Etsy Marketplace

Etsy Category Search MCP Tool

Search Etsy category data by name, ID, or parent IDs to find category identifiers for product/store filtering.

MCP tool name

nexscope_etsy_category_search

Equivalent REST API path

https://claw-callback.nexscope.ai/api/skill-api/v1/skills/etsy-category-search/run

JSON-RPC method

tools/call

Authentication

Send the user API key as a bearer token on every MCP JSON-RPC request.

Authorization: Bearer nk_xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

If authentication is missing or invalid, ask the user to open API Access and copy a valid key before calling this tool.

Call this MCP tool

Use tools/call with the MCP tool name below. The arguments object should match the table on this page.

{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": "etsy-category-search-1",
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "nexscope_etsy_category_search",
    "arguments": {
      "keyword": "phone case",
      "pageSize": 1,
      "page": 1
    }
  }
}

REST API equivalent

POST /api/skill-api/v1/runhttps://claw-callback.nexscope.ai/api/skill-api/v1/skills/etsy-category-search/run

Canonical detail URL

https://www.nexscope.ai/mcp-map/etsy-category-search

Arguments

Name	Type	Required	Meaning
`keyword`	`string`	required	Keyword: matches category name, category id, or parentIds fields (substring) Example: phone case
`page`	`integer`	optional	Page number (starting from 1) Example: 1
`pageSize`	`integer`	optional	Items per page, max 200 Example: 1

Response fields

Treat structuredContent as the programmatic API response payload.

Name	Type	Required	Meaning
`total`	`integer`	optional	Number of records returned on this page Example: 1
`costToken`	`integer`	optional	Token consumption (local retrieval is free) Example: 1
`categories`	`array`	optional	List of matching categories Example: []
`title`	`string`	optional	Title Example: {}
`categories[].categoryLevel`	`integer`	optional	Category level Example: 1
`categories[].id`	`string`	optional	Category ID Example: example-id
`categories[].name`	`string`	optional	Category name Example: {}
`categories[].parentId`	`string`	optional	Canonical primary parent category ID Example: example-id
`categories[].parentIds`	`string`	optional	All non-empty parent category IDs (comma-separated) Example: {}
`errcode`	`integer`	optional	Upstream status code returned by the provider. Example: {}
`errmsg`	`string`	optional	Upstream status message returned by the provider. Example: {}
`code`	`string`	optional	Provider-specific status code. Example: {}
`msg`	`string`	optional	Provider-specific status message. Example: {}
`message`	`string`	optional	Provider-specific message. Example: {}
`type`	`string`	optional	Provider-specific render or payload type. Example: {}
`sourceType`	`string`	optional	Provider-specific source platform type. Example: {}
`sourceTool`	`string`	optional	Provider-specific source tool name. Example: {}
`costTime`	`integer`	optional	Execution time reported by the upstream provider. Example: {}
`page`	`integer`	optional	Current page returned by the upstream provider. Example: {}
`pageSize`	`integer`	optional	Page size returned by the upstream provider. Example: {}
`pageItemCount`	`integer`	optional	Item count on the current page returned by the upstream provider. Example: {}
`totalPage`	`integer`	optional	Total page count returned by the upstream provider. Example: {}
`dataSnapshotMonth`	`string`	optional	Data snapshot month returned by the upstream provider. Example: {}

Examples

Example arguments

{
  "keyword": "phone case",
  "pageSize": 1,
  "page": 1
}

Example structuredContent

{
  "total": 1,
  "costToken": 1,
  "categories": [
    {
      "categoryLevel": 1,
      "id": "example-id",
      "parentId": "example-id"
    }
  ]
}