# Compare Auckland Builds: builders and trades directory (remote · mcp.compare-auckland-newbuilds-renovations.org)

Compare Auckland NZ builders and trades by suburb, project type and credentials. Sources shown.

- Trust score: 68/100 (medium)
- Registry status: active
- Liveness: live
- Owner verified: no
- Last scored: 2026-11-05

## Components

- remote · `mcp.compare-auckland-newbuilds-renovations.org`: 68/100 (this document), [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/org-compare-auckland-newbuilds-renovations-auckland-builders/mcp.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/org-compare-auckland-newbuilds-renovations-auckland-builders/mcp)

## Channel facts

- Endpoint: `https://mcp.compare-auckland-newbuilds-renovations.org/mcp`
- Transports: `streamable-http`
- Auth: `none`
- Version: `1.1.0`

## 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**: 63/100
  - 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 enforcement could not be verified: the plaintext port answered with HTTP 405, which proves neither a plaintext path nor enforcement.
  - HSTS check failed: the Strict-Transport-Security header is absent.
  - 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**: 80/100
  - 100% of prompts and resources have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the item's name).
  - AI-judged instruction clarity (good).
  - Context-footprint check failed: tool/resource definitions use about 1778 tokens (~118/item across 15 items; 11 tools + 4 resources), over budget; trim descriptions and params.
  - 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**: 96/100
  - 100% of tools have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the tool's name).
  - 88% 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 11 captured tool definition(s), and no name or description among them implies an irreversible operation.
  - An AI judge read all 13 captured unit(s) of tool text and found none that tries to manipulate the model reading it.
- **Capabilities**: 100/100
  - Implements a current MCP spec version (2026-07-28).

## Install

### How do I install the Compare Auckland Builds: builders and trades directory MCP server?

Compare Auckland Builds: builders and trades directory is a hosted endpoint at https://mcp.compare-auckland-newbuilds-renovations.org/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 org-compare-auckland-newbuilds-renovations-auckl 'https://mcp.compare-auckland-newbuilds-renovations.org/mcp'
```

### Cursor

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "org-compare-auckland-newbuilds-renovations-auckl": {
      "url": "https://mcp.compare-auckland-newbuilds-renovations.org/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### VS Code

```json
{
  "servers": {
    "org-compare-auckland-newbuilds-renovations-auckl": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://mcp.compare-auckland-newbuilds-renovations.org/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### Codex

```toml
[mcp_servers.org-compare-auckland-newbuilds-renovations-auckl]
url = "https://mcp.compare-auckland-newbuilds-renovations.org/mcp"
```

### opencode

```json
{
  "$schema": "https://opencode.ai/config.json",
  "mcp": {
    "org-compare-auckland-newbuilds-renovations-auckl": {
      "type": "remote",
      "url": "https://mcp.compare-auckland-newbuilds-renovations.org/mcp",
      "enabled": true
    }
  }
}
```

### OpenClaw

```bash
openclaw mcp add org-compare-auckland-newbuilds-renovations-auckl --url 'https://mcp.compare-auckland-newbuilds-renovations.org/mcp' --transport streamable-http
```

### Hermes

```yaml
mcp_servers:
  org-compare-auckland-newbuilds-renovations-auckl:
    url: "https://mcp.compare-auckland-newbuilds-renovations.org/mcp"
```

### Netclaw

```json
{
  "McpServers": {
    "org-compare-auckland-newbuilds-renovations-auckl": {
      "Transport": "http",
      "Url": "https://mcp.compare-auckland-newbuilds-renovations.org/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### Vellum

```bash
assistant mcp add org-compare-auckland-newbuilds-renovations-auckl -t streamable-http -u 'https://mcp.compare-auckland-newbuilds-renovations.org/mcp'
```

### Other

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "org-compare-auckland-newbuilds-renovations-auckl": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://mcp.compare-auckland-newbuilds-renovations.org/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 68, +1)

- [security] The server rewrote its instructions, which are the text every model session reads
- [functional improvement] Stability: unverified → 0.03

### 2026-11-03 (score 67)

First indexed and scored.

## MCP tools (11)

### `search_builders` (~383 tokens)

Search Auckland builders

Search the Compare Auckland Builds directory of Auckland new-build and renovation builders (about 300 listings, each checked against its own website and public registers). Filter by suburb, project type, credential, register status and minimum rating. Returns organic results plus, always first and clearly labelled, any paid 'Sponsored' featured listings for the suburb (these cannot be filtered out or limited away). Free use returns at most 5 organic results per call.

Input parameters:

- `credential` (string): Credential or membership the builder's website lists, e.g. 'Master Builders', 'Certified Builders', 'Site Safe', 'Halo', 'LBP'.
- `limit` (integer): Organic results wanted (free tier max 5, paid max 25). Does not affect sponsored listings.
- `min_rating` (number): Minimum rating as shown on the listing source; unrated listings are excluded when set.
- `offset` (integer): Paid keys only: skip this many organic results.
- `project_type` (string): e.g. 'Bathrooms', 'Kitchens', 'New builds', 'Extensions & additions', 'Decks & outdoor', 'Recladding & weathertightness'. Use list_project_types.
- `query` (string): Free text: trade, project, builder name or suburb, e.g. 'bathroom renovation Ponsonby'.
- `sort` (string): Order of organic results (default relevance with a query, otherwise name). Sponsored listings are always first.
- `status` (string): Filter by company-register status badge (default any).
- `suburb` (string): Auckland suburb name or slug, e.g. 'Mt Eden', 'howick'. Use list_suburbs to see covered suburbs.
- `trade` (string): Trade slug or name from list_trades (default 'builders'; 'any' searches every trade). Sponsored placement is per trade.

### `search_businesses` (~368 tokens)

Search businesses of any trade

Same as search_builders, but the default is ANY trade on a new build or renovation (builders, plumbers, electricians, landscapers, architects ... see list_trades). Pass trade to narrow to one. Sponsored (featured) listings come first for the trade searched, labelled, and cannot be filtered away. Trades other than builders may have no listings yet.

Input parameters:

- `credential` (string): Credential or membership the builder's website lists, e.g. 'Master Builders', 'Certified Builders', 'Site Safe', 'Halo', 'LBP'.
- `limit` (integer): Organic results wanted (free tier max 5, paid max 25). Does not affect sponsored listings.
- `min_rating` (number): Minimum rating as shown on the listing source; unrated listings are excluded when set.
- `offset` (integer): Paid keys only: skip this many organic results.
- `project_type` (string): e.g. 'Bathrooms', 'Kitchens', 'New builds', 'Extensions & additions', 'Decks & outdoor', 'Recladding & weathertightness'. Use list_project_types.
- `query` (string): Free text: trade, project, builder name or suburb, e.g. 'bathroom renovation Ponsonby'.
- `sort` (string): Order of organic results (default relevance with a query, otherwise name). Sponsored listings are always first.
- `status` (string): Filter by company-register status badge (default any).
- `suburb` (string): Auckland suburb name or slug, e.g. 'Mt Eden', 'howick'. Use list_suburbs to see covered suburbs.
- `trade` (string): Trade slug or name from list_trades (default 'builders'; 'any' searches every trade). Sponsored placement is per trade.

### `list_trades` (~90 tokens)

List trades

The 42 trades involved in New Builds and Renovations in three groups (Building trades, Siteworks trades, Professional services), each with a plain-English description, the NZ licensing or registration body to check, the page URL and the number of directory listings. No credits.

Input parameters:

- `group` (string): Optional group filter.
- `with_listings` (boolean): Only trades that have at least one listing.

### `get_builder` (~123 tokens)

Get one builder

Full public profile for one directory listing (any trade): where they work, project types, credentials, register details, rating, status badge with date, published contact details, and provenance (source and date checked). Pass a slug (from search_builders) or the builder's name. detail=full costs 2 credits for paid keys; free use returns the summary.

Input parameters:

- `builder` (string, required): Builder slug (e.g. '3c-homes'), profile URL, or name.
- `detail` (string): Default full for paid keys, summary for free use.

### `list_suburbs` (~49 tokens)

List covered suburbs

Auckland suburbs and areas covered by the directory, with region and profile page link. No credits.

Input parameters:

- `region` (string): Optional region filter, e.g. 'North Shore', 'South Auckland'.

### `list_project_types` (~40 tokens)

List project types

Project types used by the directory (new builds, kitchens, bathrooms ...) with the number of listings for each, plus the most common credentials. No credits.

### `get_open_leads` (~108 tokens)

Open public leads

Recent public job leads in Auckland (from third-party marketplaces) that builders can respond to, by suburb and/or trade. Links go to the original posting; no personal details are included. 1 credit per lead for paid keys; free use max 5 per call.

Input parameters:

- `limit` (integer)
- `suburb` (string): Suburb or region name.
- `trade` (string): e.g. 'builder', 'carpenter', 'plumber', 'bathroom'.

### `compare_builders` (~90 tokens)

Compare builders side by side

Side-by-side comparison of 2 to 20 listings of any trade (slugs or names; the trade is shown for each): status badge, base, project types, credentials, rating, register details. Paid keys: 2 credits per builder with the richer fields; free use gets the summary comparison.

Input parameters:

- `builders` (array, required): 2-20 business slugs or names (any trade).

### `builder_checks` (~122 tokens)

Official records search

Neutral lookup of sourced public records (LBP Board disciplinary decisions, Gazette liquidation notices, Official Assignee notices, MBIE prosecutions) the website has collected. With no query: an overview with counts, dates checked and sources. With a query (name or company): name matches only, each with its source link. A name match is not proof of identity and a record is not a quality rating. No credits.

Input parameters:

- `query` (string): Person or company name (at least 3 characters). Omit for the overview.
- `type` (string)

### `how_to_get_quotes` (~78 tokens)

How to get quotes

Links and a short checklist for getting and comparing quotes: the website's project brief and shortlist tools. Contains no personal data and this server never receives a user's name, phone or email. Optionally pass a suburb to include its page and any Sponsored featured builders there.

Input parameters:

- `project_type` (string)
- `suburb` (string)

### `my_usage` (~37 tokens)

Plan, balance and usage

Shows how many free calls are left this hour/day, or for a paid key the credit balance, expiry dates and recent usage. No credits.

## Diagnostics

Captured diagnostic sections: TLS, DNSSEC, Authorisation, Transports. The full working is on the page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/org-compare-auckland-newbuilds-renovations-auckland-builders/mcp#diagnostics

## Score history

- 2026-11-05: 68
- 2026-11-04: 68
- 2026-11-03: 67

## Common questions

### What is the Compare Auckland Builds: builders and trades directory MCP server?

Compare Auckland Builds: builders and trades directory is an MCP server listed in the public MCP registry as org.compare-auckland-newbuilds-renovations/auckland-builders. Compare Auckland NZ builders and trades by suburb, project type and credentials. Sources shown. This page covers its hosted endpoint (https://mcp.compare-auckland-newbuilds-renovations.org/mcp).

### Is the Compare Auckland Builds: builders and trades directory MCP server safe to use?

Compare Auckland Builds: builders and trades directory scores 68 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 Compare Auckland Builds: builders and trades directory MCP server expose?

Compare Auckland Builds: builders and trades directory exposes 11 tools: search_builders, search_businesses, list_trades, get_builder, list_suburbs, and 6 more. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 1,488 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.

### Does the Compare Auckland Builds: builders and trades directory MCP server require authentication?

No. We connected to Compare Auckland Builds: builders and trades directory without credentials and it answered, so anything it exposes is reachable by anyone who knows the address.

### Is the Compare Auckland Builds: builders and trades directory MCP server still maintained?

Compare Auckland Builds: builders and trades directory 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://mcp.compare-auckland-newbuilds-renovations.org/mcp
- Website: https://mcp.compare-auckland-newbuilds-renovations.org/install
- Changelog RSS feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/org-compare-auckland-newbuilds-renovations-auckland-builders/mcp.xml
- Changelog JSON feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/org-compare-auckland-newbuilds-renovations-auckland-builders/mcp.json
- HTML version of this page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/org-compare-auckland-newbuilds-renovations-auckland-builders/mcp