INDIVIDUAL MCP TOOL

calculate

Runs ONE published Craft Quantities calculator, chosen by its slug, on the figures given: how many bags of concrete, sheets of drywall or plasterboard, tiles, bricks, studs, litres or gallons of paint, tonnes of gravel, cubic yards or m³ a job takes.

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LIVE ENDPOINT

https://api.craftquantities.com/mcp

No auth detected

Connect to this endpoint to inspect the live schema for calculate and invoke it with your own arguments.

Indexed input schema

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Risk classification

Inferred read-only · medium confidence · heuristic, not a guarantee.

No write-capable action terms were found; this is not proof that invocation has no side effects.

Parent server

craftquantities.com

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-craftquantities-engine]
url = "https://api.craftquantities.com/mcp"
enabled = true

Claude Code

.mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "com-craftquantities-engine": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://api.craftquantities.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Claude Desktop

Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector

Name: com-craftquantities-engine
Remote MCP URL: https://api.craftquantities.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-craftquantities-engine": {
      "url": "https://api.craftquantities.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Visual Studio Code

.vscode/mcp.json

Add to Visual Studio Code

{
  "servers": {
    "com-craftquantities-engine": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://api.craftquantities.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Generic MCP

Client-specific MCP configuration

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

MCP Inspector

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

Related tools

search — Finds Craft Quantities pages for a construction question in US, UK or Australian words — how much concrete, drywall, paint, tile, gravel or lumber; a takeoff for a deck, slab or roof; a worked example; a defect diagnosis such as a tripping breaker — and returns the matching pages: id, kind, title, link, description and slug.
fetch — Reads one Craft Quantities page in full as plain text, by id: a construction calculator's inputs, units, opening values and sources; a takeoff's measurements and build-up choices; a worked example's steps; or a defect diagnosis's causes, checks and when to call a professional.
get_calculator — Describes ONE published construction calculator, chosen by its slug (concrete, drywall, paint, tile, roofing …): each input's id, label, the units it accepts, the value its page opens on in metric and US customary, its range and options, with the calculator's version, page and citation.
convert_units — How many cubic yards in 2 m³, square feet in 30 m², litres in 5 gallons, kPa in 50 psi?
get_sources — Where does a figure come from, and how is it cited?
open_in_site_link — Returns a link that opens a construction calculator's page on craftquantities.
get_takeoff — What does the takeoff for a concrete slab, framed wall, deck, bathroom, roof or fence ask for?
run_takeoff — What materials does a whole job take: a concrete slab, a framed wall, a deck, a bathroom, a roof, a fence?