list_brands

list_brands lists the paint brands in the database with their number of colours and a brand page URL. With country (an ISO code like “DE”, “PL”, “US”, “GB”, or a name like “Germany”) it returns the brands sold there, in order of local relevance.

Cost: Free. No key needed.

Parameters

Name	Type	Required	Default	Description
country	string, max 40 chars	no	all brands	Country code or name, e.g. “US”, “DE”, “Poland”.

Returns

One text content item holding a JSON object:

Field	Description
market	The country as resolved, when country was given.
brands	Array of brands: brand, brand_id, country, colors (number of colours), collections (number of collections), url (brand page on usemuro.com).
other_brands	With country: how many further brands exist that are not sold there.
see_on_your_wall, data_source	Attribution strings.

Example

Arguments:

{ "country": "DE" }

Result (captured from https://mcp.usemuro.com/mcp; the list is trimmed to two brands and attribution fields are omitted):

{
  "market": "DE",
  "brands": [
    {
      "brand": "Alpina",
      "brand_id": "alpina",
      "country": "DE",
      "colors": 186,
      "collections": 7,
      "url": "https://usemuro.com/en/colors/alpina"
    },
    {
      "brand": "Caparol",
      "brand_id": "caparol",
      "country": "DE",
      "colors": 2774,
      "collections": 27,
      "url": "https://usemuro.com/en/colors/caparol"
    }
  ],
  "other_brands": 27
}

The real response listed eight brands for DE.

Notes

• Use the returned brand names as the brand / brands arguments of the other tools. Some brands exist per market (for example “Sikkens (DE)”).
• The same country values work for the country argument of /mcp/tools/visualize-room/, which puts brands sold there first in the shopping list.