Macfax

What you can do with it

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• Connection: Runs in the cloud
• Transport: Streamable HTTP
• Category: Other

Install

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You need

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

Which app do you use?

https://macfax.com/mcp

claude mcp add --transport http macfax https://macfax.com/mcp

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "macfax": {
      "url": "https://macfax.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

{
  "servers": {
    "macfax": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://macfax.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

https://macfax.com/mcp

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What it can do

Tool names and descriptions exactly as the server reported them on Nov 8, 2026. The maker wrote them, not us; we show them as plain text.

• lookup_mac_serial

  Resolve a Mac, iPad or iPhone serial number to its exact model, including 2021+ randomized serials whose characters encode nothing (so no character-decoder can read them). status says what came back: resolved, unknown_serial (no such serial; check it), unsupported (a real device

• get_mac_price_stats

  What a used Mac configuration actually sells for AND what sellers are asking right now. The sold slice is the headline: verified-sale percentiles when the config has enough recent sales (sold.basis 'direct'; n and window ride along), else the asking band scaled by a measured clea

• get_mac_market_value

  What a used Mac is worth, from the name Apple gives the model, e.g. "MacBook Pro (14-inch, 2021)" or "MacBook Air (13-inch, M4, 2025)". Returns every Apple Silicon configuration the name can mean, each with its sale estimate (verified sales, or the asking band scaled by a measure

• search_mac_listings

  Live used-Mac listings aggregated across eBay, Craigslist, OfferUp, Swappa, Facebook and Reddit, with scam clusters, junk titles, classified-ad bait, auctions and stale/sold rows already filtered out. Every result deep-links to the source listing where the purchase happens. Filte

• check_mac_listing

  The trust picture for one specific listing, by URL (eBay/Craigslist/OfferUp/Swappa/Facebook/Reddit) or Macfax listing id: whether Macfax knows it, whether it still passes every quality gate, scam/junk/classified/auction flags, when a scan last verified it live, its ask against th

• get_mac_report

  A verified Macfax condition report as structured data: hardware-verified identity, Activation Lock / MDM / serial-match checks, coverage status, and the signing chain. Use when a listing or seller shares a macfax.com/r/ link and the buyer wants the facts behind it. status "supers

• create_mac_alert

  Watch the market for a configuration: Macfax emails the given address when new matching listings appear. CONSENT CONTRACT: create an alert only for a user who explicitly asked for this alert on this email address. The first alert for a new email stays inactive until the email's o

• get_macfax_credit_balance

  How many credits this API key has left, and what costs one. One credit answers one distinct serial, any Apple device and any year, and the same serial again within 24 hours is free. Answers that come back retry or unsupported, and every other tool, are free. Without credits, a fr

Basic checksi

We check information anyone can see; we have not read the code. Checks that do not apply are left out of the count. · Checked Nov 8, 2026

• ✓ Pass

  Maker matches the repo

  The registry name was verified against the domain macfax.com (the registry checks domain ownership)

• … 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 1197 ms (HTTP 200)

• – Not applicable

  Sign-in with OAuth

  No sign-in needed

• ✓ Pass

  No hidden instructions in tool descriptions

  Read 8 tool descriptions and found no hidden instructions to the AI

Compared with others in Otheri

• More stars than 0% of the other 18600 servers in this category
• Published to the registry more recently than 60% of the other 18600 servers in this category
• Basic checks equal to or better than 100% of the other 18600 servers in this category

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README from the maker

https://macfax.com/mcp

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npx -y macfax-mcp            # speaks MCP over stdio