Laminate
The Laminate MCP server. Your agent can read sponsor boards, explain picks and price packages with no access code. With the code, it can also run a new sponsor search.
Last updated Oct 29 2026
MCP (the Model Context Protocol) is an open standard that lets an AI agent call tools on another service. Laminate runs an MCP server, so your own agent can work an event the way a promoter does on this site.
13 tools. 10 need no access code and make no Qloo calls. 3 need the access code and can call Qloo. Every result is JSON, built by the same code that renders the event pages.
Endpoint: Streamable HTTP, stateless, POST only
https://laminate.pexelerate.com/api/mcp
In Claude
Claude Code: run this command. Leave out the header to use only the 10 tools that need no code.
claude mcp add --transport http laminate https://laminate.pexelerate.com/api/mcp \
--header "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_ACCESS_CODE"Claude (web or desktop): Settings, Connectors, Add custom connector, with the URL above. Without the header, Claude gets the 10 tools that need no code.
Any other client that supports Streamable HTTP takes the same URL and header.
{
"mcpServers": {
"laminate": {
"type": "http",
"url": "https://laminate.pexelerate.com/api/mcp",
"headers": { "Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_ACCESS_CODE" }
}
}
}get_board on an example event. No code, no Qloo calls. list_events returns every event id.
curl -s https://laminate.pexelerate.com/api/mcp \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-H "Accept: application/json, text/event-stream" \
-d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/call",
"params":{"name":"get_board","arguments":{"eventId":"missoula-club"}}}'With the access code, find_sponsors starts a run and returns a runId. Poll get_run until status is done, then pass the runId as the eventId to any read tool.
curl -s https://laminate.pexelerate.com/api/mcp \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-H "Accept: application/json, text/event-stream" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_ACCESS_CODE" \
-d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":2,"method":"tools/call",
"params":{"name":"find_sponsors","arguments":{
"acts":["Your headliner","Your opener"],
"venue":"Your venue","city":"Austin, TX",
"attendance":1200,"goal":25000}}}'The live tools require the access code that unlocks live search on the site. Send it on every request as Authorization: Bearer YOUR_ACCESS_CODE. Judges: the code is in Additional info on Devpost.
access_locked.get_run costs none.In the order you would use them. Descriptions and arguments are the ones the server returns from tools/list.
No access code, no Qloo calls. Reads the stored runs the event pages use.
Lists the example events and saved runs: id, title, city, country, date, attendance, goal, committed, pace and where the crowd comes from. Filter by kind of show.
Arguments
kindclub | festival | arena | stadiumlimitintegerReturns one event's sponsor board as the event page shows it. Each tier has its price per slot and its brands (category, fit score, driving act, one-line reason, local or travelling fans). Also returns the bench, rule conflicts with their reasons, and revenue placed against the goal.
Arguments
eventIdstringrequiredbenchLimitintegerExplains why one brand is on an event's board. Returns the fit score's parts and weights (rank for this crowd, lift against the city, bridge across acts, age match), the driving act and the crowd origin. Also returns any rule that blocks or benches the brand, and the numbered Qloo request ids behind each number.
Arguments
eventIdstringrequiredbrandIdstringbrandNamestringReturns who the crowd is for one event: age and gender leans against Qloo's whole audience (leans, not shares), where the crowd comes from and the mix, places near the venue, and open categories with the best brand for each.
Arguments
eventIdstringrequiredReturns the example season's dashboard: each event's goal, committed, forecast, pace and risk, pipeline value by deal stage, what needs attention, and revenue by category.
Arguments
None.
Returns one brand's fit, tier, stage and price at every saved event that returned it, and a season package priced from each event's rate card, so one deal can cover several shows.
Arguments
brandIdstringbrandNamestringtierpresenting | gold | silver | bronze | communitydiscountPctnumberNo access code, no Qloo calls. Runs Laminate's pricing, rules and crowd-mix code on a stored board. Saves nothing.
Prices an event's package with Laminate's pricing code: the rate card and tier prices for its attendance or one you give, and how many slots it takes to reach the goal. Prices are editable placeholders.
Arguments
eventIdstringrequiredattendanceintegergoalintegercurrencycurrency codeApplies the board rules to an event's stored board with your changes (all ages, blocked categories, sponsors taken elsewhere, locked sponsors) and returns what moves to the bench and why. Saves nothing.
Arguments
eventIdstringrequiredallAgesbooleanblockedCategoriesstring[]takenSponsorsstring[]lockedSponsorsstring[]Ranks an event's brands again for a different share of local fans, from the answers stored for that run, like the mix slider on the event page. No Qloo calls. Returns invalid_request when the run has no stored answers for where the crowd comes from.
Arguments
eventIdstringrequiredlocalSharenumberrequiredtopintegerReturns the event's sponsorship prospectus as Markdown (tiers, prices, brands with their reasons, attribution) and the link to the prospectus page.
Arguments
eventIdstringrequiredAccess code required. Counts toward live search's caps and the daily Qloo budget.
Starts a live run from a brief, the same run as the site's search: lineup, venue, city, attendance, goal, all ages, blocked categories and where the crowd comes from. Requires the access code. Returns a runId and the event link; poll get_run. If an act or the place is not found, returns status suggestion instead of running.
Arguments
actsstring[]requiredcitystringvenuestringattendanceintegerrequiredgoalintegerdatestringeventTypestringallAgesbooleanblockedCategoriesstring[]crowdOriginobjectnotesstringReturns a run started with find_sponsors: status, steps done, Qloo requests used, and the board in get_board's shape once it is done. Requires the access code.
Arguments
runIdstringrequiredScores up to 25 brands you name against one event's crowd with Qloo: each is matched, then ranked within your list for this crowd, with the act that drives it. Requires the access code.
Arguments
eventIdstringrequiredbrandsstring[]requiredErrors come in two kinds. Branch on the code; the message is for people and may change.
Sent once the request reaches a tool. HTTP 200, a normal tools/call result with isError: true. The text content and structuredContent both hold { error: { code, message } }.
{
"isError": true,
"structuredContent": {
"error": {
"code": "not_found",
"message": "No event with id ..."
}
}
}access_requiredHTTP 200, isErrorfind_sponsors needs the judges' access code, sent as an Authorization: Bearer <code> header (the code is in Additional info on Devpost). The read-only tools work without it.Fix: Send Authorization: Bearer <code>.
access_deniedHTTP 200, isErrorWrong access code. The read-only tools work without it.Fix: Check the code. Each wrong code counts toward access_locked.
access_lockedHTTP 200, isErrorToo many wrong access codes from this address. Try again in 10 minutes.Fix: Wait 10 minutes, then retry with the right code.
access_unavailableHTTP 200, isErrorLive search is not set up on this server. The read-only tools still work.Fix: Use the read tools.
invalid_requestHTTP 200, isErrorSay where the show is: a city, a venue, or both.Fix: Fix the arguments the message names.
not_foundHTTP 200, isErrorNo event with id "my-show". Call list_events for the ids, or get_run for a run you started.Fix: Get ids from list_events, get_board or find_sponsors.
rate_limitedHTTP 200, isErrorToo many searches from this address. Wait a minute and try again.Fix: Back off and retry later.
run_failedHTTP 200, isErrorThe run failed.Fix: Call find_sponsors again. A repeated brief replays from the cache.
timeoutHTTP 200, isErrorThat took too long. Try again in a moment.Fix: Retry once.
answer_too_largeHTTP 200, isErrorThe answer is too large. Ask for fewer items with limit, benchLimit or top.Fix: Lower limit, benchLimit or top.
internal_errorHTTP 200, isErrorLaminate could not answer that right now. Try again in a moment.Fix: Retry once.
Arguments that fail a tool's schema are refused by the MCP SDK before the tool runs: isError: true with text that starts MCP error -32602: Input validation error and names the argument.
Sent before any tool runs. A JSON-RPC error with the HTTP status below, the reason in error.data.code, and Retry-After on 429 and 503.
HTTP/1.1 429 Too Many Requests
Retry-After: 60
{
"jsonrpc": "2.0",
"id": null,
"error": {
"code": -32000,
"message": "Too many requests ...",
"data": { "code": "rate_limited" }
}
}parse_errorHTTP 400, JSON-RPC -32700Parse error: the body must be JSON-RPC.Fix: Send a JSON-RPC 2.0 body.
method_not_allowedHTTP 405, JSON-RPC -32000Use POST. This server is stateless and has no event stream.Fix: Send POST.
request_too_largeHTTP 413, JSON-RPC -32000The request is too large.Fix: Send a smaller request.
rate_limitedHTTP 429, JSON-RPC -32000Too many requests to the Laminate MCP server. Wait a minute and try again.Fix: Wait for Retry-After seconds.
pausedHTTP 503, JSON-RPC -32000The Laminate MCP server is paused.Fix: Wait for Retry-After seconds.
status: "suggestion" from find_sponsors or get_run: an act or the place was not found, so nothing ran. Fix the brief from suggestion and call again.status: "paused": live search is switched off on the server. Read tools still work.