# BidBetter collector-car values (remote · bidbetter.ai)

Collector-car values from completed auction sales: median, 25th-75th band and sale count by model.

- Trust score: 73/100 (medium)
- Registry status: active
- Liveness: live
- Owner verified: no
- Last scored: 2026-11-05

## Components

- remote · `bidbetter.ai`: 73/100 (this document), [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/ai-bidbetter-collector-car-values/api-mcp.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/ai-bidbetter-collector-car-values/api-mcp)

## Channel facts

- Endpoint: `https://bidbetter.ai/api/mcp`
- Transports: `streamable-http`
- Auth: `none`
- Version: `1.0.0`

## Trust breakdown

How this component scores in each security and reliability category. Every signal is checked automatically against the live server, and we only credit what we can confirm. Scores are 0–100 per category. Scoring method: https://verifymcp.io/docs/scoring (what has changed: https://verifymcp.io/docs/scoring/changelog)

Scored 2026-11-05.

- **Endpoint Security**: 80/100
  - The endpoint's TLS certificate is valid, in date, and uses a strong key.
  - No authorisation is required to call this server. Every tool declares its destructiveHint and none is destructive, so open access doesn't expose one.
  - HTTPS is enforced; there's no plaintext access path.
  - The HSTS (Strict-Transport-Security) header is present.
  - DNSSEC check failed: this domain isn't protected by DNSSEC.
- **Transport & Reachability**: 100/100
  - Verified streamable-http transport via a live MCP handshake.
- **Schema Quality & AI Usability**: 78/100
  - AI-judged instruction clarity (excellent).
  - Tool/resource definitions use about 278 tokens (~139/item across 2 items; 2 tools + 0 resources), lean.
  - Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples.
- **Stability & Change Management**: 7/100
  - Stability observed for 2 of 30 days with no destabilising changes; credit accrues until the full window elapses.
- **Tool Coverage**: 100/100
  - 100% of tools have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the tool's name).
  - 100% of tool parameters carry a description.
- **Tool Safety**: 100/100
  - No prompt-injection markers were found in the server instructions, tool names or descriptions we captured.
  - We read all 2 captured tool definition(s), and no name or description among them implies an irreversible operation.
  - An AI judge read all 3 captured unit(s) of tool text and found none that tries to manipulate the model reading it.
- **Capabilities**: 60/100
  - Spec-recency check failed: implements MCP spec 2025-06-18; the latest is 2026-07-28.

## Install

### How do I install the BidBetter collector-car values MCP server?

BidBetter collector-car values is a hosted endpoint at https://bidbetter.ai/api/mcp, so there is nothing to install locally. Ready-made configuration for Claude, Cursor, VS Code, Codex and 5 more is on this page, copied from each client's own documentation.

### Claude

```bash
claude mcp add --transport http ai-bidbetter-collector-car-values 'https://bidbetter.ai/api/mcp'
```

### Cursor

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "ai-bidbetter-collector-car-values": {
      "url": "https://bidbetter.ai/api/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### VS Code

```json
{
  "servers": {
    "ai-bidbetter-collector-car-values": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://bidbetter.ai/api/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### Codex

```toml
[mcp_servers.ai-bidbetter-collector-car-values]
url = "https://bidbetter.ai/api/mcp"
```

### opencode

```json
{
  "$schema": "https://opencode.ai/config.json",
  "mcp": {
    "ai-bidbetter-collector-car-values": {
      "type": "remote",
      "url": "https://bidbetter.ai/api/mcp",
      "enabled": true
    }
  }
}
```

### OpenClaw

```bash
openclaw mcp add ai-bidbetter-collector-car-values --url 'https://bidbetter.ai/api/mcp' --transport streamable-http
```

### Hermes

```yaml
mcp_servers:
  ai-bidbetter-collector-car-values:
    url: "https://bidbetter.ai/api/mcp"
```

### Netclaw

```json
{
  "McpServers": {
    "ai-bidbetter-collector-car-values": {
      "Transport": "http",
      "Url": "https://bidbetter.ai/api/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### Vellum

```bash
assistant mcp add ai-bidbetter-collector-car-values -t streamable-http -u 'https://bidbetter.ai/api/mcp'
```

### Other

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "ai-bidbetter-collector-car-values": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://bidbetter.ai/api/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

The mcpServers block is a cross-client convention. Remote transports vary, so check your client's docs.

## Changelog

Every change recorded for this component, newest first. Days that predate change tracking, or that we cannot explain, say so: "we were watching and nothing happened" and "we were not watching" are different claims.

### 2026-11-04 (score 73, +1)

- [functional improvement] Stability: unverified → 0.03

### 2026-11-03 (score 72)

First indexed and scored.

## MCP tools (2)

### `value_model` (~155 tokens)

Value a collector-car model

Median, 25th-75th percentile band and sale count for a specific collector-car model and year range, from completed auction sales. Use for questions like 'what is a 1989 Porsche 911 worth' or 'how much is a 1969 Corvette C3'. Returns one sentence you can quote plus the numbers behind it, with an as-of date and a link to the method. It covers a model and year range, not one individual car.

Input parameters:

- `make` (string): Optional exact make, e.g. 'Porsche'.
- `query` (string, required): Make, model or year range, e.g. '911', 'Corvette C2', 'Bronco', 'Mustang 1964'.

### `list_models` (~53 tokens)

List models with a published value

Every collector-car model BidBetter publishes a value for, with its median, band, sale count and page URL. Call this first when you are unsure whether BidBetter covers a car, rather than calling value_model and guessing.

## Diagnostics

Captured diagnostic sections: TLS, DNSSEC, Authorisation, Transports. The full working is on the page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/ai-bidbetter-collector-car-values/api-mcp#diagnostics

## Score history

- 2026-11-05: 73
- 2026-11-04: 73
- 2026-11-03: 72

## Common questions

### What is the BidBetter collector-car values MCP server?

BidBetter collector-car values is an MCP server listed in the public MCP registry as ai.bidbetter/collector-car-values. Collector-car values from completed auction sales: median, 25th-75th band and sale count by model. This page covers its hosted endpoint (https://bidbetter.ai/api/mcp).

### Is the BidBetter collector-car values MCP server safe to use?

BidBetter collector-car values scores 73 out of 100 on VerifyMCP. That is a record of what we were able to check automatically, not an endorsement. The category breakdown on this page shows every signal behind the number, including the ones we could not confirm.

### What tools does the BidBetter collector-car values MCP server expose?

BidBetter collector-car values exposes 2 tools: value_model, list_models. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 208 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.

### Does the BidBetter collector-car values MCP server require authentication?

No. We connected to BidBetter collector-car values without credentials and it answered, so anything it exposes is reachable by anyone who knows the address.

### Is the BidBetter collector-car values MCP server still maintained?

BidBetter collector-car values is still listed as active in the MCP registry. We last reached this channel on 5 November 2026. Those dates come from our own scans of the registry and the channel itself, not from anything the publisher announced.

## Links

- Remote endpoint: https://bidbetter.ai/api/mcp
- Website: https://bidbetter.ai/value/models
- Changelog RSS feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/ai-bidbetter-collector-car-values/api-mcp.xml
- Changelog JSON feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/ai-bidbetter-collector-car-values/api-mcp.json
- HTML version of this page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/ai-bidbetter-collector-car-values/api-mcp