# BuildBatch

> UK DIY shopping lists for one room: paint, wallpaper, tiles, flooring and more, in real packs.

- name: uk.co.buildbatch/buildbatch
- version: 1.3.0
- connection class: R0 (autonomous)
- trust: 82/100 flags: no-repository
- quality: 72/100 (needs work)
- owner: not claimed
- descriptor: https://api.protogrid.dev/v1/servers/uk.co.buildbatch%2Fbuildbatch
- tools: https://api.protogrid.dev/v1/servers/uk.co.buildbatch%2Fbuildbatch/tools

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

## Connection (mcpServers)

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "buildbatch": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://buildbatch.co.uk/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```


## Trust

- hygiene: 80
- liveness: 98
- freshness: 100
- provenance: 55
- drivers: +dns-namespace +website +reachable +uptime-94% +updated-8d-ago -no-repository
- Derived from observable signals (official registry feed and our own credential-free probes); no code audit performed.

## Quality 72/100 (needs work)

### 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: 93 (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`: 4 of 4 tools declare readOnlyHint or destructiveHint
- pass `tools.directory_hints`: every tool declares readOnlyHint, destructiveHint, idempotentHint and openWorldHint
- warn `tools.token_cost`: about 9,180 tokens to load every tool
- pass `tools.api_dump`: tools are not a one-to-one API dump

### stability: 25 (weight 15)

- warn `stability.changes`: 21 tool changes in 30 days
- fail `stability.rug_pull`: 2 tools kept their name but changed most of their description in 30 days; review before trusting them

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

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

- tools: 4, about 9,180 tokens to load them all
- tool set hash: 404eed471a48bb1480ccd3f429454729
- tools last changed: 2026-10-19T17:59:11.902Z
- badge: [![protogrid quality](https://protogrid.dev/badge/uk.co.buildbatch/buildbatch.svg)](https://protogrid.dev/servers/uk.co.buildbatch/buildbatch)
- Checks run on what our credential-free, read-only probes observe; tools are never called and no code audit is performed.

### Tool changes

- 2026-10-19 `plan_room` changed (inputSchema)
- 2026-10-18 `plan_room` changed (inputSchema)
- 2026-10-17 `plan_room` changed (inputSchema)
- 2026-10-17 `plan_room` changed (inputSchema)
- 2026-10-13 `plan_room` changed (inputSchema)
- 2026-10-12 `plan_room` changed (inputSchema)
- 2026-10-12 `quick_room_list` changed (inputSchema)
- 2026-10-11 `plan_room` changed (inputSchema)
- 2026-10-11 `quick_room_list` changed (inputSchema)
- 2026-10-10 `plan_room` changed (inputSchema)

Full history: https://api.protogrid.dev/v1/servers/uk.co.buildbatch%2Fbuildbatch/changes

## Remotes

- https://buildbatch.co.uk/mcp (streamable-http, auth none, reachable true, uptime30d 0.9411765)

## Packages

_none_

## Tools (4)

- `ask_questions`: Returns BuildBatch's full ordered question script (about 24 KB) for a detailed room plan: each question for the person, its allowed answers, which are required and when each applies. Takes no arguments.
- `find_guide`: Finds BuildBatch's guides for a decorating or flooring question (how long between coats, how many tiles in a square metre, what to buy to lay laminate), and returns up to three with each guide's own short answers and its address. It does not work out quantities for a room.
- `plan_room`: Works out the whole shopping list for one room, with every option the planner has: exact door and window sizes, a product's own coverage and pack sizes, an L-shaped room, tiling part-way up a wall. Arguments are the named parameters of /plan.json. A job is required. Repeated door, window and opening values are arrays. No price is used; price arguments are ignored and named in the answer. Returns a short shopping list: each item with its quantity and reason, and a link to the whole list.
- `quick_room_list`: Works out how much paint, wallpaper, wall tiles, flooring, carpet, skirting, loft insulation, plasterboard, concrete or patio paving one room needs, and everything else to buy for the job (preparation, tools, safety), in real UK pack sizes. Takes the job and either the room's length, width and height, or a typical room by name for a room that has not been measured; the answer then states that the measurements are typical. Returns a short shopping list and a link to the whole list. It does not take exact door sizes, a product's own coverage or pack size, tiling part-way up a wall or an L-shaped room.