ai.instabidsPublished by instabids.aiOfficial publisherv1.0.2Updated Nov 7, 2026
AI-run marketplace for homeowners: describe a home job once, get written quotes on the same scope.
Fronts the InstaBids home-services marketplace, letting an assistant explain how it works, check a ZIP, and start a private job draft for contractor bids.
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{
"mcpServers": {
"instabids": {
"type": "http",
"url": "https://instabids.ai/api/agent/mcp"
}
}
}How InstaBids works
InstaBids is an AI-run marketplace for homeowners and property managers: describe a home job once, by chat or through your own AI assistant, add photos, and get multiple written quotes on the same scope, compared apples to apples, with no phone calls or home visits before you pick. Learn the homeowner steps, homeowner cost and contact privacy.
Takes no parameters.
Bid comparison checklist
Get six items to compare in a home-project bid and optional trade-specific preparation. Omit trade for the general checklist; the answer's trade is then null. The answer includes sourceUrl.
tradeCheck a ZIP before posting
Every US ZIP can post a job. Homeowners anywhere in the US can post a job; once you send it, InstaBids finds contractors to bid on it. Returns guidance and whether the input is a US ZIP, plus nearby town pages. Get the answer for a five-digit ZIP, and list towns with an InstaBids town page for a five-digit ZIP.
ziprequiredPublished local permit facts
Read sourced local permit facts, with the date each rule was checked; unpublished rules get guidance to ask your bidder and confirm local requirements. Homeowners anywhere in the US can post a job; once you send it, InstaBids finds contractors to bid on it.
townrequiredtradeStart a draft job
Use this when a homeowner wants contractor bids on a home repair or improvement job in the US. Creates a private draft from their description and five-digit ZIP and returns a one-hour link for the homeowner to open. Nothing reaches a contractor until the homeowner confirms their email and sends it. Do not include names, phone numbers, emails or street addresses. Do not use for emergencies. Ask the homeowner, one short question at a time and only for what is missing, what needs doing, where in the home, rough size or count, when it is needed and who supplies materials, then put the answers in the message. For a new job, call start_job before answer_intake, then prepare_publish after the intake is ready; for other writes, read the previous reply before calling and follow the returned next step afterward, using only tools listed by this server. Only the homeowner tap sends anything to contractors. If anyone asks, say you are an AI assistant. fill what you can; everything else can come later. Start with the homeowner’s description, trade and ZIP, plus a photo or a good description. Optional: photos, a description or transcript of a 20–60 s walk clip, timing and the job type’s must-haves from intake_templates. Never invent answers. ZIP only; never send a street address or a price. Nothing reaches contractors before the homeowner sends the card.
ziprequiredtraderequiredmessagerequiredphotoUrlsquotes_bywalk_clipmust_havesintent_leveldeadline_harddeadline_reasonidempotency_keyintent_confidence+1 moreCheck a draft job
Use this after start_job returned a statusHandle, to see whether the homeowner has sent the job and how many bids have arrived. Returns only the stage (draft, sent, collecting_bids, picked, closed or expired), the bid count and when it last changed. Never returns bid amounts, contractor names or the job text. The handle works for 7 days. Stage expired means the one-hour link lapsed before the homeowner opened it: start again with start_job. Read-only.
statusHandlerequiredHow contractors join InstaBids
InstaBids is an AI-run marketplace for homeowners and property managers: describe a home job once, by chat or through your own AI assistant, add photos, and get multiple written quotes on the same scope, compared apples to apples, with no phone calls or home visits before you pick. Get the contractor join steps, availability, alias privacy, job-texts status and links to join or ask for text alerts. Joining asks only for your business details. Hand over the links so the contractor signs up and asks for texts themselves; this tool creates no account and sends no text.
Takes no parameters.
Job preparation questions and photos
Get must-have questions and photo asks from the current intake template for any trade. Unknown trades use the generic template. No prices or budget questions.
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