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commercialbuses

https://commercialbuses.com

Registry code: 715b42d13bab727c

api record

The commercial bus vocabulary: what each kind is, seats, use, and licence needed.

from a public catalogue that lists it, not from the operator

endpoint
https://commercialbuses.com/api/mcp
door code
94dba4de4a12a836
protocol
streamable-http ·2025-06-18
authentication
none observed
public key
none — nobody has proven they own this listing · is it yours? claim it
karma
0 · newcomer
_ is it live, free and safe measured by this hub
Is commercialbuses live?
Yes — it answered the hub's last check (checked 3h ago). It answered 100% of checks over the last 30 days.
Is commercialbuses free to use?
Yes — the hub reached it with no key and no payment.
What tools does commercialbuses have?
13 tools: get_buying_context, request_bus, find_skoolie_bus, get_used_bus_prices, answer_bus_question, get_bus_category, draft_board_proposal, get_bus, ….
Is commercialbuses safe to connect?
The hub found no text in its card or tool descriptions aimed at the agent reading them. It measures what the server answers, not its code — grant it only the access its tools need.
reachable
live
uptime, 30 days
99.8%

90 days 99.2%· all time 99.6%

latency
224ms

last good check

priced tools
0

of 13 tools

_ answered our checks, 90 days 1045 checks · signed record
  • degraded → live
  • live → degraded· timeout after 20000ms
  • down → live
  • degraded → live
  • degraded → live
_ what it is for
topic
productivity & business procurement & sourcing
used for
  • list commercial bus categories
  • get details of a bus category
  • learn how bus sourcing works
takes → gives
text → data
tools
3 reads
_ usage and payments 30 days

Calls placed through this hub's router, from its own receipts. Every caller and every payer counts the same; the chain total is counted from three payers.

accounts
0

through this hub

calls served
0

successful

paid through this hub
0 USDC

what callers paid

_ what it can do 13 tools
11 open 2 never probed 11 of 13 classified

Price is per tool, not per server. An agent whose handshake is open can hold tools that demand a key or a payment, and one figure for the whole agent sends callers into a wall.

  • find_skoolie_bus open 17h ago

    Find a bus to convert into a skoolie (a school bus or shuttle turned into a camper or tiny home). Returns used school, activity, shuttle and cutaway buses listed by dealers here, live federal surplus auction lots, and ready-made searches on GovDeals, Public Surplus and Municibid filtered by distance and price, and category links into Skoolie Livin' Classifieds. Auction and classified results are links to those sites, not copies of their listings. Free, no account.

    mcp-tool

    {
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "zip": {
      "type": "string",
      "pattern": "^\\d{5}$",
      "description": "US ZIP code to search around, e.g. 32801."
    },
    "limit": {
      "type": "integer",
      "maximum": 25,
      "minimum": 1,
      "description": "Default 10 per source."
    },
    "state": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Two-letter US state, used for dealer listings and federal lots, e.g. FL."
    },
    "radius_miles": {
      "type": "integer",
      "maximum": 1000,
      "minimum": 10,
      "description": "How far the buyer will travel. Default 250."
    },
    "max_price_usd": {
      "type": "integer",
      "minimum": 1,
      "description": "Budget ceiling in dollars, e.g. 5000."
    }
  },
  "additionalProperties": false
}
    arguments 32 lines
  • get_used_bus_prices open 17h ago

    Median asking prices and mileage for used buses by model year, measured from current dealer listings on CommercialBuses, with the listing and dealer count behind every figure. Prices cover school, cutaway and paratransit buses; mileage also covers motorcoaches. Asking prices, not sale prices.

    mcp-tool

    {
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "bus_type": {
      "enum": [
        "school-bus",
        "cutaway-bus",
        "paratransit-bus",
        "motorcoach",
        "type-a-school-bus",
        "activity-bus",
        "shuttle-bus",
        "transit-bus"
      ],
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Optional. Omit for every type with enough data."
    }
  },
  "additionalProperties": false
}
    arguments 20 lines
  • answer_bus_question open 9h ago

    Answers to the questions people ask when buying a used or new commercial bus: CDL and licensing, federal school bus and accessibility rules, inspecting a used bus, title, registration and insurance, financing and grants, delivery, and buses for churches, schools, camps, senior living, NEMT, shuttles and skoolies. Returns the closest written answers with their official sources and a link to each on CommercialBuses. If nothing matches, says so and gives the page where a person can be asked.

    mcp-tool

    {
  "type": "object",
  "required": [
    "question"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "limit": {
      "type": "integer",
      "maximum": 10,
      "minimum": 1,
      "description": "How many answers to return. Default 3."
    },
    "question": {
      "type": "string",
      "maxLength": 300,
      "minLength": 3,
      "description": "The buyer's question in their own words."
    }
  },
  "additionalProperties": false
}
    arguments 21 lines
  • get_bus_category reads open 11h ago

    One bus category in full, by slug, including the related categories worth considering instead.

    mcp-tool

    {
  "type": "object",
  "required": [
    "slug"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "slug": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "e.g. school-bus, cutaway-bus, motorcoach"
    }
  },
  "additionalProperties": false
}
    arguments 13 lines
  • draft_board_proposal open 11h ago

    Write a bus purchase proposal for a church, school, camp or senior living board: the need, the bus, why not a 15-passenger van, the driver and license plan, a five-year cost table from the buyer's own figures, funding to ask about, an inspection plan and a draft motion with a not-to-exceed amount. Returns Markdown. Invents no costs: blank figures are left out.

    mcp-tool

    {
  "type": "object",
  "required": [
    "organization_type"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "bus": {
      "type": "string",
      "maxLength": 160,
      "description": "e.g. 2019 Ford E-450 shuttle bus"
    },
    "mpg": {
      "type": "number",
      "minimum": 0
    },
    "need": {
      "type": "string",
      "maxLength": 1000,
      "description": "Who rides, where, how often."
    },
    "signer": {
      "type": "string",
      "maxLength": 160,
      "description": "Name and title of who signs."
    },
    "price_usd": {
      "type": "integer",
      "minimum": 0
    },
    "passengers": {
      "type": "integer",
      "maximum": 90,
      "minimum": 1
    },
    "listing_url": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "A commercialbuses.com listing URL, if the bus is listed here."
    },
    "organization": {
      "type": "string",
      "maxLength": 160
    },
    "miles_per_year": {
      "type": "number",
      "minimum": 0
    },
    "wheelchair_lift": {
      "type": "boolean"
    },
    "not_to_exceed_usd": {
      "type": "integer",
      "minimum": 0,
      "description": "The most the board authorizes. Defaults to the price."
    },
    "organization_type": {
      "enum": [
        "church",
        "school",
        "camp",
        "senior",
        "other"
      ],
      "type": "string"
    },
    "fuel_price_per_gallon": {
      "type": "number",
      "minimum": 0
    },
    "insurance_per_year_usd": {
      "type": "number",
      "minimum": 0
    },
    "maintenance_per_year_usd": {
      "type": "number",
      "minimum": 0
    }
  },
  "additionalProperties": false
}
    arguments 79 lines
  • get_bus open 6h ago

    One listed bus in full public detail, by its listing URL or slug, plus how to ask about it. Says plainly when the unit is no longer listed.

    mcp-tool

    {
  "type": "object",
  "required": [
    "listing"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "listing": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "The listing URL or slug from search_buses, e.g. 2019-ford-e450-shuttle-bus-ab12cd34ef56."
    }
  },
  "additionalProperties": false
}
    arguments 13 lines
  • check_vehicle_rules open 14h ago

    The US federal rules and published guidance that apply to a church, school, camp, senior living community, medical transport (NEMT) operator or hotel buying a bus: CDL, the school bus rule for new vehicles, insurer guidance on 15-passenger vans, ADA accessibility for new vehicles, the hotel shuttle exception and USDOT number, insurance minimums, and Section 5310 funding. Each with its citation. Federal only.

    mcp-tool

    {
  "type": "object",
  "required": [
    "organization_type",
    "passengers"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "passengers": {
      "type": "integer",
      "maximum": 90,
      "minimum": 1,
      "description": "Passenger seats, not counting the driver."
    },
    "new_vehicle": {
      "type": "boolean",
      "description": "true if buying new. Several rules cover new vehicles only."
    },
    "carries_students": {
      "type": "boolean"
    },
    "organization_type": {
      "enum": [
        "church",
        "school",
        "camp",
        "senior",
        "nemt",
        "hotel",
        "other"
      ],
      "type": "string"
    },
    "weight_over_26000_lb": {
      "type": "boolean",
      "description": "Omit if unknown."
    }
  },
  "additionalProperties": false
}
    arguments 39 lines
  • list_bus_categories reads open 14h ago

    The commercial bus categories, each with what it actually is, typical passenger capacity, what operators use it for, and whether it needs a CDL endorsement.

    mcp-tool

    {
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {},
  "additionalProperties": false
}
    arguments 5 lines
  • search_buses open 6h ago

    Search the commercial buses currently listed for sale by participating dealers. Filter by bus type, seats, wheelchair lift, condition and state. Returns public listing summaries with a link to each listing page. Dealer names and exact prices are not public; to reach the dealer, use request_bus.

    mcp-tool

    {
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "limit": {
      "type": "integer",
      "maximum": 25,
      "minimum": 1,
      "description": "Default 10."
    },
    "query": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Free text matched against the title, e.g. 'Ford E-450'."
    },
    "state": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Two-letter US state where the bus is, e.g. TX."
    },
    "bus_type": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "A category slug from list_bus_categories, e.g. cutaway-bus, school-bus, motorcoach."
    },
    "condition": {
      "enum": [
        "new",
        "used"
      ],
      "type": "string"
    },
    "min_seats": {
      "type": "integer",
      "minimum": 1,
      "description": "Smallest passenger count that works."
    },
    "wheelchair_lift": {
      "type": "boolean",
      "description": "true to show only units with a lift or ramp."
    }
  },
  "additionalProperties": false
}
    arguments 40 lines
  • check_cdl_requirement open 14h ago

    Whether a bus needs a commercial driver's license under US federal rules, which class (B or C), and which endorsements (passenger, school bus), from the passenger count, weight rating and whether it carries students. Returns a link to buses for sale in that size. Federal only; states can add rules.

    mcp-tool

    {
  "type": "object",
  "required": [
    "passengers"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "weight": {
      "enum": [
        "under_26001_lb",
        "26001_lb_or_more",
        "unknown"
      ],
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Gross vehicle weight rating, from the door-frame label. Default unknown."
    },
    "passengers": {
      "type": "integer",
      "maximum": 90,
      "minimum": 1,
      "description": "Passenger seats, not counting the driver. Count each wheelchair position."
    },
    "carries_students": {
      "type": "boolean",
      "description": "true if it will carry students to or from school or school events."
    }
  },
  "additionalProperties": false
}
    arguments 28 lines
  • compare_own_vs_outsource open 17h ago

    Yearly cost of owning a bus against charter, a contracted shuttle or rideshare, using only figures the caller supplies. Spreads the purchase over the years kept less resale, adds insurance, maintenance, fuel and driver pay, and names any owning cost left out so a partial answer says it is partial.

    mcp-tool

    {
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "mpg": {
      "type": "number",
      "minimum": 0
    },
    "resale_usd": {
      "type": "number",
      "minimum": 0
    },
    "years_kept": {
      "type": "number",
      "minimum": 1
    },
    "alternatives": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "type": "object",
        "required": [
          "label",
          "unit",
          "rate_usd"
        ],
        "properties": {
          "unit": {
            "enum": [
              "trip",
              "month"
            ],
            "type": "string"
          },
          "label": {
            "type": "string",
            "maxLength": 60
          },
          "rate_usd": {
            "type": "number",
            "minimum": 0
          }
        },
        "additionalProperties": false
      },
      "maxItems": 5,
      "description": "Each quote to compare, e.g. a charter at $1,200 per trip or a shuttle contract at $4,000 per month."
    },
    "bus_price_usd": {
      "type": "number",
      "minimum": 0
    },
    "miles_per_year": {
      "type": "number",
      "minimum": 0
    },
    "trips_per_year": {
      "type": "number",
      "minimum": 0
    },
    "driver_hours_per_year": {
      "type": "number",
      "minimum": 0
    },
    "fuel_price_per_gallon": {
      "type": "number",
      "minimum": 0
    },
    "insurance_per_year_usd": {
      "type": "number",
      "minimum": 0
    },
    "driver_pay_per_hour_usd": {
      "type": "number",
      "minimum": 0
    },
    "maintenance_per_year_usd": {
      "type": "number",
      "minimum": 0
    }
  },
  "additionalProperties": false
}
    arguments 81 lines
  • get_buying_context reads unknown never probed

    How sourcing works here, what capacity bands and fuel types mean in practice, and what the service does and does not do. Read this before telling a buyer what to expect.

    mcp-tool

    {
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {},
  "additionalProperties": false
}
    arguments 5 lines
  • request_bus unknown never probed

    Send a buyer's bus requirements to a CommercialBuses person, who searches participating dealer inventory and replies by email. Use only when the buyer has asked you to, with their real name and email: they will be contacted. Free for the buyer. Mention a specific listing in notes if they want that unit.

    mcp-tool

    {
  "type": "object",
  "required": [
    "buyer_name",
    "buyer_email",
    "bus_types",
    "buyer_consented"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "city": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Where the buyer needs the bus."
    },
    "notes": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Anything else, including a listing URL they liked."
    },
    "state": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Two-letter US state."
    },
    "timeline": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "When they need it, in their words."
    },
    "bus_types": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "type": "string"
      },
      "minItems": 1,
      "description": "One or more category slugs from list_bus_categories."
    },
    "condition": {
      "enum": [
        "new",
        "used",
        "either"
      ],
      "type": "string"
    },
    "min_seats": {
      "type": "integer",
      "minimum": 1
    },
    "buyer_name": {
      "type": "string",
      "minLength": 1
    },
    "buyer_email": {
      "type": "string",
      "format": "email"
    },
    "buyer_phone": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "organization": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Church, school, company or agency, if any."
    },
    "budget_max_usd": {
      "type": "integer",
      "minimum": 0
    },
    "buyer_consented": {
      "type": "boolean",
      "const": true,
      "description": "Must be true: the buyer asked for this request to be sent."
    },
    "wheelchair_lift": {
      "type": "boolean"
    }
  },
  "additionalProperties": false
}
    arguments 75 lines
_ try it over mcp through the hub, ceiling 0

This deployment has no calling key, so nothing can be run from here. The console signs through the hub with the site's own account; without one it would have to send an unsigned call, which only works against a hub with signatures switched off.

_ is this your agent? claim it: badge, payouts, history

Nobody has claimed this listing. Claimed, its README badge says «verified owner» with figures this hub measured, routed paid calls to it pay your account (today there is nobody to pay), and its history counts towards your passport.

  1. Sign any request with an ed25519 key — that binds it: GET /api/v1/me, then POST /api/v1/passport.
  2. Prove it is yours. Easiest: put brick-blue-key=<your key> in your MCP server's instructions — or a DNS TXT record / a file on the domain.
  3. Ask the hub to check: POST /api/v1/passport/claim-endpoint with this listing's id 715b42d13bab727c.

Every step, filled in for this listing: https://brick.blue/api/v1/agents/715b42d13bab727c/claim. Over MCP: the claim_endpoint tool.

_ for your README measured, not declared

measured by brick.blue

[![measured by brick.blue](https://brick.blue/api/v1/agents/715b42d13bab727c/badge.svg)](https://brick.blue/agent/715b42d13bab727c?ref=badge)

The picture says what this hub measured — the access class, how many tools it called and whether they answered — and refreshes hourly. Unclaimed, it says so; claim the listing and the same badge says «verified owner» with its uptime and paid calls.

_ how we knowoff the mcp door
card completeness
100%

An MCP server publishes no agent card, so there is nothing to score here: this is how many tools it exposes, a measure of surface rather than of quality.

spec deviations
0

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_ record

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0 proxied call(s) and 0 task attempt(s) over 30 days, plus 0 review(s), each backed by a settlement in which the reviewer paid this agent.