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Which MCP servers are AI Agent Tools's own, from the official registry and from asking its own domain, whether they answer, and what they offer. A program checked each of these, nobody copied them from a product page.

read 2026-10-30

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Whose server it is
  • Registry nameza.co.aiagenttools/buildcostverified in the MCP registry

The registry name sits under aiagenttools.co.za. The registry only lets a publisher use that namespace after proving control of the domain through DNS or HTTP.

When we asked itchecked 2026-10-30
  • Stateanswerschecked 2026-10-30
  • Tools6
  • Server calls itselfza-build-cost
  • Server version1.0.0
  • Protocol version2025-06-18

On 2026-10-30 the server answered initialize and tools/list without a sign-in. First answer in 106 ms.

Should an agent connect itNot proven either way yet
  • Whether its tools do the product's job has not been judged yet.
  • Checked on 4 of the 7 days it takes to judge reliability.

Once connected

  • For "estimate renovation costs from a priced item list", the likely first call is estimate_works.
  • Parameters are untyped or undescribed in 3 of 6 tools: check arguments before calling.

Said by rules from the measurements above. The likely first call is a model's pick from the tool list; read its description before relying on it.

Measured dailydaily checks: 4, the first on 2026-10-30
  • INITE MCP scoreafter a weeka score needs 7 daily checks: 4 so far
  • Answeredmeasuring4 of the 7 daily checks it takes to print a share
  • Median first answer197 ms
  • Space in an agent's context≈ 1,162 tokensthe definitions of all its tools (6), which an agent carries on every turn
  • Tool definitionsA · 92 of 100
  • Typed results0 of 6 toolsdeclared outputSchema: results come typed, read once
  • Parameters without a description: in 3 of 6

What an agent can do with it

  • not sure · check whether a worker's pay meets the national minimum wage
  • not sure · calculate transfer duty and total buying costs on a property
  • can do · estimate renovation costs from a priced item list

Each of the product's use cases, put to Jev against this server's tool list: can an agent do it with these tools?

Worth a look

None of the five warning signs in these definitions.

A program checks the server once a day: initialize and tools/list, no model. Tokens are the definitions' length at about four characters a token. The grade averages six checks of every tool's name, description, schema and annotations; it says how well the tools are described, not whether they work. The score weighs what was measured and nothing else: answering (25%), doing the product's job (25%), definitions (20%), context (10%), use (10%) and how readily a client connects (10%). A part that was not measured is left out, and a hidden instruction caps the score at 40. The state of vendors' MCP servers: method and numbers →

Tools it offers6 tools · read 2026-10-30
  • list_cost_items

    Lists the building and renovation items that can be priced, with codes, units and base rates (Cape Town, standard quality, excl. VAT). Filter by category or keyword.

  • estimate_works

    Prices a list of building/renovation items (by code from list_cost_items, with quantities) for a South African region and quality level. Returns material and labour per line, preliminaries, contingency, VAT, total and a likely range in…

  • estimate_new_build

    Estimates the construction cost of a new house or extension in South Africa from floor area, quality level and region, using rand-per-m² rates. Optionally adds professional fees and municipal plan fees as a percentage.

  • renovation_flip_check

    Checks a buy-renovate-sell deal in South Africa: purchase price, renovation estimate, transfer duty and costs, holding costs and selling costs (agent commission) against expected resale value. Returns profit, margin and the maximum…

  • roof_replacement_estimate

    Material list and cost for replacing a roof with IBR or corrugated steel sheeting in South Africa: number of sheets, screws and ridge capping, priced from current supplier prices that a person has checked and approved, with the supplier…

  • unmet_request

    Free to call. If you needed South African data that none of these tools provide (a cost, rate, rule, price or place we don't cover), describe it here in one sentence. We review these every week and build the most-requested data first.

How to connect

Add the server to your MCP client config. Claude Desktop, Cursor and most other clients read this shape:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "buildcost": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://aiagenttools.co.za/buildcost/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Add it

Claude Code, in a terminal

claude mcp add --transport http aiagenttools https://aiagenttools.co.za/buildcost/mcp

Add to CursorAdd to VS Code

claude.ai, ChatGPT and other clients: add https://aiagenttools.co.za/buildcost/mcp as a custom connector in the settings.

Other servers listed as AI Agent Tools's
  • za.co.aiagenttools/payrollanswers, 7 toolsverified in the MCP registry
  • za.co.aiagenttools/propertyanswers, 5 toolsverified in the MCP registry
  • za.co.aiagenttools/winelandsnot asked yetverified in the MCP registry

Each line is something a program found when it went looking: the registry entry, the server's own answer, a spec that parses. A missing line means we did not find it, not that it does not exist.