# Trades With AI + SaaS Price Watch

> Read-only data: AI tools for trades businesses and public SaaS pricing, with source quotes.

- name: com.tradeswithai/directory
- version: 1.0.0
- connection class: R0 (autonomous)
- trust: 81/100 flags: no-repository
- quality: 89/100 (new)
- owner: not claimed
- descriptor: https://api.protogrid.dev/v1/servers/com.tradeswithai%2Fdirectory
- tools: https://api.protogrid.dev/v1/servers/com.tradeswithai%2Fdirectory/tools

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

## Connection (mcpServers)

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "directory": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://tradeswithai.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```


## Trust

- hygiene: 80
- liveness: 96
- freshness: 100
- provenance: 55
- drivers: +dns-namespace +website +reachable +uptime-89% +updated-2d-ago -no-repository
- Derived from observable signals (official registry feed and our own credential-free probes); no code audit performed.

## Quality 89/100 (new)

### protocol: 75 (weight 25)

- warn `protocol.modern`: newest supported version is 2025-11-25; 2026-07-28 not supported, older versions are deprecated until 2027-07-28
- n/a `protocol.stateless`: only applies to 2026-07-28 servers
- pass `protocol.transport`: streamable HTTP
- n/a `protocol.list_ttl`: only applies to 2026-07-28 servers

### 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: 100 (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
- pass `tools.annotations`: 6 of 6 tools declare readOnlyHint or destructiveHint
- pass `tools.directory_hints`: every tool declares readOnlyHint, destructiveHint, idempotentHint and openWorldHint
- pass `tools.token_cost`: about 890 tokens to load every tool
- pass `tools.api_dump`: tools are not a one-to-one API dump

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

- n/a `stability.changes`, `stability.rug_pull`: tool history recorded for 2 of the 7 days needed

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

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

- tools: 6, about 890 tokens to load them all
- tool set hash: d062f18affabff46dc21a577f2d669c0
- badge: [![protogrid quality](https://protogrid.dev/badge/com.tradeswithai/directory.svg)](https://protogrid.dev/servers/com.tradeswithai/directory)
- Checks run on what our credential-free, read-only probes observe; tools are never called and no code audit is performed.

### Tool changes

_No tool definition changes recorded._

## Remotes

- https://tradeswithai.com/mcp (streamable-http, auth none, reachable true, uptime30d 0.8888889)

## Packages

_none_

## Tools (6)

- `compare_trade_tools`: Compare 2 to 12 trades tools side by side on price, category, trades, and integrations. Pass tool slugs, or a comparison slug like "ai-receptionist-pricing".
- `get_trade_tool`: Get full details for one tool in the tradeswithai.com directory: description, quoted prices with source text, integrations, trades served, and check date.
- `get_vendor_pricing`: Get the public plan prices for one SaaS vendor, each with the quote from its pricing page and the date checked.
- `recent_price_changes`: List SaaS price changes detected between weekly checks: prices added and removed, with dates and source links.
- `search_saas_vendors`: Search 300+ SaaS vendors tracked by SaaS Price Watch by name or category (crm, email, dev, design, ai, payments, and more). Returns the smallest monthly figure on each pricing page and the page URL.
- `search_trade_tools`: Find AI and software tools for small trades businesses (HVAC, plumbing, electrical, roofing, lawn care, cleaning, pest control, contractors). Filter by trade, task, category, and max monthly price. Data from tradeswithai.com, checked against each vendor site.