# BidProwl

> US government surplus auctions: search live lots by ZIP radius, sold prices and Flip Scores.

- name: com.bidprowl/bidprowl
- version: 1.0.0
- connection class: R0 (autonomous)
- trust: 83/100 flags: no-repository
- quality: 83/100 (good)
- owner: not claimed
- descriptor: https://api.protogrid.dev/v1/servers/com.bidprowl%2Fbidprowl
- tools: https://api.protogrid.dev/v1/servers/com.bidprowl%2Fbidprowl/tools

**An agent can connect right now, no human step.** Remote endpoint, no authentication, reachable on the last probe.

## Connection (mcpServers)

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "bidprowl": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://bidprowl.com/api/v1/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```


## Trust

- hygiene: 80
- liveness: 100
- freshness: 100
- provenance: 55
- drivers: +dns-namespace +website +reachable +uptime-100% +updated-11d-ago -no-repository
- Derived from observable signals (official registry feed and our own credential-free probes); no code audit performed.

## Quality 83/100 (good)

### protocol: 88 (weight 25)

- pass `protocol.modern`: supports 2026-07-28 (server/discover)
- pass `protocol.stateless`: answers without a session
- pass `protocol.transport`: streamable HTTP
- warn `protocol.list_ttl`: tools/list declares ttlMs 0, so clients re-fetch it on every use

### authorization: n/a (weight 15)

- n/a `auth.prm`, `auth.as_metadata`, `auth.cimd`: no remote uses OAuth
- n/a `auth.secret_in_url`: no templated URL

### tool hygiene: 71 (weight 30)

- pass `tools.descriptions`: every tool has a description
- pass `tools.description_length`: descriptions are concise
- pass `tools.schemas`: every tool has an object input schema
- fail `tools.annotations`: no tool declares readOnlyHint or destructiveHint, so clients cannot tell safe calls from risky ones
- fail `tools.directory_hints`: no tool declares all four of readOnlyHint, destructiveHint, idempotentHint and openWorldHint; missing: flip_score (readOnlyHint, destructiveHint, idempotentHint, openWorldHint); get_api_usage (readOnlyHint, destructiveHint, idempotentHint, openWorldHint); sold_comps_batch (readOnlyHint, destructiveHint, idempotentHint, openWorldHint); …
- pass `tools.token_cost`: about 865 tokens to load every tool
- pass `tools.api_dump`: tools are not a one-to-one API dump

### stability: 100 (weight 15)

- pass `stability.changes`: 1 tool changes in 30 days
- pass `stability.rug_pull`: no tool changed its meaning under the same name

### dependencies: n/a (weight 15)

- n/a `deps.known_vulns`, `deps.mcp_sdk_version`, `deps.resolvable`: no npm or PyPI package

- tools: 7, about 865 tokens to load them all
- tool set hash: 5a5534f3fba5b296aa4c8998c531c5cd
- tools last changed: 2026-10-18T22:51:22.146Z
- badge: [![protogrid quality](https://protogrid.dev/badge/com.bidprowl/bidprowl.svg)](https://protogrid.dev/servers/com.bidprowl/bidprowl)
- Checks run on what our credential-free, read-only probes observe; tools are never called and no code audit is performed.

### Tool changes

- 2026-10-18 `search_listings` changed (description)
  - before: Search 90,000+ live US government surplus auction listings from 26 official sources. Supports keyword, category, state, ZIP-radius, and price filters.
  - after: Search 90,000+ live US government surplus auction listings from 27 official sources. Supports keyword, category, state, ZIP-radius, and price filters.

Full history: https://api.protogrid.dev/v1/servers/com.bidprowl%2Fbidprowl/changes

## Remotes

- https://bidprowl.com/api/v1/mcp (streamable-http, auth none, reachable true, uptime30d 1)

## Packages

_none_

## Tools (7)

- `flip_score`: BidProwl's deal score for a live listing, with its condition-adjusted tier.
- `get_api_usage`: This API key's plan, monthly call limit, calls used, calls remaining and when the quota resets (first of next month, UTC). Free to call: it does not count against the quota.
- `get_listing`: Fetch a single listing by its BidProwl id or slug.
- `get_sold_history`: The actual sold lots behind a comps number, newest close first: title, final price (cents), close date, state, source, BidProwl link. Pass one of category, item (tracked item slug) or q (free text, matched like a listing title), plus optional state. Paginate with cursor.
- `search_listings`: Search 90,000+ live US government surplus auction listings from 27 official sources. Supports keyword, category, state, ZIP-radius, and price filters.
- `sold_comps`: Sold-price stats from 250,000+ closed government auctions, nearly all from the last 12 months. Category+state aggregates, or exact percentile comps for a live listing via listing_id.
- `sold_comps_batch`: Up to 25 sold_comps lookups in one call (100 on Pro+), each costing one API call. Each query is a listing id, a tracked item slug ("forklift"), a category ("vehicles"), or text naming a tracked item ("2015 Ford F150"). Item-level and per-listing answers need Pro or Pro+; categories work on every plan. Amounts are in cents.