hackshop

An AI agent that knows what hardware is hackable, repurposable, or protocol-native. Tell it your project idea — get 3-5 candidates with brick-risk, firmware links, live eBay searches, a step-by-step how-to, and an AI-generated architecture diagram.

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Try it

Need inspiration? Browse 23 project templates → (old phone as a clock, e-paper calendar, Roomba as a robot, etc.)

What you get

Hardware candidates

3-5 options, each with hack difficulty, brick risk, community size, used-market price range, and an estimated setup time.

Live links

Click straight through to current eBay listings, Hackaday articles, firmware repos, and Reddit hack threads.

How-to guides

One click generates a step-by-step walkthrough customized to your specific project — what to buy, what to flash, what can go wrong.

Use it from your own AI agent

hackshop is also an MCP server. Add this to Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor, or any MCP-aware host:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "hackshop": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "hackshop-mcp"],
      "env": {
        "ANTHROPIC_API_KEY": "sk-ant-..."
      }
    }
  }
}