Looking for door or builders hardware? Visit the store. This address serves AI assistants that help people shop.
An assistant connected to this Model Context Protocol server can search the catalog, read product details, check availability and prepare links to the store cart. The customer finishes checkout on the store site. The server only reads a copy of the catalog: it holds no customer data and takes no payments.
Endpoint, Streamable HTTP: https://mcp.thebuilderssupply.com/mcp. No key is needed; requests are limited per address.
For software: server card, AI catalog, llms.txt.
browse_category: Products of a category and of all its subcategories, alphabetically, up to 50 per page.cart_link: Links to put the chosen items in the store cart. The customer completes checkout on the store site; this server never takes payment data. Returns one product page link per item with the quantity rules to respect.check_availability: Availability of one or more SKUs with the meaning of each state: in stock with a real count, available with unknown quantity, ordered from the supplier with a lead time, made to order, assembled to order, out of stock, not for sale.compare_products: Side-by-side attributes, price, availability, dimensions and weight of 2 to 10 SKUs.get_product: Everything the store publishes about one product by SKU: description, attributes, finish and grade, dimensions and weight with units, order multiples, availability state with its meaning, lead time, images, documents, categories and the product page link.list_categories: The category tree of the store: top level without parent_id, children with parent_id. Use the id in search_products or browse_category.search_products: Full-text search of the store catalog by words, SKU, brand or part number. Returns up to 50 matches with price, availability state and the product page link. Use orderable_only=true to skip items that cannot be bought now.store_policies: Shipping, free shipping, freight, returns, refunds, warranty, payment and contact rules of the store in plain text, with links to the full pages.