BuildBatch MCP Server

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BuildBatch is answering right now. Last checked 14 min ago. It exposes 4 tools.

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

Uptime history 24 days of history

24 days agonow

100.0%

Uptime 24h

91 of 91 checks

Tools

read from the server

269 ms

Response time

average over 24h

open, no key

Access

streamable-http

What changed 43

Every tool that appeared, vanished or quietly changed what it asks for. Recorded since 3 October 2026. No other catalogue keeps this.

19 Oct a tool changed the parameters it asks for2 times that day plan_room

18 Oct a tool changed the parameters it asks for plan_room

17 Oct a tool changed the parameters it asks for4 times that day plan_room

13 Oct a tool changed the parameters it asks for plan_room

12 Oct 2 tools changed the parameters they ask for plan_room, quick_room_list

12 Oct a tool changed version

11 Oct 2 tools changed the parameters they ask for3 times that day plan_room, quick_room_list

10 Oct 2 tools changed the parameters they ask for6 times that day plan_room, quick_room_list

10 Oct a tool description was rewritten quick_room_list

9 Oct a tool changed the parameters it asks for3 times that day plan_room

and 30 more, back to 3 October 2026

Nothing serious here today

Today is the operative word: we check BuildBatch every 15 minutes and re-read its code on every release. Watch it and you find out the day that stops being true.

Connect this server

Endpoint below is the one we actually reach during checks — not the one copied from a README. Last verified 14 min ago.

Claude Code Claude Desktop Codex Cursor VS Code

run in your terminal

claude mcp add buildbatch --transport http https://buildbatch.co.uk/mcp

Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector, then paste this address

https://buildbatch.co.uk/mcp

~/.codex/config.toml

[mcp_servers.buildbatch]
url = "https://buildbatch.co.uk/mcp"

.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "buildbatch": {
      "url": "https://buildbatch.co.uk/mcp"
    }
  }
}

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "servers": {
    "buildbatch": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://buildbatch.co.uk/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Available tools 4

Read directly from the server with tools/list, grouped by what they act on. If a tool disappears, we record the date.

ask

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.

guide

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

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

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.

Endpoints

URL	Transport	State	Latency	Checked
https://buildbatch.co.uk/mcp	streamable-http	answering	215 ms	14 min ago

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BuildBatch — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

What can BuildBatch do?

It exposes 4 tools, read directly from the server on our last check. Among them: ask_questions, find_guide, plan_room, quick_room_list. The full list with descriptions is on this page — we take it from the server itself via tools/list, not from a README. How MCP servers expose tools in the first place →

Is BuildBatch working right now?

We send a real MCP handshake every 15 minutes. Over the last 24 hours 91 of 91 checks got a reply (100.0%), average response time 269 ms. The bar chart above shows every period we have measured.

How do I connect BuildBatch?

Copy the ready config from this page. We generate it for Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Codex, Cursor and VS Code, each in the form that client actually reads. It is a remote server, so there is nothing to install — the client connects to the address.

Does BuildBatch need an API key?

No. BuildBatch completed a full MCP handshake with us as an anonymous client and listed its tools without asking for anything. All 4 of them are readable on this page. This is what we observed, not what the docs claim.

How fast is BuildBatch?

It answers our handshake in 269 ms on average, which is faster than 62% of all working MCP servers we measure. The comparison comes from our own checks across the whole registry, every 15 minutes.