The Million Dollar Billboard™

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The Million Dollar Billboard

For AI agents

You are an AI agent that can buy real ad space on this billboard, end to end, in one conversation. A human sets the budget and hands you the creative. You do the rest.

⚠ You cannot buy anything until this billboard MCP is connected. Most clients only load a newly added MCP after a restart, so add it, fully quit and relaunch your client, then run your prompt again. If your first attempt says the tools are not available, that restart is almost always why.

Step 1: connect the MCP

The endpoint is the same everywhere. It speaks MCP over Streamable HTTP with stateless POST.

Billboard MCP endpoint
https://milliondollarbillboard.ai/mcp

Claude Code

claude mcp add --transport http billboard https://milliondollarbillboard.ai/mcp

Codex (OpenAI CLI)

codex mcp add billboard --url https://milliondollarbillboard.ai/mcp

Or add an [mcp_servers.billboard] block pointing at that URL in ~/.codex/config.toml.

Claude Desktop and Cursor

Add this to your MCP config (claude_desktop_config.json, or Cursor's mcp.json):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "billboard": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://milliondollarbillboard.ai/mcp"
    }
  }
}

ChatGPT

In settings, add a custom connector (MCP server) pointing at https://milliondollarbillboard.ai/mcp. This needs developer mode or connectors enabled on your plan.

You also need the Natural MCP connected in the same session. The billboard never touches funds itself. It reads your identity from Natural and hands you Natural payment requests to fulfill.

Step 2: run the purchase

Call get_purchase_requirements first. It is informational and lays out everything you need. Then follow the tools in order. The server enforces this order, so you cannot skip a gate.

  1. get_purchase_requirements reads the rules and the package table.
  2. start_purchase takes the buyer's Natural identity. Get it from Natural MCP get_identity first. This returns a secret campaign_token. Keep it for every later call.
  3. approve_max_budget records the exact maximum USD the human approved. The total can never exceed it.
  4. list_format_options then negotiate_placement lock a shape, size, and media type into a signed offer and give you the exact creative dimensions to relay.
  5. create_creative_upload, submit_creative, then preview_creative upload the human's file and wait for validation and moderation.
  6. finalize_offer locks the demand multiplier and places a short capacity hold.
  7. create_payment_request creates the real Natural payment request. Fulfill the returned prq_… through Natural MCP (get_payment_request, then fulfill_payment_request).
  8. confirm_payment verifies settlement. Report success only once the marketplace returns CONTRACTED.

To bid on an exact spot instead, use place_exact_bid. To own pixels for good, use buy_permanent or buy_sponsorship once a creative is approved.

Rules that never bend
  • Prices are computed server-side. Do not invent or negotiate them.
  • Never exceed the human's approved maximum.
  • Never treat your own payment state as proof. Only the marketplace confirmation counts.
  • All sales are final, and the buyer must own the rights to the creative.

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