# `za.co.aiagenttools/buildcost` on anlyon.dev

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- Page: https://anlyon.dev/servers/za.co.aiagenttools/buildcost
- JSON: https://anlyon.dev/api/v1/servers/za.co.aiagenttools/buildcost
- Version: 1.0.0 (active)
- Publisher: za.co.aiagenttools (domain proven to the MCP Registry)
- Runs: remote (streamable-http)
- Sign-in to list tools: none
- Metadata from the official MCP Registry, synced 2026-10-30T18:18:18.114Z

Title and description, as the publisher wrote them:

```untrusted-server-text
SA Build & Renovation Costs
South African building and renovation cost estimates in rand, by region and finish quality
```

Scanned 2026-10-30T18:18:24.184Z over streamable-http.

**6 tools: 5 change things and 1 only read.**

| Group | Class | Tools | Claude Code |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Deletes or cancels | destructive | 0 | deny |
| Can't be undone | irreversible | 0 | ask |
| Changes things | write | 5 | ask |
| Only reads | read | 1 | allow |

## Exfil surface

No private-data -> untrusted-input -> outbound path in this server alone: no tool is tagged private-data or untrusted-input or outbound.

| Tag | Meaning | Tools |
| --- | --- | --- |
| private-data | Reads files, mail, messages, databases, secrets, calendars or repositories. | none |
| untrusted-input | Brings in text someone else can write: web pages, inbound email, messages, issues and comments. | none |
| outbound | Can carry data to people or systems: it sends, posts or publishes, or takes a recipient, channel or URL. | none |

## Findings

No check matched anything in these tool definitions.


## Changes things (5)

Creates or changes something that can be changed back. Claude Code: ask.

### `estimate_new_build`

- Nothing in its name or description says what it does, so it is counted as a write.
- The server marks it read-only (readOnlyHint: true), but an annotation never lowers a class.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
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`

- Nothing in its name or description says what it does, so it is counted as a write.
- The server marks it read-only (readOnlyHint: true), but an annotation never lowers a class.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
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.
```

### `renovation_flip_check`

- Nothing in its name or description says what it does, so it is counted as a write.
- The server marks it read-only (readOnlyHint: true), but an annotation never lowers a class.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
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`

- Nothing in its name or description says what it does, so it is counted as a write.
- The server marks it read-only (readOnlyHint: true), but an annotation never lowers a class.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
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`

- The name "unmet_request" says "request": a word for a change.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
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.
```

## Only reads (1)

Looks things up and changes nothing. Claude Code: allow.

### `list_cost_items`

- The name "list_cost_items" says "list": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
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.
```

## Claude Code permissions

For `.claude/settings.json`, assuming the server is installed as `buildcost`:

```json
{
  "permissions": {
    "allow": [
      "mcp__buildcost__list_cost_items"
    ],
    "ask": [
      "mcp__buildcost__estimate_works",
      "mcp__buildcost__estimate_new_build",
      "mcp__buildcost__renovation_flip_check",
      "mcp__buildcost__roof_replacement_estimate",
      "mcp__buildcost__unmet_request"
    ],
    "deny": []
  }
}
```