InstaBids

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claude mcp add --transport http instabids https://instabids.ai/api/agent/mcp

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "instabids": {
      "url": "https://instabids.ai/api/agent/mcp"
    }
  }
}

{
  "servers": {
    "instabids": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://instabids.ai/api/agent/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Settings > Connectors > Add custom connector
URL: https://instabids.ai/api/agent/mcp

Tools 23 found in our last check

• how_instabids_works

  InstaBids is an AI-run marketplace for homeowners and property managers: describe a home job once, by chat or through your own AI assistant, add photos, and get multiple written quotes on the same scope, compared apples to apples, with no phone calls or home visits before you pi…

• bid_checklist

  Get six items to compare in a home-project bid and optional trade-specific preparation. Omit trade for the general checklist; the answer's trade is then null. The answer includes sourceUrl.

• check_service_area

  Every US ZIP can post a job. Homeowners anywhere in the US can post a job; once you send it, InstaBids finds contractors to bid on it. Returns guidance and whether the input is a US ZIP, plus nearby town pages. Get the answer for a five-digit ZIP, and list towns with an InstaBid…

• permit_facts

  Read sourced local permit facts, with the date each rule was checked; unpublished rules get guidance to ask your bidder and confirm local requirements. Homeowners anywhere in the US can post a job; once you send it, InstaBids finds contractors to bid on it.

• start_job

  Use this when a homeowner wants contractor bids on a home repair or improvement job in the US. Creates a private draft from their description and five-digit ZIP and returns a one-hour link for the homeowner to open. Nothing reaches a contractor until the homeowner confirms their…

• ask_next

  fill what you can; everything else can come later. Start with the homeowner’s description and ZIP (trade is optional), plus a photo or a good description. Optional: photos, a description or transcript of a 20–60 s walk clip, timing and the job type’s must-haves from intake_templ…

• answer_intake

  fill what you can; everything else can come later. Start with the homeowner’s description and ZIP (trade is optional), plus a photo or a good description. Optional: photos, a description or transcript of a 20–60 s walk clip, timing and the job type’s must-haves from intake_templ…

• reissue_claim_link

  Returns a replacement link for the homeowner to open and claim their draft. The old link stops working. Rate limited; unknown or expired statusHandle values receive the same generic NOT_FOUND answer. Only the homeowner sends the job to contractors inside InstaBids; this tool can…

• job_status

  Use this after start_job returned a statusHandle, to see whether the homeowner has sent the job and how many bids have arrived. Returns only the stage (draft, sent, collecting_bids, picked, closed or expired), the bid count and when it last changed. Never returns bid amounts, co…

• how_contractors_join

  InstaBids is an AI-run marketplace for homeowners and property managers: describe a home job once, by chat or through your own AI assistant, add photos, and get multiple written quotes on the same scope, compared apples to apples, with no phone calls or home visits before you pi…

• job_guidance

  Get must-have questions and photo asks from the current intake template for any trade. Unknown trades use the generic template. No prices or budget questions.

• get_job_status

  Returns the status, ZIP code, progress and bid count for one of the signed-in homeowner's InstaBids jobs. When returned, 'state' is the field to act on with 'nextStep'; 'status' is kept for compatibility. Read-only. US only. There is no limit parameter or next page. Needs the jo…

• list_bids

  Returns the bids contractors placed on one of the signed-in homeowner's jobs: amount, timeline and written scope, each under a label such as Contractor A. Bids carry no contractor name or contact details. A bid may also show the size of company as described by the contractor and…

• prepare_publish

  Checks whether one of the homeowner's draft jobs is complete and pauses this connection's edits to it for 30 minutes, until frozenUntil. Calling again while a send is pending can return PUBLISH_PENDING; MCP may present this as status awaiting_homeowner. Only the homeowner can se…

• list_my_jobs

  Returns the signed-in homeowner's own home-project requests, newest first, up to 50. Read-only. US only. Shows up to 50 recent jobs; older jobs are not listed here. The limit parameter accepts 1 to 50, default 50; there is no next page. Needs the jobs:read scope.

• request_approval

  Creates a code the homeowner enters after signing in on any device, to approve or decline sending their prepared job. Only the homeowner can approve. action must be publish_job. Calling again with a new key replaces the earlier code. bidCardId is a prepared draft. Reusing an ide…

• check_approval

  Returns whether the homeowner accepted or denied a pending approval request. The interval output field is the minimum wait in seconds before the next check (5 to 60 seconds). Each call records a poll time. Polling sooner than interval returns status slow_down, increases interval…

• get_home_profile

  Returns only the home facts the homeowner chose to share with this assistant: home names, ZIP area, home systems the homeowner added or accepted, project list and open issue types. Returns up to 5 homes with up to 50 entries in each systems, list and openIssues array per home. T…

• list_home_photos

  Returns up to 20 ready photos from the homeowner's homes, optionally filtered by home, with room labels and photo links that expire in five minutes and stop working as soon as the homeowner stops sharing photos with this assistant or disconnects it. Read-only. The limit paramete…

• get_project_history

  Returns the homeowner's own InstaBids projects, newest first, up to 100: status, trade, ZIP, timing, number of bids and whether a contractor was picked. Prices, contractor names and contact details are not included. Read-only. There is no limit parameter; returns up to 100 proje…

• get_updates

  Returns changes on the signed-in homeowner's own InstaBids jobs since an optional cursor: new or changed bids, contractor messages and questions, and job status changes. Each update is a short summary with the job id; details stay in InstaBids. Read-only. Pass the cursor returne…

• save_home_fact

  Saves the nickname or ZIP code on one of the homeowner's homes identified by homeId. Set field to nickname or zip and value to the replacement text (1–60 characters); for zip, value must be a 5-digit ZIP. A different saved value requires homeowner confirmation. Requires home:wri…

• add_home_photo

  Adds a photo to one of the homeowner's homes after InstaBids scans it; the scan may refuse it. Requires home:write and photos:write. imageBase64 accepts up to 60000 base64 characters (about 45000 bytes). roomTag is optional and defaults to unknown. Add only a photo the homeowner…

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