Use contractors.fyi in your AI assistant

Add our MCP server to Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor or VS Code. Then ask about contractors, permit costs and timelines, solar or generators, and the assistant answers from the permit record, with links.

The address

https://contractors.fyi/mcp

No account and no key. It only reads public data.

Claude

1. Open Settings, then Connectors.
2. Select Add custom connector.
3. Paste https://contractors.fyi/mcp and save.

ChatGPT

1. Open Settings, then Apps.
2. Turn on developer mode under Advanced.
3. Create an app with the address https://contractors.fyi/mcp and no authentication.

Cursor and VS Code

Add to Cursor Add to VS Code

Or add this to your MCP settings file:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "contractors-fyi": {
      "url": "https://contractors.fyi/mcp"
    }
  }
}

What it can answer

• list_coverage: Which cities and kinds of work we cover.
• find_contractors: Contractors ranked by the jobs on their city permit record.
• project_cost: What permits stated as the job value, by city and some ZIP codes.
• permit_timeline: How long permits take to issue and to pass final inspection.
• search_contractor_records: Look a contractor up by name in every city.
• solar_estimate: Solar size, what homeowners paid for that size, and payback.
• generator_size: The standby generator size for what must run in an outage.

Questions to try

• Who are the busiest roofers in New York on the permit record?
• What do ADU permits in Los Angeles state as the job value?
• How long does a solar permit take in San Francisco?
• What size solar system does a 2,000 sq ft Austin home with one electric car need, and what does it cost?
• What size generator runs my fridge, furnace and central air?

Rankings count jobs on the public record, not quality. Permit values are what the permit stated, not the price paid. We log which tool was used, not what was asked: see the privacy policy. Data updated September 25, 2026.