vreddie-mcp-server

vreddie-mcp-server

Bring VR Eddie's headset ratings, game scores, live deals, and compatibility checks directly into any Model Context Protocol (MCP) client — Claude Desktop, Cursor, Continue, Zed, and friends.

VR Eddie has been reviewing virtual-reality headsets and rating VR games for ten years. This server exposes that review desk as five tools your AI assistant can call:

Tool	What it does
get_headset_recommendation	Returns the top 3 headsets matching a budget, use case, and experience level.
compare_headsets	Side-by-side comparison of two headsets across price, weight, FOV, resolution, library, and Eddie Score.
get_vr_deals	Live VR deals across major retailers (Best Buy, Amazon, Sony Direct, Walmart).
get_game_rating	Eddie's rating + tags for any of the 854 scored VR games.
check_compatibility	Confirms whether a given game runs on a given headset, with notes.

All data comes from vreddie.com and is cached locally for 7 days (configurable). Read-only — no writes or auth required.

Install

There are two ways to connect VR Eddie to your AI assistant:

Option 1 (recommended) — hosted endpoint

https://www.vreddie.com/api/mcp

No install. No npm. Update-on-deploy. Drop-in configs for every major MCP client are at https://www.vreddie.com/integrations.

Option 2 — npm (local stdio)

The local-stdio path if you prefer running the server on your own machine:

npx vreddie-mcp-server

Or install globally:

npm install -g vreddie-mcp-server
vreddie-mcp-server

Use it with Claude Desktop

Add this to your ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json (macOS) or %APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json (Windows):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "vr-eddie": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "vreddie-mcp-server"],
      "env": {
        "VREDDIE_BASE_URL": "https://www.vreddie.com",
        "CACHE_TTL_DAYS": "7"
      }
    }
  }
}

Restart Claude Desktop. The vr-eddie server will appear in the MCP servers panel, and the five tools will be available to call from chat.

Use it with Cursor / Continue / Zed

Each of these editors reads MCP config from a similar JSON file. Use the same command/args/env block as above, dropped into your editor's MCP config file.

Configuration

Env var	Default	Notes
VREDDIE_BASE_URL	https://www.vreddie.com	Where to fetch headset/game/deal data from.
CACHE_TTL_DAYS	7	How long to cache the catalog before re-fetching.
VREDDIE_CACHE_FILE	./data/vr-eddie-cache.json	Where to persist the cache. Set to an absolute path if you launch from an unpredictable working directory.

Examples

In Claude Desktop, ask things like:

"Use vr-eddie to recommend a VR headset for sim racing under $600 — I'm an enthusiast."

"Compare the Meta Quest 3 and the Sony PSVR2 using vr-eddie."

"What's Eddie's rating for Half-Life Alyx?"

"Are there any VR deals live right now?"

License

MIT © VR Eddie

Links

• Website: https://www.vreddie.com
• Source: https://github.com/vreddie2go/vreddie-platform
• Issues / feedback: https://github.com/vreddie2go/vreddie-platform/issues
• Model Context Protocol: https://modelcontextprotocol.io