plushsource-mcp

PlushSource MCP and open plush manufacturer list

An MCP server and an open, facts-only list of custom plush manufacturers, from PlushSource, the independent directory of custom plush manufacturers.

Browse, filter and compare every manufacturer, with written profiles, at plushsource.com.

What's inside

Path	What it is
MANUFACTURERS.md	The manufacturer list as a table, grouped by country.
data/manufacturers.csv	The source data. Edit this in a pull request.
data/manufacturers.json	The same data as JSON, generated from the CSV.
src/	The plushsource-mcp MCP server (TypeScript).
server.json	Metadata for the official MCP Registry.

Use the MCP server

Requires Node 20 or newer. Add this to your MCP client config (Claude Desktop, Cursor, VS Code and others):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "plushsource": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "plushsource-mcp"]
    }
  }
}

Or run it directly:

npx -y plushsource-mcp

The server talks over stdio, needs no API key and makes no network calls. The dataset is bundled in the package.

Tools

Tool	What it does
search_manufacturers	Filter by free text, country, category, MOQ range, certifications, design inputs, products, industries and OEM/ODM. Array filters are AND. MOQ filters exclude records that do not publish an MOQ.
get_manufacturer	Every fact for one manufacturer, plus the link to its written profile on PlushSource.
compare_manufacturers	Two to five manufacturers side by side. Unknown slugs are reported in missing.
get_facets	Countries, categories, certifications, products, design inputs, industries and MOQ bands, with counts. Call it before filtering.
get_dataset_info	Dataset date, record count, licence, and links to the listing criteria and full dataset.

It also provides an rfq_draft prompt that turns a project brief into a shortlist of 3–5 manufacturers and one RFQ email.

Empty fields mean the manufacturer does not publish that fact. They are never estimated.

The dataset

The list has facts only: location, MOQ, sample and production lead times, OEM/ODM, product types, accepted design inputs, claimed certifications, and client industries. Each fact comes from the manufacturer's own public pages. Each row links to its PlushSource listing.

• Table: MANUFACTURERS.md
• Download: CSV or JSON
• Columns and allowed values: data/README.md

A listing is not an endorsement, a certification, a ranking or a quality guarantee. PlushSource does not independently audit or verify manufacturers; facts are recorded as the manufacturer states them. PlushSource does not quote, sample or take orders. Contact manufacturers directly.

Add or correct a manufacturer

Manufacturers, buyers and anyone else can ask for a manufacturer to be added, or for a fact to be corrected:

• Request a new manufacturer
• Report a correction
• Or open a pull request that edits data/manufacturers.csv

Every fact needs a link to a public page that proves it. See CONTRIBUTING.md and the listing criteria.

Development

npm install
npm run build        # regenerate data files from the CSV, then bundle dist/index.js
npm run validate     # check the CSV and that generated files are up to date
npm run typecheck
node dist/index.js   # start the server on stdio

To try a local build in an MCP client, point command at node and args at the absolute path of dist/index.js.

Licences

• Code: MIT
• Data (data/ and MANUFACTURERS.md): CC BY 4.0. Credit "PlushSource" with a link to https://plushsource.com.

Manufacturer names and trademarks belong to their owners.