Local Trades Kit MCP Server
com.modernmustardseed/trades-kitv1.0.0
US data for home-service trades: service-area ZIPs, seasonal demand, review timing, service pages.
context tax
~1,506 tok/turn5 tools
security
100/100
cold start
hosted
freshness
Active7d ago
Our reading of Local Trades Kit, from the data
Local Trades Kit is an MCP server, listed in the official MCP Registry.
Its 5 tools add about 1,506 tokens to every model turn (measured 2026-10-19).
Maintenance is active: the last public signal was 7 days ago (2026-10-11).
It runs as a hosted endpoint, so there is nothing to install.
Install Local Trades Kit MCP server
Install in Claude Code
claude mcp add --transport http trades-kit https://mcp.modernmustardseed.com/trades-kitInstall in Cursor
{
"mcpServers": {
"trades-kit": {
"url": "https://mcp.modernmustardseed.com/trades-kit"
}
}
}Install in Claude Desktop
{
"mcpServers": {
"trades-kit": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"mcp-remote",
"https://mcp.modernmustardseed.com/trades-kit"
]
}
}
}Or add it as a custom connector under Settings → Connectors. The config above bridges via mcp-remote.
Install in VS Code
{
"servers": {
"trades-kit": {
"type": "http",
"url": "https://mcp.modernmustardseed.com/trades-kit"
}
}
}Install in Windsurf
{
"mcpServers": {
"trades-kit": {
"serverUrl": "https://mcp.modernmustardseed.com/trades-kit"
}
}
}Remote endpoints
- streamable-http
https://mcp.modernmustardseed.com/trades-kit
Context tax
Connecting this server adds ~1,506 tokens of tool definitions to every model turn (moderate, 5 tools). Measured 2026-10-19 via its hosted endpoint; o200k tokenizer, worst case for clients that load all tools up front. How we measure
| Model | Per 1,000 turns | With prompt caching |
|---|---|---|
| Claude Opus 5.5 | $6.02 | $0.301 |
| Claude Sonnet 5.5 | $3.01 | $0.301 |
| Claude Haiku 5.5 | $0.151 | — |
Input prices as of 2026-10-06. Excludes your own prompt and output.
Tools (5)
seasonal_demand346 tokShow the busy and slow months for a home-service trade in a US state, a NOAA climate region (Northeast, Upper Midwest, Ohio Valley, Southeast, Northern Rockies and Plains, South, Southwest, Northwest, West) or the whole country. The month-by-month index is measured from BLS QCEW private-sector employment for the trade's NAICS industry, 2022 to 2024. Beside it: NOAA 1991-2020 monthly temperature, degree day and precipitation normals for the same area, and seasonal drivers for the trade (tune-up seasons, freeze months, hurricane season, lawn fertilization windows, termite swarms and others) wher
service_area338 tokWork out what a local service business covers. Give a base (a 5-digit ZIP or "City, ST") and a radius in miles, or a list of ZIPs. Returns every ZIP Code Tabulation Area inside it with distance, population, housing units and owner-occupied homes; the cities, towns and Census places inside it; the counties it touches with the population inside the area; totals; and up to 20 candidate areas for a Google Business Profile service area with Google's written rules. Uses Census Gazetteer, relationship-file and ACS 2020-2024 data stored on the server. Distances are straight-line miles, not driving dis
trade_service_pages322 tokList the standard website page set for a home-service trade: home, services hub, one page per core service with what it must cover, projects, service area, reviews, about, questions and contact, plus location pages for up to 20 cities. Comes with Google's written rules on doorway pages, people-first content, LocalBusiness structured data and business names, each cited. The service taxonomy is curated per trade and mapped to the trade's 2022 NAICS industry.
review_request_timing320 tokPlan when and how a home-service business asks customers for reviews, by trade and job type: what to say at completion, the window for the one written request (with dates when a completion date is given), the moment the customer can first judge the work, and the rules that apply, from Google Maps policy, Yelp, the FTC consumer review rule (16 CFR 465) and the TCPA for texts, each cited with an as-of date. Includes the field-experiment and survey findings the timing rests on. Informational, not legal advice.
list_trades69 tokList every trade the kit covers with its id, common names it matches, its 2022 NAICS industry code and its job type ids. Static reference.
Security signals
100/100 — no known issues found as of 2026-10-19, from the checks below. This is not a guarantee of safety; review what a server can do before connecting it.
Deductions
No findings from the checks that ran.
Checks
- ✓Tool descriptions (prompt-injection and hidden-text heuristics)
- ○Repository hygiene (archived, activity, license, security policy) — pending
- ○Package metadata (install scripts, provenance) — pending
- ○Source scan (secrets, CVEs, risky code) by vectra-guard — pending
Scan it yourself before installing with vectra-guard, the open-source agent security CLI. Scoring rules
Freshness
Active — last maintenance signal 7d ago. The newest of the signals below sets the band.
Last commit (default branch)
no data · GitHub
Latest release
no data · GitHub
Package published
no data · npm/PyPI
Registry entry updated
2026-10-11 · 7d ago · official registry · v1.0.0
FAQ
›How do I install the Local Trades Kit MCP server in Claude Code?
Run: claude mcp add --transport http trades-kit https://mcp.modernmustardseed.com/trades-kit. For Cursor, VS Code, Claude Desktop and Windsurf, use the install tabs above.
›Does Local Trades Kit require an API key?
No required environment variables are declared in its published metadata.
›Can I use Local Trades Kit as a remote (hosted) MCP server?
Yes. It is a hosted MCP server; connect to its URL with any client that supports remote MCP.
›Is Local Trades Kit in the official MCP registry?
Yes, as com.modernmustardseed/trades-kit.
›How many tokens does Local Trades Kit add to my context?
Its tool definitions total about 1,506 tokens, resent on every turn.
Sources and method
- Official MCP Registry entry
- updated 2026-10-11
- Tool list (tools/list), measured by us
- 2026-10-19
- Security signals, computed by us
- 2026-10-19
- Last checked against all sources
- 2026-10-19
The description, packages and links come from the maintainer's own published metadata. Token cost, security signals, freshness and the reading above are MCPSkillHub's own measurements; see the methodology. Editorial standards are owned by Ramachandra Vikas Chamarthi, Founder & AI HPC Architect. Spot an error? Request a correction or claim the listing.