Back to search
100
MCP live MCP 2026-07-28 streamable-http

InstaBids

ai.instabids/instabids

Start home-repair requests and read anonymised contractor bids.

Website ↗
Watch this dependency Share evidence report
Uptime
100.0%
1 direct probes · 30d
Response
2195ms
last probe
Tools
8
callable
Resources
1
readable
Prompts
2
available
Primary URL
https://instabids.ai/api/agent/mcp
Score: 100/100
Handshake verified by our own probe.
pass Answers the MCP handshake 50/50
The handshake and the list calls succeeded on the primary URL.
pass Lists tools, resources or prompts 30/30
8 tools, 1 resources, 2 prompts returned.
pass 3 or more catalogue items 10/10
11 items in total; 3 or more earns these points.
pass Describes itself 10/10
63 characters; more than 30 earns these points.

Tools · 8

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 sco…

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 t…

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Read sourced local permit facts, with the date each rule was checked; unpublished rules get guidance to ask your bidder and confirm local requirements.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; on…

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 hom…

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 …

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 sco…

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.

Resources · 1

bid-card

Shows the job the homeowner described, before and after the homeowner sends it.

ui://instabids/bid-card.html

Prompts · 2

post_a_home_project

Help a homeowner prepare a home project in InstaBids.

check_on_my_project

Check the stage and bid count of the homeowner’s InstaBids project.

How to use

Claude Desktop or claude.ai: add a custom connector (Customize → Connectors; on Team and Enterprise plans an owner adds it under Organization settings → Connectors) with this server URL: https://instabids.ai/api/agent/mcp

Cursor or Cline: add to your MCP config:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "instabids": {
      "url": "https://instabids.ai/api/agent/mcp",
      "transport": "streamable-http"
    }
  }
}