# NameIntel

> Clear to launch. Score any brand name across domain, trademark, social, SEO, and AI findability — pay-per-call via x402 micropayments, no signup, no API keys.

NameIntel is a name intelligence API and MCP server. It scores brand names across five dimensions (domain availability, trademark risk, social handle availability, SEO keyword strength, and AI findability — the GEO score) and exposes that scoring engine to AI agents and human developers via two surfaces: a REST API and a remote MCP server. Every endpoint is priced in USDC and settled over the x402 micropayment protocol on Base and Solana, so an autonomous agent can call NameIntel mid-task without a human in the loop, without an API key, and without a subscription.

## What's unique

- **Five-dimensional unified scoring.** Most naming tools check one or two signals. NameIntel returns all five in a single call in under ten seconds.
- **The GEO score** — an industry-first measure of how findable a brand name is in AI-generated answers from ChatGPT, Perplexity, Claude, and Gemini. Nobody else publishes this.
- **Agent-native by design.** Remote MCP server (Streamable HTTP), x402 pay-per-call, machine-readable manifests at `/.well-known/mcp.json` and `/.well-known/x402`, full OpenAPI spec at `/openapi.json`, a self-describing 402 response that returns the price menu.
- **Zero-friction onboarding.** Paste one URL into Claude Desktop or run one `claude mcp add` command. Fund a wallet with $5 USDC. Done.

## How to integrate

**Claude Desktop / Claude Code (recommended):**
Add the remote MCP server at `https://mcp.nameintel.io/mcp` (Streamable HTTP transport).

```
claude mcp add --transport http nameintel https://mcp.nameintel.io/mcp
```

**REST API:**
Base URL `https://api.nameintel.io`. Every endpoint returns HTTP 402 when called without a payment header. The 402 body is a menu of all available endpoints with USDC prices. Sign a payment payload for one of the supported chains (Base or Solana), retry with `X-PAYMENT` header, and the facilitator verifies and settles.

## Audience

AI agents and the developers building them. Branding agencies, startup studios, and naming consultancies running high volumes of name validation. Founders evaluating one or two candidate names (best served by the Phase 2 web app at nameintel.io — credit packs and subscriptions via Stripe).

## Pages

- [Home](https://nameintel.io): Score your brand name
- [API documentation](https://nameintel.io/api): Endpoints, pricing, payment flow
- [MCP setup](https://nameintel.io/mcp): One-click install instructions for Claude Desktop and Claude Code
- [Pricing](https://nameintel.io/pricing): x402 per-call and Stripe credit packs
- [About](https://nameintel.io/about): Team, methodology, the GEO score rationale

## Manifests for agents

These files are machine-readable. Agents and crawlers should prefer them over scraping prose.

- [/.well-known/mcp.json](https://api.nameintel.io/.well-known/mcp.json) — MCP server URL, tool inventory, prices
- [/.well-known/x402](https://api.nameintel.io/.well-known/x402) — payment manifest (chains, receivers, facilitators)
- [/openapi.json](https://api.nameintel.io/openapi.json) — OpenAPI 3.1 spec for the REST API
- [/changelog.json](https://api.nameintel.io/changelog.json) — version history and breaking-change tracking
- [/health](https://api.nameintel.io/health) — liveness plus full capability inventory

## Contact

Built by Todd Merrill / Silverback CTO and Jim Hasty / CogleGroup using the Velocity Process methodology.
Email: todd@silverbackcto.com
Booking: https://fantastical.app/toddmerrill/tech-cxo

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# Machine-readable manifest

The block below mirrors the data in `/.well-known/mcp.json` and `/.well-known/x402`. If you are an agent or framework that consumes llms.txt as a manifest, parse the YAML below.

```yaml
service:
  id: nameintel
  name: NameIntel
  version: 1.0.0
  description: Name intelligence API and MCP server. Score brand names across five dimensions; pay per call via x402.
  homepage: https://nameintel.io
  contact: todd@silverbackcto.com

api:
  base: https://api.nameintel.io
  openapi: https://api.nameintel.io/openapi.json
  health: https://api.nameintel.io/health
  changelog: https://api.nameintel.io/changelog.json

mcp:
  endpoint: https://mcp.nameintel.io/mcp
  transport: streamable-http
  manifest: https://api.nameintel.io/.well-known/mcp.json

payment:
  protocol: x402
  manifest: https://api.nameintel.io/.well-known/x402
  header: X-PAYMENT
  chains:
    - network: base
      asset: USDC
      facilitator: https://api.cdp.coinbase.com/platform/v2/x402
    - network: solana
      asset: USDC

endpoints:
  - path: /api/v1/score
    method: POST
    price_usdc: "0.05"
    name: Full name score
    dimensions: [domain, trademark, social, seo, geo]
  - path: /api/v1/score/basic
    method: POST
    price_usdc: "0.02"
    name: Basic name score
    dimensions: [domain, trademark, social, seo]
  - path: /api/v1/check/domain
    method: POST
    price_usdc: "0.01"
    name: Domain availability check
    dimensions: [domain]
  - path: /api/v1/check/trademark
    method: POST
    price_usdc: "0.01"
    name: USPTO trademark conflict check
    dimensions: [trademark]
  - path: /api/v1/check/social
    method: POST
    price_usdc: "0.01"
    name: Social handle availability check
    dimensions: [social]
  - path: /api/v1/check/geo
    method: POST
    price_usdc: "0.03"
    name: GEO / AI findability score
    dimensions: [geo]
```