# SA Build & Renovation Costs

> South African building and renovation cost estimates in rand, by region and finish quality

- name: za.co.aiagenttools/buildcost
- version: 1.0.0
- connection class: R0 (autonomous)
- trust: 83/100 flags: no-repository
- quality: 85/100 (good)
- owner: not claimed
- descriptor: https://api.protogrid.dev/v1/servers/za.co.aiagenttools%2Fbuildcost
- tools: https://api.protogrid.dev/v1/servers/za.co.aiagenttools%2Fbuildcost/tools

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

## Connection (mcpServers)

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "buildcost": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://aiagenttools.co.za/buildcost/mcp",
      "headers": {
        "Authorization": "Bearer ${BUILDCOST_TOKEN}"
      }
    }
  }
}
```

Placeholders to fill: `${BUILDCOST_TOKEN}`.

## Trust

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

## Quality 85/100 (good)

### 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: 86 (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
- fail `tools.directory_hints`: no tool declares all four of readOnlyHint, destructiveHint, idempotentHint and openWorldHint; missing: list_cost_items (destructiveHint, idempotentHint); unmet_request (destructiveHint, idempotentHint); estimate_works (destructiveHint, idempotentHint); …
- pass `tools.token_cost`: about 1,159 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`: no 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: 6, about 1,159 tokens to load them all
- tool set hash: ec7a179c4c3c9219e5519d2399a807fc
- badge: [![protogrid quality](https://protogrid.dev/badge/za.co.aiagenttools/buildcost.svg)](https://protogrid.dev/servers/za.co.aiagenttools/buildcost)
- 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://aiagenttools.co.za/buildcost/mcp (streamable-http, auth none, reachable true, uptime30d 1)

## Packages

_none_

## Tools (6)

- `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.
- `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 rand.
- `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.
- `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 sensible offer for a target margin.
- `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 and price date on each line. Use estimate_works for an all-in installed rate instead.
- `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.