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Contractor License Verification (TradesAPI) MCP Server

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Contractor License Verification (TradesAPI) is answering right now. Last checked 2 min ago. 48 installs a week from npm. Last commit 7 May 2026.

Verify contractor licenses: 50 states + DC + 8 cities — status, expiration, disciplinary history.

Installs per day peak 26 · avg 9 · -18% w/w
a month agotoday
Uptime history 47 days of history · worst day 97%
47 days agonow
100.0%
Uptime 24h
92 of 92 checks
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Tools
hidden behind auth
369 ms
Response time
average over 24h
48
Installs / week
npm and PyPI

Nothing serious here today

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

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Endpoint below is the one we actually reach during checks — not the one copied from a README. Last verified 2 min ago.

run in your terminal
claude mcp add contractor-license-mcp-server --transport http https://www.tradesapi.com/mcp
~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "contractor-license-mcp-server": {
      "url": "https://www.tradesapi.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}
~/.codex/config.toml
[mcp_servers.contractor-license-mcp-server]
url = "https://www.tradesapi.com/mcp"
.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "contractor-license-mcp-server": {
      "url": "https://www.tradesapi.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}
.vscode/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "contractor-license-mcp-server": {
      "url": "https://www.tradesapi.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

This one needs environment variables set before it will start: CLV_API_URL (TradesAPI backend URL. Use https://www.tradesapi.com unless you have a reason to override.), CLV_API_KEY (Your TradesAPI key. Get one free at https://www.tradesapi.com (50 credits, no credit card).). The author declared them in the registry entry; get the values from the project itself.

This endpoint answered with an authorization challenge. The server is running, and it signs you in through your browser: there is no API key to paste.

Endpoints

URLTransportStateLatencyChecked
https://www.tradesapi.com/mcp streamable-http sign-in 362 ms 2 min ago

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Contractor License Verification (TradesAPI) — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

Why is there no tool list for Contractor License Verification (TradesAPI)?
The server answered our handshake with an authorization challenge, so it is running — but it will not describe its tools to an anonymous client. To see them you need to connect with your own credentials. We record it as alive, not as broken: 100.0% of checks in the last 24 hours got a reply.
Is Contractor License Verification (TradesAPI) working right now?
We send a real MCP handshake every 15 minutes. Over the last 24 hours 92 of 92 checks got a reply (100.0%), average response time 369 ms. The bar chart above shows every period we have measured.
How do I connect Contractor License Verification (TradesAPI)?
Copy the ready config from this page — we generate it for Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Codex, Cursor and VS Code, each with the file path that client actually reads. It is a remote server, so there is nothing to install — the client connects to the address. You sign in through your browser once and the client keeps the session: no key to copy, and it refuses anonymous clients.
How do you sign in to Contractor License Verification (TradesAPI)?
No API key is involved. Contractor License Verification (TradesAPI) answers our knock with an OAuth challenge, so you authorise it once in your browser and the client keeps the session. That is also why we see no tool list: it will not describe itself to an anonymous client, and that is the server working as intended, not a fault.
How fast is Contractor License Verification (TradesAPI)?
It answers our handshake in 369 ms on average, which is faster than 42% of all working MCP servers we measure. The comparison comes from our own checks across the whole registry, every 15 minutes.
How many people use Contractor License Verification (TradesAPI)?
The npm package contractor-license-mcp-server was installed 48 times in the last week. Week over week that is -18%. We show installs rather than GitHub stars on purpose: a star is a bookmark, an install is someone actually running it.
Is Contractor License Verification (TradesAPI) open source?
Yes — it is published under the MIT licence, written in TypeScript and 0 stars on GitHub. The source link is on this page, so you can read exactly what it does with your data before you connect it.