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Quickstart: connect your agent to Rightshold

Copy-paste setup for Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Cursor, VS Code, OpenAI Responses and Agents SDK, LangChain, CrewAI and plain REST. License checks are free with no key.

Claude Code

claude mcp add --transport http rightshold https://www.rightshold.com/mcp

Claude Desktop (claude_desktop_config.json)

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "rightshold": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "mcp-remote",
        "https://www.rightshold.com/mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Cursor (.cursor/mcp.json)

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "rightshold": {
      "url": "https://www.rightshold.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

VS Code (.vscode/mcp.json)

{
  "servers": {
    "rightshold": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://www.rightshold.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

OpenAI Responses API (remote MCP)

from openai import OpenAI
client = OpenAI()
r = client.responses.create(
    model="gpt-5",
    tools=[{"type": "mcp", "server_label": "rightshold",
            "server_url": "https://www.rightshold.com/mcp", "require_approval": "never"}],
    input="May I use a CC-BY-NC-4.0 image in a paid ad?",
)
print(r.output_text)

OpenAI Agents SDK (Python)

from agents import Agent, Runner
from agents.mcp import MCPServerStreamableHttp

async with MCPServerStreamableHttp(params={"url": "https://www.rightshold.com/mcp"}, name="rightshold") as rs:
    agent = Agent(name="assistant", mcp_servers=[rs])
    print((await Runner.run(agent, "Is MIT ok for commercial use?")).final_output)

LangChain (langchain-mcp-adapters)

from langchain_mcp_adapters.client import MultiServerMCPClient
client = MultiServerMCPClient({"rightshold": {"url": "https://www.rightshold.com/mcp", "transport": "streamable_http"}})
tools = await client.get_tools()

CrewAI (crewai-tools MCPServerAdapter)

from crewai_tools import MCPServerAdapter
with MCPServerAdapter({"url": "https://www.rightshold.com/mcp", "transport": "streamable-http"}) as tools:
    ...  # pass tools to your Agent(tools=tools)

REST (no SDK)

curl -s https://www.rightshold.com/v1/licenses/check -H 'content-type: application/json' \
  -d '{"license_id":"MIT","intended_use":{"uses":["commercial_use"]}}'

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