes straight to the server and never passes through the model.
• The login is saved on your machine (~/.okala-mcp/token.json), refreshes itself, is sent only to apigateway.okala.com, and never appears in a tool reply. If it stops working, the server carries on as a guest.
• ok_account shows the state; ok_logout deletes the login.

Prefer a terminal? The same login works from the command line:

uvx okala-mcp login 09121234567          # sends the code
uvx okala-mcp login 09121234567 12345    # saves the login
uvx okala-mcp logout                     # deletes it

Restart your MCP client after a command-line login (a running server reads the login once).

فارسی: سرور MCP اُکالا

claude mcp add okala -- uvx okala-mcp

Development

git clone https://github.com/sepehr071/okala-mcp && cd okala-mcp
uv sync
uv run pytest            # offline, against recorded responses
uv run pytest -m live    # real okala.com
uv run ruff check .

Tools live in src/okala_mcp/stores.py, catalog.py and offers.py; each is a typed async function with a docstring that tells the agent when to use it. Issues and PRs are welcome, especially new tools and fixes for site changes.

Releases: bump the version in pyproject.toml and server.json, then push a v* tag. GitHub Actions tests, publishes to PyPI and the MCP Registry, and creates the GitHub Release.

Related servers

• Snappfood and SnappMarket MCP server for food and grocery prices
• All Iranian MCP servers: awesome-iran-mcp

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Disclaimer

Unofficial and not affiliated with or endorsed by Okala. It uses the public endpoints of the okala.com website, which can change without notice. Please keep request rates reasonable.

License

MIT