InstaBids

What you can do with it

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• Connection: Runs in the cloud
• Transport: Streamable HTTP
• Category: Online shops & payments

Install

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You need

• Runs in the cloudNothing to install; it connects over the internet

Which app do you use?

https://instabids.ai/api/agent/mcp

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"
    }
  }
}

https://instabids.ai/api/agent/mcp

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What it can do

Tool names and descriptions exactly as the server reported them on Nov 7, 2026. The maker wrote them, not us; we show them as plain text.

• 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 pic

• 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 InstaBids

• 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  Read sourced local permit facts, with the date each rule was checked; unpublished rules get guidance to ask your bidder and confirm local requirements.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 Looks like an instruction to the AI

  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

• 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, con

• 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 pic

• 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.

Basic checksi

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• ! Caution

  Maker matches the repo

  The registry lists no source repo, so we cannot match the publisher (instabids.ai) to the code

• … Not checked yet

  Still maintained

  We have not read this repo from GitHub yet

• … Not checked yet

  Has a licence

  We have not read this repo from GitHub yet

• ✓ Pass

  Endpoint responds

  Responded in 599 ms (HTTP 200)

• – Not applicable

  Sign-in with OAuth

  No sign-in needed

• ✕ Fail

  No hidden instructions in tool descriptions

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Compared with others in Online shops & paymentsi

• More stars than 0% of the other 2550 servers in this category
• Published to the registry more recently than 92% of the other 2550 servers in this category
• Basic checks equal to or better than 32% of the other 2550 servers in this category

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