Data Collection

macfax.com

Collects and provides Mac pricing data, serial number verification, and aggregated listings from multiple marketplaces.

1 endpoint7 known toolsFirst detected July 25, 2026Last detected September 6, 2026

ENDPOINT 1

https://macfax.com/mcp

No auth detected

MCP server metadata

Name: com.macfax/macfax
Version: 1.0.0

Capabilities

tools

Server instructions

Macfax is the trust layer for the used-Mac market: quality-gated live listings aggregated across eBay, Craigslist, OfferUp, Swappa, Facebook and Reddit; sale and asking price statistics per exact configuration; per-listing trust checks; verified condition reports; and standing listing alerts. Prices are two labeled slices, never blended: the sold slice is the headline sale estimate (basis "direct" = verified sales with n and window, basis "calibrated" = the asking band scaled by a measured, disclosed clearance ratio), and the asking band is seller listing guidance from live listings. Preserve the labels when relaying numbers, and keep each listing's deep link to the source marketplace. Free to use. Serial resolution is the one metered tool, because it is the one with an upstream cost: a credit is spent only on a brand new resolution, meaning a 2021+ (10 character) serial never resolved before that this caller has not asked about in the last 24 hours. Cached serials, pre-2021 serials, repeats within 24 hours and every other tool are free at every tier. Over-limit calls return a structured error carrying the exact next call to make (mint a free key at POST https://macfax.com/api/v1/keys for ~10x limits and 25 new resolutions a day; get_macfax_credit_balance reports what is left). Docs: https://macfax.com/developers

Known tools 7

lookup_mac_serial

Check a Mac serial number: whether a verified Macfax report exists for it, plus the model and year decoded from Apple's data for pre-2021 serials.

Inferred read-only

get_mac_price_stats

What a used Mac configuration actually sells for AND what sellers are asking right now.

Inferred read-only

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.

Inferred read-only

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 the configuration's typical asking band, the platform's own seller-reputation figures where the marketplace has them (seller_signals: eBay feedback, Swappa rating; null elsewhere), and whether a verified Macfax report is attached.

Inferred read-only

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.

Inferred read-only

create_mac_alert

Watch the market for a configuration: Macfax emails the given address when new matching listings appear.

Inferred read-only

get_macfax_credit_balance

How many serial resolutions this API key has left, and what actually costs a credit.

Inferred read-only

CONNECT WITH APPROVAL

Client installation

Review this server and its permissions before adding it. Secret placeholders must be set locally.

Codex

~/.codex/config.toml

[mcp_servers.com-macfax-macfax]
url = "https://macfax.com/mcp"
enabled = true

Claude Code

.mcp.json

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

Claude Desktop

Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector

Name: com-macfax-macfax
Remote MCP URL: https://macfax.com/mcp

Add this remote URL as a custom connector in Claude Desktop. Availability depends on the user plan and workspace policy.

Cursor

.cursor/mcp.json

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

Visual Studio Code

.vscode/mcp.json

Add to Visual Studio Code

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

Generic MCP

Client-specific MCP configuration

{
  "name": "com-macfax-macfax",
  "transport": "streamable-http",
  "url": "https://macfax.com/mcp"
}

MCP Inspector

Run the official MCP Inspector locally and enter the indexed Streamable HTTP endpoint.

TRUST AND VERIFICATION EVIDENCE

Loading Trust v2 evidence…

Checking the associated registrable domain. The BuiltWith key remains server-side.

Indexed

Evidence is source-attributed and does not guarantee that a third-party server is safe. Risk labels are conservative metadata heuristics.